Students' Dissertations and Theses

PhD Dissertations:

• Siddharth R. Chhatpar. Localization for Robotic Assemblies with Position Uncertainty. Ph.D. Disseration, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 02 December 2005.
    Dissertation Document [PDF, 15.3Mb, 215pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 13Mb, 57pp.]

• Margaret Mary Skelly. Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with Function Approximation for Adaptive Control. Ph.D. Disseration, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, May 2004.
    Dissertation Document [PDF, 2.8Mb, 261pp.]

• Wei Zhang. Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems. Ph.D. Disseration, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, May 2001.
    Dissertation Document [PDF, 1.1Mb, 179pp.]

Master's Theses/Reports:

• Graham W. Alldredge. PID and Model Predictive Control in a Networked Environment. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, August 2007.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 1Mb, 130pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 1Mb]

• David J. Pawlowski. A Software Tool for the Verification of Hybrid Systems Using Sampling-Based Methods. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, January 2007.
  

• Michael Anthony Kovacina. Swarm Algorithms: Simulation and Generation. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 12 September 2005.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 1.8Mb, 134pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 2.4Mb]

• William Anthony Lewinger. Insect-Inspired, Actively-Compliant Robotic Hexapod. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 08 April 2005.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 2.3Mb, 128pp.]

• Justin Ray Hartman. Networked Control System Co-Simulation for Co-Design: Theory and Experiments. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 04 June 2004.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 1.4Mb, 117pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 1.6Mb]

• Nathan Alexander Wedge. Analysis of Cellular Cardiac Bioelectricity Models toward Computationally Efficient Whole-Heart Simulation. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 02 June 2004.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 3.6Mb, 99pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 3.4Mb]

• Stuart Bruce Morgan. Sampling-Based Planning for Discrete Spaces. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 08 April 2004.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 2.7Mb, 117pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 1.5Mb]

• Joshua Aaron Levine. Sampling-Based Planning for Hybrid Systems. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, September 2003.
    Thesis Document [PDF, 2.2Mb, 130pp.], Defense Presentation [PDF, 336kb]

• Michael M. Curtiss. Motion Planning and Control Using RRTs. M.S. Project, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, May 2002.
    Project Report [PDF, 2.1Mb, 45pp.], Selected Slides/Movies from Project Presentation [PPT, 494kb]

• Michael C. Bristow. Real-Time Control over an Ethernet Network: Hardware and Experiments. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, August 2001.   [xiii, 139 leaves]

• Kari Olson. Quasi-Random Roadmap Methods (QRM): Derandomizing Probabilistic Motion Planning. M.S. Project, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, July 2000.
    Project Report [PDF, 33Mb, 77pp.], Project Presentation [PDF, 2.9Mb, 31pp.]

• Gang Zhang. Computational Methods for Solving Hybrid System Control Problems. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, May 2000.   [ix, 85 leaves]
    Thesis Document [PDF, 5.2Mb, 93pp.]

• Jayendran Swaminathan. An Object-Oriented Application Framework for Peg-in-Maze Assemblies. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, January 2000.   [xi, 95 leaves]

• Khaled Mohamed Al-Wahedi. A Hybrid Local-Global Motion Planner for Multi-Agent Coordination. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, January 2000.   [viii, 109 leaves]

• Qingchuan Fu. Simulation and Verification of a Robotic Assembly Task. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, August 1999.   [x, 111 leaves]

• Zhaoxiang Pan. A Distributed Real-Time Microprocessor System. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, May 1999.   [xiii, 100 leaves]

• Bulent Bayraktar. Velocity Estimation Using Quantized Measurements: Theory and Experiments. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Case Western Reserve University, January 1999.   [vii, 123 leaves]

• Siddharth R. Chhatpar. Experiments in Force-Guided Robotic Assembly. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, Case Western Reserve University, January 1999.   [x, 86 leaves]
    Thesis Document [PDF, 2.9Mb, 95pp.]