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Gal, Eyal (Date of defense: 2024-11-28)
(English) Due to advanced diagnostic instruments for detection of early-stage keratoconus (KC), and procedures that halt its progression such as corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL), optometry clinics are now seeing less ...
Núñez Labielle, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2025-03-06)
(English) This thesis explores the possibilities and benefits of computational tools to be used in the analysis and design of shock absorbing metamaterials for industrial applications. The research is organized into two ...
Agudelo Valderrama, Vanessa (Date of defense: 2025-02-28)
(English) This study addresses the relationship between climate change and human health in the framework of urban resilience in a Latin American context. It sought to strengthen the climate and health components through ...
Narayanan, Subin (Date of defense: 2025-03-04)
(English) The Massive Internet of Things (MIoT) characterizes a communication scenario where a massive number of battery-operated devices perform infrequent, primarily uplink-oriented small data transmissions to a network. ...
Devigili, Mariano (Date of defense: 2024-11-08)
(English) Optical transport networks (OTNs) are a core infrastructure and key-enabler of today’s hyper-connected society as most of the Internet data traffic is transferred over optical fibers. Traffic demand is experiencing ...
Dadjo Tavakoli, Saman (Date of defense: 2024-11-22)
(English) Dynamic behavior of modern power system is increasingly influenced by the dynamics of power converters. At the generation level, a high volume of wind and solar energy with their large-scale power converters are ...
Cortellessa, Davide (Date of defense: 2024-11-13)
(English) Incompressible flow simulations are crucial for numerous scientific and engineering applications, from automotive aerodynamics to biomedical device design. Traditional finite volume (FV) methods, such as the ...
Núñez Corbacho, Marc (Date of defense: 2024-07-04)
(English) This thesis develops a framework to perform shape optimization under uncertainties for a body under the action of aerodynamic forces. The solution of the flow is performed with finite elements using the full ...
Duarte Mejía, Josué Neftalí (Date of defense: 2024-11-06)
(English) Nowadays, the environmental concerns for conventional fossil fuel-based power generation are transforming the energy landscape into a more sustainable system. To this end, distributed generation (DG) units have ...
Yin, Yu (Date of defense: 2025-03-03)
(English) Ionospheric scintillation adversely impacts Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers by inducing signal amplitude fading and rapid carrier phase variations, degrading positioning accuracy in regions ...
Buob, Sandra (Date of defense: 2024-11-22)
(English) Ultracold atoms have proven to be a valuable asset to study and understand complex quantum many-body systems in a well-controlled setting. In particular, quantum-gas microscopes provide unprecedented access to ...
Bandahalli Mallappa, Prasad Kumar (Date of defense: 2024-11-21)
(English) The primary goal of this thesis is to establish multilevel inverter (MLI) topologies for industrial settings. Because of its numerous benefits, including low power dissipation on power supplies and low harmonic ...
Arfelis Espinosa, Sergi (Date of defense: 2024-11-21)
(English) The chemical sector is a $4 trillion global business and a major employer, with chemicals present in almost all manufactured products. Increasing investment and the chemical industry's innovative capacity to ...
Aliei, Hesam (Date of defense: 2024-11-06)
(English) Natural colored organic cotton fabrics gained considerable attention in recent years owing to due to their environmental friendliness and sustainability production. This imparts unique colors and patterns to the ...
Zeng, Hao (Date of defense: 2024-10-04)
(English) Bentonite-based materials with low permeability, great water retention and self-sealing properties have been extensively used for engineered barriers in waste disposal facilities. Several typologies of bentonites ...
Wang, Shaoxuan (Date of defense: 2024-10-09)
(English) Future radio access network (RAN) will operate with massive and heterogeneous small-cell deployments and end-to-end (e2e) connectivity in support of diverse beyond fifth-generation (B5G) use cases. More and more ...
Surapaneni, Anurag (Date of defense: 2024-10-30)
(English) The quest to reduce carbon-based emissions has led to the use of alternative fuels and combustion systems. The aviation industry presents unique challenges due to the need for high-energy fuels, with e-fuels and ...
Silva Cancino, Nathalia (Date of defense: 2024-10-11)
(English) Hazard classification for dams and off-stream reservoirs, which entails identifying potential damages in the event of structural failure, is a crucial tool for implementing local-level risk reduction plans. ...
Wierna, Pablo Nicolás (Date of defense: 2024-10-17)
(English) This doctoral thesis presents a novel multiscale theory for the analysis of multilayered plate structures, termed the "Multiscale 2D+ approach" or, simply, "2D+". Based on the formalism of computational ...
Pozo González, Héctor del (Date of defense: 2024-10-04)
(English) The significant worldwide offshore potential has garnered considerable interest from energy companies and oil and gas plant owners in recent years. With significant advancements in bottom-fixed structures, floating ...