Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's James Worth Bagley College of Engineering.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Thermo-mechanical advancements for very high strength and ultra high performance concretes, Lana Grayson Brown Sisung
Analysis of trends from mass concrete case studies, Bradford Songer
Zeroizing trust in a naïve federated Zero Trust environment, Keith E. Strandell
From collapse to recovery: A graph-theoretic and econometric study of United States air transportation network in the COVID-19 era, Lamiae Taoudi
Synthetic data augmentation for retinoblastoma using diffusion, Andrew Thompson
Estimating reliability of electric vehicle charging ecosystem using principle of maximum entropy, Himanshu Tripathi
The role of K-12 educators in shaping STEM pathways: Examining social capital and self-efficacy in STEM education, Holly Trisch
Non-thermal DBD plasma-induced CO₂ capture and conversion to value added chemicals, Chinwendu Theresa Umeojiakor
Estimation of soybean root traits using computer vision and deep learning, Muhammad Usman
Boosting knowledge transferability through differentiable architecture search for skin lesion diagnosis, Anh Quoc Vo
Design and validation of an aerothermodynamic digital twin framework for hypersonic glide vehicles, Alexander Spiller Way
Reactive molecular dynamics and method development for applications in renewable energy and sorption equilibria, Woodrow Wilson
Investigation of water-based ink printing on exterior surfaces of flexible packaging articles, Ashley Cornell Wynne
Bridging physics and machine learning: physics-informed neural networks (PINN) for wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) thermal prediction, Haiye (Justin) Xie
Novel experimental techniques for pressure transients, Luliang Zhang
Toward a unified network flow framework: from conservation principles to fluid dynamics models, Zonghan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Processing and characterization of conjugated polymers utilizing electrospinning technique for optoelectronic applications, Humayun Ahmad
Physics-based and data-driven constitutive modeling of unsaturated soils under multi-physics loading conditions, Mohsen Ajdari
Wavelet-enhanced 2D and 3D Lightweight Perception Systems for autonomous driving, Simegnew Yihunie Alaba
Deep learning-based radio frequency interference detection and mitigation for microwave radiometers with 2-D spectral features, Ahmed Manavi Alam
Deep reinforcement learning for advanced wireless networks enabling service and spectrum coexistence, Walaa Alqwider
Common-mode EMI characterization and mitigation in networked power electronics-enabled power systems, Ashik Amin
Stochastic programming models and algorithms to improve resiliency in a biomass supply chain, Jay Artil
The role of high-resolution dataset on developing of coastal wind-driven waves model in low energy system, Ramin Baghbani
Manifold design for a high-enthalpy, long-duration high speed wind tunnel, Gradon Parker Bailey
Toward privacy-preserving component certification for metal additive manufacturing, Mahathir Mohammad Bappy
A graphical user interface application for querying the unmanned aerial system integration safety and security technology ontology, Matthew Richard Beach
Analysis of cortical evoked auditory response detection in adults using machine learning, Pranavi Beerelli
Advancing digital twins of wire arc-DED through process control with a multi-modal sensor array, Jeffery Logan Betts
Contention resolution with collision cost, Umesh Chandra Biswas
Optimal multi-target navigation in complex environments via Generalized Voronoi Diagram graph structures, Brandon Black
Improved vector pruning for partially observable Markov decision processes, Thomas Jonathan Bowman
The impact of a summer bridge program at a public land-grant university in the southeastern region on the retention of first-time Black students, Marcus Isaiah Brumfield
Failure of polymeric materials at ultra-high strain rates, Kyle Richard Callahan
Resource sharing in secure distributed systems, Trisha Chakraborty
Sampling space and deep reinforcement learning based robot navigation, Pradeep Chintam
Assessment of cognitive decision-making with the use of wearable technology by general aviation pilots conducting pre- and post-flight aircraft inspections, Katherine Leigh Constant-Coup
Software Defined Radio (SDR) based sensing, Ajaya Dahal
Fabrication and testing of a stitched sandwich composite main landing gear door, Mary Dimitroff
A case against exclusive reliance on volumetric mixture characterization for future asphalt pavements and the advancement of a viable alternative, Jonathan Randy Easterling
Charting the course through complexity: Networked approaches to foster sustainable and resilient supply chains., Safae El Amrani
Quantum task mapping for large-scale heterogenous computing systems, Mackenzie Danyel Ellenberger
Numerical predictions of turbulent heat transfer in liquid metal flows, Mohammed Elmellouki
Synthesis and degradation of biobased polymers from plant oils incorporated with cellulose nanocrystals., Katherine Elmore
Effects of Turbulence on Scramjet Engines Combustion, Mohamed En-nali
Predictions of thermo-fluid transport over a poultry incubation period using high performance computing, Melvy Fernandes
Evaluation and enhancement of the Phosphorus Index for the Mississippi Delta, Felipe Fernandez Martinez
Enhanced intellectual property protection mechanisms towards collaborative data sharing in metal-based additive manufacturing, Durant Hayes Fullington
Assembly and analysis of a mobile reactor system for the continuous conversion of landfill gas to sustainable aviation fuels, Benjamin Eston Gibens
MITRE Attack framework adaptation in UAV usage during surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Jeffrey Greer IV
Plastic contaminants detection and classification in seed cotton using customed design feeder separator unit and convolutional neural network, Jonathan Harjono
Resource description framework parsing method on the UAS integration safety and security technology ontology, Hunter Harris
Towards clearer paths: Addressing camera obstructions in autonomous vehicles through neural networks, Nicholas J. Harvel
Risk assessment of severe weather events affecting animal production facilities, Impana Hassan Swamy Gowda
Robust longitudinal velocity control for advanced vehicles: A deep reinforcement learning approach, Fahmida Islam
Effect of pressure on viscoplasticity and its usefulness in designing impact devices, Marouane Jarachi
Attrition rates in the engineering industry by gender and time, Josiane Kander
A comprehensive performance evaluation of proprietary and open-source language models in closed and open-domain tasks, Abhilash Kanduri
Boundary layer flow control in low-Reynolds numbers via internal acoustic excitation, Joshua Michael Kiley
Beyond clear paths: Training with neural style transfer and auto-augmentation for domain-generalized segmentation of soiled images, Jacob Randall Kutch
Multi-Cloud architecture attacks through Application Programming Interfaces, Theodore Edward Lander Jr.
Disruptors and resilience capabilities of pharmaceutical supply chains exposed to rare catastrophic disasters: case studies of one localized and one global disaster, Jeanne-Marie Elizabeth Lawrence
Extending Social Force Model for the design and development of crowd control and evacuation strategies using physics-based simulation, Aaron Wade LeGrand Sr.
Residual stress predictions in L-PBF Ti-6Al-4V NIST bridges using FEM, Caitlin Delaney Luke
The analysis and comparison of cardiac time intervals via seismocardiography., Aysha Jenea Mann
Detection and analysis of low-rate attacks using network traffic analysis, Nagasai Deepak Matta
Review of inverter functionality requirements in IEEE 1547 for voltage fault ride-through, Tyler Coby Jonathan May
Enhancing AFM particle analysis and shape factor identification with machine learning, William David McKelvey
Uncertainty analysis for runoff, crop yield, sediment, and nutrient loads in the Mississippi Delta region using APEX, Javier Fernando Méndez Monroy
Continuum and discrete models for particle-based heat exchangers in thermal and thermochemical energy storage, Ashreet Mishra
Examining the role of hypertension-induced mechanotransduction on vascular smooth muscle cells and vascular calcification, Jessica Moon
Uncertainty-aware path planning on aerial imagery and unknown environments, Charles Alan Moore
Predicting vegetation override force for off-road autonomy, Marc Nicholas Moore
Deep learning based soil moisture retrieval using GNSS-R observations from CYGNSS, M M Nabi
The impact of eye-tracking features on hazard identification skill assessment: an approach based on machine learning and virtual reality, Mohammad Nafe Assafi
Investigation of coupled fluid-structure interactions in supersonic flows, Seshendra Palakurthy
Development of a framework to completely quantify airfield pavement serviceability, Timothy Allen Parsons
Process parameter optimization of M300 maraging steel and mechanical characterization of uniformly and selectively scaled M300 cellular structures, Haley Elizabeth Petersen
Exploring the relationship between network topology and braess paradox, Samuel Giftson Prabhakar
Mapping invasive aquatic plants using deep learning classification and segmentation models, Ruchitha Yadav Prakash
Performance evaluation of deep learning object detectors for weed detection and real time deployment in cotton fields, Abdur Rahman
Multi-cloud identity security utilizing Self-Sovereign Identity, Morgan Lee Reece
Assessing plate load testing and modulus of subgrade reaction determination for pavements, Jami Lynn Rushing
On topological measures and network vulnerability patterns: a review and comparative analysis, Saviz Saei
Designing and understanding physical behavior of polymeric materials, Chinmoy Saha
Experimental and numerical investigation of phase change material melting cycle in microgravity, Ethan Michael Schuetzle
Analysis of stitched T-joints under tension, bending, and combined tensile-flexure, Aditya Shah
Ammonia decomposition by plasma catalysis, Minhazur Rahman Shawon
Multi-temporal UAV remote sensing combined with machine learning for estimating cotton yield, Amrit Shrestha
