Medical simulators have become commonly used to teach new procedures to medical students and clinicians. Their accessibility allows trainees to perform training whenever they desire, and their flexibility allows for various ...

This thesis presents adaptive control techniques to improve the stability and performance of grid-tied single-phase inverter systems. There are three main control systems involved in the conversion of DC to AC power: a ...

In Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs), the role of the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer is very important since it enables Secondary Users (SUs) to access the spectrum without affecting Primary Users' (PUs) communications. ...

In this thesis, three radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) were digitally assisted for varying signal power, frequency or both. Performance paramters were 'optimized' in the sense of obtaining the best performance ...

In this thesis, three low-noise active mixing circuits are presented in CMOS technology. Mixers can be found at the front-end of almost every communication systems. However, despite many advantages the active mixers have, ...

This thesis explores the design and applications of subharmonic mixers in CMOS microwave integrated circuits. First, a 2x down-converting subharmonic mixer is demonstrated with a measured conversion gain of 8 dB using a ...

Distributed generation that utilizes 5-10kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cells requires power electronics to optimize the overall system efficiency while reducing the cost. The Adaptive Energy Zero-Voltage-Switching Phase-Shift-Modulated ...

This thesis presents topologies and control methods to improve the efficiency and dynamic response of Electric Vehicle (EV) power converters. There are three main converters in an EV power conditioning system: a plug-in ...

The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) has reinvigorated interest into the distributed quickest change detection problem within wireless sensor networks. Although a number of system designs addressing this problem ...

Internet of things (IoT), which enables connectivity of billions of devices to the Internet, is expected to be the next revolution in wireless ecosystem. Due to lack of available spectrum, it is imperative for wireless ...