Take a look at the project presentations from current and previous semesters to find out more about the kind of research that was done.
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| Department |
Research Area |
Research Title |
Architectural
(ARE) |
Construction Engineering Project Management |
TxDOT Scheduled Monthly Payment Calibration for Dallas District Projects |
| Structures/Materials |
Liquid Nitrogen Effects on Concrete |
Aerospace
(ASE) |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control |
Development of a Generic Integrated GN&C Scheme for Interplanetary Travel |
| Orbital Mechanic |
Precise orbit determination of GPS satellites |
| Controls with emphasis in orbital mechanics |
Low thrust station-keeping at libration points |
| Guidance and Control |
Real-Time Control for Autonomous Rovers Tracking in Formation |
| Orbital Mechanics |
1) TerraSAR-X BlackJack GPS Receiver Testing
2) FASTRAC Solar Panel Assembly |
Biomedical
(BME) |
Novel Contrast Agent Development |
Gold Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for the
Detection of Cervical Pre-cancers |
| Computational Biomechanics |
Determining individual muscle action during
human locomotion |
Civil
(CE) |
Particle Processes for Drinking Water Treatment |
Simultaneous Precipitation and Flocculation in
Water Treatment: Modeling and Experiments |
| Transportation |
Integrated transportation, land use and air quality modeling |
| Water Resources |
Interface Data Model for Hydrologic / Water Quality Modeling |
| Construction Materials |
Pavement Materials |
| Environmental Engineering/ Environmental Chemistry |
Development of a monitoring system for endocrine disrupting chemicals in water |
| Transportation |
Activity Based Modeling, and Operations Research |
| Geotechnical Engineering |
Capacity of suction caisson foundations for anchoring offshore structures |
Chemical
(CHE) |
Protein Engineering/ Biochemical Engineering |
Characterization and Engineering of the Twin Arginine Translocation (Tat) Pathway in Escherichia coli |
| Antibody Engineering |
(Not yet determined) |
Electrical & Computer
(ECE) |
Computer Architecture |
Graphical Processor Units for General Purposes (GPGPU): A Performance Evaluation and Analysis Against Conventional CPUs |
| VLSI CAD |
Low power and Interconnects |
| Computer Architecture |
(Not yet determined) |
| Solid State Electronics |
Silicon and Germanium hetero-structures and high k gate dielectrics |
| Solid State Electronics |
Germanium Photodetectors on Si substrate |
| Computer Vision + Robotics + Artificial Intelligence |
Illumination Invariant Vision on Robots |
| Distributed Systems |
Predicate detection in distributed systems |
Mechanical
(ME) |
Nuclear Engineering |
Development of software application for a multi-attribute utility analysis tool for proliferation resistance computations |
| Computational Mechanical Design |
Creating a Computational Theory for Conceptual Design |
| Engineering Design Methods: Conceptual Idea Generation |
Idea Generation Methods for Engineering Design |
| Manufacturing and Design |
Product Design for Assistive Technology |
| Nanotechnology/Materials |
Thermal Conductivity of Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials for Rocket Propulsion Applications |
| Robotics |
A Class of Multi-Domain Input Actuation Systems for Robot Force Control |
Petroleum
(PE) |
Reservoir Simulation and Modeling |
Mathematics of Partially Miscible Three-Phase Flow |
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| Department |
Research Area |
Research Title |
Final Presentations |
Aerospace
(ASE) |
Controls with emphasis in orbital mechanics |
Low thrust station keeping at collinear libration points |
Download (1536 KB) |
| Guidance, Navigation, and Control |
Not yet known |
Not available |
Biomedical
(BME) |
Nanoparticles for Cervical Cancer Detection |
Gold Nanoparticle Conjugates for the detection of cervical pre-cancers. |
Not available |
Chemical
(CHE) |
Thermodynamics |
Characterization of the Void Space iin Polymers by Modelling and Simulation |
Download (288 KB) |
Civil
(CE) |
Molecular Biology / Biodegradation / Biofiltration |
Rapid Determination of Microbial Pathways for Pollutant Degradation |
Not available |
| Environmental and Water Resources Engineering |
Characterization of arsenic speciation on aquifer materials |
Download
(29 KB) |
| Construction Engineering and Project Management |
Benchmarking International Petrochemical Projects |
Not available |
| EWRE - Indoor Air Quality/Chemistry |
Building Disinfection: The Importance of Heterogeneous Physics and Chemistry |
Not available |
Electrical & Computer
(ECE) |
Biomedical Engineering (Instrumentation) |
LABVIEW-based Real-time Data Acquisition System For The Assessment Of Endothelial Function |
Not available |
| Computer Architecture, Computer Performance Evaluation, Workload Characterization |
Computer Architecture, Computer Performance Evaluation, and Workload Characterization |
Download
(91 KB) |
| Biomedical Engineering |
Segmenting Nuclei in Confocal Videos of Cervical Tissue |
Not available |
| Wireless communications |
Receiver design for MIMO wireless communications |
Download (392 KB) |
| Computer Engineering |
Networks on Chips |
Not available |
| Optoelectronics devices |
Low noise, high speed avalanche photodiodes |
Download (398 KB) |
| VLSI Design Analysis & Optimization |
Statistical Design Analysis |
Not available |
| Solid State Electronics |
SiC Ultraviolet Photodetectors |
Not available |
Mechanical
(ME) |
Performance Criteria for Electromechanical Actuators |
Electromechanical Actuator Performance Criteria Maps for Use with Robotic Systems |
Download (117 KB) |
| Robotics |
Automatic Code Generation and Product Line Software Architecture for Robotics |
Download
(50 KB) |
| Combustion |
Premixed combustion in a porous one-section burner |
Download (2691 KB) |
| Robotics Research Group |
Electromechanical Actuator Design Scaling |
Not available |
| Lithium batteries (Chemical engineering) |
Development of cathodes for advanced lithium batteries |
Download (765 KB) |
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