Graduate Students of Prof. Anthony A. Maciejewski

PhD Students

1. Qing Xue (employed by Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis IN)
   • PhD, Purdue University, May 1990 (co-advised with Prof. P. Sheu)
   • Thesis title: Path Planning for Mobile Robots with Manipulators
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2. Rodney G. Roberts (employed by Florida State University / Florida A&M University, Tallahassee FL)
   • PhD, Purdue University, May 1992
   • Thesis title: The Design of Repeatable Control Strategies for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators
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3. Yun-Sun Kang (employed by ScanScout, Boston, MA)
   • PhD, Purdue University, May 1994
   • Thesis title: Knowledge Base Acquisition for a Japanese Language Intelligent Tutoring System
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4. Christopher L. Lewis (employed by Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX)
   • PhD, Purdue University, August 1994
   • Thesis title: Fault Tolerance for Kinematically Redundant Robotic Manipulators
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5. John J. Fox (employed by Parietal Systems, Inc., North Andover, MA)
   • PhD, Purdue University, December 1994
   • Thesis title: Path Planning for Articulated Manipulators
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6. Khalid W. Khawaja (employed by American University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
   • PhD, Purdue University, December 1995
   • Thesis title: Generation of Synthetic Images for Training Automated Inspection Algorithms
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7. James D. English (employed by Energid Technologies, Cambridge MA)
   • PhD, Purdue University, December 1996
   • Thesis title: Free-Swinging Failure Tolerance for Robotic Manipulators
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8. Kenneth N. Groom (employed by Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM)
   • PhD, Purdue University, Dec. 1997 (co-advised with Prof. V. Balakrishnan)
   • Thesis title: Real-Time Failure-Tolerant Control of Kinematically Redundant Robotic Manipulators
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9. Manish Goel (employed by Applied Materials, Santa Clara CA)
   • PhD, Purdue University, Dec. 1998 (co-advised with Prof. V. Balakrishnan)
   • Thesis title: Tolerating Undetected Failures in Kinematically Redundant Robotic Manipulators
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10. Chu-Yin Chang (employed by STI, Plano TX)
    • PhD, Purdue University, December 1999
    • Thesis title: Eigenspace Methods for Correlated Images
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11. Tracy D. Braun (employed by Noemix, San Diego CA)
    • PhD, Purdue University, May 2001 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: Heterogeneous Distributed Computing: Off-line Mapping Heuristics for Independent Tasks and for Tasks with Dependencies, Priorities, Deadlines, and Multiple Versions
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12. Shoukat Ali (employed by University of Missouri, Rolla MO)
    • PhD, Purdue University, August 2003 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: Robust Resource Allocation in Dynamic Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Systems
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13. Jong-Kook Kim (employed by Korea University, Seoul, Korea)
    • PhD, Purdue University, August 2004 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: Resource Management in Heterogeneous Computing Systems: Continuously Running Applications, Tasks with Priorities and Deadlines, and Power Constrained Mobile Devices
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14. Kishor Saitwal (employed by Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc., Houston TX)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, August 2006
    • Thesis title: Fast Eigenspace Decomposition of Correlated Images Using Their Spatial and Temporal Properties
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15. Jay Smith (employed by DigitalGlobe, Longmont, CO)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, August 2008 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: Robust Resource Allocation in Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems
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16. Vladimir Shestak (employed by IBM, Boulder, CO)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, December 2008 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: Robust Resource Allocation Methods for QoS-Constrained Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems
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17. Randy Hoover (employed by South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, August 2009
    • Thesis title: Pose Estimation of Spherically Correlated Images Using Eigenspace Decomposition in Conjunction with Spectral Theory
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18. Luis Briceno (employed by Intel, Fort Collins, CO)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, August 2010 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: Study of Robust Resource Allocation in Various Different Heterogeneous Computing
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19. Paul Maxwell (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: TBD
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20. Abdulla Al-Qawasmeh (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
    • Thesis title: TBD
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21. Khaled Ben-Gharbia (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD
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22. Daniel Brake (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. V. Putkaradze)
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23. Dalton Young (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
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24. Bhavesh Khemka (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
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25. Ryan Friese (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
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26. Tim Hansen (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
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27. Kyle Tarplee (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD
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28. Kumar Mishra (currently working on PhD)
    • PhD, Colorado State University, TBD
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MSEE Students

1. Kei-Wai Leung (employed by Texas Instruments, Dallas TX)
   • MSEE, Purdue University, May 1990
   • Thesis title: The Nihongo Tutorial System for Learning Technical Japanese
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2. Christopher L. Lewis (employed by Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX)
   • MSEE, Purdue University, August 1990
   • Thesis title: On-Line Trajectory Generation for Robots Cooperating to Perform an Assembly Task
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3. James M. Reagin (employed by Delphi Automotive Systems, Kokomo IN)
   • MSEE, Purdue University, May 1991
   • Thesis title: An Algorithm for the Parallel Computation of the Kinematic Equations of Motion for a Robot Manipulator
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4. Tracy Braun (employed by Noemix, San Diego CA)
   • MSEE, Purdue University, December 1997 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
   • Thesis title: Parallel Algorithms for Singular Value Decomposition as Applied to Failure Tolerant Manipulators
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5. Joel A. Kirkland (employed by Lockheed Martin, Denver CO)
   • MS, Colorado State University, May 2004
   • Thesis title: The Impact of Social Robots on Pedestrian Dynamics
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6. Bryce Eldridge (employed by Wolf Robotics, Fort Collins CO)
   • MS, Colorado State University, May 2006
   • Thesis title: Vision-Based Tool Calibration for Industrial Robots
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7. Ashish Mehta (employed by )
   • MS, Colorado State University, May 2006 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
   • Thesis title: Robust Resource Allocation in a Dynamic Heterogeneous Environment using Deterministic Execution Time Estimates
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8. Mohana Oltikar(employed by Hughes Network Systems, Gaithersburg, MD )
   • MS, Colorado State University, May 2006 (co-advised with Prof. H. J. Siegel)
   • Thesis title: Heuristics for Robust Resource Allocation in a Weather Data Processing System
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9. Rodrigo Jamisola (employed by Nautronix, Aberdeen, UK)
   • MS, Colorado State University, December 2006
   • Thesis title: Failure Tolerant Path Planning for Kinematically Redundant Manipulators
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