PhD Students

Powen Yao, TBD topic, PhD student in Computer Science, USC, expected graduation date 2023.
Marc Spraragen, “A Computational Architecture for Modeling the Effects of Emotion on Planning,” PhD in Computer Science, USC, June 2013.
Brian A. Osborn, "An Agent-Based Architecture for Generating Interactive Stories," PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, September 2002.
Michael VanPutte, "A Computational Model and Multi-Agent Simulation for Information Assurance," PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2002, Dissertation Committee Chair.
Eric Bachmann "Inertial and Magnetic Angle Tracking of Human Limb Segments for Inserting Humans into Synthetic Environments," PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, December 2000.
Michael V. Capps "Fidelity Optimization in Distributed Virtual Environments," PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, June 2000.
Katherine L. Morse "An Adaptive, Distributed Algorithm for Interest Management," PhD in Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, June 2000.
Abrams, Howard "Extensible Interest Management for Scalable Persistent Distributed Virtual Environments," PhD in Computer Science, December 1999.
Storms, Russell "Auditory-Visual Cross-Modal Perception Phenomena," PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.
Pandzic, Igor S. "Facial Communication in Networked Collaborative Virtual Environments," PhD Thesis, March 1998, MIRALab, Centre Universitaire d'Informatique, Universitie de Geneve. Member of thesis jury.
Le Van Gong, Hubert "Paradigmes pour l'interoperabilite entre environnements virtuels," PhD Thesis, December 1996, l'Universite Paris VI au Laboratoire MASI, L"Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, examinateur.
Macedonia, Michael R. "A Network Software Architecture for Large Scale Virtual Environments," PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, June 1995.
Brutzman, Donald P. "A Virtual World for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle", PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, December 1994.
Amburn, Phil "Development and Evaluation of an Air-to-Air Combat Debriefing System Using a Head-Mounted Display," PhD Thesis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 1994. I was a member of his PhD committee. The chair of the PhD committee was Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. of UNC.
MacPherson Jr., David Leonard "Automated Cartography by an Autonomous Mobile Robot Using Ultrasonic Range Finders", PhD Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1993. Member of PhD committee.
Pratt, David "A Software Architecture for the Construction and Management of Real-Time Virtual Worlds", PhD in Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School, June 1993.
Delaney, Kevin J. "Classification of Short-Duration Non-Stationary Signals," PhD Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1992. Outside department member of the PhD committee.
Lott Jr., Gus K. "High Frequency (HF) Radio Signal Amplitude Characteristics, HF receiver Site Performance Criteria, and Expanding the Dynamic Range of HF Digital New Energy Receivers By Strong Signal Elimination," PhD Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1990. Outside department member of the PhD committee.
Sciomacco, Edward M. "Parametric Modeling and Estimation of Pulse Propagation on Microwave Integrated Circuit Interconnections," PhD Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1990. Outside department member of the PhD committee.
Ross, Ronald S. "Planning Minimum-Energy Paths in an Off-Road Environment with Anisotropic Traversal Costs and Motion Constraints," PhD Thesis, Computer Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989. Member of commiteee. I helped Ron in the early part of his thesis efforts. We have co-authored several papers. There is a substantial graphics component to this thesis.
Richbourg, Robert "Solving a Class of Spatial Reasoning Problems," PhD Thesis, Computer Science Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1987. Member of committee. I helped Bob Richbourg in the early part of his thesis efforts by putting an organization and structure to his work. We have co-authored several papers. There is a substantial graphics component to this thesis.
O'Dwyer, John Mark "Power Line Noise Models and Energy Detection in the High Frequency Radio Band," PhD Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1986. I was the minor department member of O'Dwyer's thesis committee. As all committee members, I read and commented upon his work.

MS Thesis Students from NPS

Keith M. Perkins Implementing Realistic Helicopter Physics in 3D Game Environments, MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 2002.
Alper Sinav, Analysis and Modeling of the Virtual Human Interface for the MARG Body-Tracking System Using Quaternions, Math and CS Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2002
Victor Spears, Terrain Level of Detail in First-Person, Ground-Perspective Simulation, MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2002
Mustafa Dinc, Modeling Bluetooth Radio Technology Simulation Using a Multi-Agent based System and Genetic Algorithms Design Paradigm, MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2001.
Askin Ercetin, Operational-Level Naval Planning Using Agent-Based Simulation, MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2001.
Joel Pawloski, Modeling Tactical Level combat Using a Multi-Agent System Design Paradigm (GI Agent), MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2001.
Jeffrey DeBrine and Skip Morrow, Joint Thesis "Re-Purposing Commercial Entertainment Software for Military Use," MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 2000.
Michael Dickson and Kim Roddy, Joint Thesis, "Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior Using A Relation-Centric Multi-Agent System Design Paradigm," MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 2000.
Brian K. Christianson and Andrew J. Kimsey "Comparison of Vega and Java3D in a Virtual Environment Enclosure," MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2000.
Ivan Chang Kok Ping "High Level Architecture Performance Measurement," MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2000.
Marlon L. Smith "Object Signing in Bamboo," MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 2000.
Panagiotis Fiambolis and Georgios Prokopakis "A Network Design Architecture for Distribution of Generic Scene Graphs," Computer Science Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1999
Boyd, Mark A. and Gagnon, Todd A. "Methodology and Design of Adaptive Agent-Based Simulation Architectures for Bamboo or Visual C++", MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1999
Usta, Umit Y. "Comparison of Quaternion and Euler Angle Methods for Joint Angle Animation of Human Figure Models," Computer Science Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1999.
Liles, Stewart W. "Dynamically Extending a Networked Virtual Environment Using Bamboo and the High Level Architecture," MOVES Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1998.
Cockayne, William R. "Two-Handed, Whole-Hand Interaction," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1998.
Bediz, Mehmet "A Simulation Study of A Single Rigid Body Dynamic Model for Biped Postural Control," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1997.
Halvorson, Jeffrey "Realistic Interface and Control of A Virtual Submarine Model in NPSNET," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1997.
Kapp, John J. and Akyuz, Erkan "Utilization of a Virtual Environment for Combat Information Center Training," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1997.
Le Goff, Didier A. "Amphibious Operations in a Virtual Environment," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1997.
Biggs, Lloyd J. "Headphone-Delivered Three Dimensional Sound in NPSNET," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1996.
Erdogan, Ridvan "Internetworking: Implementation of Multicasting and MBONE Over Frame Relay Networks," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1996.
Frey, William III "Applications of Inertial Sensors and Flux-Gate Magnetometer to Real-Time Human Body Motion Capture," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1996.
Tamer, Murat Tevfik "Internetworking: Multicasting and ATM Network Prerequisites for Distance Learning," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1996.
Stone, Steven Walter "A Rapidly Reconfigurable, Application Layer, Virtual Environment Network Protocol," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1996.
Stewart, Bryan C. "Mounting Human Entities to Control and Interact with Networked Ship Entities in a Virtual Environment," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1996.
Wootten, David Raiman "A Graphic User Interface for Rapid Integration of Steganography Software," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1996.
Bacon Jr., Daniel Keith "Integration of a Submarine into NPSNET," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1995.
Canterbury, Michael "An Automated Approach to Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Protocol Development," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1995.
Chrislip, Christopher Allen and Ehlert, Jr. James Frederick "Level of Detail Models for Dismounted Infantry in NPSNET-IV.8.1," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1995.
Lentz III, Frederick Charles "Integration of ASW Helicopter Operations and Environment into NPSNET," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1995.
O'Byrne, James E. "Human Interaction within a Virtual Environment for Shipboard Training," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1995.
Storms, Russell L. "NPSNET-3D Sound Server: An Effective Use of the Auditory Channel," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1995.
Nash, David Dean "A Graphical User Interface for POST (The Program to Optimize Simulated Trajectories)," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1995.
Nobles, Joseph A. and Garrova, James F. "Design and Implementation of Real-Time, Deployable Three Dimensional Shiphandling Training Simulator," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1995.
McDowell, Perry L. and King, Tony E. "A Networked Virtual Environment for Shipboard Training," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1995.
Roesli, John "Free-Field Spatialized Aural Cues for Synthetic Environments," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1994.
Watt, Anne E. "Modeling of Real-Time Dynamic Effects," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1994.
Serbest, Fikret "An Automated Tactical Operations Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Planning Tool Using Hyper-NPSNET," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1994.
Corbin, Daniel P. "NPSNET: Environmental Effects for a Real-Time Virtual World Battlefield Simulator," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1993.
Lombardo, Charles P. "Hyper-NPSNET: Embedded Multimedia in a 3D Virtual World," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1993.
Smith, Richard Samuel "NPSNET: Scripting of Three-Dimensional Interactive Systems for Use in the JANUS Combat Simulation," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1993.
Young, Roy David "NPSNET-IV: A Real-Time, 3D Distributed Interactive Simulation System," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1993.
Schmidt, Dennis A. "NPSNET: A Graphical Based Expert System to Model P-3 Aircraft Interaction with Submarines and Ships," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1993.
Boone, Mark "NPSNET: Walkthrough," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1993.
Dahl, Neils "NPSNET: Aural Cues for Virtual World Immersion," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1992.
Nash, Dave "NPSNET: Modeling the In-Flight and Terminal Properties of Ballistic Munitions," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1992.
Walters, Alan "NPSNET: Dynamic Terrain & Cultured Feature Depiction," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1992.
Warren, Pat and Walter, Jon "NPSNET: JANUS-3D - Providing Three-Dimensional Displays for a Traditional Combat Model," joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1992.
Weigeshoff, William "An Automated Reconnaissance and Surveillance Planning Tool," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1992.
Wilson, Kalin P. "NPSGDL: An Object Oriented Graphics Description Language for Virtual World Application Support," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1992.
Brutzman, Donald P. "NPS AUV Integrated Simulator," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, March 1992.
Cooke, Joseph M. "NPSNET: Flight Simulation Dynamic Modeling Using Quaternions," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, March 1992.
Daley, John A. "HYPER-NPSNET: A Virtual World with An Integrated 3D Hypertext," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, March 1992.
Park, Hyun Kyoo "NPSNET: Real-Time 3-D Ground-Based Vehicle Dynamics," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, March 1992.
Cecil, Carl Patrick "NPSNET-MES: Semi-Automated Forces Integration," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1991.
Mackey, Randall Lee "NPSNET: Hierarchical Data Structures for Real-Time Three-Dimensional Visual Simulation," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1991.
Monahan, James G. "NPSNET: Physically-Based Modeling Enhancements to an Object File Format," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1991.
Osborne, William Dale "NPSNET: An Accurate Low-Cost Technique for Real-Time Display of Transient Events: Vehicle Collisions, Explosions and Terrain Modifications," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1991.
Polcrack, Jane Stolarski "Using Solid Modeling Techniques to Construct Three-Dimensional Icons for a Visual Simulator," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1991.
West, Phillip D. "NPSNET: Object Animation Script Interpretation System," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1991.
Anderson, Wilhelm Friedrich "NPSME - An Interactive Tool for Material Characteristics Specification," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
King, David Maurice and Prevatt III, Richard Montgomery "Rapid Production of Graphical User Interfaces," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
Jurewicz, Thomas A. "A Real-Time Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Dynamic Simulator," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
Cheeseman, Curtis "Moving Platform Simulator III: An Enhanced High-Performance Real-Time Graphics Simulator with Multiple Resolution Display and Lighting", Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.
DeHaemer Jr., Michael J. "Simplification of Objects Rendered by Polygonal Approximations," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1989.
Dunlap, Susan L. "A Toolkit for Designing User Interfaces," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1990.
Nagel, Daniel E. "3DShips: Rapid 3D Icon Generation for the Command and Control Workstation of the Future," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1989.
Breden, William O. and Zanoli, James J. "Visualization of High Resolution Digital Terrain," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989 (NPS52-89-038).
Christian, Mark J. "Post Crash Flight Analysis: Visualizing Flight Recorder Data," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989.
Drummond Jr., William T. and Nizolak Jr., Joseph P. "A Graphics Workstation Field Artillery Forward Observor Simulation Trainer," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989 (NPS52-89-036).
Munson, Steven A. "Integrated Support for Manipulation and Display of 3D Objects for the Command and Control Workstation of the Future," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989 (NPS52-89-039).
Phillips Jr., Charles E. and Weeks Jr., Gordon K. "The Command and Control Workstation of the Future: Subsurface & Periscope Views," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989 (NPS52-89-037).
Strong, Randolph P. and Winn, Michael C. "The Moving Platform Simulator II: A Networked Real-Time Visual Simulator with Distributed Processing and Line-of-Sight Displays," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1989.
Collins, Patricia J. "Three Dimensional Fractal Mountains," Master's Thesis in Applied Mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1988.
Cobb, Rex "Enhancements to the Command and Control Workstation of the Future," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1988.
Fichten, Mark Alan and Jennings, David H. "Meaningful Real-Time Graphics Workstation Performance Measurements," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1988 (NPS52-89-004).
Abner, Milton Darrell "Three Dimensional Visual Display for a Prototype Command and Control Workstation," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1988.
Barrow, Ted "Distributed Computer Communications in Support of Real-Time Visual Simulations," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1988 (NPS52-88-028).
Harris, Frank "Preliminary Work on the Command and Control Workstation of the Future," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1988 (NPS52-88-027).
Frank, Cory "Unix Based Programming Tools for Locally Distributed Network Applications," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1987.
Mariscal, Hector O. "Editfont - An Interactive Font Editing System," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1987 (NPS52-88-001).
Meier, Timothy W. "Investigation into the Use of Texturing for Real-Time Computer Animation," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1987 (NPS52-88-003).
Oliver, Michael R. and Stahl Jr., David J. "Interactive, Networked, Moving Platform Simulators," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1987 (NPS52-88-002).
Beda, Thomas J. "An Improved Interface for a Technical Figure Illustrator," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1987 (NPS52-87-025).
Griggs, L.W. "An Interactive Computer Graphics Network Monitor for a Tactical Communications Network," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1987 (NPS52-87-035).
Smith, Douglas B. and Streyle, Dale "An Inexpensive Real-Time Interactive Three-Dimensional Flight Simulation System," Joint Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1987 (NPS52-87-034).
Smith, Paul "A Prototype Ray Tracer," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1987.
Adams, Rodney "A Software Architecture for a Commander's Display System," Master's Thesis in Command, Communication and Control, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1987 (NPS52-87-009).
Falby, John "A Data Structure for A Multi-Illumination Model Renderer," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1986 (NPS52-86-026).
Mason, Lewis "Computer Graphics Interactive Workshop for Two-Dimensional Fractals," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1986 (NPS52-87-001).
Manley, James "A Unix Based, Multimedia Computer Conferencing System," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1986.
Potts, Jeffrey H. "The Decomposition of an Arbitrary, Three-Dimensional, Planar Polygon into a Set of Convex Polygons," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1986 (NPS52-87-004).
Taylor, Gary W. "Parametric Representation and Polygonal Decomposition of Curved Surfaces," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1986 (NPS52-86-028).
Diehl, Roger K. "Two-Dimensional Polygonal Representation of Maps for Use with Autonomous Vehicle Route Planning," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1986 (NPS52-86-016).
Ammann, Joann M. "User Interface Design for Two-Dimensional Polygonally Encoded Geological Survey Maps," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1986 (NPS52-86-017).
Jones, Alan "Surface Reconstruction from Planar Contours," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1986 (NPS52-86-019).
Lee, Jang Hun "A System for Korean Character Usage on a Graphics Laser Printer," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1986.
Artero, Jim "Non-Roman Font Generation via Interactive Computer Graphics," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1986 (NPS52-86-018).
Mungsing, Surasak "A Software Implementation of an Interactive System for Three-Dimensional Modeling and Layout," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, March 1986.
Gaddis, Michael E. "The Fractal Geometry of Nature: Its Mathematical Basis and Application to Computer Graphics," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1985. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper Award for Computer Technology received upon graduation (NPS52-86-008).
Hogan, Pat "Surface Construction from Planar Contours," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1985 (NPS52-86-002).
Firth, Steven "OZDRAW: An Interactive Technical Figure Generation System for the Silicon Graphics IRIS System," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, December 1985 (NPS52-86-005).
Sahintepe, Mustafa "A Graph Theoretic Algorithm for Contour Surface Display Generation," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1985.
Walker, Robert A. "An Integrated Systems Architecture for Real-Time Contour Surface Display Generation," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, June 1985 (NPS52-85-010).
Kim, Chong Hae and Ko, Sung Woo "Implementation of Korean and Chinese Characters through Computer," Joint Masters Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, September 1984.

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PhD Students

MS Thesis Students from NPS