Browsing by Department "Electrical and Computer Engineering"
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An Experimental Investigation of the Neural Correlates of the Acquired Capability for Suicide
(2017-07-27)
The high rate of fatal suicide attempts in men is a pressing issue as highlighted in the public conscious. The interpersonal–psychological theory of suicide has offered an explanation for the difference in suicidal behavior ...
Exploiting Power-Up State of Latches as Hardware Security Primitives: PUF, TRNG and Recycled IC Detection
(2022-03-22)
Over the last two decades, hardware security has become more and more important and became a hot topic in both academia and industry. Threats seen on cyber-infrastructure and electronic devices are becoming more and more ...
Fabrication and Assembly of Ultra Thin Flexible Active Printed Circuits
(2006-05-15)
Tremendous attention has been focused on flexible printed circuits for their light weight, minimized dimension and three dimensional packaging capabilities. However, the traditional flexible circuit fabrication and assembly ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes on Ceramic and Silicon Substrates for High Temperature Electronic Device Applications
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation focuses on characterization and fabrication of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by DC plasma sputtering and thermal chemical vapor deposition techniques (CVD) on silicon (Si) and ceramic (Al2O3) substrates. ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Flexible Thin-Film Superconducting Microwave Cables
(2021-07-26)
The future of superconducting and cryogenic electronic systems depends on densely integrated superconducting multi-layer and multi-signal flexible cables due to the massive number of electrical interconnects needed in ...
Failure Evasion: Statistically Solving the NP Complete Problem of Testing Difficult-to-Detect Faults
(2016-12-08)
A circuit with n primary inputs (PIs) has N = 2n possible input vectors. A test vector to correctly detect a fault in that circuit must be among those 2n n-bit combinations. Clearly, this problem can be rephrased as a ...
Field-Orientation Control of Three-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Control under healthy and open-circuit fault Conditions
(2024-04-19)
Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are widely used due to their simple structure, high performance, and simple control strategies. Over the years, several control techniques have been developed in motor control, ...
Fingerprinting-based Indoor Localization with Deep Neural Networks
(2022-11-18)
In recent years, more capabilities and applications have been added to existing wireless communication systems due to the rapid development of the Internet of Things(IoT). WiFi and RFID exhibits tremendous potential in ...
Finite Element Analysis of the Mesosphere's Electromagnetic Response to Large Scale Lightning Associated with Sprites and other Transient Luminous Events
(2008-05-15)
In this research, a numerical investigation of high altitude sprites and other mesospheric Transient Luminous Events induced by lightning is presented. A Finite Element Model is created using equations based on a modified ...
Flexible Superconducting Microwave Interconnects and Connectors
(2018-04-29)
One of the major limitations to constructing densely-integrated cryogenic electronic systems is the electrical interconnect technology. Superconducting cables with multiple signals, high signal density, low loss, low thermal ...
Flip Chip and Lid Attachment Assembly Process Development
(2006-12-15)
Flip chip technology offers numerous advantages over conventional packages by virtue of its electrical performance, greater input/output (I/O) flexibility and small size. This study focuses on two flip chip assembly process ...
Four-Chamber Endocardial Surface Reconstruction from MR Images and Application to Geometry and Mechanics Analysis on Healthy Subjects and Mitral Regurgitation Patients
(2018-07-20)
Heart failure is a common cause of hospitalization and the leading cause of death in the world [1]. It is usually secondary to a primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) and it is estimated that by 2030, about 23.6 million ...
Frequency Syntheses with Delta-Ssigma Modulations and their Applications for Mixed Signal Testing
(2006-12-15)
This dissertation presents design and application of two popular frequency synthesizers, namely, the direct digital frequency synthesis (DDS) and phase lock loop (PLL) synthesis.
DDS is a digital technique for frequency ...
Frequency Synthesizer Designs and Their Applications
(2007-08-15)
This thesis discusses design and applications of two main frequency synthesizers: direct digital frequency synthesis (DDS) and phase lock loop (PLL) synthesis.
DDS is a quickly developed digital technique for frequency ...
Gaseous Discharges and Their Applications as High Power Plasma Switches
(2008-05-15)
Today’s pulsed power technology requires compact systems for both military and civilian applications, leading to increased demand for research in compact system components. High power switches are one of the fundamental ...
GPS and Inertial Sensor Enhancements for Vision-based Highway Lane Tracking
(2006-08-15)
For the past decade much research in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
community has been devoted to the topic of lane departure warning (LDW). A significant
portion of highway fatalities each year are attributed ...
A GPS L1 and Cellular 4G LTE Vector Tracking Software-Defined Receiver
(2023-11-17)
In this thesis, a traditional GPS L1 vector tracking receiver is augmented with cellular 4G LTE channels. The hybrid receiver can acquire and track GPS L1 and LTE signals simultaneously in an extended Kalman filter-based ...
Growth and Characterization of Nitrogen Doped Nanocrystalline Diamond Films
(2006-05-15)
Nitrogen doped nanocrystalline (NCD) diamond films have been deposited on a variety of substrates using microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MWPCVD). These films have been systematically studied to determine their ...
Hardware Acceleration for Pedestrian Dead Reckoning in Embedded Systems
(2022-04-25)
Hardware acceleration within embedded systems can potentially allow algorithms to meet real time requirements in devices where it was previously impossible. Though many algorithms have been developed targeting embedded ...
A Hardware-Software Processor Architecture using Pipeline Stalls for Leakage Power Management
(2009-05-15)
In recent years, power consumption has become a critical design concern for many VLSI systems. Nowhere is this truer than for portable, battery-operated applications, where power consumption has perhaps superseded speed ...