PhD Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Mobility management and resource allocation strategies for visible light communication networks
(2021-05-11)There has been a growing interest in Visible Light Communications (VLC) in recent years. The existing works in the literature on point-to-point VLC systems are well established, and especially the studies on physical layer ... -
Efficient methodologies for actualizing haptic feedback in consumer electronics
(2021-06-11)There are significant limitations to creating effective haptic illusions in mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. The main limitations are that these devices are too small in size to accommodate complex actuators ... -
Testing and scheduling applications under uncertainty
(2021-02)In this thesis, we consider two different optimization problems under uncertainty. The first problem is identifying defective components in failed k-out-of-n systems. In the second part, we study the parallel machine ... -
Investigation of corrosion in oil pipelines through surface nano-treatment
(2020-01)Corrosion is the unintentional and degradation of a material caused by the reaction of that material with its environment and a natural possible hazard correlated with gas and oil generation and transportation facilities. ... -
Enhancing deep learning models for campaign participation prediction
(2019-07-31)Companies engage with their customers in order to establish a long-term relationship. Targeting the right audience with the right product is crucial for providing better services to customers, increasing their loyalty to ... -
Essays in macro-finance
(2019-12-26)This dissertation includes three essays within macro-finance literature ranging from international macroeconomics, to labor and housing market dynamics. While the focus of first essay is more on international, particular ... -
Mechanical performance of layered metallic composites processed by accumulative roll bonding
(2019-08-20)Mechanical Performance of Layered Metallic Composites Processed by Accumulative Roll Bonding.--Multi-layered metal composites have received considerable attention due to their advanced mechanical and physical properties. ... -
Development of a solid state spot welding technique for the manufacturing of detect free joints
(2019-06)Development of a Solid State Spot Welding Technique for the Manufacturing of Defect Free Joints.--Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) processing is a recently developed process for joining hard weldability materials, which ... -
Scalable analysis of large-scale system logs for anomaly detection
(2019-05-30)System logs provide information regarding the status of system components and various events that occur at runtime. This information can support fault detection, diagnosis and prediction activities. However, it is a ... -
Finite element analysis in a cloud computing environment
(2019-01-04)In this thesis, the challenges faced and lessons learned while establishing a large-scale high performance cloud computing service that enables online mechanical structural analysis and many other scientific applications ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation of rubber whether strip extrusion
(2019-01-03)Extrusion is the main method used to produce rubber weather strips in automotive industries. The product quality is dependent on many factors, which include the design parameters of the die, the processing variables, and ... -
Energy and exergy efficiency analyses of high-performance buildings
(2018-11-26)Reducing building energy density has become one of the global requirements to a decrease fuel consumption and emission production, and consequently making our world sustainable. The high value of energy consumed by buildings ... -
A semantic policy framework for internet of things
(2018-10-31)With the proliferation of technology, connected and interconnected devices (henceforth referred to as IoT) are fast becoming a viable option to automate the day-to-day interactions of users with their environments. However, ... -
Radiative cooling by spectrally selective materials for building
(2018-01-03)Buildings utilize more than one-third of the total energy consumed in counties within the Mediterranean climate zones like in Turkey. Particularly during the summer months, the absorption of solar energy by the buildings ... -
Evaluation of bioimplants surface nano-micro design by chemical mechanical polishing against alternative methods
(2019-01-11)Biomaterials comprise a representative fraction of the products used in the health area. Biomedical devices (such as biosensors, blood circulation tubes, hemodialysis systems) can be cited as examples. Biomaterials can be ... -
Digital oil refinery: utilizing real-time analytics and cloud computing over industrial sensor data
(2018-12-14)This thesis addresses big data challenges seen in large-scale, mission-critical industrial plants such as oil refineries. These plants are equipped with heavy machinery (boilers, engines, turbines, etc.) that are continuously ... -
An investigation into hydrophobic micro-textured surfaces on heat transfer and surface wetting phenomenon during vapor condensation
(2018-12-28)Efficiency and performance of a system that involves condensation process have been one of the primary considerations over the last decades for a number of applications including thermal management systems such as vapor ... -
Runtime verification of internet of things using complex-event processing (RECEP)
(2018-06)Increase in the computing power and memory accompanied with decreasing architectural footprints has enabled conquering new frontiers in proliferation of technology in the next industry revolution. More autonomous systems ... -
Investigation of flame characteristics in a turbulent premixed combustion
(2018-10)In this thesis, the turbulent flame closure (TFC) model and coherent flame model (CFM) of turbulent premixed flames as steady state flow are used. In addition, large eddy simulation (LES) model as unsteady state flow is ... -
Turbulence and flame interaction for control of flame location in diffuser combustor
(2018-08)Achieving an appropriate flame location is desirable in many combustion system applications especial in the design of the combustion system. Given that the characteristics of turbulent flows influence flame behavior and ...
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