Undergraduate Research
Below are completed / current and proposed undergraduate research topics. Students who are interested in any of the listed topics are encouraged to contact the project’s supervisor.
Completed / Current

Simulating Weather Events on a Real World Map Using Unity 3D Engine
Student: Heba Harb
Advisor: Dr. Joe Tekli

Fast, Simple, and Effective Frequency-based Text Classification
Student: Joseph Attieh
Advisor: Dr. Joe Tekli

Integrated Knowledge Graphs for Outdoor Environmental 3D Simulator
Student: Hamza Noueihed
Advisor: Dr. Joe Tekli

Cluster-based Organization of Documents using Corpus-based Text Analysis
Student: Sarkis Sarkissian
Advisor: Dr. Joe Tekli

The Case for Depthwise Separable Convolutions & Variational Dropout in YOLOv3
Student: Joseph Chakar
Advisor: Dr. Joe Tekli

Development and Characterization of an IPMC Hair-like Transducer
Students: Elio Challita and Nady Khairalah
Advisor: Dr. Barbar Akle

Analysis of the smart grid’s transient behavior in detecting cyber-physical attacks
Student: Charbel El Chemali
Advisor: Dr. Harag Margossian

Impact of Relay Placement in Three-Hop Buffer-Aided FSO Systems: An Approximate Performance Analysis Approach
Student: Mirna El-Rajab
Advisor: Dr. Chadi Abou-Rjeily

An Overview of Professionalism in Engineering: An Undergraduate Course
Student: Mohammad Al Abbas
Advisor: Dr. Samer Saab

A Voice-Controlled Mobile User Interface and Emergency System for Visually Impaired University Students
Student: Rami Saade
Advisor: Dr. Zahi Nakad

Maximizing DGs hosting capacity in active distribution network
Student: Jneid Jneid
Advisor: Dr. Harag Margossian

Impact of delay attacks on the Phasor Measurement Units
Student: Elias Chdid
Advisor: Dr. Harag Margossian

Impact of Relay Traffic on the Performance of Relayassisted FSO Systems: The Single Relay Case
Student: Charbel Al Helyael
Advisor: Dr. Wissam Fawaz and Dr. Chadi Abou Rjeily

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Three-Dimensional Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine with Variable-Pitch
Student: Elio Aoun
Advisor: M. Khoury

Development and Characterization of an IPMC Hair-like Transducer
Student: Elio Challita
Advisor: Dr. B.Akle

Dynamic Assessment of the Swing-through Gait Method for Patients with Thoracic Spinal Cord Injuries
Student: Mario K. Msan
Advisor: Dr. B. Akle

Optimized Rule-Based Energy Management Strategy for the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Using Dynamic Programming
Students: Reef Khairallah and Bilal Kabalan
Advisor: Dr. Charbel Mansour

A Prototype for Semantic Querying and Evaluation of Textual Data
Student: Christian G. Kallas
Advisor: Dr. Joe Tekli

Enhancing the performance of Least Recently Used Policy in the Presence on One-timers using Support Vector Machines.
Student: Basel Jalaleddine
Advisor: Dr. Wissam Fawaz
Proposed

Simulating Sensations of Touch in Virtual Reality (VR)
Advisor: Dr. Evan Fakhoury