Recent Ph.D. Dissertations
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation Title | UIUC / IDEALS link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pareek, Shrey | Spring 2020 | Kesavadas, T | iART: An Intelligent Assistive Robotic Therapy System for Home-Based Stroke Rehabilitation | |
| Patiballa, Sree Kalyan | Spring 2020 | Krishnan, Girish | A Kinetostatic Conceptual Framework to Design Deformable Architectured Materials | |
| Sankaran, Naveen Kumar | Spring 2020 | Kesavadas, T | Design and Development of Systems for Interventional Surgical Robot | |
| Uppalapati, Naveen Kumar | Spring 2020 | Krishnan, Girish | Design and Characterization of Soft Continuum Manipulators Using Fiber Reinforced Actuators | |
| Lohan, Danny John | Fall 2019 | Allison, James | Topology Optimization Methods for Heat Sink Design Applied to Power Electronics | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106231 |
| Singh, Gaurav | Fall 2019 | Krishnan, Girish | Modeling and Design of Fiber Reinforced Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106247 |
| Wang, Shuanglong | Fall 2019 | Sowers, Richard | Managing Multiple Services on the Ride-Hailing Platform | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106449 |
| Satheesh Babu, Sree Shankar | Summer 2019 | Krishnan, Girish | Surrogate Models for the Design and Control of Soft Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105662 |
| Suryadi, Dedy | Summer 2019 | Kim, Harrison | Data-Driven Methodologies for Decision Making in Engineering Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105932 |
| Wan, Haohua | Summer 2019 | Wang, Qiong | Optimal Inventory Control for Assemble - to - Order Systems: A Stochastic Programming Based Asymptotic Analysis Framework | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105894 |
| Hu, Runqi | Spring 2019 | Feng, Liming | Inverting multivariate analytic characteristic functions with financial applications | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105056 |
| Bhatti, Shahzad Fazal | Summer 2018 | Beck, Carolyn | Scalable centralized and distributed spectral clustering | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101769 |
| Guo, Tinghao | Summer 2018 | Allison, James | On the use of Machine learning with Design Optimization Data for System Topology Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101819 |
| Quan, Ning | Summer 2018 | Kim, Harrison | Formulations and Methods for Wind Farm Layout Optimization | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101499 |
| Khetan, Ashish Kumar | Spring 2018 | Oh, Sewoong | Social computation: fundamental limits and efficient algorithms | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100996 |
| Kwon, Hee Youn | Spring 2018 | Jacobson, Sheldon | New developments in causal inference using balance optimization subset selection | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100968 |
| Truong, Anh | Spring 2018 | Kiyavash, Negar | Learning from Expert Advice Framework: Algorithms and Applications | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100961 |
| Herber, Daniel Ronald | Fall 2017 | Allison, James | Advances in Combined Architecture, Plant, and Control Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/99394 |
| Etesami, Seyedjalal | Summer 2017 | Kiyavash, Negar | Casual Structure of Networks of Stochastic Processes | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/98151 |
| Gao, Xiangyu | Summer 2017 | Chen, Xin | Stochastic optimization with decisions truncated by random variables and its applications in operations | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/98234 |
| Deshmukh, Anand Pramod | Spring 2017 | Allison, James | Optimization and control of wind energy systems for grid integration | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/97653 |
| Khatibi, Arash | Spring 2017 | Jacobson, Sheldon | Generalized Sequential Assignment Problem | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/97329 |
| Rosaline Kone | 2014-05 | Monitoring unknown source IP addresses and packet sizes to detect DDoS attacks | ||
| Date, Ketan Hemant | Fall 2016 | Nagi, Rakesh | Theoretical and Computational Advances in Finite-Size Facility Placement and Assignment Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/95355 |
| McGovern, Megan E | Summer 2016 | Reis, Henrique | Non-destructive quantitative assessment of oxidation in aged and rejuvenated asphalt concrete pavements using a non-collinear wave mixing approach | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/92755 |
| Reck, Rebecca Marie | Spring 2016 | Sreenivas, Ramavarapu; Loui, Michael | Experiential learning in control systems laboratories and engineering project management | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90574 |
| Schreiner, James H | Spring 2016 | Thurston, Deborah | Impact of technology on patient discharge decision making | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90744 |
| Jayaraman, Chandrasekaran | Fall 2015 | Sosnoff, Jacob; Beck, Carolyn | Shoulder Pain in Manual Wheelchair Users; Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Solution for a Multi-Faceted Problem | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89198 |
| Jiang, Hao | Fall 2015 | Shanbhag, Vinayak | On the Resolution of Misspecification in Stochastic Optimization, Variational Inequality, and Game-Theoretic Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89033 |
| Somnath, Nisha | Fall 2015 | Sreenivas, Ramavarapu | On Computing a Liveness Enforcing Supervisory Policy for a Class of General Petri Nets | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89010 |
| Hu, Zhenyu | Summer 2015 | Chen, Xin | Dynamic Pricing with Reference Price Effects | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87956 |
| Salimi, Ehsan | Summer 2015 | Sreenivas, Ramavarapu | On the Convexity of Righ-Closed Sets and its Application to Liveness Enforcement on Petri Nets | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88056 |
| Chen, Xi | Spring 2015 | Zhou, Enlu | New model-based methods for non-differentiable optimization | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78366 |
| Hupman, Andrea C | Spring 2015 | Abbas, Ali | Theoretical and Experimental Examinations of Target-Based Decision Making | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78738 |
| Ma, Jung Mok | Spring 2015 | Kim, Harrison | Predictive design analytics for optimal system design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78365 |
| Sutcu, Muhammed | Spring 2015 | Abbas, Ali | Approximating multivariate distributions with cumulative residual entropy: a study on dynamic integrated climate-economy model | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78578 |
| Alvarado Ortiz, Alberth Estuardo | Fall 2014 | Pang, Jong-Shi | Centralized and Distributed Resource Allocation with Applications to Signal Processing in Communications | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/72870 |
| Xu, Yunwen | Fall 2014 | Salapaka, Srinivasa; Beck, Carolyn |
Clustering, Coverage and Aggregation Methods for Large Networks | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/72930 |
| Abdildin, Yerkin Garyshuly | Summer 2014 | Abbas, Ali | Multiattribute Utility Functions for the Deep Borehole Filter Restoration Problem | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50440 |
| Baharian Khoshkhou, Golshid | Summer 2014 | Jacobson, Sheldon | Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50503 |
| Chen, Jingnan | Summer 2014 | Feng, Liming | Optimal Deleveraging and Liquidation of Financial Portfolios with Market Impact | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50347 |
| Pan, Limeng | Summer 2014 | Chen, Xin | Dynamic Decision-Making under Uncertainties: Algorithms Based on Linear Decision Rules and Applications in Operating Models | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50389 |
| Wang, Fuyuan | Summer 2014 | Feng, Liming; Pang, Jong-Shi |
Forward and Inverse American Option Pricing via Complementarity Approach | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/50376 |
| Behzad, Banafsheh | Spring 2014 | Jacobson, Sheldon | Analysis of the United States Pediatric Immunization Market: A Game Theoretic Approach | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/49720 |
| Kone, Roseline Estelle Sindolmane | Spring 2014 | Sowers, Richard | Monitoring Unknown Source IP Addresses and Packet Sizes to Detect DDoS Attacks | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/49735 |
| Schiro, Dane Andrew | Fall 2013 | Shanbhag, Vinayak; Pang, Jong-Shi |
Game Theoretic Formulations and Solution Methods for Microeconomic Market Models | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/46757 |
| Valicka, Christopher Gregory | Fall 2013 | Stipanovic, Dusan | Multi-Objective Control and Coordination of Multi-Agent Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/46676 |
| Behdad, Sara | Summer 2013 | Thurston, Deborah | Decision Analysis Methods to Handle Uncertainties that Impact Product End-of-Life Recovery | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45562 |
| Tursun Ozer, Umit Deniz | Summer 2013 | Nedich, Angelia | Random Projection Methods for Stochastic Convex Minimization | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45381 |
| Yang, Rui | Summer 2013 | Peng, Jiming | New Results on Some Quadratic Programming Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45346 |
| Yousefian, Seyed Farzad | Summer 2013 | Shanbhag, Vinayak; Nedich, Angelia |
Stochastic Approximation Schemes for Stochastic Optimization and Variational Problems: Adaptive Steplengths, Smoothing, and Regularization |
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45385 |
| Zhu, Tao | Summer 2013 | Peng, Jiming | Linear and Nonlinear Semidefinite Relaxations of Some NP-Hard Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45327 |
| Chen, Zisheng | Spring 2013 | Feng, Liming | Topics on Option Valuation and Model Calibration | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44400 |
| Senalik, Christopher Adam | Spring 2013 | Reis, Henrique | Detection and Assessment of Wood Decay - Glulam Beams and Wooden Utility Poles | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44281 |
| Koshal, Jayash | Fall 2012 | N/A | Distributed Algorithms for Networked Multi-Agent Systems: Optimization and Competition | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42298 |
| Lee, Yu-Ching | Fall 2012 | Pang, Jong-Shi | Global Solution to Parametric Complementarity Constrained Programs and Applications in Optimal Parameter Selection |
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42414 |
| Sun, Zhengwei | Fall 2012 | N/A | Effects of Risk Aversion on Value of Information in Two-Action Decision Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42295 |
| Kwak, Minjung | Summer 2012 | Kim, Harrison | Green Profit Design for Lifecycle | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/34247 |
| King, Douglas M | Spring 2012 | Jacobson, Sheldon | Graph Theory Models and Algorithms for Political Districting: An Approach to Inform Public Policy | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/30931 |
| Zhao, Yuan | Spring 2012 | N/A | Incorporating Heterogeneous Customer Preferences with Bayesian Methods for Decision making in Enviromentally Conscious Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31917 |
| Hu, Peng | Fall 2011 | N/A | Coordinated Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Management | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29498 |
| Lu, Shen | Fall 2011 | Kim, Harrison | Decomposition-Based, Complementarity Models for Renewable Energy Generation System Design Optimization |
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29717 |
| Srivastava, Kunai | Fall 2011 | Distributed Optimization with Applications to Sensor Networks and Machine Learning | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29504 | |
| Touri, Behrouz | Fall 2011 | Nedich, Angelia | Product of Random Stochastic Matrices and Distributed Averaging | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29634 |
| Herring, Scarlett R | Summer 2011 | Supporting Example-Based Ideation and Assessment Practices in Engineering Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/26188 | |
| Moon, Jae-Sung | Spring 2011 | Stability Analysis and Control for Bipedal Locomotion Using Energy Methods | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24253 | |
| Tucker, Conrad Soorba | Spring 2011 | Data Trend Mining for Predictive Systems Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24516 | |
| Kulkarni, Ankur A | Fall 2010 | Generalized Nash Games with Shared Constraints: Existence, Efficiency, Refinement and Equilibrium Constraints | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18469 | |
| Al Kindi, Mahmood Abdullah | Summer 2010 | Abbas, Ali | Normative Perspectives in Manufacturing | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16899 |
| Elble, Joseph M | Summer 2010 | Computational Experience with Linear Optimization and Related Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16820 | |
| Robbins, Matthew J | Summer 2010 | Exploring Pediatric Immunization Markets Using Operations Research and Game Theory | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16896 | |
| Zhang, Yuhan | Summer 2010 | Chen, Xin | Essays on Robust Optimization, Integrated Inventory and Pricing, and Reference Price Effect | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/16750 |
| Bradley, Joe A | Fall 2009 | A Multi-Domain Analysis Framework for Product Development: The "Mediating Links" of Data, Information, and Knowledge in Complex Engineered Product Systems |
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87099 | |
| Mejia, Juan Santiago | Fall 2009 | Safe Control and Coordination of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87098 | |
| Stankovic, Milos | Fall 2009 | Control and Estimation Algorithms for Multiple-Agent Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87096 | |
| Suarez-Nunez, Carlos Alberto | Fall 2009 | Strategic Technology Planning Using Roadmaps in the Value System | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87097 | |
| Rios, Luis Miguel | Spring 2009 | Algorithms for Derivative-Free Optimization | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87095 | |
| Martinez Palafox, Oscar | Fall 2008 | Teleoperation of Differential Drive Mobile Robots | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87092 | |
| Miller, Sarah | Fall 2008 | Supporting Joint Human-Computer Judgment Under Uncertainty | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87093 | |
| Nikolaev, Alexander | Fall 2008 | Stochastic Sequential Resource Allocation and Passenger Assignment in Aviation Security Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87089 | |
| Pandey, Vijitashwa | Fall 2008 | Component Level Reuse by Incorporating Entropy Metrics Into a Multiattribute Design Decision Model | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87094 | |
| Proano M, Ruben A | Fall 2008 | Strengthening the Sustainability of the Pediatric Vaccine Supply by Using Operations Research Methods | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87090 | |
| Sharma, Puneet | Fall 2008 | Entropy Based Framework for Static and Dynamic Coverage and Clustering Problems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87091 | |
| Huo, Shihong | Spring 2008 | Estimation of Adhesive Bond Strength in Laminated Safety Glass Using Guided Mechanical Waves | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87086 | |
| Mastellone, Silvia | Spring 2008 | Interaction and Configuration Control for Networks of Dynamical Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87087 | |
| Robinson, Craig L | Spring 2008 | Policies and Mechanisms for Networked Control Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87088 | |
| Borgerson, Jacob L | Fall 2007 | Monitoring Early Age Cementitious Materials Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87083 | |
| Ervin, Benjamin Lee | Fall 2007 | Monitoring Corrosion of Rebar Embedded in Mortar Using Guided Ultrasonic Waves | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87084 | |
| Chopra, Nikhil | Fall 2006 | Output Synchronization of Networked Passive Systems | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87080 | |
| Hall, Shane Nikolaus | Fall 2006 | The Design and Analysis of Pediatric Vaccine Formularies: Theory and Practice | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87081 | |
| Tang, Dong | Fall 2006 | Logistics of Liquid Delivery in Micro/Nano Fluidic Networks | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87082 | |
| Harper, Steven R | Spring 2006 | Using Stranded Assets Analysis to Inform Distributed Incremental System Design | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87079 | |
| McLay, Laura A | Spring 2006 | Designing Aviation Security Systems: Theory and Practice | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/83852 | |
| Gans, Nicholas R | Fall 2005 | Hybrid Switched System Visual Servo Control | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87078 | |
| Bless, Patrick N | Fall 2004 | Automated Knowledge Source Selection and Service Composition in Manufacturing | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/87077 |
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