Recent Student Dissertation Topics

• Atmospheric Science
• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Atmospheric Science

Adriana Beatriz Beltran, Using a Coupled Atmospheric-Biospheric Modeling System (GEMRAMS) to Model the Effects of Land-Use/Land-Cover Changes on the Near-Surface Atmosphere, Adviser: Roger A. Pielke, Fall 2005.

Christopher Lawrence Castro, Investigation of the Summer Climate of North America: A Regional Atmospheric Modeling Study, Adviser: Roger A. Pielke, Fall 2005.

Brian David Griffith, Multifrequency Retrieval of Cloud Ice Particle Size Distributions, Adviser: Christian D. Kummerow, Fall 2005.

Israel Lucus Jirak, Observational Analysis of the Predictability of Mesoscale Convective Systems, Adviser: William R. Cotton, Fall 2005.

Lyle Alistair Pakula, On the Paradox of Convectively-Coupled Waves, Adviser: Graeme L. Stephens, Summer 2006.

Derek John Posselt, Application of Advanced Data Assimilation Techniques to the Study of Cloud and Precipitation Feedbacks in the Tropical Climate System, Adviser: Graeme L. Stephens, Summer 2006.

Cristiana Stan, The Mean Meridional Circulation: A New Potential-Vorticity, Potential-Temperature Perspective, Adviser: David A. Randall, Spring 2005.

Sarah Anne Tessendorf, Relationships Between Kinematics, Microphysics, and Lightening in High Plains Storms Observed During the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study, Adviser: Steven A. Rutledge, Summer 2006.

Kyle Cameron Wiens, Kinematic Microphysical, and Electrical Structure and Evolution of Thunderstorms During the Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (Steps), Adviser: Steven A. Rutledge, Spring 2005.

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Ninad Pramod Gujarathi, Phytoremediation of Tetracycline and Oxytetracycline, Advisers: James C. Linden and Ranil Wickramasinghe, Spring 2005.

David B. Hodge, Optimization of High Solids Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion for Ethanol Production, Adviser: M. Nazmul Karim, Summer 2005.

Ahmed Sirag Khogeer, Multi Objective Multi Refinery Optimization with Environmental and Catastrophic Failure Effects Objectives, Adviser: M. Nazmul Karim, Summer 2005.

Kai-hsin Liao, Reaction Network model for the Prediction of Mammalian Metabolism of Benzol[A]Pyrene, Adviser: Kenneth F. Reardon, Fall 2004.

Ryan Stephen Senger, Modeling of Recombinant Enzyme Inactivation and Prediction of N-Linked Glycosylation Site-Occupancy and Microheterogeneity, Advisers: M. Nazmul Karim, Spring 2005.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Craig Boroughs, Criteria for the Formation of Sediment Plugs in Alluvial Rivers, Adviser: Steven Roman Abt, Spring 2005.

John Philip Burkhalter, Defining and Engineering Solutions for Agroecological Impacts of Salinity and Waterlogging in an Irrigated River Valley, Advisers: Timothy Kevin Gates and John W. Labadie, Fall 2005.

Jaeyong Chung, Numerical Prediction of Turbulent Flow and Aerodynamic Loading on Bluff Bodies, Advisers: Bogusz Bienkiewicz and Robert N. Meroney, Spring 2005.

Christopher Ohannes Cuhaciyan, Hydrogeomorphic Characterization and Classification of Pacific Northwest Mountain Streams for Biomonitoring, Adviser: Brian Paul Bledsoe, Fall 2006.

Suseno Darsono, A Neural-Optimal Control Algorithm for Real-Time Operation of Combined Sewer Systems, Advisers: Maurice L. Albertson and John W. Labadie, Spring 2005.

Elgaali Attalla Elgaali, Modeling Regional Climate Change Impacts on Available Water for Agriculture, Adviser: Luis Alfredo Garcia, Spring 2005.

Osama Saad Al-Gahtani, Cross-Flow Non-Equilibrium Model of Air Sparging, Numerical and Analytical Solutions, Adviser: James Walter Warner, Summer 2006.

Blair Hanna, A Load Modeling Approach for Evaluating Selenium Stream Standards Compliance, Adviser: Jim Charles Loftis, Spring 2005.

Paulo Scarano Hemsi, Computational Modeling of Bioremediation of Acid Mine Drainage in Biochemical Permeable Reactive Barriers, Advisers: Charles Duane Shackelford and Linda Figueroa, Fall 2005.

Un Ji, Numerical Model for Sediment Flushing at the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage, Adviser: Pierre Y. Julien, Fall 2006.

Sung-Chul Kim, Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Human and Veterinary Antibiotics in the Watershed, Adviser: Kenneth Harry Carlson, Fall 2006.

John Paul Kochendorfer, A Monthly, Two-Soil-Layer Statistical-Dynamical Water Balance Model for Hydroecologically Focused Climate Impact Assessments, Adviser: Jorge A. Ramirez, Spring 2005.

Jin-Hee Lee, Basin-Wide Multi-Reservoir Operation Using Reinforcement Learning, Advisers: John W. Labadie and Timothy Kevin Gates, Summer 2005.

Yuan-Wen Lin, Development of a Model for Hydro-Salinity Simulation in Irrigated River Basins, Adviser: Luis Alfredo Garcia, Summer 2005.

Ruoting Pei, Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARG) as Environmental Contaminants: Occurrence In Cache la Poudre River Watershed and Response to Biological Treatment, Adviser: Amy Pruden-Bagchi, Fall 2006.

Fernando Ramirez, Vibration of Nanostructures: From Atomic to Continuum Scales, Adviser: Paul R. Heyliger, Summer 2006.

Peter David Rogers, Failure Assessment Model to Prioritize Pipe Replacement in Water Utility Asset Management, Adviser: Neil S. Grigg, Fall 2006.

Zeyad Salem Tarawneh, Characterizing the Severity of Hydrologic Droughts, Adviser: Jose D. Salas, Summer 2006.

Zan N’Tio Traore, Methodology for Drought Impacts Managements in Developing Countries, Adviser: Darrell G. Fontane, Spring 2005.

Mark Louis Velleux, Spatially Distributed Model to Assess Watershed Contaminant Transport and Fate, Adviser: Pierre Y. Julien, Fall 2005.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abdel-Rahman Mohamed Abdalla, WDM Ring Networks Based on Integrated Group-Search Wavelength Add/Drop Multiplexers, Adviser: M. A. Anura P. Jayasumana, Summer 2006.

Cengiz Alkan, Performance Driven Global Routing for Large Scale Macro-Cell Based Designs, Adviser: Thomas Wei Chen, Fall 2005.

Ahmad Nasser Al-Omari, High-Speed Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Reduced Electrical and Thermal Constraints on Modulation Bandwidth, Adviser: Kevin Lear, Summer 2006.

Sulaiman Saleh Al-Sowayan, Bandwidth Enhancement in Multimode Fiber Optic Communications Systems Considering Source Non-Idealities, Adviser: Kevin Lear, Summer 2005.

Ovidio Horacio Anton, Carrier Dynamics and Gain in 1.3um InGaAsN/GaAsP/GaAs Laser Diodes, Adviser: Carmen S. Menoni, Summer 2006.

Zhifei Fan, Signal Design, Diversity, and Capacity in Multi-Access Communication Systems, Adviser: Louis L. Scharf, Fall 2006.

Ayman Ghazi Fayoumi, Performance Evaluation of All-Optical Switching Architectures with Feedback or Feed-Forward Optical Buffers, Adviser: M.A. Anura P. Jayasumana, Summer 2005.

Juan Jose Gonzalez, Study of Transformer Coupled Toroidal Discharges, Adviser: George J. Collins, Summer 2005.

Abdulgader A. Habiballa, Wavelength Converter Allocation and Ranging for Multi-Fiber Share-Per-Link Switches in Slotted/Unslotted All-Optical Networks, Adviser: M.A. Anura P. Jayasumana, Fall 2005.

Xueping Jiang, Timing Analysis of CMOS Logic Gates in Deep Submicron VLSI Design, Adviser: M.A. Anura P. Jayasumana, Spring 2005.

Sanghun Lim, Reflectivity Retrieval in a Networked Radar Environment, Adviser: V. Chandrasekar, Summer 2006.

Abdur Rahman, Atmospheric Pressure Microplasma Characterization, Advisers: George J. Collins and Yalin Azer, Summer 2005.

Chris Randall Rose, Systems Engineering Evaluation of GPM Dual-Frequency Retrieval Algorithms, Adviser: V. Chandrasekar, Fall 2005.

Kishor Adinath Saitwal, Fast Eigenspace Decomposition of Correlated Images Using their Spacial and Temporal Properties, Adviser: Tony Maciejewski, Summer 2006.

Jaime Salazar, Adaptable Text and Image Retrieval Systems Using Relevance Feedback, Adviser: Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi, Fall 2006.

Basim Jameel Zafar, Classification and Quantification of TRMM Radar Observations, Adviser: V. Chandrasekar, Summer 2005.

Mechanical Engineering

Joseph Grady Beard, Experimental and Computational Comparison of a Low Heat Rejection Engine with a Conventionally Cooled Engine, Adviser: Walajabad S. Sampath, Summer 2006.

Gi-Heon Kim, Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Large Bore Two-Stroke Natural Gas Engine, Advisers: Allan T. Kirkpatrick and Bryan D. Willson, Fall 2004.

Sangwon Kim, The Method of Characteristics and Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to the Prediction of Underexpanded Jet Flows in Annular Geometry, Advisers: Charles E. Mitchell and Allan T. Kirkpatrick, Summer 2005.

Amy Sarah Lee, Phase Change Material in Floor Tiles for Thermal Energy Storage, Adviser: Douglas C. Hittle, Spring 2005.

Brandon Gerad Santoni, Effects of Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPUS) and Longitudinal Cortical Allograft Perforation (LAP) on Allograft Heading: A Biomechanical and Histological Investigation, Advisers: Donna Wheeler and Susan P. James, Summer 2006.