Student Dissertations
Engineering graduate students are active participants in scientific and engineering discourse.
Recent dissertations:
| Student Name | Department | Title | Advisor | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Ellis | ATS | Evaluation of International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) D2 Cloud Amount Changes and their Connections to | Wayne Schubert | 2010 |
| Cuong Nguyen | ECE | "PARAMETRIC TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS FOR DUAL-POLARIZATION RADAR SIGNALS" | V. Chandrasekar | 2010 |
| Matt Richardson | ATS | Making Real Time Measurements of Ice Nucleation at Upper Tropospheric Temperatures: Extending the Capabilities of the Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber | Jeffrey Collett | 2009 |
| Mathews Richardson | ATS | Making Real Time Measurements of Ice Nucleation at Upper Tropospheric Temperatures: Extending the Capabilities of the Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2009 |
| Katherine Corbin | ATS | Investigating Causes of regional variations of atmospheric CO2 concentrations | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2009 |
| Rachel Storer | ATS | Modeling Aerosol impacts on Convection Under Differing Storm Environments | Graeme Stephens | 2009 |
| Leigh Patterson | ATS | Development of wildland fire smoke marker emissions maps for the conterminous United States | Jeffrey Collett | 2009 |
| Misha Schurman | ATS | Developing and testing prototype compact denuders for ambient air sampling applications. | Jeffrey Collett | 2009 |
| Scott Stevens | ATS | A ground-based analysis of the transition from warm cloud to rain | Jeffrey Collett | 2009 |
| Eric Stoner | ATS | Intercalibration of Four Microwave Radiometers Using Optimal Estimation Techniques | Thomas Vonder Haar | 2009 |
| Eric James | ATS | An Observational Climatology of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Vortices. | Steven Rutledge | 2009 |
| Rachel Storer | ATS | Modeling Aerosol Impacts on Convection Under Differing Storm Environments | David Randall | 2009 |
| Leigh Patterson | ATS | Development of wildland fire smoke marker emissions maps for the conterminous United States | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2009 |
| Misha Schurman | ATS | Developing and testing prototype compact denuders for ambient air sampling application | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2009 |
| Maike Ahlgrimm | ATS | Model Evaluation Using Space-Borne Lidar Observations | David Randall | 2008 |
| Katherine B. Beem | ATS | Atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Kirsten Koehler | ATS | The Impact of Natural Dust Aerosol on Warm and Cold Cloud Formation | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Gavin McMeeking | ATS | The optical, chemical, and physical properties of aerosols and gases emitted by the laboratory combustion of wildland fuels. | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Giovanni Leoncini | ATS | IMPROVING NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION: ERROR GROWTH AT THE CONVECTIVE SCALE AND SPEED | William Cotton | 2008 |
| Anna Harper | ATS | The relationship between surface biophysics and the hydrologic cycle in the Amazon rainforest | A. Scott Denning | 2008 |
| Erica McGrath-Spangler | ATS | Entrament Effects of Overshooting Thermals on Land-Atmosphere Interactions | A. Scott Denning | 2008 |
| Katherine Corbin | ATS | Investigating Causes of Regional Variations in Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations | A. Scott Denning | 2008 |
| Rebecca Adams | ATS | Investigation of mesoscale surface pressure and temperature features associated with bow echoes | Richard Johnson | 2008 |
| Rebecca Adams | ATS | Investigation of Mesoscale Surface Pressure and Temperature Features Associated with Bow Echoes | Steven Rutledge | 2008 |
| Chelsea Corr | ATS | Retrieval of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo at UV Wavelengths for Two Urban Field Campaigns | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Ezra Levin | ATS | The role of aerosols on visibility degradation during two field campaigns | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Laura Mack | ATS | The retrieval of aerosol optical properties from biomass burning during FLAME2 | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Gavin McMeeking | ATS | The optical, chemical, and physical properties of aerosols and gases emitted by the laboratory combustion of wildland fuels | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Janice Bytheway | ATS | A PHYSICALLY BASED SCREEN FOR PRECIPITATION OVER COMPLEX SURFACES USING PASSIVE MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Anita Rapp | ATS | ON THE ROLE OF WARM RAIN CLOUDS IN THE TROPICS | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Daniel Lindsey | ATS | A Study of the Relationship Between Thunderstorm Processes and Cloud-top Ice Crystal Size | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Gustavo Pereira | ATS | Characteristics and Organization of Precipitating Features During NAME 2004 and their Relationship to Environmental Conditions | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Russ Schumacher | ATS | Quasi-stationary, Extreme-rain-producing Convective Systems Associated With Midlevel Cyclonic Circulations | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Sharmila Padmanabhan | ATS | Three-Dimensional Water Vapor Retrieval Using a Scanning Network of Compact Microwave Radiometers | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Melissa Burt | ATS | Paleo-feedbacks in the hydrological and energy cycles in the Community Climate System Model | David Randall | 2008 |
| Rachel McCrary | ATS | Great Plains drought in simulations of the twentieth century | David Randall | 2008 |
| Katherine Thayer-Calder | ATS | The Role of Moisture in the MJO: A Comparison of Tropical Convection Processes in the CAM and Super-Parameterized CAM | David Randall | 2008 |
| Michael Toy | ATS | Design of a nonhydrostatic atmospheric model based on a generalized vertical coordinate. | David Randall | 2008 |
| Richard Cullin | ATS | Lightning Characteristics in Bow Echo and Supercell Storms. | Steven Rutledge | 2008 |
| Gustavo Pereira | ATS | Characteristics and Organization of Precipitating Features During NAME 2004 and their Relationship to Environmental Conditions. | Steven Rutledge | 2008 |
| Russell Schumacher | ATS | Quasi-stationary, Extreme-rain-producing Convective Systems Associated With Midlevel Cyclonic Circulations. | Steven Rutledge | 2008 |
| Gabriela Mora | ATS | Low-level Jets in the Tropical Americas. | Wayne Schubert | 2008 |
| Victoria Sankovich | ATS | A Comparison of ECMWF Global Cloudiness Forecasts with CloudSat Observations | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| Scott Stevens | ATS | A ground-based analysis of the transition from warm cloud to rain | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| Todd Ellis | ATS | Characteristics of Precip.: CloudSat Observations and Model Predictions of the Current and Future Climate | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| John Haynes | ATS | The Near Global Distribution of Light Rainfall from CloudSat | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| Matthew Rogers | ATS | Properties of the tropical hydrologic cycle as analyzed through 3-d-k-means analysis | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| Katherine Corbin | ATS | Investigating Causes of Regional Variations of Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| Anita Rapp | ATS | On the role of warm rain clouds in the Tropics. | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |
| Laura Ciasto | ATS | North Atlantic Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction on Intraseasonal Time Scales. | David Thompson | 2008 |
| Daniel Lindsey | ATS | A Study of the Relationship Between Thunderstorm Processes and Cloud-top Ice Crystal Size. | David Thompson | 2008 |
| Jason (Brant) Dodson | ATS | Observations of Atmospheric Rivers with CloudSat CPR and AQUA AMSR-E | Thomas Vonder Haar | 2008 |
| Aaron Schwartz | ATS | CLOUDS, ENERGETICS, AND CLIMATE IN THE ARCTIC FROM CLOUDSAT | Thomas Vonder Haar | 2008 |
| Anita Rapp | ATS | On the role of warm rain systems in the Tropics | Thomas Vonder Haar | 2008 |
| Arlie Huffman | OTHER | Metro West Middle College pilot program: An embedded case study | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Jim George | ECE | Transformation of CSU-CHILL into a Virtual Radar System. | Steven Rutledge | 2008 |
| Manupat Lohitnavy | OTHER | Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) Modeling of 3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB126) | Brad Reisfeld | 2008 |
| Guangwei Yuan | ECE | "Characterization of integrated optical waveguides" | Kevin Lear | 2008 |
| Morgan William Defoort | ME | Laser Ignition for Natural Gas Engines | Bryan Willson | 2008 |
| Martin Malenshek | ME | METHANE NUMBER TESTING OF ALTERNATIVE GASEOUS FUELS | Daniel Olsen | 2008 |
| Timothy Ruckh | ME | Developing a computer model of the Human Knee | Christian Puttlitz | 2008 |
| Blake Holloway | ME | Mechanical Coupling due to Composite Structural Damage and Repair | Donald Radford | 2008 |
| Darin Cate | ME | Determining the Effect of Material Properties on Operating Temperatures of Fiber Reinforced Internal Combustion Engine Poppet Valves | Donald Radford | 2008 |
| Andrew Grabher | ME | Processing Techniques and Evaluation of Geopolymer as a Matrix Material in Fiber Reinforced Composite Engine Exhaust Valves | Donald Radford | 2008 |
| Douglas Hopper | ME | Comparison of Fixed Action Patterns Used to Direct Mobile Robot Behavior | Wade Troxell | 2008 |
| Michael Conboy | ME | Object Identification for Landmark Localization in Urban Search and Rescue Situations. | Wade Troxell | 2008 |
| Ross MacGregor | ME | Hypobaric Hypoxia Resulting from Gradual Decompression for a More Humane Method of Mouse Euthanasia | Wade Troxell | 2008 |
| Justin Mauck | ME | Heat Flux to a Wall Immersed in a Radio Frequency Plasma | John Williams | 2008 |
| Daniel Mastbergen | ME | TBA | Bryan Willson | 2008 |
| Kristina Weyer | ME | TBA | Bryan Willson | 2008 |
| Lacy Karpilo | OTHER | ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHING METHODS AND THE LEVEL OF FACULTY INVOLVEMENT THAT PROMOTES ACADEMIC SUCCESS | Thomas Siller | 2008 |
| Darin Cate | ME | DETERMINING THE EFFECT MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON OPERATING TEMPERATURES OF FIBER REINFORCED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE POPPET VALVES | Daniel Olsen | 2008 |
| Sachin Joshi | ME | TBA | Bryan Willson | 2008 |
| Amanda Holden | ATS | Estimating contributions of primary biomass combustion to fine particulate matter at sites in the Western United States | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Luciana Pereyra | CE | Function-Based Approach for the Biomolecular Study of Microbial Communities in Systems Treating Acid Mine Drainage | Sybil Sharvelle | 2008 |
| Chelsea Corr | ATS | Retrieval of Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo at UV Wavelengths for Two Urban Field Campaigns | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Erica McGrath-Spangler | ATS | Entrainment effects of overshooting thermals on land-atmosphere interactions | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Laura Mack | ATS | The retrieval of aerosol optical properties from biomass burning during FLAME2 | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Ezra Levin | ATS | The role of aerosols on visibility degradation during two field campaigns | Jeffrey Collett | 2008 |
| Amanda Holden | ATS | Estimating contributions of primary biomass combustion to fine particulate matter at sites in the Western United States | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Katherine Bachman Beem | ATS | Atmospheric nitrogen and sulfur deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park | Sonia Kreidenweis | 2008 |
| Klaus Karl Hartinger | ECE | "Propagation and frequency conversion in the presence of coherent nuclear motion" | Randy Bartels | 2008 |
| Yuxiang (Jason) Liu | ECE | "The Study And Real-Time Implementation Of Attenuation Correction For X-Band Dual-Polarization Weather Radars" | Viswanathan Bringi | 2008 |
| Jim George | ECE | "Transformation of CSU-CHILL into a Virtual Radar" | V. Chandrasekar | 2008 |
| Direk Khajonrat | ECE | "Simulation of Space-based Radar Observations" | V. Chandrasekar | 2008 |
| Yuxiang (Jason) Liu | ECE | "The Study And Real-Time Implementation Of Attenuation Correction For X-Band Dual-Polarization Weather Radars" | V. Chandrasekar | 2008 |
| Michael Robert Steigerwald | ECE | "Soft Error Analysis in Deep Submicron Technologies" | Thomas Chen | 2008 |
| Hua Li | ECE | Information Theoretic Problems in Networks and Active Sensing | Edwin Chong | 2008 |
| Ashish Sharma | ECE | "Analysis of differential gene in E. coli following exposure to non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma plume" | George Collins | 2008 |
| H.M.N. Dilim Bandara | ECE | "Top-Down Clustering Based Self-Organization of Collaborative Wireless Sensor Networks" | Anura Jayasumana | 2008 |
| Prasanna Manja Ramakrishna | ECE | "Binning of Devices with X-IDDQ" | Anura Jayasumana | 2008 |
| Daniel Vivanco | ECE | "Towards emulation of large-scale IP networks using end-to-end packet delay characteristics" | Anura Jayasumana | 2008 |
| Vladimir Vladimirov Shestak | ECE | "Robust Resource-Allocation Methods for QoS-Constrained Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems" | Anthony Maciejewski | 2008 |
| James (Jay) Smith | ECE | "Robust Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems" | Anthony Maciejewski | 2008 |
| Przemyslaw Wachulak | ECE | "Applications of extreme ultraviolet compact lasers to nanopatterning and high resolution holographic imaging." | Mario Marconi | 2008 |
| Courtney Brewer | ECE | "High resolution full field zone plate microscopy using a compact extreme ultraviolet 13.2/13.9 nm laser" | Carmen Menoni | 2008 |
| Eve Marian Klopf | ECE | "Development, Fabrication and Testing of a Direct Detection Radiometer Multi-Chip Module at 18.7 GHz" | Steven Reising | 2008 |
| Sharmila Padmanabhan | ECE | "Three-Dimensional Water Vapor Retrieval Using a Scanning Network of Compact Microwave Radiometers" | Steven Reising | 2008 |
| Michael Anthony Purvis | ECE | "Plasma interactions in laser-irradiated cavities studied with soft x-ray interferometry" | Jorge Rocca | 2008 |
| Brendan Alexander Reagan | ECE | "Enhanced High Harmonic Generation in a Capillary Discharge" | Jorge Rocca | 2008 |
| Vladimir Vladimirov Shestak | ECE | "Robust Resource-Allocation Methods for QoS-Constrained Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems" | Howard Siegel | 2008 |
| James (Jay) Smith | ECE | "Robust Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems" | Howard Siegel | 2008 |
| Janice Bytheway | ATS | AN EMPIRICAL EMISSIVITY MODEL FOR COMPLEX SURFACES | Thomas Vonder Haar | 2008 |
| Russ Schumacher | ATS | Quasi-stationary, Extreme-rain-producing Convective Systems Associated With Midlevel Cyclonic Circulations. | David Thompson | 2008 |
| Kristen George | ATS | Polarimetric --based rainfall rates using s-band and x- band radars in the GPM-GV pilot project | Christian Kummerow | 2008 |
| Zachary Cleveland | OTHER | Developing hyperpolarized krypton-83 for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging | David Dandy | 2008 |
| Brian Dressen | OTHER | Develoment of a microchip electrophoresis environmental monitoring system: from surface to separation chemistry | David Dandy | 2008 |
| Matthews Richardson | ATS | Making real time measurements of ice nuclei concentrations at upper tropospheric temperatures: extending the capabilities of the continuous flow diffusion chamber | David Dandy | 2008 |
| Guangwei Yuan | ECE | Characterization of integrated optical waveguide devices | David Dandy | 2008 |
| Jonathan Gerding | OTHER | Single feature inking and stamping: a versatile approach to molecular patterning | David Dandy | 2008 |
| Sherry Hunt | CE | Design of Converging Stepped Spillways | Steven Abt | 2008 |
| Noah Friesen | CE | Amplification of supercritical surface waves in steep open channels near Las Vegas, Nevada. | Pierre Julien | 2008 |
| Seema Shah-Fairbank | CE | Modified Einstein | Pierre Julien | 2008 |
| Jennifer Moore | CE | Design of a Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Upper Cache la Poudre River | Jim Loftis | 2008 |
| Ramadan Alkhatib | CE | INVESTIGATING THE EFFICACY OF GRAYWATER USE AT THE HOUSEHOLD LEVEL | Larry Roesner | 2008 |
| Jennifer Davis | CE | Effects of Catchment Modification on the Flow Frequency Curve Modeled Using the EPA-SWMM Model | Larry Roesner | 2008 |
| Jong Kang | CE | Membrane Behavior of Clay Liner Materials | Charles Shackelford | 2008 |
| Michael Pierce | CE | Predicting Peak Outflow From breached Embankment Dams | Steven Abt | 2008 |
| Kwang-Suop Lim | CE | Methodology for evaluation flood damage reduction alternatives using a gis-based MCDA interactive model. | Neil Grigg | 2008 |
| Lee Ann Doner | CE | Tools to resolve water quality benefits of upgradient contaminant flux reduction | Domenico Bau | 2008 |
| Sean Pieper | ECE | "Optical Characterization of Photoluminescent Dyes for Biosensor Transducer Applications" | Kevin Lear | 2008 |
| Anna Harper | ATS | The relationship between surface biophysics and the hydrologic cycle in the Amazon rainforest | David Randall | 2008 |
| Sachin Joshi | ME | DEVELOPMENT OF A FIBER COUPLED LASER IGNITION SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITY | Daniel Olsen | 2008 |
| Carla Lacerda | CHEME | Environmental Proteome Profiling Applied to the Study of Polybacterial Metal Resistance and Adaptation | Kenneth Reardon | 2008 |
| Sage Hiibel | CHEME | Active Community Profiling of Microbial Communities in Sulfate-Reducing Permeable Reactive Zones | Kenneth Reardon | 2008 |
| Tim Hinerman | ME | Injector Coupled High Frequency Instability in Liquid Rocket Engines | Allan Kirkpatrick | 2008 |
| Dan Milano | ME | Analytical modeling of high frequency combustion instability in liquid fueled rocket engines with baffled combustion chambers | Allan Kirkpatrick | 2008 |
| Valerie Pferdeort | CHEME | Proteomic Analysis of Metabolically Engineered TCE- and PCE-Degrading Cells | Kenneth Reardon | 2008 |
| Dennis Watson | ME | A Mechanical Component Stack-up Optimization for More Fuel Efficient Jet Engines | Thomas Bradley | 2008 |
| Bryan O'Rourke | ME | Crank Angle Resolved Friction Measurements on a Motored Engine | Donald Radford | 2008 |
| Joshua Porter | ME | POLY(e-CAPROLCATONE) NANOWIRE SURFACES FOR BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS | Ketul Popat | 2008 |
| Snehal Shetye | ME | "Simulation, Testing and Validation of Bowling Dynamics" | David Alciatore | 2008 |
| Kristen George | ATS | Polarimetric-Based Rainfall Rates Using S-Band and X-Band Radars in the GPM-GV Pilot Project. | Steven Rutledge | 2008 |
| Taryn Haladay | ATS | Characteristics of Tropical Thin Cirrus Clouds as seen Jointly by CloudSat and CALIPSO | Graeme Stephens | 2008 |