Dissertation Title: Secure and Efficient Federated Learning Date: 03/10/2023 4:00 PM Location: Simrall Conference Room 228 Candidate: Xingyu Li Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Bo Tang, Dr. Jenny Du, Dr. John Ball, Dr. Yong Fu Abstract: In the past 10 years, the growth of machine learning technology has been…
Dissertation Title: Eddy current defect response analysis using sum of Gaussian methods When: 2/22/2023 10:30AM Where: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=m4e633a3d3c5cb5e49ca4813dcce3695d Candidate: James Earnest Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Robert Moorhead, Dr. John Ball, Dr. Ali Gurbuz, Dr. Mehmet Kurum Abstract: This dissertation is a study of methods to automatedly detect and produce…
Dissertation Title: Relaxing dc Capacitor Voltage of Power Electronic Converters to Enhance their Stability Margins. Date and time: Thursday, December 08, 2022, 9:00 AM Venue: Simrall-228 (Conference Room) Candidate: Ali Zakerian Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee: Dr. Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Major Professor) Dr. Yong Fu Professor…
Dissertation Title: Comparing importance of knowledge and professional skill areas for engineering programming utilizing a two group Delphi survey When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Where: Remote (Teams: Teams Meeting Room) Candidate: John Hutton Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh (Major Professor) Dr. John…
Title: Power grid resilience enhancement to flooding in a changing climate integrating environmental justice. Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022 Time: 10:00 a.m., C.S.T. Location: Simrall-228 (Conference Room) Major Field: Electrical and Computer Engineering Major Professor: Dr. Karimi, Masoud Co-Major Professor: Dr. Vahedifard, Farshid Abstract: Electric power network is an integral part of critical infrastructure systems….
Dissertation Title: Case Study of Using Hybrid Model Machine Learning Techniques in Educational Data Mining to Improve the Classification Accuracies When: Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM Where: In person-Simrall-228 (Conference room) Remote access: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=mf85bbfe14972d5f1f7bd23a9f6bc1d11 Candidate: Sujan Poudyal Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee members: Dr. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh (Major…
Title: Development of the Subwave ROV and Neural-Inertial Positioning System When: June 9th at 2:00pm Where: https://msstate.webex.com/meet/jdf509 Candidate: Jason Farmer Abstract: This report documents my development of the Subwave, a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV), and an artificial neural network based inertial positioning system, dubbed the Neural-Inertial Positioning System. The Subwave is an ArduSub based…
Dissertation Title: Modeling Supercritical Fluids and Fabricating Electret Films to Address Dielectric Challenges in High-Power-Density Systems When: Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Where: Remote(Webex) Candidate: Farhina Haque Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Chanyeop Park (Major Professor) Dr. Masoud Karimi (Committee Member) Dr. Mehmet Kurum (Committee…
Dissertation Title: Short-term electricity price point and probabilistic forecasts When: Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Where: In person-Simrall-228 (Conference room) Remote access: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=m96faf63c7396d2a56aa1e6fde81a74f0 Candidate: Chenxu Zhang Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Yong Fu (Major Professor) Dr. Masoud Karimi (Committee Member) Dr. Seungdeog Choi (Committee Member)…
Title: Automotive Sensor Fusion Systems for Traffic Aware Adaptive Cruise Control When: Tuesday, March 22nd at 3:00pm Where: Simrall Room 228 Candidate: Jonah Thomas Gandy Degree: Masters, Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee: Dr. John Ball (Major Professor) Dr. Randy Follett (Committee Member) Dr. Chaomin Luo (Committee Member) Abstract: The autonomous driving (AD) industry is advancing…