Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Old Dominion University since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: Prediction of interference Pathloss Inside Commercial Aircraft Using Modulated Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks, Madiha Jamil Jafri
Dissertation: The Distributed Independent-Platform Event-Driven Simulation Engine Library (DIESEL), Reejo Mathew
Thesis: Detecting Compromised Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks, Mary Lisa Mathews
Dissertation: Development of Fast, Distributed Computational Schemes for Full Body Bio-Models and Their Application to Novel Action Potential Block in Nerves Using Ultra-Short, High Intensity Electric Pulses, Ashutosh Mishra
Dissertation: Optimization Methods of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and the Self-Absorption Problem, Olodia Ayed Taha Nassef
Dissertation: Power-Aware Design Methodologies for FPGA-Based Implementation of Video Processing Systems, Hau Trung Ngo
Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Probe Effects of Ultra-Short, Very-High Voltage Pulses on Cells, Viswanadham Sridhara
Dissertation: Self-Organization in Cathode Boundary Layer Discharges, Nobuhiko Takano
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulations of Electrical Breakdown and Thermal Failure in Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide for High-Voltage Dielectric Applications, Guogang Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Thesis: Excimer UV Radiation from a Cylindrical Dielectric Barrier Discharge, Sudhakar Reddy Alla
Thesis: Fault Arrangements and Their Effect on the Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks, Dwayne Sayone Blai
Thesis: Gaussian Mixture Models and Neural Networks for Automatic Speaker Identification, Usha Gayatri Chalkapally
Dissertation: Femtosecond Laser Ablation with Single and Two-Photon Excitation for MEMS, Mohamed Abdelfattah Kottb Ahmad Elbandrawy
Thesis: Fault Modeling in Wireless Sensor Networks, Ahmed A. Elmiligui
Dissertation: Automatic Speech Recognition Using LP-DCTC/DCS Analysis Followed by Morphological Filtering, Penny Hix
Dissertation: An Adaptive Algorithm to Identify Ambiguous Prostate Capsule Boundary Lines for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Quantitation, Rania Yousry Hussein
Dissertation: Whole Word Phonetic Displays for Speech Articulation Training, Fansheng Meng
Dissertation: Stability Analysis of Hybrid Jump Linear Systems With Markov Inputs, Arturo Tejada Ruiz
Dissertation: Learning as a Nonlinear Line of Attraction for Pattern Association, Classification and Recognition, Ming-Jung Seow
Dissertation: Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Sources for Polymer Surface Modification, Shujun Yang
Dissertation: Performance Analysis of Recoverable Flight Control Systems Subject to Neutron-Induced Upsets Using Hybrid Dynamical Models, Hong Zhang
Dissertation: High Performance Queueing and Scheduling in Support of Multicasting in Input-Queued Switches, Weiying Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Thesis: Design and Implementation of One and Two-Degree-of-Freedom Magnetic Suspension and Balance Systems, Mark W. Adams
Thesis: Applying a Simulation-Based Real-Time Decision Making Method to Mass Casualty Scenarios in Hospital Emergency Departments, Fatemah Al-Douli
Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Silicon Photonic Crystals Effect of Oxidation and Etching, G. M. Haider Ali
Thesis: Mobility-Pattern Based Localization Update Algorithm for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks, Mohammad Yacoub Al-laho
Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis of Electron Bombardment of Gallium Nitride for Particle Detector Applications, James Gibson Bolitho
Thesis: Image Compression by Vector Quantization of DCT Coefficients Using a Self-Organizing Neural Network, Kirankumar Boyapati
Thesis: Support for A Delivery Train Based Material Handling Mechanism, Sai P. Boyedapu
Thesis: Programmable Process Flow Networks, Filip D. Cuckov
Thesis: Electromagnetic Propagation Prediction Inside Aircraft Cabins, Genevieve Hankins
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of \Sub-Microsecond Electrical Breakdown in Liquids with Application to Water, Jun Qian
Dissertation: Multi-Modal Enhancement Techniques for Visibility Improvement of Digital Images, Li Tao
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of Photonic Crystal Fibers and Distributed Feedback Photonic Crystal Fiber Lasers, Feng Wu
Dissertation: Carbon Nanotubes and Tungsten Oxide Nanorods: Synthesis and Applications, Bing Xiao
Dissertation: High Power 121.6 NM Radiation Source for Advanced Lithography, Jianxun Yan
Dissertation: Melting and Solidification Study of Indium and Bismuth Nanocrystals Using Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction, Mohamed K. Zayed
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Thesis: Real-Time Measurements on the Effects of Ultra-Short High Voltage Pulses on HL-60 Cells, Michalis C. Artemiou
Thesis: Modeling Nerve Electro-Stimulation in the Nanosecond Regime, Feng Chen
Thesis: Interactive Land Use VRML Application Using Servlet Assist, Suresh Chitithoti
Thesis: Vector Operations in Superscalar Architectures, Nathan Daniel Flinn
Dissertation: Dynamical Studies of Model Membrane and Cellular Response to Nanosecond, High-Intensity Pulsed Electric Fields, Qin Hu
Dissertation: Generating Series for Interconnected Nonlinear Systems and the Formal Laplace-Borel Transform, Yaqin Li
Dissertation: Scaling and Characterization of Direct Current Glow Discharge Plasma in Atmospheric Air, Abdel-Aleam Hefney Mohamed
Dissertation: Stability Analysis of Jump-Linear Systems Driven by Finite-State Machines with Markovian Inputs, Sudarshan S. Patilkulkarni
Dissertation: Microdischarge Arrays, Wenhui Shi
Dissertation: Electrical Breakdown in Polar Liquids, Shu Xiao
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Thesis: A Computer-Based Articulation Training Aid for Short Words (CATA), Mukund Devarajan
Dissertation: Photonic Crystals: Modeling and Simulation, Shangping Guo
Dissertation: Dynamics of Phase Transitions on Low-Index Metal Surfaces, Bo Lin
Dissertation: Fuzzy System Identification Based Upon a Novel Approach to Nonlinear Optimization, Raymond Scott Starsman
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Thesis: Improvements in Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy Using Ratios of Higher Harmonics, James Michael Barrington
Thesis: A Study of Radiofrequency Effects on Gene Expression, Elizabeth A. Coln
Thesis: Evaluation of Distributed Effects in Field Effect Transistors for High Frequency Applications, Srinivas Rowjee Cuddapah
Dissertation: Development of an Efficient Ti:Sapphire Laser Transmitter for Atmospheric Ozone Lidar Measurements, Khaled A. Elsayed
Dissertation: Study of Non-Equilibrium Electron Dynamics in Metals, Wael Mohamed Gomaa Ibrahim
Dissertation: Robust Face Representation and Recognition Under Low Resolution and Difficult Lighting Conditions, Mohammad Moinul Islam
Dissertation: A Formal Object Model for Layered Networks to Support Verification and Simulation, Rasha M. B. E. Morsi
Dissertation: Excimer Emission From Pulsed Microhollow Cathode Discharges, Mohamed Moselhy
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Thesis: The Effect of Multiple Pulses on Bacteria, Ramy El-Sayed Aly
Thesis: Co-Located Fiber Bragg Gratings for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Strain, Ronald W. Bentley
Dissertation: Coherent Differential Absorption Lidar for Combined Measurement of Wind and Trace Atmospheric Gases, Grady James Koch
Dissertation: Ensemble Monte Carlo Based Simulation Analysis of GaN HEMTs for High-Power Microwave Device Applications, Tao Li
Thesis: Simulation Optimization Studies of Routing and Process Flow Problems, Satish Ravichandran
Thesis: SPICE-Based Heat Transport Model for Non-Intrusive Thermal Diagnostic Applications, Michael Stelzer
Dissertation: Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions at Low-Index Germanium Surfaces, Xinglin Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: A Flowchart Structure for Modification of a MODSIM Process Model, Murali K. Adatrao
Thesis: Routing Optimization Through Computer-Aided Simulation, Madhusudhan Akundi
Thesis: Simulation Studies of Cellular Electroporation Due to Ultra-Fast Electric Pulses, Gayathri R. Barthaki
Thesis: Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon Field Emitter Arrays, Aaron M. Brock
Dissertation: Resolution of Overlapping Spectra by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy, Audra Michiele Bullock
Thesis: Process Flow Optimization Studies Through Discrete Event Simulation, Milind Chokshi
Thesis: Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy of Water Vapor and Line Center Stabilization at 1.462 μM for Lidar Applications, Colleen Marie Fitzgerald
Dissertation: Signal Modeling with Non-Uniform Time Sampling of Features for Automatic Speech Recognition, Montri Karnjanadecha
Dissertation: Advanced Atmospheric Water Vapor Dial Detection System, Tamer Refaat
Dissertation: Pulsed Optoacoustics in Solids, Zibiao Wei
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Thesis: Development and Testing of an AC Micro Hollow Cathode Simulator, Thomas E. Caldwell
Thesis: Stability Analysis and Augmentation of a Closed-Loop Computer Control System Subject to Electromagnetic Disturbances, Mustafa Doğan
Dissertation: Preparation and Surface Studies of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Dissertation: Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on Aquatic Nuisance Species, Amr Abou-Ghazala
Dissertation: Field Emission and Breakdown Processes in Vacuum Gaps with SiO(X)-Coated Cathodes, Raymond Jack Allen III
Thesis: Variability Analysis of Discrete Cosine Transform Coefficient (DCTC) Features for Speech Processing, Bingjun Dai
Thesis: Reactions of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide in a Microhollow Electrode Discharge, Joseph L. Desormeaux Jr.
Thesis: Building LMS Adaptive Filters with Register-Based FPGAs, Li Ding
Dissertation: Microhollow Cathode Discharge Excimer Lamps, Ahmed El-Habachi
Dissertation: The Cluster Multipole Algorithm for Far-Field Computations, Rakesh R. Patel
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of High-Field, High-Temperature SiC Devices, Sanjay Pathak
Thesis: The Effects of Fabry-Perot Fringing on the Sensitivity of a Wavelength Modulation Experiment, Patrick C. Shea
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Thesis: High Resolution Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy for Precise Gaseous Characterization, Audra Michiele Bullock
Thesis: Selective CVD Growth of Diamond Crystals on Tungsten, Charles Randal Cole
Thesis: Development of a Photon Counting System for Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar Signal Detection, Bradley Allen Eccles
Dissertation: Kramers-Kronig Anomalous Dispersion on Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Couplers and Tapers, Arnel C. Lavarias
Dissertation: Diamond for Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy, Jianli Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Speech Feature Computation for Visual Speech Articulation Training, Stefan Auberg
Thesis: An Enhanced Signal Processing Strategy for Fetal Heart Rate Detection, Charles Brewton
Thesis: Visual Speech Recognition Using Multiple Deformable Lip Models, Devi Chandramohan
Thesis: Resource/Dataflow Graph Operating System Development, Sriram J. Coimbatore
Thesis: Real-Time Visual Speech Articulation Training Aid, Neiyer S. Correal
Dissertation: Modelling an Optical Fiber Bragg Grating, Claudio Oliveira Egalon
Dissertation: Optical Fiber Fourier Transform Infrared Evanescent Wave Absorption Spectroscopy of Aluminum Hydroxide and Natural Corrosion, Juock S. Namkung