RSEG DOCTORAL THESES:
The following is a list of abstracts from doctoral theses from past RSEG members. Theses are listed in reverse chronological order. More theses abstracts will be posted as soon as they are converted to pdf format. For more information on any of the listed titles please contact Scott Bressler at 617-253-2561.

Geophysical Parameter Estimation with a Passive Microwave Spectrometer at 54/118/183/425 GHz
R. Vincent Leslie, Sc.D., submitted May 21, 2004.
15.5 MB.pdf     complete thesis
25.6KB.pdf     abstract only

Global Estimation of Precipitation Using Opaque Microwave Bands
Frederick W. Chen, PhD, submitted May 20, 2004.
3.4 MB.pdf    complete thesis

Retrieval of Cloud-Cleared Atmospheric Temperature Profiles from Hyperspectral Infrared and Microwave Observations
William J. Blackwell, ScD, submitted May 14, 2002.
30MB.pdf     complete thesis

Surface Prior Information Reflectance Estimation (SPIRE) Algorithms
Herbert Erik Mattias Viggh, PhD, submitted August 30, 2001.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Blind Noise Estimation and Compensation for Improved Characterization of Multivariate Processes
Junehee Lee, PhD, submitted March 7, 2000.
1.2 MB.pdf    complete thesis

Robust Compression of Multispectral Remote Sensing Data
Carlos R. Cabrera-Mercader, submitted July 23, 1999.
9.3 MB PDF     complete thesis only

Observations and Modeling of Atmospheric Oxygen Millimeter-wave Transmittance
Michael Jonathan Schwartz, PhD, submitted September 15, 1997.
8KB.pdf     abstract only

Improving Wordspotting Performance with Limited Training Data
Eric I-Chao Chang, submitted May 16, 1995.
6KB.pdf     abstract only

Generic Compression and Recall of Signals with Application to Dolphin Whistles
Kevin G. Christian, PhD, submitted June 3, 1993.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Optimal Product of Manufacturing Process Selection-Issues of Formulation and Methods for Parameter Design
Ashraf Alkhairy, Phd, submitted August 31, 1991.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Atmospheric Wave Detection and Parameter Estimation using Passive Measurements of Thermal Emission near 118 GHz
Pierino Gianni Bonanni, PhD, submitted December 21, 1990.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Algorithms and Systolic Architectures for Real-Time Multidimensional Adaptive Filtering of Frequency Domain Multiplexed Video Signals
Jerome Mark Shapiro, PhD, submitted January 23, 1990.
12KB.pdf     abstract only

Atmospheric Temperature Sounding and Precipitation Cell Parameter Estimation Using Passive 118 GHz O₂
Albin John Thomas Gasiewski, PhD, submitted December 18, 1988.
9KB.pdf     abstract only

Analytical Foundations of Pixel-Based Video Displacement Estimation
Bernard Ignace Szabo, PhD, submitted August 31, 1988.
6KB.pdf     abstract only

Optimal Pre- and Post-Filtering in Noisy Sampled-Data Systems
Henrique Sarmento Malvar, PhD, submitted August 15, 1986.
6KB.pdf     abstract only

Estimation and Modeling of Multidimensional Non-Stationary Stochastic Processes: Application to the Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Temperature Fields
Alain Charles Louis Briançon, PhD, submitted August 8, 1986.

Atmospheric Limitations of a Two-Color Astrometric Interferometer
Michael Mark Colavita, PhD, submitted May 24, 1985.

Morphological Coding of Images
Ali D.S. Ali, PhD, submitted August 1984.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Large Space Structure Model Reduction and Control System Design Based Upon Sensor and Actuator Influence Functions
Yeung Yim, ScD, submitted May 17, 1983.

Adaptive Filtering Methods Applied to Satellite Remote-Sensing of the Atmosphere from Meteorological Purposes
Paul Michel Toldalagi, PhD, submitted May 2, 1980.

Computer Control of Stochastic Distributed Systems with Applications to Very Large Electrostatically Figured Satellite Antennas
Jeffrey Hastings Lang, PhD, submitted November 26, 1979.

A Long Baseline Optical Interferometer for Astrometry
Michael Shao, PhD, submitted July, 1978.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Optimum Retrieval Techniques in Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Temperature, Liquid Water, and Water Vapor
William Henry Ledsham, PhD, submitted May 16, 1978.
7KB.pdf     abstract only

Atmosphere Opacity Near Half Centimeter Wavelength
Ronnie Ka Lai Poon, ScD, submitted May 4, 1974.

Duplicating Filters: A Class of Digital Filters with an Invariance Property
Paul Loan Kebabian, PhD, submitted May 18, 1972.
9KB.pdf     abstract only

Radiometric Sensing of Atmospheric Water and Temperature
Philip William Rosenkranz, PhD, submitted August 16, 1971.
17KB.pdf     abstract only

Remote Sensing of Mesospheric Ozone
John Edward Rudzuki, Jr., PhD, submitted January 29, 1971.
17KB.pdf     abstract only

Ground-Based Microwave Spectroscopic Sensing of the Stratosphere and Mesosphere
Joe William Waters, PhD, submitted December 23, 1970.

The Microwave Spectrum of Venus
David Hudson Staelin, ScD, submitted January 11, 1965.
17KB.pdf     abstract only