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Internal Cognitive Assurance Model for Autonomous Robotic Systems (ICAMARS)
Keyword:
Security
,
Vulnerability
,
Internal Assurance Model
,
Trust Metrics
,
Autonomous Robotic Systems
, and
Bayesian Networks
Creator:
Diluoffo, Vincenzo
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
and
Michalson, William R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Visual Analytics for Multi-Level Triage and Investigation of Incident Reports
Keyword:
Semi-structured Documents
,
Triage
,
Visual Analytics
, and
Pharmacovigilance
Creator:
Kakar, Tabassum
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
and
Harrison, Lane T.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-17
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Automatic Emotion Detection in Text Messages using Supervised Learning
Creator:
Hasan, Maryam
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Mechanical Regulation of Cell Death
Creator:
Goldblatt, Zachary
Advisor:
Billiar, Kristen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Elucidating the Function of Myosin XI in Polarized Cell Growth and Investigating the Chitin-induced Calcium-mediated Immune Response in P. patens.
Creator:
Galotto, Giulia
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Advanced Electrolyte System Design of Battery towards Expanded Applications on Energy Storage
Creator:
Cao, Jiayu
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Modeling Heterogeneous Users Behaviors in Online Systems
Keyword:
Neural Recommenders
,
Metric Learning
,
Consumer Behaviors
,
Quaternion Space
,
User Modeling
, and
Recommendation Systems
Creator:
Tran, Thanh D.
Advisor:
Lee, Kyumin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Developing Data-Driven Tools to Enable Formulating Non-Standard Steel Casting Alloy Composition and For Determining the Design Properties of Common Cast Steel Alloy Grades
Keyword:
Steel Casting
and
Foundry
Creator:
Monroe, Raymond
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Revisiting Isolated and Trusted Execution via Microarchitectural Cryptanalysis
Creator:
Moghimi, Ahmad
Advisor:
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adverse Drug Event Information Extraction from Medical Narratives using Ensemble Learning & Deep Learning
Keyword:
Deep Learning
,
Natural Language Processsing
,
Machine Learning
,
Information Extraction
,
Text Mining
, and
Adverse Drug Event
Creator:
Wunnava, Susmitha
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Composite Index Construction in Performance Evaluation: A Network DEA Approach
Creator:
Zhang, Qian
Advisor:
Zhu, Joe
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Improving Ceramic Additive Manufacturing via Machine Learning-Enabled Closed-Loop Control
Keyword:
Adaptive control
and
Ceramic Robocasting
Creator:
Zhang, Zhaolong
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
and
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Manufacturing Engineering
Development of Adaptive Granular Crystals Immersed in Active Fluids for Impact Mitigation
Creator:
Kocharyan, Hrachya
Advisor:
Karanjgaokar, Nikhil
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Aerospace Engineering
Decoding Cognitive States from fNIRS Neuroimaging Data Using Machine Learning
Keyword:
mind-wandering
,
machine learning
,
Echo State Network
,
cognitive load
,
rule learning
, and
functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Creator:
Liu, Ruixue
Advisor:
Solovey, Erin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Non-Submodular Combinatorial Optimization in Control Systems: Efficient Algorithms with Provable Bounds
Keyword:
robust optimization
,
combinatorial optimization
,
sensor placement
, and
submodular
Creator:
Hou, Qiqiang
Advisor:
Clark, Andrew
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
A Coarse-Grained Computational Model of Kinesin-Microtubule Gliding Assays on Lipid Bilayers
Keyword:
microtubules
,
kinesin
, and
biophysics
Creator:
Vandal, Steven R.
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Soft, Organic, Carrier-Selective Contacts at Inorganic Semiconductor Interfaces Enabled by Low-Defect Covalent Bonding
Keyword:
Silicon
,
monolayers
,
xps
,
surface
, and
photovoltaics
Creator:
Carl, Alexander D.
Advisor:
Grimm, Ronald
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-12-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Machine Learning for Reliable Communication and Improved Tracking of Dynamical Systems
Keyword:
interacting multiple model
,
kalman filter
,
gilbert-elliott
,
joint coding and modulation
,
maneuvering target tracking
, and
deep learning
Creator:
Vedula, Kirty P.
Advisor:
Brown, Donald R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-11-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Studies on the Emergence of Order in Out-of-equilibrium Systems
Keyword:
Rayleigh-Bénard Convection
,
Principle of Stationary Action
,
Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
,
Entropy
,
Complexity
, and
IR Calorimetry
Creator:
Chatterjee, Atanu
Advisor:
Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Towards Automated Analysis of Microarchitectural Attacks using Machine Learning
Keyword:
Microarchitectural Security
,
Machine Learning
,
Deep Learning
,
Side-Channel Attacks
,
Cloud Security
, and
Cache Attacks
Creator:
Gulmezoglu, Berk
Advisor:
Eisenbarth, Thomas
and
Sunar, Berk
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-07-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Why are some venture founders better at pivoting than others? The influence of motivation and identity on strategic change.
Keyword:
business model innovation
,
entrepreneurial motivation
,
founder identity
, and
business model change
Creator:
Worthington, Shari L.
Advisor:
Taylor, Steven S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-07-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Business Administration
Should I stay or should I go? The fight or flight defense responses in Taxus cell culture
Creator:
McKee, Michelle C
Advisor:
Roberts, Susan Celia
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Defining the Multiscale Relationship between Subject-Specific Bone Strain and Structural Adaptation in the Distal Radius of Women
Keyword:
Quantitative Computed Tomography (QCT)
,
Finite Element (FE)
,
High Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HRpQCT)
,
Distal Radius
,
Exercise
, and
Bone Adaptation
Creator:
Mancuso, Megan E
Advisor:
Troy, Karen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Knowledge Creation via Data Analytics in a High Pressure Die Casting Operation
Keyword:
smart foundry
,
high pressure die casting
,
aluminum
,
machine learning
, and
casting
Creator:
Kopper, Adam E.
Advisor:
Apelian, Diran
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Patterns Detection on Multivariate High-Frequency Time Series
Keyword:
time series
,
graphical model
,
kernel method
,
biclustering
,
anomaly detection
, and
mutual information
Creator:
Liu, Haitao
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
and
Zou, Jian
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
Attention-based Deep Learning Models for Text Classification and their Interpretability
Creator:
Sen, Cansu
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
and
Kong, Xiangnan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Non-Asymptotic Quantum Scattering Theory for Low-Dimensional Materials
Keyword:
Quantum Scattering Theory
,
Quantum Transport
,
Thermoelectric devices
,
Low-dimensional materials
,
Nanoelectronics
, and
First-principles calculations
Creator:
Daralagodu Dattatreya Jois, Sathwik Bharadwaj
Advisor:
Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Robust State Estimation and Deep Learning for Time Series Analysis
Keyword:
Domain Randomization
,
Deep Learning
,
Chemical Sensors
,
Interacting Multiple Model Kalman Filter
,
Autoencoder
, and
Kalman Filter
Creator:
Weiss, Matthew L.
Advisor:
Paffenroth, Randy Clinton
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Data Science
INTERACTIVE ROUTE-PLANNING AND MOBILE SENSING WITH A TEAM OF MULTIPLE ROBOTIC VEHICLES TO SATISFY LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC SPECIFICATIONS
Creator:
Fang, Jie
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Elucidating a Conserved Myosin XI-RabE GTPase Interaction that is Required for Polarized Cell Growth in Plants
Keyword:
Rab GTPases
,
RNA Interference
,
Polarized Growth
,
Vesicle Trafficking
,
Structure-guided Mutagenesis
, and
Myosin XI
Creator:
Orr, Robert G.
Advisor:
Vidali, Luis
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Nonlinear Numerical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations
Creator:
Dong, Yuchen
Advisor:
Zhang, Zhongqiang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Three-dimensional Model to Understand the Cooperative Transport of Kinesin Molecular Motors in DNA-origami Complexes
Creator:
Youyen, Wiphu
Advisor:
Tuzel, Erkan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-19
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Effects of cancerous mutations on mechanosensing of cells
Creator:
Ho Thanh, Minh-Tri
Advisor:
Wen, Qi
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-09-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Bayesian Predictive Inference for a Non-probability Sample with Binary Responses from Small Areas
Keyword:
Selectivity
,
Dirichlet Process
,
Double logistic regression
,
Bayesian hierarchical model
,
Small area estimation
, and
Metropolis - Hastings sampler
Creator:
Xu, Zhiqing
Advisor:
Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-09-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Tuning the Biophysical and Biochemical Cues of Fibrin Microthread Scaffolds Towards the Treatment of Volumetric Muscle Loss
Keyword:
tissue engineering
,
fibrin
,
skeletal muscle regeneration
,
biomaterials
,
volumetric muscle loss
, and
microthreads
Creator:
Carnes, Meagan E.
Advisor:
Pins, George D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-09-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Advancing Technologies for Interventional MRI Robotics with Clinical Applications
Keyword:
MRI Compatible Actuation
,
Piezoelectric Actuators
,
Real-Time Functional MRI
,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
,
MRI for Closed Loop Rehabilitation
, and
Surgical Robotics
Creator:
Carvalho, Paulo A.
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-03-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Robotics Engineering
Deep Transfer Learning Applied to Time-series Classification for Predicting Heart Failure Worsening Using Electrocardiography
Keyword:
Heart failure
,
Heart failure worsening prediction
,
Transfer learning
,
Machine Learning
,
Time series analysis
, and
Manifold learning
Creator:
Pan, Xiang
Advisor:
Lee, Kwonmoo
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-04-20
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Biomedical Engineering
Global Approximations of Agent-Based Model State Changes
Keyword:
Numerical Partial Differential Equations
,
Partial Differential Equations
,
Agent-Based Models
,
Upscaling
,
Mathematical Modeling
, and
Absorption Modeling
Creator:
Yereniuk, Michael A.
Advisor:
Olson, Sarah D
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-04-21
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Advanced Bioinspired Approaches to Strengthen and Repair Concrete
Keyword:
Concrete healing
,
Bioinspired
,
Carbonic anhydrase enzyme
,
Auxetic composites
,
Architected materials
, and
Concrete composites
Creator:
Rosewitz, Jessica A.
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-04-23
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
High-order numerical methods for integral fractional Laplacian: algorithm and analysis
Keyword:
stability
,
regularity
,
convergence
,
fractional laplacian
,
spectral method
, and
finite difference method
Creator:
Hao, Zhaopeng
Advisor:
Zhang, Zhongqiang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-04-30
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mathematical Sciences
Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying Enhanced Bioavailability of Artemisinin Delivered Orally as Dried Leaves of Artemisia annua
Keyword:
Inflammation
,
Artemisinin
,
Artemisia annua
,
Cytochrome P450 Inhibition
,
Malaria
, and
Bioavailability
Creator:
Desrosiers, Matthew R.
Advisor:
Weathers, Pamela
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Ranking for Decision Making: Fairness and Usability
Keyword:
fairness
,
interactive ranking
, and
ranking
Creator:
Kuhlman, Caitlin A.
Advisor:
Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Computer Science
Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructured Two-dimensional Tin Disulfide and its Applications in Catalysis and Optoelectronics
Keyword:
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
,
Tin disulfide (SnS2) Nanoflakes
,
Photodetectors
,
Close Space Sublimation
,
2D Metal Dichalcogenides
, and
Nanotechnology
Creator:
Giri, Binod
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Neuromodulation of Sex-Specific Pheromone-Mediated Behaviors
Keyword:
Pheromone
,
Social Behavior
,
Sex-Specific
,
Bioaffinity Probe
,
G protein-coupled Receptor
, and
Neuropeptide
Creator:
Reilly, Douglas K.
Advisor:
Srinivasan, Jagan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Biology & Biotechnology
Understanding and Engagement through Dynamic Technology and Gamified Learning Environments
Keyword:
educational technology
,
dynamic technology
,
math education
,
gamification
, and
games for learning
Creator:
Manzo, Daniel V.
Advisor:
Ottmar, Erin R
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Learning Sciences & Technologies
Opportunities and Challenges of LowCarbon Hydrogen via Metallic Membrane Reactors
Keyword:
Carbon capture
,
Steam methane reforming
,
Zeolite 13X
,
Techno economic analysis
,
Hydrogen
, and
Palladium
Creator:
Kian, Kourosh
Advisor:
Wilcox, Jennifer L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Chemical Engineering
A Closed Loop Recycling Process for the End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Li-ion Batteries
Keyword:
Lithium-ion batteries
Creator:
Chen, Mengyuan
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Materials Science & Engineering
Improving Imaging Techniques and Resolution in Neutron Radiography
Keyword:
event centroiding
Creator:
Borges, Nicholas P.
Advisor:
Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Physics
Accurate Identification of Pavement Materials Susceptible to Moisture Damange with Advanced Test Methods and Machine Learning
Keyword:
Hot Mix Asphalt
Creator:
Veeraragavan, Ram Kumar
Advisor:
Sakulich, Aaron R.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-13
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Improving the Fatigue Life of Cylindrical Thread Rolling Dies
Keyword:
Fatigue Life
,
Metal Forming Simulation
,
Thread Rolling Die
,
Thread Rolling
,
Die Stress Analysis
, and
Rolling Contact Fatigue
Creator:
Willens, David C.
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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