Browsing Theses--Electrical Engineering by Title
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Development of an Imaging Platform for Maize Kernel Morphology
(2013-07-25)The field of computer vision can play a significant role in measuring features that describe the physical appearance of maize kernels. Extending a computer vision system to an almost automatic process can create a high ... -
Device Thermal Control for Three Phase Three Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverters
(2013-08-25)Efficiency, lifetime, and reliability are important factors in the selection of a particular power converter to meet today?s industrial needs. There have been many recent advances in power converter topologies and power ... -
Differential Vaporizer Research
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Distributed Power Conversion Architecture for Microgrids and Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
(2013-05-19)This article focuses on distributed power conversion architecture for microgrid and integration of renewable energy sources from the aspect of power electronics converter. It covers the following areas: Power Distribution ... -
A Dynamic Tariff Market Design for Electrical Energy in a Distribution System
(2016-09-08)The work in this thesis is motivated by the need to design an energy marketplace for use in a Dynamic Distribution System. The Dynamic Distribution System is a proposed techno-economic approach to increased penetration of ... -
EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF SOIL COMPACTION UNDER A CONTROLLED COMPACTIVE EFFORT AT LABORATORY SCALE
(2011-08-26)Embankment construction specifications in the State of Wisconsin indicate that compaction lifts cannot be thicker than 20 cm. This specification was established several years ago based on field experience when compactors ... -
The effects of plasma exposure on the time-dependent dielectric breakdown of low-k porous organosilicate glass
(2011-05-15)Time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) is a major concern for low-k organosilicate (SiCOH) dielectrics. To examine the effect of plasma exposure on TDDB degradation, time-to-breakdown measurements were made on porous ... -
Efficiency Mapping of Single Phase Induction Machines for Motoring and Generating Operations
(2015-08-21)Single Phase Induction Machines formthework horse of various fractional-power domestic and agricultural applications such as vacuum cleaners, fans, water pumps etc. They are often designed to be simple, rugged and low-cost. ... -
ELECTRON PARTITIONING IN CONTINUOUS RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES CULTURES
(2011-05-15)Today?s global energy requirements are mostly dependent on fossil fuels, the utilization of which are causing global climate change as well as leading to the foreseeable depletion of these limited non-renewable energy ... -
ENABLING NEW USES FOR GPUS
(2011-05-15)As graphics processing unit (GPU) architects have made their pipelines more programmable in recent years, GPUs have become increasingly general-purpose. As a result, more and more general-purpose, non-graphics applications ... -
ENVIRONMETAL IMPACTS WHEN BUILDING AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION IN WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT TERRITORY
(2011-05-15)This research states the importance of electrical substations to meet the increasing electrical demands in rural areas taking as an example Wisconsin Power & Light (WP&L) territory. Given the fact that WP&L is a regulated ... -
EVALUATION OF RADIOMICS AND MACHINE LEARNING IN IDENTIFICATION OF AGGRESSIVE TUMOR FEATURES IN RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (RCC)
(2020)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of CT radiomics features and machine learning analysis to identify aggressive tumor features, including high nuclear grade (NG) and sarcomatoid (sarc) features, in large ... -
EVALUATION OF SURROGATES FOR MONITORING BIOSOLIDS DIGESTION PROCESSES
(2011-08-26)Anaerobic digestion is a widely used method of treating the solid residuals from wastewater treatment processes. It produces both methane gas, which can be used as an energy source, and the product biosolids can be ... -
Examination of Field Electron Emission from Knife-Edge Structures
(2009-12-15)This thesis reports the experimental and modeling research carried out on eld and thermal emission from knife-edge structures. Field emission arises from electron emission from a surface under the in uence of intense ... -
Experimental Verification of Role of Ballast Resistors in SiGe Power HBTs
(2011-05-15)To prevent the dramatic degradation of the device performance of SiGe power heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and maintain the power efficiency, emitter-ballast resistors and base-ballast resistors have been employed ... -
Exploring Full-Duplex Gains in Multi-Cell Wireless Networks: A Spatial Stochastic Framework
(2015-05-18)Full-duplex radio technology is becoming mature and holds potential to boost the spectrum efficiency of a point-to-point wireless link. However, a fundamental understanding is still lacking, with respect to its advantage ... -
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 ...