Browsing Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Theses by Title
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Fabrication and Optimization of Organic FET and Organic Electrolyte Gated FET Devices for Applications as Label-free Biosensors
Organic Thin-Film Transistors are carbon-based semiconductor devices. Their simple fabrication makes them an ideal candidate for disposable, wearable technologies; an implementation being aptamer-based biosensors. This ... -
Finger Movement Classification Using Forearm EMG Signals
(2008-11-04)To a person with an upper limb amputation or congenital defect, a well-functioning prosthesis can open the door to many work and life opportunities. A fundamental component of many modern prostheses is the myoelectric ... -
Forensic Outlier Detection and Penalty Analysis To Regulate Cognitive Radio Network
(2014-09-27)Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) has emerged as a promising solution to the pseudo scarcity of the spectral congestion problem. In a CRN, the new/Secondary Users (SUs), are allowed to access the spectrum in such a way that ... -
Fountain Codes for Fault Tolerance in Distributed Storage Systems
Modern data storage systems are typically built using hard drives and other components that are prone to failure. The financial, operational and legal impact of data loss is usually quite high, particularly for owners of ... -
A Framework for Radio Resource Management in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
(2007-10-01)Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (HWNs) are composite networks made of different wireless access technologies, possibly with overlapping coverage. Users with multi-mode terminals in HWNs will be able to initiate connectivity ... -
Generation and Optimization of Local Shape Descriptors for Point Matching in 3-D Surfaces
(2009-09-01)We formulate Local Shape Descriptor selection for model-based object recognition in range data as an optimization problem and offer a platform that facilitates a solution. The goal of object recognition is to identify and ... -
A Hardware Architecture for GPS/INS-Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks
(2012-01-13)Wireless sensor network technology has now been widely adopted. In many applications, distributed sensor nodes collect data at different locations and the location information of each node is required. The Global Positioning ... -
High Frequency Class DE Converter Using a Multilayer Coreless PCB Transformer
In modern power electronics equipment, it is desirable to design a low profile, high power density, and fast dynamic response converter. Increases in switching frequency reduce the size of the passive components such as ... -
High Frequency Ultrasound RF Time Series Analysis for Tissue Characterization
(2012-03-29)Ultrasound-based tissue characterization has been an active field of cancer detection in the past decades. The main concept behind various techniques is that the returning ultrasound echoes carry tissue-dependent information ... -
High Performance Digital Control Techniques for Powering Microprocessors
(2009-04-14)Increasing power consumption and heat dissipation are becoming urgent challenges for processors today and in the future. Digital power control architectures in which processors closely interact with voltage regulators are ... -
High Resolution Jamming Detection in Global Navigation Satellite Systems
(2015-05-06)Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly threatened by interference and especially jamming. They are substantial threats to the functions that rely on the GPS position velocity and time solutions. The ultimate ... -
High Resolution Signal Processing Techniques for Enhancing GPS Receiver Performance
(2015-03-04)Despite the major advances in signal processing methods used nowadays, GPS receivers still face substantial challenges, such as multipath, which remains a dominant source of ranging error. The presence of GPS multipath ... -
High-performance Communication in MPI through Message Matching and Neighborhood Collective Design
Message Passing Interface (MPI) is the de facto standard for communication in High Performance Computing (HPC). MPI Processes compute on their local data while extensively communicating with each other. Communication is ... -
High-Speed Electronic Signal Processing for Pre-Compensation in Optical Communications
(2011-11-02)Narrowband optical filtering and chromatic dispersion are two important issues that affect optical fiber transmission performance. Recent technological developments in high-speed digital signal processors, digital-to-analog ... -
A high-speed Iterative Closest Point tracker on an FPGA platform
(2008-07-16)The Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm is one of the most commonly used range image processing methods. However, slow operational speeds and high input band-widths limit the use of ICP in high-speed real-time ... -
High-Throughput Dense Wireless Networks in Unlicensed Spectrum
Dense deployment of wireless local area networks (WLANs) will support the prolific data traffic in future wireless networks beyond fifth generation (B5G), either as small cells for cellular data offloading or last-miles ... -
Hydrothermal Processing of Barium Strontium Titanate Composites on Printed Circuit Board for Thin Film Varactor Applications
(2014-09-26)Thin film Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 has been deposited onto printed circuit boards at low temperatures for low and high frequency applications. The fabrication method involves spin coating sol-gel composites (a mixture of BST powder ... -
Identification and Rendering of Contact Dynamic Models in Robotic and Haptic Systems
Haptic simulation systems allow kinesthetic interaction between users and virtual environments. These environments are represented using mathematical models which simulate the contact dynamics of real objects. However, the ... -
Image Retrieval using Landmark Indexing for Indoor Navigation
(2014-04-25)A novel approach is proposed for real-time retrieval of images from a large database of overlapping images of an indoor environment. The procedure extracts visual features from images using selected computer vision techniques, ... -
Impact Study of Multimode Fibre Taper in Modal Noise Under Restricted Offset Launch Conditions
(2007-11-15)Delivering high bandwidth to the individual household or small business is currently a major bottleneck in the high speed network, a problem referred to as the last mile issue. Multimode fibre is widely deployed in the ...