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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Real-time content-aware video retargeting on the Android platform for tunnel vision assistance, Thomas Knack
Center-of-gravity estimation of an aircraft solely using traditional aircraft measurement sensors, Andrew Komendat
Hive Five, Tom Kotcher
Human rights in Kosovo and EU Accession conditionality : [presentation given on May 22, 2012], Arberita Kryeziu
Emulating the volume of pulminary nodules: A Quantitative approach, Meagan Kuhfahl
Mercy Rule and my progress through the thesis process, Andrew Kuhn
Investigation of bolometric and resistive properties of nickel oxide, Shaurya Kumar
Examining family functioning in pediatric bipolar disorder through kinetic family drawings, Christiana LaJudice
Subject vs object, Francesca Lalanne Jeune
Deep learning using genetic algorithms, Joshua Lamos-Sweeney
An Agent based model of a two good economy on a network, Jacqueline Lattarulo
Messages of hope, Christopher Lavelle
Spatial relationship, Jeong Ju Lee
TOGO truck information service: Based on mobile tracking system, Kyunghee Lee
Creation of Organic Forms, Sung-Min Lee
Terra cotta warrior, Bin Li
Energy-aware replica selection for data-intensive services in cloud, Bo Li
Providing public key certificate authorization and policy with DNS, Matthew Lidestri
Solving hard problems in election systems, Andrew Lin
Low power context adaptive variable length encoder in H.264, Soumya Lingupanda
Fun-cleaning system: To teach children to establish the habit of sharing housework, Tsaiwei Lin
An Industrial Fluid Multi-Sensor, Nicholas O. Liotta
Hospital as a critical infrastructure in the community disaster response system, Yixuan Li
Printing standards and certification survey in the indian printing industry, Lekha Lokhande
The soulless machine, Nathan Lomas
Stacking of Dangerous Goods in Accordance with United Nations Stacking Recommendation, Zachary Loughery
Further exploration of nontypable Haemophilus influenzae proteins P5 and P6 as vaccine candidates, Anthony Mangan
Procedural generation of road networks for large virtual environments, Craig Martek
Analysis of translating hydrofoil power generation systems (hydrokites), Kelsey McConnaghy
Graphic design + biomimicry, Margaret McKosky
An evaluation of training for civil servant employees of the Ministry of Economic Development, 2005-2011 : [presentation given on May 22,2012], Florina Mehaj-Kosumi
Analytical modeling, performance analysis, and optimization of polarimetric imaging system, Lingfei Meng
Techniques for automatic large scale change analysis of temporal multispectral imagery, Ryan Mercovich
Credibility on cable news: An Examination of the factors that establish credibility in newscasters, Jonathan Mertel
Ionic polymer metal composites as tactile sensors, Chris Mieney
A Charge Pump Architecture with High Power-Efficiency and Low Output Ripple Noise in 0.5 μm CMOS Process Technology, Primit Modi
Archive, Melissa Moody
Error analysis of sequence modeling for projecting cyber attacks, Venkata Mudireddy
Spectral printing of paintings using a seven-color digital press, Simon Muehlemann
Planning of City Center Government Office accomodation : [presentation given on February 29, 2012], Laureta Mulliqi
The Age of consequences, Matthew Murray
Assembly, annotation, and polymorphic characterization of the Erysiphe necator transcriptome, Jason Myers
Mechanisms of psoriatic arthritis, Laurel Myers
Reconfigurable framework for high-bandwidth stream-oriented data processing, Alexander Mykyta
A Method for Designing Efficient Routes for Home Healthcare Agencies Considering Uncertain Future Demand, Nisha Nataraj
World Trade Center health effects, Erin Neill
Through place, Sarah Newman
Donor coordination in Kosovo 2010-2020 : [presentation given on May 22, 2012], Fatlinda Nitaj-Rexhaj
Compliance & Communication with Kosovar Taxpayers : [presentation given on May 22, 2012], Adriana Nixha
Emotion of motion, Sunhee Oh
Metamorphosis, Jin Hee Park
Think aloud: Can eye tracking add value in detecting usability problems?, Alekhya Paruchuri
Subpixel temperature estimation from single-band thermal infrared imagery, Sarah Paul
Create your own car: a motion graphic demo of a new game, Peng Peng
Public safety application for approaching emergency vehicle alert and accident reporting in VANETs using WAVE, Harshad Phule
Program effectiveness of a parent-child group social skills program, Heather Picciott
Improving security and usability of mobile device authentication mechanisms, Michael Pinch
Dynamic pricing strategy to optimally allocate vaccines, Mauricio Pommier Gasser
Cancer biotherapy resource, Preety Priya
Ripple clock schemes for quantum-dot cellular automata circuits, Prafull Purohit
Sea smoke, Carolyn Rankin
Synthesis of a difluorometric cross-membrane molecular probe for studying amphipathic systems, Danielle Raymond
The Effect of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies curriculum on internalizing symptoms in both a maltreated and non-maltreated sample, Elizabeth Raynor
Stirrings: Interactive tableware, Lorianne Resch
Specimen, Mary Richardson
Analyzing the United States Department of Transportation’s implementation strategy for high speed rail: Three case studies, Ryan Robinson
Cross-enterprise access control security for electronic health records: Technical, practical and legislation impact, Mark Rodzinka
Developing a government guideline for drafting concept papers : [presentation given May 22, 2012), Leonora Rrahmani
Art recording art: Creating an interactive visual document of personal experience, Ben Rubin
Procedural development of the Kosovo`s Government Annual Work Plan, Arjeta Sahiti
Evolutionary star-structured heterogeneous data co-clustering, Amit Salunke
Arthritis – An Interactive study of common rheumatic diseases, Giovanna Santoni
Establishment of the Kosovo National Tourism Organization / [presentation given November 14, 2012], Nijazi Shala
A Silicon p-i-n detector for a hybrid CMOS imaging system, Christopher Shea
Self, John Shea
Design and Simulation of a Mechanical Hand, Yateen P. Shembade
Determination of Chromaticness Difference Tolerance of Offset Printing by Means of Simulation, Jing Sheng
A Regression-based Training Algorithm for Multilayer Neural Networks, Christopher W. Sherry
Simulated trading in a two-good economy on a network, Ke Shi
Logo station: A Personal logo design application on multi-touch tablet devices, Lan Shi
Discovering the role of SERPINE2 in COPD, Swati Shimpi
Hadoop-cc (collaborative caching) in real time HDFS, Meenakshi Shrivastava
Snakey love, Linlin Si
Temperature mapping study of United States distribution systems, Ken Silverman
The implementation of the civil service law and a future merit system : [presentation given February 29, 2012], Majlinde Sinani-Lulaj
Annual revenues from Kosovo's value added tax ; [presentation given on February 29, 2012], Diamanta Skenderi
Multisensor MEMS for temperature, relative humidity, and high-g shock monitoring, Daniel Smith
Power analysis attacks on the SHA-3 candidate Grøstl, Garrett Smith
Perceptually optimized real-time computer graphics, Jeffrey Smith
Hardware neuromorphic learning systems utilizing memristive devices, Michael Soltiz
The Relationship between cross-media usage and brand recall in advertisements: A Test of customer engagement with print and digital magazine advertisements, Gabriela Sosa Lamarche
Analysis of the environmental impact on remanufacturing wind turbines, Manuel Sosa Skrainka
High pressure coolant effect on PVD coated inserts during end milling of Ti-6AL-4V, Arvind Sridharan
Electromechanical actuator bearing fault detection using empirically extracted features, Rahulram Sridhar
Bruce, the multi-function robot, Terence Stewart
