Browsing Theses--Electrical Engineering by Title
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Fast Distributed Mutual Exclusion
(2011-05-15)A technique is proposed for quickly distributing mutexes in a system of multiple nodes. Evaluated in the context of a physical network, it is relatively agnostic with respect to the underlying topology and can be modified ... -
FATIGUE CRACKING OF CEMENTITIOUSLY STABILIZED PAVEMENT LAYERS THROUGH LARGE-SCALE MODEL EXPERIMENTS
(2011-08-26)The objective of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 04-36 was to recommend laboratory procedures to measure performance related characteristics of pavement layers stabilized with cement, lime, ... -
Finding the Parasitic Inductances in a VLSI System Utilizing an Efficient Tree-Code Algorithm
(2010-05-15)Area and power have become larger motivators recently than in the past in both the general purpose and ASIC environment. With the advent of sub-45 micron technologies, more transistors can be fit into a specified area, ... -
Forced Oscillation Detection: Correlation-Based Methodology and Approach to Pinpoint Power Grid Disturbances
(2021-05-06)One of the most important things when operating a power grid today is the effort to maintain reliability. With the current size and continuous expansion of the grid, everything in the United States from healthcare for the ... -
Gait Parameter Monitoring Using A Wearable Stereo Camera System
(2023)An infrared (IR) stereo camera is mounted on each bracelet and tasked with tracking a marker on the bracelet on the other ankle. Based on the imaged trajectories of both markers, a computer vision algorithm that we developed ... -
Galois Field Hardware Architectures for Network Coding
(2010-05-15)This paper presents and analyzes novel hardware designs for high-speed network coding. Our designs provide efficient methods to perform Galois field (GF) dot products and matrix inversions, which are important operations ... -
A Generalized Hamiltonian Model for Power System Dynamics with Relay Action
(2015-08-21)The electrical system is a complex network of buses, loads, transmission lines in addition to other voltage and current regulating components. This complexity makes dealing with power system stability an ongoing challenge ... -
GPGPU WORKLOAD ANALYSIS AND MEDIA PERFORMANCE STUDIES
(2011-05-15)This project was done with the Mobile Microprocessor Group at Intel Corporation as a part of a six month internship. The primay objective of this project was to study the performance of GPGPUs (General purpose computation ... -
Guided Resonance in Photonic Crystals
(2014-05-18)The objective of this thesis research is to analyze the guided resonances in photonic crystal slabs. It introduces the different kinds of photonic crystals and focuses on photonic crystal slabs consisting of a square lattice ... -
GUIDELINES FOR FOOD WASTE DISPOSAL
(2011-08-26)There are many alternatives when it comes to remediation of food waste. In recent years focus has been shifting towards maximizing the energy potential of food waste. The purpose of this study was to assess various food ... -
HARMONIC-SUPPRESSED MINIATURIZED-ELEMENT FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES WITH HIGHER-ORDER BANDPASS RESPONSES
(2013-12-22)In this reprot, we introduce a new technique for designing miniaturized-element frequency selective surfaces (MEFSSs) with bandpass responses and no spurious transmission windows over extremely large bandwidths. The ... -
High Power Microwave Breakdown Study
(2011-08-26)In this research a rapidly forming (<50 ns) self-initiating distributed plasma discharge was observed using an X-band (WR-90) microwaves. We also observed slower forming (300-400 nS) plasma breakdown with 1 kHz repeated ... -
High Power Microwave Breakdown Study
(2011-08-15)Microwave Breakdown Experiments in Ne, Ar and Penning Discharges (Abstract) In this research a rapidly forming (<50 ns) self-initiating distributed plasma discharge was observed using an X-band (WR-90) microwaves. We ... -
Implementation of a DC Microgrid
(2017-05-31)The first permanent electric grid powered only the homes and buildings in its immediate vicinity–much like microgrids, which are presently the focus of intense research and development. An area holding great promise for ... -
Implementation of Complement Mode Execution
(2011-08-26)As technology goes deeper into the submicron range device aging effects become increasingly powerful. The Colt duty cycle equalizer gives a microarchitectural solution to this problem with execution of complemented data ... -
Improving Video Transportation over Dynamic Wireless Networks
(2017-05-22)This thesis explores video transfer over dynamic wireless communication links in an attempt to understand current limitations and propose new methods to push performance beyond the existing envelope. To this end, I spent ... -
Initial Applications of Synchrophasors Using Area Angles
(2012-05-20)Synchrophasors allow fast, synchronized measurements of the power grid and have the potential to serve power system applications more e ectively. Synchrophasor data may allow analyzing subareas of the system without need ... -
Integrated Inductors and Capacitors with Co-Located Electric and Magnetic Fields
(2017-01-05)Passive components such as inductors and capacitors are fundamental components needed in all power electronics converters, and in many designs, they comprise a significant portion of the total weight and volume of the ... -
Intracranial Pressure Sensor
(2014-05-18)Develop and fabricate a permanently implanted passive pressure sensor to measure intracranial pressure (ICP). At anytime, the hydrocephalic patient, care taker, or physician can hold an external display device over the ... -
An Investigation for Strengthening Existing Reinforced Concrete Beams in Shear Using a MF-FRP Retrofit System
(2011-05-15)The purpose of this research was to determine if a Mechanically-Fastened Fiber Reinforced Polymer (MF-FRP) Retrofit System is viable for increasing shear strength in existing reinforced concrete beams. Due to the more ...