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McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

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Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Interaction-Aware Safe Planning for Human-Robot and Multi-Robot Systems, Haoyi Wang

Smart Kitchen: Towards Real-Time AI Systems for Cognitive Support in Daily Activities, Ruiqi Wang

Cloud-Deployed RNA-Seq Analytics for Identifying Imaging and Therapeutic Targets in Chemotherapy-Induced Toxicities, Zhimu Wang

Pseudonymetry: Real-Time Interference Management System for Accountable and Cooperative Spectrum Sharing Using Embedded Watermarks, Meles Gebreyesus Weldegebriel

Targeted Therapies for Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure, Jiaxing Wen

Investigating the Interactions of Auxiliary Subunits with the Nav1.5 Channel, Lucy Summer Woodbury

Quantitative HAADF-STEM Enabled Detection of Antisites in Multiferroic h-LuFeO₃, Jianan Wu

Characterization of New Particle Formation and Aerosol In-cloud Scavenging in the Marine Atmosphere, Qian Xiao

Biodegradable and Recyclable PLA-based Polyurethanes with Tunable Crystallinity and Mechanical Properties, Mo Xiaotian

Towards Fully Automated Diagnosis: Deep Learning and Multimodal Fusion for Ultrasound-Guided Diffuse Optical Tomography in Breast Cancer, Minghao Xue

A prefrontal cortex-hypothalamus circuit for heart rate control in non-human primates, Kevin Xu

Aversive Olfactory Conditioning and Locomotive Modulation in Locust, Quanchen Xu

The Role of Perivascular Adipose Tissue Phenotype in Vascular Remodeling, Yujun Xu

High-Dimensional Data Analysis with Interpretable Low-Dimensional Models, Bahram Yaghooti

Temporal Logic Planning in Semantic Maps of Unknown Environments using TL-RRT, Dongrui Yang

Temperature and environmental implications on Ti_{3C_{2Cl_{2 MXene degradation process}}}, Yang Yang

Collagen Remodeling in Depth-sensing and Memory of Epithelial Mechano-response, Hongsheng Yu

Multi-dimensional Theranostic Platform for Precision Cancer Interventions, Haini Zhang

Multidimensional MRI Maps Histology-Defined Phosphorylated Tau Burden in Alzheimer’s Disease, Hongyi Zhang

An Uncertainty-Aware Regression Framework for Quantifying Aerosol Impacts on Precipitation, with Application to Giant Cloud Condensation Nuclei and Turbulence Effects, Maiqi Zhang

Transport and Interfacial Dynamics of Electrochemical Formation Processes in Li-Based Batteries, penghao zhang

Study of Complex Biological Systems through AI-Empowered Metabolomic Analysis and Modeling, Runyu Zhao

Multifunctional Self-Healing and Shape-Adaptive Soft Electronics Based on Immiscible Dynamic Polymers, Sirui Zhao

Multiscale Optical Imaging: From Single-Molecule Dynamics to Tissue-Scale Mechanics, Weiyan Zhou

Data-Driven Multimodal MRI Representation Learning for Subtype Discovery and Disease Progression Modeling in Parkinson’s Disease, zihan zhou