Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Binary Disassembly Block Coverage by Symbolic Execution vs. Recursive Descent, Jonathan D. Miller
Detecting Hardware-assisted Hypervisor Rootkits within Nested Virtualized Environments, Daniel B. Morabito
Computer Aided Multi-Data Fusion Dismount Modeling, Juan L. Morales
LADAR Range Image Interpolation Exploiting Pulse Width Expansion, Jeramy W. Motes
Short Message Service (SMS) Command and Control (C2) Awareness in Android-based Smartphones using Kernel-Level Auditing, Robert J. Olipane
Timing Variations in a Magnetic Pulse Compression Circuit, Jeremy S. Oliver
Process Flow Features as a Host-based Event Knowledge Representation, Benhur E. Pacer
All Source Sensor Integration Using an Extended Kalman Filter, Timothy R. Penn
Near Earth Object Detection Using a Poisson Statistical Model for Detection on Images Modeled from the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, Curtis J. R. Peterson
Cross Hallway Detection and Indoor Localization Using Flash Laser Detection and Ranging, Istvan M. Prileszky
Passive Multistatic Radar Imaging using an OFDM based Signal of Opportunity, Matthew B. P. Rapson
Exploitation of RF-DNA for Device Classification and Verification Using GRLVQI Processing, Donald R. Reising
Covariance Analysis of Vision Aided Navigation by Bootstrapping, Andrew L. Relyea
Resource Provisioning in Large-Scale Self-Organizing Distributed Systems, M. Brent Reynolds
Application of Game Theory to Improve the Defense of the Smart Grid, Keith J. Ross
Multi-Observation Continuous Density Hidden Markov Models for Anomaly Detection in Full Motion Video, Matthew P. Ross
An Application of Con-Resistant Trust to Improve the Reliability of Special Protection Systems within the Smart Grid, Crystal M. Shipman
Ground Vehicle Navigation Using Magnetic Field Variation, Jeremiah A. Shockley
Electromagnetic Characterization of Inhomogeneous Media, Marcus A. Sitterly
Security Verification of Secure MANET Routing Protocols, Matthew F. Steele
Implementation of Branch-Point-Tolerant Wavefront Reconstructor for Strong Turbulence Compensation, Michael J. Steinbock
Air-to-Air Missile Vector Scoring, Nicholas Sweeney
A High Bandwidth Non-Destructive Method for Characterizing Simple Media, Matthew L. Szuster
Simultaneous Range-Velocity Processing and SNR Analysis of AFIT's Random Noise Radar, T. Joel Thorson
Distributed Localization of Active Transmitters in a Wireless Sensor Network, Oba L. Vincent
An Inquiry: Effectiveness of the Complex Empirical Mode Decomposition Method, the Hilbert-Huang Transform, and the Fast-Fourier Transform for Analysis of Dynamic Objects, Kristen L. Wallis
Silicon Carbide Capacitive High Temperature MEMS Strain Transducer, Richard P. Weisenberger
MFIRE-2: A Multi Agent System for Flow-based Intrusion Detection Using Stochastic Search, Timothy J. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Characterization of Noise Technology Radar Signal Detectability Using a Non-Cooperative Receiver, Daniel V. Atienza
Vision-Aided Autonomous Precision Weapon Terminal Guidance Using a Tightly-Coupled INS and Predictive Rendering Techniques, Jonathan W. Beich
Software and Critical Technology Protection Against Side Channel Analysis Through Dynamic Hardware Obfuscation, John R. Bochert
Direction Finding With Mutually Orthogonal Antennas, David F. Chick
Two Dimensional Positioning and Heading Solution for Flying Vehicles Using a Line-Scanning Laser Radar (LADAR), Brady T. Christel
Investigation of Gallium Nitride Transistor Reliability through Accelerated Life Testing and Modeling, Bradley D. Christiansen
Distributed Spacing Stochastic Feature Selection and its Application to Textile Classification, Jeffrey D. Clark
Overcoming Pose Limitations of a Skin-Cued Histograms of Oriented Gradients Dismount Detector through Contextual Use of Skin Islands and Multiple Support Vector Machines, Jonathon R. Climer
Exploitation of Unintentional Information Leakage from Integrated Circuits, William E. Cobb
Creating a Network Model for the Integration of Dynamic and Static Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Test Environment, Marlon Coerbell
A Framework for the Measurement of Simulated Behavior Performance, Christopher M. Cooper
High Frequency Direction Finding Using Structurally Integrated Antennas on a Large Airborne Platform, Clair F. Corbin
Carbon Nanotube Field Emission Arrays, Benjamin L. Crossley
Development of an interference lithography capability using a helium cadmium ultraviolet multimode laser for the fabrication of sub-micron-structured optical materials, Stanley D. Crozier
Simulating the Effects of an Extended Source on the Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor through Turbulence, Jeffery S. Dennison
A Statistical Approach to Fusing 2-D and 3-D LADAR Systems, Paul F. Dolce
A Novel Malware Target Recognition Architecture for Enhanced Cyberspace Situation Awareness, Thomas E. Dube
Trust Management and Security in Satellite Telecommand Processing, Mark C. Duncan
Shack-Hartmann and Interferometric Hybrid Wavefront Sensor, Troy R. Ellis
Three Channel Polarimetric Based Data Deconvolution, Kurtis G. Engelson
Using Reputation Based Trust to Overcome Malfunctions and Malicious Failures in Electric Power Protection Systems, Jose E. Fadul
Dynamic Polymorphic Reconfiguration to Effectively “CLOAK” a Circuit’s Function, Jeffrey L. Falkinburg
Virtual Battlespace Behavior Generation Through Class Imitation, Bryon K. Fryer Jr.
Phase History Decomposition for Efficient Scatterer Classification in SAR Imagery, Dane F. Fuller
Evaluation of the Single Keybit Template Attack, Eric W. Garcia
Radiation Induced Fault Detection, Diagnosis, and Characterization of Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Thomas B. Getz
Long Term Quadrotor Stabilization, Nicolas S. Hamilton
A Multi Agent System for Flow-Based Intrusion Detection Using Reputation and Evolutionary Computation, David Hancock
Malicious and Malfunctioning Node Detection via Observed Physical Layer Data, Tyler J. Hardy
Adaptive Quality of Service Engine with Dynamic Queue Control, James D. Haught
Covert Channels Within IRC, Wayne C. Henry
Image Dependent Relative Formation Navigation for Autonomous Aerial Refueling, James M. Howard
Host-Based Systemic Network Obfuscation System for Windows, Kevin E. Huber
Characteristics of a High Intensity, Pulsed, Potassium Vapor Laser in a Heat Pipe, Edward J. Hurd
Holistic Network Defense: Fusing Host and Network Features for Attack Classification, Jenny W. Ji
Polarimetric Enhancements to Electro-Optical Aided Navigation Techniques, Jeremiah D. Johnson
Electromagnetic Modeling and Measurement of Adaptive Metamaterial Structural Elements, Matthew E. Jussaume
Optical Flow-Based Odometry for Underground Tunnel Exploration, Terra Kier
A Multispectral Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function Study of Human Skin for Improved Dismount Detection, Bradley M. Koch
Combinational Circuit Obfuscation through Power Signature Manipulation, Hyunchul Ko
Twitter Malware Collection System: An Automated URL Extraction and Examination Platform, Benjamin B. Kuhar
Routing UAVs to Co-Optimize Mission Effectiveness and Network Performance with Dynamic Programming, Spenser D. Lee
Non-GPS Navigation Using Vision-Aiding and Active Radio Range Measurements, Erich H. Lichtfuss
Simultaneous Range/Velocity Detection with an Ultra-Wideband Random Noise Radar through Fully Digital Cross-Correlation in the Time Domain, James R. Lievsay
Optical Metamaterial Design, Fabrication and Test, Jack P. Lombardi
Performance Analysis and Optimization of the Winnow Secret Key Reconciliation Protocol, Kevin C. Lustic
Blind Deconvolution Method of Image Deblurring Using Convergence of Variance, Quentin D. MacManus
Estimating Anthropometric Marker Locations from 3-D LADAR Point Clouds, Matthew J. Maier
Critical Information Technology on FPGAs through Unique Device Specific Keys, Miles E. McGee
Effect of Coudé Pupil Rotation on Sodium Laser Beacon Perspective Elongation, Russell J. McGuigan
Spear Phishing Attack Detection, David T. Merritt
An Architecture for Improving Timeliness and Relevance of Cyber Incident Notifications, James L. Miller
Vision Aided Inertial Navigation System Augmented with a Coded Aperture, Jamie R. Morrison
Evaluating Information Assurance Control Effectiveness on an Air Force Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System, Jason R. Nielsen
Signals of Opportunity Navigation Using Wi-Fi Signals, Wilfred E. Noel
A Simple Non-Destructive Method for Characterizing Non-Dispersive, Low-Loss Dielectrics, Thomas S. Olney
Defensive Cyber Battle Damage Assessment Through Attack Methodology Modeling, Ryan T. Ostler
Coupling Vanishing Point Tracking with Inertial Navigation to Estimate Attitude in a Structured Environment, Dayvid Prahl
Electroluminescence studies on longwavelength indium arsenide quantum dot microcavities grown on gallium arsenide, John C. Ramsey
Context Aided Tracking with Adaptive Hyperspectral Imagery, Andrew C. Rice
Linear-Quadratic Control of a MEMS Micromirror Using Kalman Filtering, Jamie P. Schnapp
Effects of Cyclic Prefix Jamming Versus Noise Jamming in OFDM Signals, Amber L. Scott
Automated Analysis of ARM Binaries using the Low-Level Virtual Machine Compiler Framework, Jeffrey B. Scott
Android Protection System: A Signed Code Security Mechanism for Smartphone Applications, Jonathan D. Stueckle
Integrated Approach to Free Space Optical Communications in Strong Turbulence, Jason A. Tellez
Bistatic 3D Electromagnetic Scattering from a Right-Angle Dihedral at Arbitrary Orientation and Position, Andreas Z. Tempelis
Detecting Man-in-the-Middle Attacks against Transport Layer Security Connections with Timing Analysis, Lauren M. Wagoner
Kernelized Locality-Sensitive Hashing for Fast Image Landmark Association, Mark A. Weems
Multiple Integrated Navigation Sensors for Improving Occupancy Grid FastSLAM, Christopher P. Weyers
Modeling Self-Referencing Interferometers with Extended Beacons and Strong Turbulence, Daniel J. Wheeler