Dissertations and Theses - Electrical & Computer Engineering - Bagley College of Engineering
Thesis Defense Announcement for Elizabeth J Hayes – 12/01/2025 at 10 AM
Thesis Title: Root-cause-analysis of a crane system variable frequency drive failures through testing and power quality analysis When: December 1, 2025, 10:00 am, CST Where: https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=maad7373ee46604ea652d12cd74c8aefb Join by meeting number Meeting number (access code): 2866 865 4325 Meeting password: qiMMNfY8f74 Candidate: Elizabeth J Hayes Degree: Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members:…
Dissertation Defense Announcement for Mohammad Abdus Shahid Rafi – 11/26/2025 at 1 PM
Dissertation Title: Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Moisture Retrieval and Crop Yield Estimation: Employing Multi-Sensor Receiver Systems from UAS and ML for Precision Agriculture When: 26 November 2025, 1:00 PM. Where: Simrall 228 Candidate: Mohammad Abdus Shahid Rafi Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Committee Members: Dr. John E. Ball, Dr. Ali C….
Dissertation Defense Announcement for Fasiha Zainab – 10/15/2025 at 10 AM
Dissertation Title: Wildfire Risk Mitigation Methods to Enhance the Resilience of Power Systems When: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM (CDT) Where: Simrall 228 Candidate: Fasiha Zainab Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Yong Fu, Dr. Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani, Dr. Seungdeog Choi, Dr. Zahra Saadatizadeh Abstract: The resilience of…
Dissertation Defense Announcement for Abdelmoula El Yazizi – 10/03/2025 at 9 AM
Dissertation Title: Using Quantum Annealing for Sampling and Pattern Generation in Generative Machine Learning and Catastrophic Forgetting Mitigation When: Friday, October 3, 2025, at 9:00 AM (CDT) Where: Simrall 228 or Online [Link] Candidate: Abdelmoula El Yazizi Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Yaroslav Koshka, Dr. Samee U. Khan, Dr. Mark A. Novotny, Dr. John Ball…
Dissertation Defense Announcement for MD Rashid Hussain – 07/31/2025 at 1:00 PM
Dissertation Title: Conventional vs. Non-Conventional Instrument Transformers: A Study of Evolving Technologies in Power Systems When: July 31, 2025 (01:00 PM) Where: Simrall 228 or Online https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjBiZDAyOGItZWZkMS00ZmE4LTkxOGMtNzNhOGIxM2RkMzhk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ed51dbb0-af86-45a2-9c97-73fb3935df17%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22b85e70fc-4e76-4181-8341-27f1cc53a049%22%7d Candidate: MD Rashid Hussain Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. David Archies Wallace, Dr. Ryan Green, Dr. Xin Fang, Dr. Masoud Karimi Abstract: This study examines the evolving…
Dissertation Defense Announcement for Sabyasachi Biswas – 07/22/2025
Dissertation Title: “Complex-Valued Structured Parameterized Learnable Filter Banks for Time-Frequency Domain Based Classification” Candidate: Sabyasachi Biswas Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical & Computer Engineering Date & Time: Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM (CDT) Location: Simrall Building, 2nd-floor Conference Room (Room 228) and via Teams [Link] Committee: Dr. John Ball (Major Professor), Dr….
Dissertation Defense Announcement for Faiza Akram – 3/21/2025
Dissertation Title: Load Balancing for Stream Processing in Edge Computing When: March 21st (03:30 PM) Where: Simrall 228 or Online (https://msstate.webex.com/msstate/j.php?MTID=ma56e9982d16f0135742058ffa6db6f72) Candidate: Faiza Akram Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Samee Khan, Dr. Asad Malik, Dr. Bryan Jones, Dr. Yu Luo Abstract: The rapid proliferation of IoT devices has led to an exponential increase in…
Thesis Defense Announcement for Samantha Carley – 3/18/25 at 10:30 AM
Thesis Title: Adaptive Multi-Sensor Fusion for Robust Autonomous Perception in Unstructured Environments When: March 18, 2025 (10:30 AM CT) Where: Simrall 228 and Microsoft Teams (Meeting Link) Candidate: Samantha Carley Degree: Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. John Ball, Dr. Lalitha Dabbiru, Dr. Chaomin Luo, and Dr. Stanton Price Abstract…
Thesis Defense Announcement for Minh (Matthew) Hong To – 3/21/25 at 10 AM
Thesis Title: A Fine-Tuned BERT Model for Improved Querying of the Unmanned Aerial System Integration Safety and Security Technology Ontology When: March 21st (10:00 AM) Where: Simrall 432 or Online (Link) Candidate: Minh (Matthew) Hong To Degree: Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. Samee Khan, Dr. Asad Malik, Dr. Yu…
Thesis Defense Announcement for Haley Honigfort – 3/18/25 at 9 AM
Thesis Title: Semantic Segmentation via Transfer Learning for Off-Road Data When: March 18, 2025 (09:00 AM Local) Where: Simrall 228 and Microsoft Teams (Meeting Link) Candidate: Haley Honigfort Degree: Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering Committee Members: Dr. John Ball, Dr. Lalitha Dabbiru, Dr. Chun-Hung Liu, and Dr. Stanton Price Abstract In autonomous…