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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

On the Performance Enhancement of Beamspace MIMO and Non-orthogonal Multiple Access for Future Cellular Networks , Sinasi Cetinkaya

Enhancing Smart Grid Security and Reliability through Graph Signal Processing and Energy Data Analytics , Md Abul Hasnat

Fabric-Based Organic Electrochemical Transistor Towards Wearable pH Sensing Electronics , Nestor Osvaldo Marquez Rios

Novel Systems Engineering Framework Analysis of Photovoltaic Models and Equations , Peter R. Michael

Deep Learning Enhancement and Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning: A Data-Centric Approach , Hung S. Nguyen

Cyber-Physical Multi-Robot Systems in a Smart Factory: A Networked AI Agents Approach , Zixiang Nie

Multiple Access Techniques Enabling Diverse Wireless Services , Mehmet Mert Şahin

Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Optimization Techniques for Energy and Socioeconomic Systems , Salman Sadiq Shuvo

Process Automation and Robotics Engineering for Industrial Processing Systems , Drake Stimpson

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Stability and Interaction Analysis of Inverter-Based Resources in Power Grids , Li Bao

Healthcare IoT System and Network Design , Halil Ibrahim Deniz

Video Anomaly Detection: Practical Challenges for Learning Algorithms , Keval Doshi

Data-Driven State Estimation for Improved Wide Area Situational Awareness in Smart Grids , Md Jakir Hossain

Deep Learning and Feature Engineering for Human Activity Recognition: Exploiting Novel Rich Learning Representations and Sub-transfer Learning to Boost Practical Performance , Ria Kanjilal

Assistive Technologies for Independent Navigation for People with Blindness , Howard Kaplan

Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases Using Higher Order Statistical Analysis of Electroencephalography Signals , Seyed Alireza Khoshnevis

Accelerating Multiparametric MRI for Adaptive Radiotherapy , Shraddha Pandey

A Model-Based Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems via Asynchronous Motors System Identification or Testing, and Control Engineering Observers , Kenelt Pierre

Improving Wireless Networking from the Learning and Security Perspectives , Zhe Qu

Improving Robustness of Deep Learning Models and Privacy-Preserving Image Denoising , Hadi Zanddizari

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

A Method for Compact Representation of Heterogenous and Multivariate Time Series for Robust Classification and Visualization , Alla Abdella

Dynamical System and Parameter Identification for Power Systems , Abdullah Abdulrahman Alassaf

Phasor Domain Modeling of Type-III Wind Turbines , Mohammed Alqahtani

An Automated Framework for Connected Speech Evaluation of Neurodegenerative Disease: A Case Study in Parkinson's Disease , Sai Bharadwaj Appakaya

Investigation of CoO ATO for Solar Cells and Infrared Sheaths , Manopriya Devisetty Subramanyam

Thermal Management of Lithium-ion Batteries Using Supercapacitors , Sanskruta Dhotre

Effect of Se Composition in CdSe 1-X T eX /CdTe Solar Cells , Sheikh Tawsif Elahi

Microencapsulation of Thermochromic Materials for Thermal Storage and Energy Efficiency of Buildings , Abdullatif Hakami

Piezoelectrically-Transduced ZnO-on-Diamond Resonators with Enhanced Signal-to-Noise Ratio and Power-handling Capability for Sensing and Wireless Communication Applications , Xu Han

Preparation and Characterization of Single Layer Conducting Polymer Electrochromic and Touchchromic Devices , Sharan Kumar Indrakar

Security Attacks and Defenses in Cyber Systems: From an AI Perspective , Zhengping Luo

Power System Optimization Methods: Convex Relaxation and Benders Decomposition , Minyue Ma

Metal Oxide Sensor Array Test Bed Prototype for Diagnostic Breath Analysis , Tiffany C. Miller

Packaging of Active RF Beamforming IC Utilizing Additive Manufacturing , Ryan Murphy

Adaptive Network Slicing in Fog RAN for IoT with Heterogeneous Latency and Computing Requirements: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach , Almuthanna Nassar

Development of a Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation Device for Renal Denervation , Noel Perez

Copper Electrodeposition Assisted by Hydrogen Evolution for Wearable Electronics: Interconnections and Fiber Metallization , Sabrina M. Rosa Ortiz

Theory and Application of Dielectric Rod Antennas and Arrays , Gabriel Saffold

Advanced Organic Polymers for the Nanoscale Fabrication of Fiber-based Electronics Using the Electrospinning Technique , William Serrano Garcia

Transparent Planar Micro-Electrode Array for In-Vitro Electric Field Mediated Gene Delivery , Raj Himatlal Shah

High Speed Switching for Plasma Based Electroporation , Shivangi Sharma

Development of Small-Scale Power Supplies for Wearable Medical Diagnostic Devices , Donny Stiner

Novel Approach to Integrate CAN Based Vehicle Sensors with GPS Using Adaptive Filters to Improve Localization Precision in Connected Vehicles from a Systems Engineering Perspective , Abhijit Vasili

Modeling, Control and Analysis of Inverter-Based Generators in the Power Grids , Yangkun Xu

Fiber-Based Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics , Rohit Lallansingh Yadav

Modeling, Identification, and Stability Analysis of Inverter-Based Resources Integrated Systems , Miao Zhang

Data-Oriented Approaches towards Mobile, Network and Secure Systems , Shangqing Zhao

Strategies in Botnet Detection and Privacy Preserving Machine Learning , Di Zhuang

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Architecture design and optimization of Edge-enabled Smart Grids , Adetola B. Adeniran

Multimodal Data Fusion and Attack Detection in Recommender Systems , Mehmet Aktukmak

Artificial Intelligence Towards the Wireless Channel Modeling Communications in 5G , Saud Mobark Aldossari

Enhancement of 5G Network Performance Using Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) , Faeik Tayseer Al Rabee

Investigation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Intrusion Detection System in Cybersecurity , Mohmmed Alrowaily

Comprehensive Optimization Models for Voltage Regulation in PV-rich Multi-phase Distribution Systems , Ibrahim Alsaleh

Design and Implementation of Solid/Solid Phononic Crystal Structures in Lateral Extensional Thin-film Piezoelectric on Silicon Micromechanical Resonators , Abdulrahman Alsolami

Analysis of Computational Modeling Methods as Applied to Single-Crystal Organohalide Perovskites , Jon M. Bebeau

Development of a Monolithic Implantable Neural Interface from Cubic Silicon Carbide and Evaluation of Its MRI Compatibility , Mohammad Beygi

Performance Enhancement Techniques for Next-Generation Multi-Service Communication and Medical Cyber-Physical Systems , Ali Fatih Demir

Microfluidically Reconfigurable Millimeter-Wave Switches, Antenna Arrays and Filters with Fast-Actuation Using Movable Metallized Plates and Integrated Actuation , Enrique J. Gonzalez Carvajal

Multilayered Transmission Lines, Antennas and Phased Arrays with Structurally Integrated Control Electronics Using Additive Manufacturing , Merve Kacar

Cost Efficient Algorithms and Methods for Spectral Efficiency in Future Radio Access , Murat Karabacak

Design of DeLRo Autonomous Delivery Robot and AI Based Localization , Tolga Karakurt

Theory, Fabrication, and Characterization of Perovskite Phototransistor , Fatemeh Khorramshahi

Modeling and Control of Renewable Energy in Grids and Microgrids , Yin Li

Next-Generation Self-Organizing Communications Networks: Synergistic Application of Machine Learning and User-Centric Technologies , Chetana V. Murudkar

Reliability Analysis of Power Grids and its Interdependent Infrastructures: An Interaction Graph-based Approach , Upama Nakarmi

Algorithms Enabling Communications in the Presence of Adjacent Channel Interference , Berker Peköz

Electrospun Nanofibrous Membrane Based Glucose Sensor with Integration of Potentiostat Circuit , Kavyashree Puttananjegowda

Service Provisioning and Security Design in Software Defined Networks , Mohamed Rahouti

Reading and Programming Spintronic Devices for Biomimetic Applications and Fault-tolerant Memory Design , Kawsher Ahmed Roxy

Implementation of SR Flip-Flop Based PUF on FPGA for Hardware Security , Sai Praneeth Sagi

Trauma Detection Personal Locator Beacon System , Sakshi Sharma

Network Function Virtualization In Fog Networks , Nazli Siasi

Socially Aware Network User Mobility Analysis and Novel Approaches on Aerial Mobile Wireless Network Deployment , Ismail Uluturk

Spatial Stereo Sound Source Localization Optimization and CNN Based Source Feature Recognition , Cong Xu

Hybrid RF Acoustic Resonators and Arrays with Integrated Capacitive and Piezoelectric Transducers , Adnan Zaman

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Fabrication and Characterization of Electrical Energy Storage and Harvesting Energy Devices Using Gel Electrolytes , Belqasem Aljafari

Phasor Measurement Unit Data-Based Steady State and Dynamic Model Estimation , Anas Almunif

Cross Layer-based Intrusion Detection System Using Machine Learning for MANETs , Amar Amouri

Power Conditioning System on a Micro-Grid System , Tamoghna Banerjee

Thermal Response in a Field Oriented Controlled Three-phase Induction Motor , Niyem Mawenbe Bawana

Design and Development of a Wireless EEG System Integrated into a Football Helmet , Akshay V. Dunakhe

Machine Learning, Game Theory Algorithms, and Medium Access Protocols for 5G and Internet-of-Thing (IoT) Networks , Mohamed Elkourdi

Improving Stability by Enhancing Critical Fault Clearing Time , Ammara M. Ghani

RF Power Circuit Designs for Wi-Fi Applications , Krishna Manasa Gollapudi

Enhancing Secrecy and Capacity of Wireless Systems Using Directive Communications , Mohammed A. Hafez

Statistical Anomaly Detection and Mitigation of Cyber Attacks for Intelligent Transportation Systems , Ammar Haydari

Absorber and Window Study – CdSexTe1-x/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells , Chih-An Hsu

Methods and Algorithms to Enhance the Security, Increase the Throughput, and Decrease the Synchronization Delay in 5G Networks , Asim Mazin

Piezoelectric ZnO Nanowires as a Tunable Interface Material for Opto-Electronic Applications , Anand Kumar Santhanakrishna

Security Framework for the Internet of Things Leveraging Network Telescopes and Machine Learning , Farooq Israr Ahmed Shaikh

Diversity and Network Coded 5G Wireless Network Infrastructure for Ultra-Reliable Communications , Nabeel Ibrahim Sulieman

The Design of Passive Networks with Full-Wave Component Models , Eric Valentino

CubeSat Constellation Design for Intersatellite Linking , Michael T. White

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Design of Micro-Scale Energy Harvesting Systems for Low Power Applications Using Enhanced Power Management System , Majdi M. Ababneh

A Study on the Adaptability of Immune System Principles to Wireless Sensor Network and IoT Security , Vishwa Alaparthy

Validation of Results of Smart Grid Protection through Self-Healing , Felipe Framil Assumpção

A Novel Framework to Determine Physiological Signals From Blood Flow Dynamics , Prashanth Chetlur Adithya

The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Energetic Diagram of CdTe Thin Films Studied by Photoluminescence , Shamara P. Collins

Physical Electronic Properties of Self-Assembled 2D and 3D Surface Mounted Metal-Organic Frameworks , Radwan Elzein

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Masters Theses Collection

Theses from 2024 2024.

Extracting DNN Architectures Via Runtime Profiling On Mobile GPUs , Dong Hyub Kim, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Semantic-Aware Blockchain Architecture Design for Lifelong Edge-enabled Metaverse , Ning Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Blockchain Design for a Secure Pharmaceutical Supply Chain , Zhe Xu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Collaborative Caching and Computation Offloading for Intelligent Transportation Systems enabled by Satellite-Airborne-Terrestrial Networks , Shulun Yang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Protecting Return Address Integrity for RISC-V via Pointer Authentication , yuhe zhao, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2023 2023

Fingerprinting for Chiplet Architectures Using Power Distribution Network Transients , Matthew G. Burke, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Design and Fabrication of a Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Testbed , Christopher A. Caron, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Analog Cancellation of a Known Remote Interference: Hardware Realization and Analysis , James M. Doty, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Electrothermal Properties of 2D Materials in Device Applications , Samantha L. Klein, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Ablation Study on Deeplabv3+ for Semantic Segmentation , Bowen Lei, Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Composability-Based Transformer Pruning Framework , Yuping Lin, Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Model Extraction Attack on Deep Neural Networks Running on GPUs , Jonah G. O'Brien Weiss, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Heterogeneous IoT Network Architecture Design for Age of Information Minimization , Xiaohao Xia, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2022 2022

Theory and Analysis of Backprojection Processing for Interferometric SAR , Marc Closa Tarres, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Unpaired Skeleton-to-Photo Translation for Sketch-to-Photo Synthesis , Yuanzhe Gu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Integration of Digital Signal Processing Block in SymbiFlow FPGA Toolchain for Artix-7 Devices , Andrew T. Hartnett, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Planar Ultra-Wideband Modular Antenna (PUMA) Arrays for High-Volume Manufacturing on Organic Laminates and BGA Interfaces , James R. LaCroix, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Planar Transmission-Line Metamaterials on an Irregular Grid , Tina E. Maurer, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Formally Verifiable Synthesis Flow In FPGAs , Anurag V. Muttur, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2021 2021

Graph-Algorithm Based Verification on Network Configuration Robustness , Zibin Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Cloud Infrastructure for Large Scale Health Monitoring in Older Adult Care Facilities , Uchechukwu Gabriel David, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Internet Infrastructures for Large Scale Emulation with Efficient HW/SW Co-design , Aiden K. Gula, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mtemp: An Ambient Temperature Estimation Method Using Acoustic Signal on Mobile Devices , Hao Guo, Electrical & Computer Engineering

BENCHMARKING SMALL-DATASET STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIP MODELS FOR PREDICTION OF WNT SIGNALING INHIBITION , Mahtab Kokabi, Electrical & Computer Engineering

ACTION : Adaptive Cache Block Migration in Distributed Cache Architectures , Chandra Sekhar Mummidi, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Modeling and Characterization of Optical Metasurfaces , Mahsa Torfeh, Electrical & Computer Engineering

TickNet: A Lightweight Deep Classifier for Tick Recognition , Li Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Lecture Video Transformation through An Intelligent Analysis and Post-processing System , Xi Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Correcting For Terrain Interference, Attenuation, and System Bias for a Dual Polarimetric, X-Band Radar , Casey Wolsieffer, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2020 2020

Numerical Simulation of Thermoelectric Transport in Bulk and Nanostructured SiSn Alloys , Venkatakrishna Dusetty, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Deep Reinforcement Learning For Distributed Fog Network Probing , Xiaoding Guan, Electrical & Computer Engineering

COMPRESSIVE PARAMETER ESTIMATION VIA APPROXIMATE MESSAGE PASSING , Shermin Hamzehei, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Metric Learning via Linear Embeddings for Human Motion Recognition , ByoungDoo Kong, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Compound Effects of Clock and Voltage Based Power Side-Channel Countermeasures , Jacqueline Lagasse, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Network Virtualization and Emulation using Docker, OpenvSwitch and Mininet-based Link Emulation , Narendra Prabhu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Thermal Transport Modeling Of Semiconductor Materials From First Principles , Aliya Qureshi, Electrical & Computer Engineering

CROSSTALK BASED SIDE CHANNEL ATTACKS IN FPGAs , Chethan Ramesh, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Accelerating RSA Public Key Cryptography via Hardware Acceleration , Pavithra Ramesh, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Real-Time TDDFT-Based Filtered Spectroscopy , Ivan Williams, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Perception System: Object and Landmark Detection for Visually Impaired Users , Chenguang Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2019 2019

An Empirical Analysis of Network Traffic: Device Profiling and Classification , Mythili Vishalini Anbazhagan, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Pre-Travel Training And Real-Time Guidance System For People With Disabilities In Indoor Environments , Binru Cao, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Energy Efficiency of Computation in All-spin Logic: Projections and Fundamental Limits , Zongya Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Improving Resilience of Communication in Information Dissemination for Time-Critical Applications , Rajvardhan Somraj Deshmukh, Electrical & Computer Engineering

InSAR Simulations for SWOT and Dual Frequency Processing for Topographic Measurements , Gerard Masalias Huguet, Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Study on Controlling Power Supply Ramp-Up Time in SRAM PUFs , Harshavardhan Ramanna, Electrical & Computer Engineering

The UMass Experimental X-Band Radar (UMAXX): An Upgrade of the CASA MA-1 to Support Cross-Polarization Measurements , Jezabel Vilardell Sanchez, Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Video-Based System for Emergency Preparedness and Recovery , Juechen Yin, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2018 2018

Phonon Transport at Boundaries and Interfaces in Two-Dimensional Materials , Cameron Foss, Electrical & Computer Engineering

SkinnySensor: Enabling Battery-Less Wearable Sensors Via Intrabody Power Transfer , Neev Kiran, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Immersive Pre-travel Training Application for Seniors and People with Disabilities , Yang Li, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Analog Computing using 1T1R Crossbar Arrays , Yunning Li, Electrical & Computer Engineering

On-Chip Communication and Security in FPGAs , Shivukumar Basanagouda Patil, Electrical & Computer Engineering

CROWDSOURCING BASED MICRO NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED , Quan Shi, Electrical & Computer Engineering

AN EVALUATION OF SDN AND NFV SUPPORT FOR PARALLEL, ALTERNATIVE PROTOCOL STACK OPERATIONS IN FUTURE INTERNETS , Bhushan Suresh, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Applications Of Physical Unclonable Functions on ASICS and FPGAs , Mohammad Usmani, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Improvements to the UMASS S-Band FM-CW Vertical Wind Profiling Radar: System Performance and Data Analysis. , Joseph Waldinger, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2017 2017

AutoPlug: An Automated Metadata Service for Smart Outlets , Lurdh Pradeep Reddy Ambati, Electrical & Computer Engineering

SkyNet: Memristor-based 3D IC for Artificial Neural Networks , Sachin Bhat, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Navigation Instruction Validation Tool and Indoor Wayfinding Training System for People with Disabilities , Linlin Ding, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Energy Efficient Loop Unrolling for Low-Cost FPGAs , Naveen Kumar Dumpala, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Effective Denial of Service Attack on Congestion Aware Adaptive Network on Chip , Vijaya Deepak Kadirvel, Electrical & Computer Engineering

VIRTUALIZATION OF CLOSED-LOOP SENSOR NETWORKS , Priyanka Dattatri Kedalagudde, Electrical & Computer Engineering

The Impact of Quantum Size Effects on Thermoelectric Performance in Semiconductor Nanostructures , Adithya Kommini, Electrical & Computer Engineering

MAGNETO-ELECTRIC APPROXIMATE COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR BAYESIAN INFERENCE , Sourabh Kulkarni, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Time Domain SAR Processing with GPUs for Airborne Platforms , Dustin Lagoy, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Query on Knowledge Graphs with Hierarchical Relationships , Kaihua Liu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

HIGH PERFORMANCE SILVER DIFFUSIVE MEMRISTORS FOR FUTURE COMPUTING , Rivu Midya, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Achieving Perfect Location Privacy in Wireless Devices Using Anonymization , Zarrin Montazeri, Electrical & Computer Engineering

KaSI: a Ka-band and S-band Cross-track Interferometer , Gerard Ruiz Carregal, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Analyzing Spark Performance on Spot Instances , Jiannan Tian, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Indoor Navigation For The Blind And Visually Impaired: Validation And Training Methodology Using Virtual Reality , Sili Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Efficient Scaling of a Web Proxy Cluster , Hao Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

ORACLE GUIDED INCREMENTAL SAT SOLVING TO REVERSE ENGINEER CAMOUFLAGED CIRCUITS , Xiangyu Zhang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2016 2016

Seamless Application Delivery Using Software Defined Exchanges , Divyashri Bhat, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PROCESSOR TEMPERATURE AND RELIABILITY ESTIMATION USING ACTIVITY COUNTERS , Mayank Chhablani, Electrical & Computer Engineering

PARQ: A MEMORY-EFFICIENT APPROACH FOR QUERY-LEVEL PARALLELISM , Qianqian Gao, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Accelerated Iterative Algorithms with Asynchronous Accumulative Updates on a Heterogeneous Cluster , Sandesh Gubbi Virupaksha, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Improving Efficiency of Thermoelectric Devices Made of Si-Ge, Si-Sn, Ge-Sn, and Si-Ge-Sn Binary and Ternary Alloys , Seyedeh Nazanin Khatami, Electrical & Computer Engineering

6:1 PUMA Arrays: Designs and Finite Array Effects , Michael Lee, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Protecting Controllers against Denial-of-Service Attacks in Software-Defined Networks , Jingrui Li, Electrical & Computer Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE-FREE SECURE PAIRING OF MOBILE DEVICES , Chunqiu Liu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Extrinsic Effects on Heat and Electron Transport In Two-Dimensional Van-Der Waals Materials- A Boltzmann Transport Study , Arnab K. Majee, Electrical & Computer Engineering

SpotLight: An Information Service for the Cloud , Xue Ouyang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Localization, Visualization And Evacuation Guidance System In Emergency Situations , Jingyan Tang, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Variation Aware Placement for Efficient Key Generation using Physically Unclonable Functions in Reconfigurable Systems , Shrikant S. Vyas, Electrical & Computer Engineering

EVALUATING FEATURES FOR BROAD SPECIES BASED CLASSIFICATION OF BIRD OBSERVATIONS USING DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR , Sheila Werth, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Theses from 2015 2015

Quality Factor of Horizontal Wire Dipole Antennas near Planar Conductor or Dielectric Interface , Adebayo Gabriel Adeyemi, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Evaluation of Two-Dimensional Codes for Digital Information Security in Physical Documents , Shuai Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Design and Implementation of a High Performance Network Processor with Dynamic Workload Management , Padmaja Duggisetty, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Wavelet-Based Non-Homogeneous Hidden Markov Chain Model For Hyperspectral Signature Classification , Siwei Feng, Electrical & Computer Engineering

DEVELOPMENT OF INFRARED AND TERAHERTZ BOLOMETERS BASED ON PALLADIUM AND CARBON NANOTUBES USING ROLL TO ROLL PROCESS , Amulya Gullapalli, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Development of Prototypes of a Portable Road Weather Information System , Meha Kainth, Electrical & Computer Engineering

ADACORE: Achieving Energy Efficiency via Adaptive Core Morphing at Runtime , Nithesh Kurella, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Architecting SkyBridge-CMOS , Mingyu Li, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Function Verification of Combinational Arithmetic Circuits , Duo Liu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXPLORATION OF COARSE-GRAIN RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH EMERGING NONVOLATILE MEMORY , Xiaobin Liu, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Development of a Layout-Level Hardware Obfuscation Tool to Counter Reverse Engineering , Shweta Malik, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Energy Agile Cluster Communication , Muhammad Zain Mustafa, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Architecting NP-Dynamic Skybridge , Jiajun Shi, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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Electrical Engineering Theses and Dissertations

Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.

Robust Deep Learning Models For Multi-label Image Classification In Limited And Free Annotation Scenarios , Rabab Ezzeldin Rabie Abdelfattah

Analysis, Measurement, and Modeling of Millimeter Wave Channels for Aviation Applications , Zeenat Afroze

Physics-Based and Behavioral Models for Fuel Cells , Charles Chima Anyim

Simulation-based Optimization Of A Dc Microgrid: With Machine-learning-based Models And Hybrid Meta-heuristic Algorithms , Tyler Van Deese

Novel Structures and Thin Film Techniques for Reconfigurable RF Technologies With Improved Signal Integrity , Jinqun Ge

Suitability of Quantized DEVS-LIM Methods for Simulation of Power Systems , Navid Gholizadeh

Novel Approach To In-situ Mocvd Oxide/dielectric Deposition For Iii-nitride-based Heterojunction Field Effect Transistors , Samiul Hasan

Quantized State Simulation of Electrical Power Systems , Joseph Micah Hood

Circularly-shifted Chirps For Triple Functionality: Communications, Radar, And Computation , Safi Shams Muhtasimul Hoque

Optimization of Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials for Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors (HFETs) , Mohi Uddin Jewel

Design And Fabrication Of High-resolution Epitaxial 4h-sic Metal Insulator Semiconductor Detectors , Omerfaruk Karadavut

Deep Learning Based Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis for Bearing , Guangxing Niu

High-Performance Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Power Modules Enabled by Advanced Two-Phase Mini-Channel Cooling , Bo Tian

Magnetic Softness Tuned Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Cancer Theranostics , Jie Wang

Probabilistic Cable Aging Diagnosis And Prognosis With Reflectometry And Capacitance Methods , Xuan Wang

Robustness Of Convolutional Neural Networks: Analysis And Applications , Xin Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

MIMO Antenna Systems for Wireless Handheld Devices , Ahmed H. Abdelgawwad

Applications of Laser Liftoff Technique for Wide Bandgap Power and Flexible Electronics , Md Didarul Alam

Non-intrusive Microwave Surface Wave Technique For Cable Damage and Aging Detection , Ahmed Shah Arman

Pulse Width Modulation-Based Voltage Balancing and Circulating Current Control for Modular Multilevel Converters , Md Multan Biswas

Networked Digital Predictive Control for Modular DC-DC Converters , Castulo Aaron De la O Pérez

Development of Micro-Sized Algan Deep Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes and Monolithic Photonic Integrated Circuits , Richard Speight Floyd III

Distributed Interdigital Capacitor (IDC) Sensing for Cable Insulation Aging and Degradation Detection , Md Nazmul Al Imran

Epitaxial 4H-SiC Radiation Detectors for Harsh Environment Applications , Joshua W. Kleppinger

Growth, Characterization and Evaluation of CdZnTeSe Single Crystals for Room Temperature Radiation Detectors , Ritwik Nag

Automated Contingency Management for Water Recycling System , Shijie Tang

Closed Form Implicitly Integrated Models for Computationally Efficient Simulation of Power Electronics , Andrew Wunderlich

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Real Time Simulation and Hardware in the Loop Methods for Power Electronics Power Distribution Systems , Michele Difronzo

Time-Domain Measurement of Magnetization Dynamics in Ferrofluids , Brian Egenriether

Increased Detectivity and Low Temperature Performance Analysis of Sub-20μm Micropixel Array A1GaN UV Photodiodes , Samia Islam

Operating Strategies and Disturbance Characterization for DC Microgrids , Miles Leonard-Albert

Real-Time Probabilistic Solvers for Digital Twins of Power Electronic Systems , Matthew Aaron Milton

Ultrawide Bandgap Algan-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Heterostructure Field Effect Transistors With High- K Gate Dielectrics , Md Abu Shahab Mollah

Temperature Dependence of Electroluminescence and Current-Voltage Characteristics of Arrays of Deep Ultraviolet Algan Micropixel Led , Dhruvinkumar Prakashchandra Patel

Robust Adaptive Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Sample-Data Systems , Lixing Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Methods for Dynamic Stabilization, Performance Improvement, and Load Power Sharing In DC Power Distribution Systems , Hessamaldin Abdollahi

Data-Driven Modeling Through Power Hardware in the Loop Experiments: A PV Micro-Inverter Example , Hayder Dawood Abbood Almukhtar

Novel Multi-User Chirp Signaling Schemes for Future Aviation Communication Applications , Nozhan Hosseini

The Hybridization of a Graphene and Silicon Carbide Schottky Optoelectronic Device by the Incorporation of a Lead Sulfide Quantum Dot Film , Joshua Letton

Channel Modeling and Tropospheric Effects on Millimeter Wave Communications for Aviation Applications , Jinwen Liu

30 GHz Path Loss Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Noncoherent M-ary Frequency Shift Keying in the 30 GHz Band , Mohanad Razak Mohsen

Room Temperature Semiconductor Radiation Detectors Based on CdZnTe and CdZnTeSe , Mohsin Sajjad

Optimization of Vehicle to Grid System in a Power System With Unit Commitment , Charles Uko

Design of High Efficiency Wireless Power Thansfer System With Nonlinear Resonator , Yibing Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

DC Bus Stabilization and Dynamic Performance Improvement of a Multi-Converter System , Silvia Arrua

Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Films for Heterojunction Solar Cells and Radiation Detectors , Towhid A. Chowdhury

Low Frequency Injection as a Method of Low-Level DC Microgrid Communication , Matthew Davidson

Modeling and Loss Analysis of SiC Power Semiconductor Devices for Switching Converter Applications , Soheila Eskandari

Path Loss Models for Two Small Airport Indoor Environments at 31 GHz , Alexander L. Grant

Wireless RF Induced Energy Absorption and Heating of Lanthanum-Nickel Alloy in the Near-Field , Michael Dillon Lindsay

Fractional Order and Virtual Variable Sampling Design of Repetitive Control for Power Converters , Zhichao Liu

Curbside Antenna to Vehicle Path Loss Measurements and Modeling in Three Frequency Bands , Patrick Murphy

Finite Element Electromagnetic (EM) Analyses of Induction Heating of Thermoplastic Composites , Ankit Patel

Constrained Consensus in Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems , Zheqing Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Study Of 4H-SiC And ALxGA1-xN Based Heterojunction Devices For Ultraviolet Detection Applications , Venkata Surya Naga Raju Chava

Photovoltaic Inverter Control to Sustain High Quality of Service , Yan Chen

Novel Wideband EBG Structures For Isolation Improvement Between Cosite Antennas , Paul John Czeresko III

High Resolution Radiation Detectors Based On 4H-SiC N-Type Epitaxial Layers And Pixilated CdZnTe Single Crystal Devices , Cihan Oner

Ku-Band AG Channel Modeling , Albert Smith

Quantifying Time Retarded Electromagnetic Fields and Their Applications in Transmission Lines , Brandon Thomas Gore

Structurally Integrated Reconfigurable Wideband Array For Conformal Applications , Michael Damon Wright

Multifunction Radio Frequency Composite Structures , David L. Zeppettella

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Dynamic Model and Control of Quadrotor in the Presence of Uncertainties , Courage Agho

Ultra High-Speed Signaling and Return on Technology Investment (ROTI) for the Electrical Interconnects Sector , Azniza Abd Aziz

High Quality Low Offcut 4h-Sic Epitaxy and Integrated Growth of Epitaxial Graphene for Hybrid Graphene/Sic Devices , Anusha Balachandran

Cable Health Monitoring System Built Into Power Converter Using Time Domain Reflectometry , Hossein Baninajar

Low Bandwidth Communication for Networked Power Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation , Sean Borgsteede

Fault Protection In DC Microgrids Based On Autonomous Operation Of All Components , Qiu Deng

Distributed Optimization Method for Intelligent Control of DC Microgrids , Yuanyuan Fan

Three Segment Adaptive Power Electronic Compensator for Non-periodic Currents , Amin Ghaderi

Study of Mos2 and Graphene-Based Heterojunctions for Electronic and Sensing Applications , Ifat Jahangir

Evaluation Of Multicarrier Air Interfaces In The Presence Of Interference For L-Band And C-Band Air-Ground Communications , Hosseinali Jamal

Analysis and Design of a Highly Compact Ellipse-Shaped Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter (Uwb-Bpf) with a Notched Band , Xuetan Liu

Study of Ultra Wide Band Gap AlxGa1-xN Field Effect Transistors For Power Electronic Applications , Sakib Mohammed Muhtadi

Growth and Characterization of Anisotropic GaSe Semiconductor for Radiation Detection and THz Applications , Haseeb Nazir

Physical Characterization of Electrodeposited PCB Copper Foil Surfaces , Blessing Kolawole Ojo

Wideband Low Side Lobe Aperture Coupled Patch Phased Array Antennas , Dhruva Poduval

Software Modelling For Real World Faults On AC Transmission Protective Systems Analysis And Effects , Iandale Tualla

Improved N-Type 4h-Sic Epitaxial Layer Radiation Detectors and Noise Analysis of Front-End Readout Electronics , Khai V. Nguyen

Integrating Nano-Patterned Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Materials For Smart Tunable Microwave Applications , Tengxing Wang

An Application of Dempster-Shafer Fusion Theory to Lithium-ion Battery Prognostics and Health Management , John Weddington

A Lebesgue Sampling based Diagnosis and Prognosis Methodology with Application to Lithium-ion Batteries , Wuzhao Yan

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Positive Feedforward Control Design For Stabilization Of A Single-Bus DC Power Distribution System Using An Improved Impedance Identification Technique , Silvia Arrúa

Simulation Of GaN Based MIS Varactor , Bojidha Babu

High Gain Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna Arrays for Portable and Body-Centric Wireless Applications , Nowrin Hasan Chamok

An Improved Ship Design Tool for Comparing Performance of Multiple Ship Designs across User-Defined Missions , Helder Jose de Almeida Pais

Estimating Local Average Power In A Line-Of-Sight Indoor Channel: Spatial Sampling And Processing , Israt Jahan Disha

Time-Domain Measurement Of Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics In Magnetic Nanoparticles , Brian Egenriether

Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control Of Direct Matrix Converter And Dual-Output Power Converters , Ozan Gulbudak

Distributed Optimization And Control Of Islanded Microgrids , Md Rishad Hossain

Engineering Model Of III-Nitride Power Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor On Silicon Substrate , Mohammad Mirwazul Islam

A Comparison Of FPGA Implementation Of Latency-Based Solvers For Power Electronic System Real-Time Simulation , Matthew Aaron Milton

Investigation Of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices For Radiation Detection Applications , Rahmi Orhon Pak

Modeling and Loss Analysis of Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices , Kang Peng

Miniaturized RF Components With A Novel Tunable Engineered Substrate For Wireless Communication Systems , Yujia Peng

Wireless Channel Modeling For Networks On Chips , William Rayess

Comparative Analysis Of Current Control Methods For Modular Multilevel Converters , Jordan D. Rogers

Applications Of Impedance Identification To Electric Ship System Control And Power Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation , Jonathan Siegers

System Level Analysis And Design For Wireless Inter-Chip Interconnection Communication Systems By Applying Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies , Xin Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Pseudomorphic and Quasi-Pseudomorphic AlGaN Based Deep Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes Over Sapphire , Fatima Asif

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• Publication RF Amplification and Filtering Techniques for Cellular Receivers ( University College Dublin. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2021 ) Bozorg, Amir   The usage of various wireless standards, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 4G/5G cellular, has been continually increasing. In order to utilize the frequency bands efficiently and to support new communication standards with lower power consumption, lower occupied volume and at reduced costs, multimode transceivers, software defined radios (SDRs), cognitive radios, etc., have been actively investigated. Broadband behavior of a wireless receiver is typically defined by its front-end low-noise amplifier (LNA), whose design must consider trade-offs between input matching, noise figure (NF), gain, bandwidth, linearity, and voltage headroom in a given process technology. Moreover, monolithic RF wireless receivers have been trending toward high intermediatefrequency (IF) or superhetrodyne radios thanks to recent breakthroughs in silicon integration of band-pass channel-select filters. The main motivation is to avoid the common issues in the currently predominant zero/low-IF receivers, such as poor 2nd-order nonlinearity, sensitivity to 1/f (i.e. flicker) noise and time-variant dc offsets, especially in the fine CMOS technology. To avoid interferers and blockers at the susceptible image frequencies that the high-IF entails, band-pass filters (BPF) with high quality (Q) factor components for sharp transfer-function transition characteristics are now required. In addition, integrated low-pass filters (LPF) with strong rejection of out-of-band frequency components are essential building blocks in a variety of applications, such as telecommunications, video signal processing, anti-aliasing filtering, etc. Attention is drawn toward structures featuring low noise, small area, high in-/out-of-band linearity performance, and low-power consumption. This thesis comprises three main parts. In the first part (Chapters 2 and 3), we focus on the design and implementation of several innovative wideband low-noise (transconductance) amplifiers [LN(T)A] for wireless cellular applications. In the first design, we introduce new approaches to reduce the noise figure of the noise-cancellation LNAs without sacrificing the power consumption budget, which leads to NF of 2 dB without adding extra power consumption. The proposed LNAs also have the capability to be used in current-mode receivers, especially in discrete-time receivers, as in the form of low noise transconductance amplifier (LNTA). In the second design, two different two-fold noise cancellation approaches are proposed, which not only improve the noise performance of the design, but also achieve high linearity (IIP3=+4.25 dBm). The proposed LN(T)As are implemented in TSMC 28-nm LP CMOS technology to prove that they are suitable for applications such as sub-6 GHz 5G receivers. The second objective of this dissertation research is to invent a novel method of band-pass filtering, which leads to achieving very sharp and selective band-pass filtering with high linearity and low input referred (IRN) noise (Chapter 4). This technique improves the noise and linearity performance without adding extra clock phases. Hence, the duty cycle of the clock phases stays constant, despite the sophisticated improvements. Moreover, due to its sharp filtering, it can filter out high blockers of near channels and can increase the receiver’s blocker tolerance. With the same total capacitor size and clock duty cycle as in a 1st-order complex charge-sharing band-pass filter (CS BPF), the proposed design achieves 20 dB better out-of-band filtering compared to the prior-art 1st-order CS BPF and 10 dB better out-of-band filtering compared to the conventional 2nd-order C-CS BPF. Finally, the stop-band rejection of the discrete-time infinite-impulse response (IIR) lowpass filter is improved by applying a novel technique to enhance the anti-aliasing filtering (Chapter 5). The aim is to introduce a 4th-order charge rotating (CR) discrete-time (DT) LPF, which achieves the record of stop-band rejection of 120 dB by using a novel pseudolinear interpolation technique while keeping the sampling frequency and the capacitor values constant.   97
• Publication Frequency Control of Virtual Power Plants ( University College Dublin. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2022 ) Zhong, Weilin   ; 0000-0001-6737-4873 The Virtual Power Plant (VPP) concept refers to the aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) such as solar and wind power plants, Energy Storage Systems (ESSs), flexible loads, and communication networks, all coordinated to operate as a single generating unit. Using as starting point a comprehensive literature review of the VPP concept and its frequency regulation technologies, the thesis proposes a variety of frequency control and state estimation approaches of VPPs, as follows. First, the thesis studies the impact of coordinated frequency control of VPPs on power system transients, in which ESSs are utilized to provide fast frequency regulation. The thesis also proposes a simple yet effective coordinated control of DERs and ESSs able to integrate the total active power output of the DERs, and, thus, to improve the overall power system dynamic performance. The impact of topology on the primary frequency regulation of VPPs is also investigated. With this regard, two types of VPPs topologies are considered, that is, a topology where the DERs that compose the VPP are scattered all-over the transmission grid; and a topology where the DERs are all connected to the same distribution system that is connected to the rest of the transmission grid through a single bus. Next, the thesis proposes a control scheme to improve the dynamic response of power systems through the automatic regulators of converter-based DERs. In this scheme, both active and reactive power control of DERs are varied to regulate both frequency and voltage, as opposed to current practice where frequency and voltage controllers are decoupled. To properly compare the proposed control with conventional schemes, the thesis also defines a metric that captures the combined effect of frequency/voltage response at any given bus of the network. Finally, the thesis presents an on-line estimation method to track the equivalent, time-varying inertia as well as the fast frequency control droop gain provided by VPPs. The proposed method relies on the estimation of the rate of change of the active and reactive power at the point of connection of the VPP with the rest of the grid. It provides, as a byproduct, an estimation of the VPP’s internal equivalent reactance based on the voltage and reactive power variations at the point of connection. Throughout the thesis, the proposed techniques are duly validated through time domain simulations and Monte Carlo simulations, based on real-world network models that include stochastic processes as well as communication delays.   157
• Publication Low-Complexity Digital Predistortion for 5G Massive MIMO and Handset Transmitters ( University College Dublin. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2022 ) Wang, Xiaoyu   The demand for new wireless communication systems to support high mobility and low latency necessitates a rethink of the architecture of wireless communication systems as well as the design of their key components. This thesis presents several novel techniques to solve the major challenges in digital predistortion (DPD) for millimeter wave multi-input multi-output (MIMO) and handset transmitters to lower the hardware cost and computational complexity of the fifth generation (5G) communication systems. The first part of the thesis focuses on the architecture of the MIMO DPD solution for 5G transmitters. To extract DPD model coefficients, a feedback data acquisition path is required. In conventional single-input single-output (SISO) systems, the output is usually acquired directly from the power amplifier (PA) with a coupler. In massive MIMO systems, the number of RF chains is large. Using dedicated feedback paths for each PA separately is not feasible. To lower the hardware cost, a novel data acquisition scheme is proposed to obtain the output signals in far field over the air (OTA) using a single antenna and feedback loop, and then reconstruct the output of each PA. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed OTA data acquisition can accurately reconstruct the output of each PA in the MIMO systems and the DPD solutions derived from the reconstructed data can successfully linearize the nonlinear MIMO transmitters. In the multi-user scenario, the nonlinearity of the transmitters varies with the movement of user equipments (UEs), and the DPD model coefficients need to be updated accordingly. To meet the requirement of high mobility, the complexity of the system update must be low. In the second part of the thesis, we present a new DPD system, where DPD model can be updated fast and accurately without capturing PA output or applying costly model extraction algorithms. In the proposed method, nonlinear characteristics of the PA are encoded into low-dimensional PA features using feature extraction algorithms. To identify DPD model coefficients, PA features are extracted first and the DPD model coefficients are then generated directly by DPD generator with PA features. Experimental results show that the proposed DPD solution can linearize PA with very low complexity compared to that using the conventional solutions. Finally, the focus shifts to handset transmitters. Conventionally, DPD is usually deployed for high power base stations. With the continuously increasing bandwidth, DPD may also be required for handset PAs in 5G communication systems. Different from the models used for base stations, DPD model for handset PAs must have very low complexity because of the stringent power budget limit. At the same time, the tolerance for load mismatch must also be considered. The third part of the thesis analyzes the characteristics of handset PAs with load mismatch and introduces a low-complexity DPD model based on magnitude-selective affine (MSA) function. Experimental results demonstrate that the extended MSA (EMSA) model shows better linearization performance while keeping much lower complexity than the conventional DPD models.   9
• Publication Circularly Polarized Antennas for 5G Millimetre-Wave Communications ( University College Dublin. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2022 ) Sadeghi-Marasht, Samaneh   The need of a higher data rate, lower latency, and cost efficiency led to the fifth-generation (5G) emerging as a new communication standard. This generation includes many unused frequencies with high available bandwidth channels that can provide higher capacities such as millimeter-wave (mm-wave) bands. One of the main challenges of working at high frequencies of this generation is path loss that needs to be addressed. To overcome this issue, a high gain antenna with a small size is required. Consequently, the first major question arises: how to effectively increase the gain and efficiency of the antenna at a high frequency with a small size. Importantly, it is vital to transport as much as data is possible without any sensitivity to the alignment of the transmitter or receiver antenna that can be satisfied by using circularly polarized (CP) radiating waves. Thus, the second research question emerges: how to provide high gain small size antenna with CP at high frequencies. To address the first two major research questions in this thesis we designed a miniature dual-band CP antenna that works at 28 GHz and 38 GHz with high gain. This antenna can be implemented in mobile devices, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and base stations (BSs) because of the small sizes of 11 × 14 × 0.508 mm3. For getting a deep insight into the structure and the design procedures of the dual-band antenna, characteristic mode analysis (CMA) is employed. Note that the CMA is not sensitive to the feeding position and the material in this analysis is not lossy. Therefore, after using CMA, the optimization is conducted in the full-wave simulation as the feeding is added to the structure, and the material is lossy. The single CP antenna covered the bands of 27-28.4 GHz and 34.7-40 GHz, with a maximum gain of 6.3 dBiC and 5.51 dBiC at 28 GHz and 38 GHz, respectively, whereas the radiation efficiency is 94% and 96% with the ARBW of 2.5% and 1.5%. A phased antenna array is then constructed to provide a higher gain for this designed dual-band antenna. In a phased antenna array we consider four designed single element antennas close to each other to create a 2 × 2 antenna array with high gain at 28 GHz and 38 GHz. For a 4 × 4 antenna array, an electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) is used to reduce the mutual coupling between elements in the array. The radiating signals will be sent to different users with circular polarization via electronic beamforming. The position of each antenna element is also optimized to provide the constructive radiating wave towards our desired directions. The array was able to steer the beam between -26.5 to 29.5 degrees for the lower band and -29.5 to 35.5 degrees for the higher band with the maximum gain of 12.8 dBiC and 11.5 dBiC, respectively. Another method to enhance the gain is implementing a lens structure in front of the radiating antenna. Here, a significant challenge is to maintain the CP of the incoming CP wave while the gain is increased. Therefore, the third research question is how to design a lens with the capability of enhancing the gain and keeping the CP when the lens is fed by a CP antenna source. Concerning the third major research question, in this thesis, we designed a CP lens structure. First, a multi-layer lens with a thickness of 2.03 mm was designed, and then a one-layer lens structure with a thickness of just 0.508 mm was made. The lens was located in front of different radiating antennas. These lens structures resulted in significant gain enhancement for various feeding antennas working at 28 GHz. The unit cell of the one-layer lens can provide a broad phase shift compared to the multi-layer counterpart. The proposed lens structures not only increased the gain of the incoming CP wave but also kept its polarization to overcome the issues of reflectivity, absorption, inclement weather, and mis   16
• Publication Contributions to the theory and development of low-jitter bang-bang integrated frequency synthesizers ( University College Dublin. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2022 ) Avallone, Luca   The advent of next-generation wireless standards demands ever-increasing data-rate communication systems. It mainly involves a higher carrier frequency to take advantage of wider bandwidth channels and more complex modulation schemes to pack more information into each symbol. In this context, the bottleneck is represented by the frequency synthesizer used to generate the local oscillator signal for the transceiver, which has to operate under stringent low output jitter requirements. Such performance must be provided at low power dissipation and area consumption in order to meet the requirements of low-cost and high integration level of the modern communication systems. The digital phase locked loop architecture can meet the required jitter performance while synthesizing fractional-N frequencies. Such PLLs offer significant advantages over their traditional analog counterpart in terms of area occupation, flexibility and scalability in advanced deep sub-µm CMOS technologies. The digital PLL topology based on a bang-bang phase detector, denoted bang-bang PLL, which is a single bit digital phase detector, leads to a less complex and more power-efficient architecture, but, on the other hand, it also introduces a hard nonlinearity in the loop, making the analysis of the bang-bang topology more challenging than in the multi-bit case. A comprehensive phase noise analysis of bang-bang digital PLLs is presented which overcomes the limitations of previous models and it is valid in all cases where physical noise sources (i.e. reference and DCO) are dominant with respect to quantization errors. In particular, (i) input-referred jitter is estimated by means of a linear time-domain analysis derived from a nonlinear DPLL model, and (ii) phase noise spectra are predicted using a discrete-time domain model that accounts for time-variant effects that arise from the intrinsic multirate nature of the DPLL. The possibility of accurately determining the DPLL jitter and phase noise spectra, enabled by the novel analysis presented in this thesis, is key to significantly speeding up the design-space exploration phase, since it allows one to perform quick and precise parametric sweeps. However, even when designed properly, bang-bang PLLs are affected by the unavoidable bang-bang phase detector quantization noise, which is added on top of the intrinsic reference and DCO phase noise. The quantization noise can be appreciated in the PLL's output spectrum as increased in band noise with respect to the analog counterpart, that, in fact, still achieves superior performance in terms of jitter-power. This results in worse integrated jitter performance for the same intrinsic levels of reference and oscillator phase noise. To overcome the binary phase detector quantization noise in DPLLs, state-of-the-art works rely on a multi-bit time-to-digital converter to digitize the PLL phase error with a physical resolution below the input jitter, leading to increased design complexity, with an associated area and power penalty. In order to overcome the ultimate limit of the bang-bang PLL, a digital PLL based on a bang-bang phase detector with adaptively optimized noise shaping has been fabricated in a 28nm CMOS process. The prototype occupies a core area of 0.21 mm2 and draws 10.8 mW power from a 0.9 V supply. The integrated jitter is 69.52 fs and 80.72 fs for the integer-N and the fractional-N case, respectively. Achieving a jitter-power figure-of-merit of -251.5 dB in fractional-N mode, the proposed system effectively bridges the gap to analog implementations. The first chapter of this work is introductory, and is intended to give some background information needed to underpin the remaining part of the thesis. The following chapters, 2, 3 and 4, collect the results achieved during the PhD activity, and each of them is associated with a publication. In the last chapter, conclusions are drawn and the open points are discussed in order to be considered for future work.   227
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Your dissertation is an important piece of individual and independent work. It can be the most exciting and challenging piece of work you do at university, since you are able to research a topic of interest to you in some depth. The electrical engineering dissertation is different from electrical engineering coursework , because it is a much larger piece of work, and you have a lot more freedom about the topic and approach. You will be assessed on how you manage your electrical engineering final year project, as well as on the report and presentation to examiners. An electrical engineering thesis is a substantial piece of work in which you can demonstrate your ability to propose and solve problems. It requires you to become familiar with the research process, as well as developing and presenting a detailed academic argument. The work associated with an electrical engineering dissertation will generally call on you to decide on a research problem, thoroughly review relevant work in the, carry out the research and analysis, and draw conclusions. Generally, the work associated with the thesis depends on the type of electrical engineering thesis selected.

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Learning Outcomes of An Electrical and Electronics Engineering Thesis

The main aim of an electrical and electronics engineering dissertation is to develop the students’ problem solving, investigative, technical, critical, and communication skills through their managing and accomplishing a substantial individual piece of work. The specific learning outcomes are as illustrated below:

• Demonstrate competence in an advanced aspect of electrical and electronics engineering including awareness of current research and research methods
• Identify and describe the performance of electrical engineering systems and components through the use of analytical methods and/or modelling techniques
• Demonstrate creative and innovative ability on the synthesis of solutions and in formulating design, taking into account constraints of environmental impact, sustainability, health and safety, cost and/or customer and user needs as appropriate
• Understand the context in which electrical engineering knowledge is applied, and appreciate the wider multidisciplinary engineering context of the project and its underlying principles;
• Manage a project, develop ideas and use relevant electrical engineering tools. Depending on the type of electrical engineering final year project, students will develop specific practical skills or they will learn how to use computer software for analysis and design.
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• Work independently and manage time and resources in order to execute and complete a project to a satisfactory standard.

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The two main electrical engineering final year project types are: practical electrical engineering dissertation and theoretical electrical engineering dissertation. Practical electrical and electronics engineering final year projects can be further divided into the following categories:

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• Detailed design of an electrical engineering system
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Selection of your electrical engineering thesis topic is an important task because it directly affects the likelihood of successfully completing the thesis. There are three main ways through which an electrical engineering dissertation topic can be selected:

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The procedure for selecting an engineering thesis topic is well explained in the link. However, you should put in mind that the electrical engineering thesis topic selected should be a topic that you find interesting and you should have access to all materials and equipment necessary to complete it.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Final Year Project Deliverables

 Assessment of your electrical engineering thesis is based on a number of deliverables with the main aim being to evaluate the extent by which you have satisfied the learning outcomes. The 5 main electrical and electronics engineering thesis deliverables are listed below:

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• Oral Presentation/Examination (Viva)

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Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Old Dominion University since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.

In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Dissertation: An Advanced Simulation Architecture for Testing Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Enabled by Virtual Reality , Defu Cui

Thesis: OpenSim-Based Musculoskeletal Modeling: Foundation for Interactive Obstetric Simulator , Bahador Dodge

Dissertation: Framework for Implementing Advanced Radar Plotting Aid Capability for Small Maritime Vessels , Jason Stark Harris

Thesis: Generation Of Plasma with a Rotating Electric Field , Franklin Price Mosely

Dissertation: Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Digitally Modulated Signals , John A. Snoap

Dissertation: Wearable Sensor Gait Analysis for Fall Detection Using Deep Learning Methods , Haben Girmay Yhdego

Dissertation: Towards a Robust Defense: A Multifaceted Approach to the Detection and Mitigation of Neural Backdoor Attacks through Feature Space Exploration and Analysis , Liuwan Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Dissertation: A Preventive Medicine Framework for Wearable Abiotic Glucose Detection System , Saikat Banerjee

Dissertation: Development of High Quantum Efficiency Strained Superlattice Spin Polarized Photocathodes Via Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition , Benjamin Belfore

Dissertation: Optimization of 8-Plate Multi-Resonant Coupling Structure Using Class-E 2 Based Capacitive-Wireless Power Transfer System , Yashwanth C. Bezawada

Dissertation: Detection, Tracking, and Classification of Aircraft and Birds from Multirotor Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems , Chester Valentine Dolph

Thesis: Emotion Detection Using an Ensemble Model Trained with Physiological Signals and Inferred Arousal-Valence States , Matthew Nathanael Gray

Thesis: Fabrication of NMOS Logic Gates , Samantha Hahn

Dissertation: Cyber Resilience Analytics For Cyber-Physical Systems , Md Ariful Haque

Thesis: Integrative Physiology-Coupled Pilot-Centered Flight Simulation , Shawn C. Harrison

Thesis: Frequency Agile OFDM System for Radio Communication in High Frequency Bands , Erin E. Hill

Dissertation: Applied Deep Learning: Case Studies in Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing , Md Reshad Ul Hoque

Dissertation: Development and Validation of a Three-Dimensional Optical Imaging System for Chest Wall Deformity Measurement , Nahom Kidane

Thesis: Machine Learning Classification of Digitally Modulated Signals , James A. Latshaw

Dissertation: E-Beam Irradiation Beamline at Jefferson Lab for Wastewater Treatment , Xi Li

Thesis: Chen-Fliess Series for Linear Distributed Systems , Natalie T. Pham

Dissertation: Recrystallization of Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 Semiconductor Thin Films Via Metal Halides Treatment , Deewakar Poudel

Dissertation: Fabrication of Nb 3 Sn by Magnetron Sputtering for Superconducting Radiofrequency Application , Md Nizam Sayeed

Thesis: Development of a Fuzzy Logic Model-Less Aircraft Controller , Christopher M. Scott

Thesis: Design and Analysis of Electrical Power and Communication Systems for 3U SeaLion CubeSat Mission , Joseph D. Siciliano

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Dissertation: Enhancing Thermal Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells with a Polymer Through Grain Boundary Passivation , Tanzila Tasnim Ava

Dissertation: Specification, Control, and Applications of Z-Source Circuit Breakers for the Protection of DC Power Networks , Sagar Bhatta

Dissertation: Protection and Disturbance Mitigation of Next Generation Shipboard Power Systems , Marounfa Djibo

Dissertation: Wiener-Fliess Composition of Formal Power Series: Additive Static Feedback and Shuffle Rational Series , Subbarao Venkatesh Guggilam

Dissertation: Deep Learning Approaches for Seagrass Detection in Multispectral Imagery , Kazi Aminul Islam

Thesis: Security Improvements for the Automatic Identification System , Robert E. Litts

Dissertation: Electrostatic Design and Characterization of a 200 keV Photogun and Wien Spin Rotator , Gabriel G. Palacios Serrano

Dissertation: Commissioning & Characterization of Magnetized Gridded Thermionic Electron Source , Mark Stefani

Dissertation: Towards Characterizing Adversarial Opportunity and Behavior in Critical Infrastructure Network , Md Sharif Ullah

Dissertation: Joint Linear and Nonlinear Computation with Data Encryption for Efficient Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning , Qiao Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Thesis: Deposition and Characterization of Indium Nitride and Aluminum Nitride Thin Films by Reactive Sputtering , Sushma Swaraj Atluri

Dissertation: A Novel Non-Enzymatic Glucose Biofuel Cell with Mobile Glucose Sensing , Ankit Baingane

Thesis: Hardware Development for the Generation of Large-Volume High Pressure Plasma By Spatiotemporal Control of Space Charge , Nikhil Boothpur

Dissertation: Secure Mobile Computing by Using Convolutional and Capsule Deep Neural Networks , Rui Ning

Dissertation: Topology Control, Scheduling, and Spectrum Sensing in 5G Networks , Prosanta Paul

Dissertation: Longitudinal Brain Tumor Tracking, Tumor Grading, and Patient Survival Prediction Using MRI , Linmin Pei

Dissertation: Model-Based Approach for Diffuse Glioma Classification, Grading, and Patient Survival Prediction , Zeina A. Shboul

Dissertation: Diagnostic Studies of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Nanosecond Plasma Jets , Shutong Song

Thesis: Highly Transmissive Scalable Colored Coatings for Architectural Photovoltaic Panels , Akbar Ali Syed

Dissertation: Deep Cellular Recurrent Neural Architecture for Efficient Multidimensional Time-Series Data Processing , Lasitha S. Vidyaratne

Dissertation: Virtual SATCOM, Long Range Broadband Digital Communications , Dennis George Watson

Dissertation: Comprehensive Designs of Innovate Secure Hardware Devices against Machine Learning Attacks and Power Analysis Attacks , Yiming Wen

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Thesis: Pulse Power Effects on Transient Plasma Ignition for Combustion , David Wayne Alderman II

Thesis: Demonstration of Visible and Near Infrared Raman Spectrometers and Improved Matched Filter Model for Analysis of Combined Raman Signals , Alexander Matthew Atkinson

Dissertation: Laser-Spark Multicharged Ion Implantation System ‒ Application in Ion Implantation and Neural Deposition of Carbon in Nickel (111) , Oguzhan Balki

Thesis: Radio Frequency Toolbox for Drone Detection and Classification , Abdulkabir Bello

Thesis: Computational Analysis of Antipode Algorithms for the Output Feedback Hopf Algebra , Lance Berlin

Thesis: Solid State Polyaniline Supercapacitors Based on Electrodes Fabricated with Electropolymerization , Jonathan R. Blincoe

Thesis: Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Electrical System Architecture for CubeSat to Ground Communications , Anthony G. Cappiello

Thesis: A Design of Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Applications , Sarika Reddy Daida

Dissertation: A Multi-Agent Systems Approach for Analysis of Stepping Stone Attacks , Marco Antonio Gamarra

Dissertation: Using Feature Extraction From Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Pathological Image Analysis and Its Visual Interpretability , Wei-Wen Hsu

Dissertation: Enhanced Sensing Performance of Novel Nanostructured ZnO Gas Sensors in Ethanol Vapor Concentration Detection Applications , Pengtao Lin

Dissertation: Performance of Cognitive Radio Networks with Unknown Dynamic Primary User Signals , Sara L. MacDonald

Dissertation: Effect of Grain Size and Interface Engineering on the Photovoltaic Performance and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells , Abdullah Al Mamun

Dissertation: A Laser Ion Source for Thin Film Deposition: Characterization of Source and Growth Conditions , Md Mahmudur Rahman

Thesis: Cyber Security- A New Secured Password Generation Algorithm with Graphical Authentication and Alphanumeric Passwords Along With Encryption , Akash Rao

Dissertation: MIMO Radar Waveform Design and Sparse Reconstruction for Extended Target Detection in Clutter , Christopher Alan Rogers

Dissertation: On Analytic Nonlinear Input-output Systems: Expanded Global Convergence and System Interconnections , Irina M. Winter Arboleda

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Dissertation: Deep Recurrent Learning for Efficient Image Recognition Using Small Data , Mahbubul Alam

Thesis: Characterization of Language Cortex Activity During Speech Production and Perception , Hassan Baker

Dissertation: Coexistence and Secure Communication in Wireless Networks , Saygin Bakşi

Thesis: Model-Less Fuzzy Logic Control for the NASA Modeling and Control for Agile Aircraft Development Program , Keith A. Benjamin

Thesis: Non-Destructive Evaluation for Composite Material , Desalegn Temesgen Delelegn

Thesis: Improved Thermal Stability of Cesium-Doped Perovskite Films With PMMA for Solar Cell Application , Christine M. Gausin

Thesis: A Dual Resonant Transformer and a Dielectric Antenna for Picosecond Pulse Radiation , Khiem Huynh

Thesis: A Novel Power Sharing Control Method for Distributed Generators in DC Networks , Christina James

Thesis: IDPAL - Input Decoupled Partially Adiabatic Logic: Implementation and Examination , Kevin A. Johnson

Thesis: New Method of Nickel Oxide as Hole Transport Layer and Characteristics of Nickel Oxide Based Perovskite Solar Cell , Loi Nguyen

Dissertation: Non-Invasive Picosecond Pulse System for Electrostimulation , Ross Aaron Petrella

Dissertation: Optimization of Top Contact for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells , Grace Cherukara Rajan

Dissertation: Generation of Large-Volume Diffuse Plasma by an External Ionization Wave From a Single-Electrode Plasma Jet , Seyed Hamid Razavi Barzoki

Dissertation: 3D Bioprinting Systems for the Study of Mammary Development and Tumorigenesis , John Reid

Dissertation: Development of a Laser-Spark Multicharged Ion System – Application in Shallow Implantation of Sic by Boron and Barium , Md. Haider Ali Shaim

Thesis: Learn-To-Fly Control System Design , Alexander Brent Streit

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Thesis: Diffusion Modeling of Impurities Through the Molybdenum Back Contact of CIGS Solar Cells , Chinedum John Akwari

Dissertation: Study of Modified Deposition Process for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cell Back Contact , Tasnuva Ashrafee

Thesis: Virtual Substrate Synthesis for Low-Cost High Efficiency III-V , Sean J. Babcock

Dissertation: Speech Based Machine Learning Models for Emotional State Recognition and PTSD Detection , Debrup Banerjee

Thesis: Study of a High-Efficient Wide-Bandgap DC-DC Power Converter for Solar Power Integration , Yashwanth Bezawada

Thesis: Modification of Deposition Process Parameters for Uniform Indium Layer Deposition , Isaac Butt

Dissertation: Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties of ALD Synthesized PbTe and PbSe by Phonon Engineering , Xin Chen

Thesis: A Correlational Study of SansEC Sensors’ Electric Field Distribution on Lightning Attachment , Kayla M. Farrow

Thesis: Recurrent Neural Networks and Matrix Methods for Cognitive Radio Spectrum Prediction and Security , Alexander M. Glandon

Thesis: A Study of the Sensitivity of Energy Conversion Efficiency to Load Variation in Class-E Resonant Power Inverter , Richard Samuel Jennings

Thesis: Investigation of Low Cost Substrate Approaches for III-V Solar Cells , Marlene Lydia Lichty

Thesis: Deposition of Silicon Thin Films by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition , Tejaswini Miryala

Dissertation: Low Temperature Plasma for the Treatment of Epithelial Cancer Cells , Soheila Mohades

Dissertation: The Efficacy of Programming Energy Controlled Switching in Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) , David Malien Nminibapiel

Dissertation: Computational Modeling for Abnormal Brain Tissue Segmentation, Brain Tumor Tracking, and Grading , Syed Mohammad Shamin Reza

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Thesis: Microbubble Generation By Piezoelectric Transducers For Biomedical Studies , Mohammed Alkhazal

Thesis: Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotube Fabricated Supercapacitors , Derek Christian Demuth

Dissertation: Simulation, Measurement, and Emulation of Photovoltaic Modules Using High Frequency and High Power Density Power Electronic Circuits , Yunas Erkaya

Thesis: Analysis and Implementation of Communications Systems for Small Satellite Missions , Jason S. Harris

Thesis: IDPAL - Input Decoupled Partially Adiabatic Logic Family: Theory and Implementation of Side-Channel Attack Resistant Circuits , Matthew Edward McAllister

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The EECS Department requires that students submit a thesis proposal during their first semester as MEng students, before they have begun substantial work on the thesis. Thesis proposals are brief documents (1500-2500 words) which focus on the ultimate, novel goals of your research project. While it is nearly impossible to extrapolate exactly what could (or will) happen during the course of your research, your proposal serves as a thoughtful approximation of the impact that your project could have as new work in the field, as well as an agreement between you and your thesis research advisor on the scope of your thesis.

Finding a Thesis Research Advisor

MEng thesis research advisors are not required to be EECS faculty members; however, research advisors from other departments, or non-faculty research advisors, must be approved by the EECS Undergraduate Office .

It is the sole responsibility of a student in the MEng program to find a thesis research advisor. There are many ways to go about this process:

• If you are still an undergraduate, look for UROP or SuperUROP opportunities . Many MEng projects stem from UROPs.
• Consider what areas you might be interested in working in, and search relevant lab webpages for people working in those areas. Many EECS MEng students work in RLE, CSAIL, MTL, LIDS, or the Media Lab, but you don’t need to limit your search to these labs. If you find a person whom you think might be a good match, reach out to them with a short email explaining why you’d be interested in MEng opportunities with their group.
• Attend seminars held by research labs that interest you.
• Reach out to instructors you know who teach in the area you’re interested in, as they may be able to point you in a useful direction. Instructors that you’ve gotten to know well (even if they don’t work in your area of interest) as well as your advisor are also useful resources, for the same reasons.
• Keep an open mind to opportunities that are outside of your area. Many students do very interesting MEng projects with faculty from other departments.
• Subscribe to the EECS Opportunities List , which often has advertisements for MEng projects.

Writing Your Proposal

Once you’ve found a thesis research advisor, you should get to work proposing a thesis. Your thesis proposal should be completed while you are in continual conversation with your research advisor. The proposal itself should be divided into five sections:

• The introduction, to introduce the reader to the topic of your thesis.
• Related work, which describes previously-published work that is relevant to your thesis.
• Proposed work, which describes the work you will be doing for your thesis.
• Timeline, which breaks down your proposed work into concrete steps, each with an approximate due date. At a minimum, you should describe what you plan to do each semester of your MEng, but many students give a timeline that is broken down by months, not semesters.
• A bibliography

The EECS Communication Lab provides additional support for thesis proposal writing. You can see more detailed guidelines, as well as examples of previous MEng thesis proposals, here .

Submitting Your Proposal

The thesis proposal, and research advisor approval of the proposal, are typically due on the last day of classes each semester (see here for official deadlines) and there are no formatting requirements for the thesis proposal. When you are ready to submit, you can do so here . If you change your topic or research advisor, you should submit a new proposal.

6-A students must also submit a thesis proposal release letter. These letters can be sent to [email protected] and should follow one of the two templates below.

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This page focuses on how to do an in-depth literature review for a dissertation, thesis, grant application or lengthy term paper in electrical engineering.  

• For a more general description of what an in-depth literature review is and how it looks, see our guide on " Literature Reviews and Annotated Bibliographies " created by Ed Oetting, history and political science librarian.
• For lower-level engineering undergraduate students who are doing a short term paper, the " How to Research a Topic " page on the " Engineerng Basics" guide may be more applicable.

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Determine the Project's Scope.

Do you know what you are looking for?  Can you describe your project using one simple sentence or can you phrase the project as a question?  Without a clear idea of the project, you may not be able to determine which are the best resources to search, what terminology should be used in those resources, and if the results are appropriate and sufficient.    

If you're having difficulty getting your project described succinctly, try using a PICO chart to identify the concepts involved:

• P is the popluation, problem, predicament or process
• I is the intervention or improvement
• C is what you'll compare your intervention/improvment to, and
• O is the outcome (or results of the comparison of I and C ) 

For example: 

Your client, the owner of a nuclear power generating facility, has had several less than optimal safety inspections recently.  The inspectors have singled out operator error as a major concern and have required changes in employee training.  But is more training the solution?  The employees complain that the plant's poorly designed control room hampers their ability to respond to non-standard situations.  Could a redesign improve performance and decrease the occurance of unsafe events?   Your client wants more than just your opinion, he wants to see the data to back it up.   So, what can you find in the literature?

Here's one way that the PICO chart could be filled out:     

• P =   nuclear power safety  
• I  = human factors engineering
• C  =  additional training; little or no human factors engineering used  
• O = accident rate or safety inspection comparison

And here are examples of possible search statements:  

• I am looking for ways that human factors engineering can improve safety in the nuclear power industry.
• Is additional training or employing human factors engineering the better method for reducing safety violations in a nuclear power plant? 

Your research will always start with a " P AND I " search; those are the most important pieces of the puzzle.  However, once you have the results from that search, you'll need to know where you want to go with those results; that's when the C and O concepts need to be considered.  

 Also, don't forget --- determine if your project has limits.  For example:

• Are you reviewing the literature only within a specific time frame?
• Are you looking at English-language material only?
• Are you considering research from just the United States or worldwide?
• Are there types of material you won't be covering (trade magazines, patents, technical reports, etc.)?  

Take the simple sentence or question that describes what you are looking for.  What are the concepts in the sentence? Are there synonyms that describe the same concept?   If you filled out a PICO chart, concentrate on the  P (problem) and the  I (intervention) for the concept chart.  

Concept Chart:

Concept 1:   _______  OR _______  OR _______  AND Concept 2:   _______   OR   _______  OR   _______  AND Concept 3:  _______  OR  _______  OR   _______ 

  Example:  

I am looking for ways that human factors engineering can improve safety in the nuclear power industry. 

Concept 1:   nuclear power    OR _ nuclear industry _____   AND Concept 2:   _safety___  OR   _accident prevention____   AND Concept 3: _ human factors engineering ___   

What resources you'll use for your literature review depends on what types of materials you want to find.  

• Background Information The more you know about a topic, the better you'll be able to research it.  You'll be familiar with the terminology, understand the underlining science/technology and be aware of the issues in the field. Most importantly, you'll be able to understand what you've retrieved from your search.  But no matter how much you know before hand you'll likely run across terms and concepts with which you're unfamiliar.    Materials such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks will not only help you learn about the basics of your topic before you begin your search but they'll also help you understand the terminology used in the documents you found from your literature review.    You'll find these types of resources listed on the Dictionaries and Handbooks pages on this guide.
• Books The large size of books (usually 100-500 pages) allows a topic to be studied braodly, covering many different issues.  Conversely, the large size also allows for a specific aspect of the topic to be covered in great detail.  Because of the time it takes to publish, sci-tech books generally do not contain the most current information. To find print and online books from both the ASU Library as well as in other libraries, see the Books page on this guide.
• Conference Papers Scientists and engineers frequently present new findings at conferences before these findings are written up in journal articles or books.  Not every conference, however, publishes it proceedings.  In some cases, conferences publish only a few of the papers presented but not all.   Many resources that help you find journal articles, may also be used to find conference papers, see the Articles page on this guide.
• Journal and Trade Magazine Articles Articles in journals (also called magazines) are short, usually 5-20 pages in length and cover a specific finding, experiment or project.  Articles in scholary journals are usually written by academics or professional scientists/engineers and are aimed at others at the same level.   Articles in trade journals/magazines are written by the journal staff and report on industry news suchs as sales, mergers, prices, etc.   To find journal and trade magazine articles, use the resources listed on the Articles page on this guide. 
• Patents Patents are grants from governments that gives the inventor certain rights of manufacture.  Patents provide a wealth of information for how a technology is being advanced and by which companies.  It is frequently stated that 80% of the information in patents never appears elsewhere in the literature. 
• To identify patents granted in the U.S. and internationally see the " Searching for Patents " guide.
• To see statistical information for U.S. patents by technology class see the US Patent and Trademark's website.
• Technical Reports Technical reports are part of the "gray literature";  gray literature refers to documents that are not published commercially, hence they are difficult to both identify and find.  Technical reports focus on a specific experiment or research project and are meant to convey the results of the experiment or project back to the funding organization.  In the United States, common sources of technical reports are the government agencies that sponsor research projects.  Reports generated within a private corporation and funded soley by that corporation are seldom ever available to anyone outside of the company.      To find technical reports, use the resources listed on the Technical Reports page on this guide.     

Search, Read, Refine and Repeat

Now it's time to apply your search strategy in the resources you've decided to use.

• Use the Advanced Search feature (or whatever search is set up with the 3 lines of boxes) and enter your search strategy just as you recorded in your search strategy chart.  Don't forget to set your limits.   If the resource only provides a single search box, rearrange your chart from vertical into horizontal so that the search statement looks like this:   (Concept#1 OR synonym) AND (Concept#2 OR synonym) AND (Concept#3 OR synonym) Example: (nuclear power OR nuclear industry) AND (safety OR accident prevention) AND (human factors engineering)
• Examine the results to find the most appropriate items.  Keep your one-sentence project description (and/or your PICO chart) in mind to help you stay on track.
• Export the records/citations you want to keep into a citation manager.
• If there are subjects (may also be called subject headings, index terms, descriptors or controlled vocabulary) assigned to each item, make sure that those also transferred into a citation manager.  If not, add them manually.
• Get the full text of the items 
• Read the full text of the items and look at the subjects assigned to the item and consider:
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51 Electrical Engineering Essay Topic Ideas & Examples

🏆 best electrical engineering topic ideas & essay examples, 🥇 most interesting electrical engineering topics to write about, 📌 simple & easy electrical engineering essay titles.

• Electrical and Electronics Engineering Career Development Electronics engineering is the branch of electrical engineering, which deals with the uses of “the electromagnetic spectrum and with the application of such electronic devices as integrated circuits, transistors, and vacuum tubes”.
• Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Branches It is mainly characterized by the deepening of the specialization of production and the expansion of its scale.”Small” metallurgy should be added to the listed divisions of mechanical engineering.
• Electrical Engineering Building Uses Wind Energy The purpose of this fact-finding mission was to determine an appropriate type and rating of the wind turbine based on three factors: the average wind data at UNSW; the peak power demand for the EE […]
• Electrical Engineering Career Development However, this will be a possibility due to the size of equipment and machines that reduce with the increase in technology.
• Macau Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Its taken years and a lot of hard work to come to the point we are at now Communication has been around since the time of the caveman.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Code of Ethics It enumerates the acts and decisions of the members towards the receiver of their actions and services that includes the world in general, the community served, and other members of the organization, who, besides the […]
• Certification Related to Electrical Engineering In addition, in the future, the license will be an advantage in earning the clients’ trust and the ability to take a superior level of responsibility for the employer.
• Electrical and Civil Engineering Analysis Sakae M Light rail is a modern concept that is versatile in nature and it fits perfectly in the engineering visions of a bus and the heavy metro.
• Electrical Engineering Career: History and Future Their achievements laid the foundation for further development of the domain and became the precursors of the progress of engineering in the twentieth century.
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering Profession In terms of the scope of professional career advice, the team of advisers will need deep detail on electrical and electronics engineering.
• Fundamental Elements of Applied Superconductivity in Electrical Engineering
• A Century of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, 1882-1982
• Fundamental Numerical Methods for Electrical Engineering
• How Is Philosophy Related to Electrical Engineering?
• Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering
• Applying Flip & Inverted Classroom Model in Electrical Engineering to Establish Life-Long Learning
• Quantum Electrodynamic Processes in Electrical Engineering Circuits
• The Electrical Engineering Discipline and Its Enormous Progress
• Using Game-Based Learning in Virtual Worlds to Teach Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• SEITI RMlab: A Costless and Effective Remote Measurement Laboratory in Electrical Engineering
• Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering
• Differential Evolution: Fundamentals and Applications in Electrical Engineering
• An Overview of the ELFIN Code for Finite Element Research in Electrical Engineering
• Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
• Nonlinear Optimization in Electrical Engineering With Applications in Matlab
• Virtual Reality as a New Trend in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education
• A Successful Experience of ABET Accreditation of an Electrical Engineering Program
• An Investigation Into the Understanding and Skills of First-Year Electrical Engineering Students
• Applying for Electrical Engineering at China’s Jilin
• Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science
• Trajectories of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Students by Race and Gender
• Periodic Orbit Analysis of Two Dynamical Systems for Electrical Engineering Applications
• Electrical Engineering Using Green Technology Through the Use of Solar Cells and Wind Turbine
• Planning Inventions Within the Field of Electrical Engineering
• Metaheuristics and Optimization in Computer and Electrical Engineering
• Green Technology Electrical Engineering: Using Wind Turbine and Solar Cells
• Thin Layers in Electrical Engineering-Example of Shell Models in Analysing Eddy-Currents by Boundary and Finite Element Methods
• Mathematical and Numerical Modelling in Electrical Engineering Theory and Applications
• Remote Laboratory Experiments in Electrical Engineering Education
• Introduction to Applied Statistical Signal Analysis: Guide to Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Applications
• Semiconductors and the Changing Nature of Electrical Engineering
• Automation, Research Technology, and Researchers’ Trajectories: Evidence From Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
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100+ Electrical Engineering Research Topics Examples

Electrical engineering comprises the comprehension of electricity and how it works. The main task of electrical engineers is to improve the distribution of energy to different electrical devices. Electrical engineers utilize their skills and knowledge to solve different technical issues. Electrical engineers’ tasks are working with the airline navigation system, GPS, systems for power generation, and transmissions like the wind farmhouses and similar projects. Working on different energies also comes in the domain of electrical engineers such as hydro-energy, turbine, fuel cell, gas, geothermal energy, solar energy, and wind energy. Electrical engineers use various passive components such as inductors, capacitors, and resistors, and so on while working on electrical devices and systems.

Students need to get different ideas for the research in electrical engineering on the latest ideas during the academic career of engineering. If you have been looking for an article that includes interesting  research paper topics for electrical engineering  students at a single site, you have come to the right place.

Top Research Topics for Electrical Engineering Students

For your convenience, we have compiled here a list of the top 100 electrical engineering project ideas in 2021.

• Distance Locator for an underground cable fault
• An analysis of battery energy storage (BES) systems financial incentive policies
• Photovoltaic conversion efficiency improvement using the sparse matrix converter
• Multiphase power and DC power transmission
• SVPWM inverter harmonic elimination
• Electric cars Regenerative braking efficiency improvement
• UPS systems issues in power quality
• Techno-environmental feasibility assessment of a standalone photovoltaic system
• Electric Scooter Simulation model
• Load-leveling economical analysis using EV
• Energy minimization algorithm for an electric car with many motors
• Minimization of Switching loss in the grid-connected system
• Economic analysis and a battery’s life analysis with the supercapacitor
• Protection System for an induction motor
• A high-efficiency PLC boiler control system
• SMART cities and IoT
• Electric scooter Performance analysis using different motors
• Semantics, knowledge management, and data acquisition using IoT
• Technologies of Network virtualization
• IoT home networks
• Electrical Appliance Control with Android
• The cost-benefit analysis of energy projects on grid-scale: A case study
• Detection of the arcing fault in the electrical systems
• Induction motor map development for efficiency
• A sensitivity analysis for the parameters vehicle design
• Research on electrical loads in the public and residential buildings
• Comparative Analysis and Calculation Methods of the Losses in the electrical energy in low-voltage devices
• Hybrid charging stations powered with solar energy
• IoT smart energy meter
• Wind-power generation using a synchronous generator with permanent magnet
• Off-grid rural areas applications using a switched reluctance machine
• Analysis and design of a magnetless multiphase dc-field machine to generate wind power
• Smart home electric energy management
• A techno-economic viability assessment of a decoupled energy storage
• A techno-economic optimization and modeling of storage-based PV power generation systems
• A technical model for the lithium-ion storage for biogas and PV energy system
• An analysis of transparent power grids
• Battery life and efficiency of regenerative braking
• Economic and life analysis of a battery with the supercapacitor
• EV home charging using the load-leveling algorithm
• In-Vivo Imaging of the cancer cells using the Fluorescent Microscopy
• Use of Dynamic Instrumentation for analyzing WhatsApp security
• Smart grid architecture design
• Use of PID controller for IM torque control
• Design of a hybrid power system
• Use of FIXCOM for designing a 3-level inverter
• Harvesting solar energy from a solar-powered satellite
• Use of microcontroller for battery discharging and charging of hybrid energy system
• Analysis and modeling of electrical gripper’s DC motor actuator
• Use of a brushless DC motor for Zeta converter’s power quality improvement
• Use of a three-phase Inverter based on Thyristor for simulation and control of a DC motor
• Use of PI Controller for designing a PLC speed control DC motor
• Use of PID controller for speed control of a DC motor: a comparative study
• Front-End ASICs power management circuits
• Off-Grid renewable energy’s remote monitoring system
• Non- Renewable and Renewable Energy Resources comparative analysis
• Development of Green Building for harvesting renewable energy
• Low carbon achievement: a case study
• Use of PSO for load dispatch in case of renewable uncertainties
• The hot climate and Vertical axis wind turbine relationship and consequence
• Use of fuzzy control for efficient electrical energy management
• Degradation in the performance of PV panel performance and shading effect: a case study
• Solar angles simulation to maximize solar thermal collectors efficiency
• Use of Node MCU for active solar tracking
• Different techniques for DC networks with low voltage
• Waste Management Approach based on information
• Grid-Connected Solar PV System with decoupled control
• Electric vehicle life analysis
• Use of ADVISOR for minimizing EV energy consumption
• Field data examination of energy consumption for an electric scooter
• Use of an electric car for peak load shaving
• Effect of the temperature on PV energy conversion
• Digital Signal process control system for motors
• Use of EMTDC/ PSCAD for evaluation of harmonic analysis and filter design
• Load flow analysis of integrated DC/ AC power system using newton-raphson method
• Auto-Irrigation System development using solar power
• DC motor speed control unit design
• Protection System design for under-voltage
• Protection System design for over-voltage
• Silicon robot based on solar power
• 3-phase grid-connected PV systems simulation and design
• Analysis of brushless servo motors
• Grid-connected PV systems multilevel inverter simulation
• MIMO transformer models
• Fault detection in 3 phase transmission lines
• An optimization technique for flexible load scheduling
• Design of remote terminal unit for secure control of power
• Use of the artificial neural network for 3-phase fault detection
• Design of electrical substation earthing system
• Microgrid integration in the power transmission lines
• Induction motor temperature and material selection
• Open-loop simulation for an optimal vehicle simulation and design
• Use of STATCOM for improving the transient stability of a power grid
• Peak load management using Vehicle to Grid system
• Image sensing for a closed-loop traffic control system
• Arduino based smart home automation system
• 3 phase induction motor controlled by SVPWM in an electric vehicle
• Increasing the efficiency of a superconducting transformer
• An analysis of (SCADA) System in Power Stations

Research topics for electrical engineering can be exciting yet challenging to find at the same time as they require a lot of time for thorough research and writing. Moreover, the topic and the desired approach can a lot of time to be finalized. Keeping this hassle in view, we have compiled a list of the top 100  electrical engineering research paper topics  in a single article to save your time. We will also keep updating the list to include some more latest and fresh research topics related to electrical engineering.

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College Recognizes Graduate Student Excellence Awardees

• by Matt Marcure
• May 20, 2024

From going above and beyond in campus safety to advancing the campus' understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion, the 2024 College of Engineering Graduate Student Excellence Awards recipients have made outstanding contributions to research, service, safety and DEI. 

This year, the four doctoral students honored are Jeff Lai, Alex San Pablo, Abdolhossein "Hossein" Edalati and Sophie Orr.   

Excellence in Graduate Student Research

Zhengfeng (jeff) lai, electrical and computer engineering.

Lai is an outstanding researcher who stands to advance the possibilities of computer vision and machine learning. Throughout his graduate program, he published 14 articles (11 first-authored), which have already received over 200 citations. Notably, Lai won a Best Paper Award at the 2022 Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition for pioneering research on a semi-supervised learning framework that does not make assumptions about unlabeled data. While pursuing his doctorate, he also filed a patent application for a project where he successfully applied machine learning to detect congenital heart disease in newborns. Lai graduated in December 2023 and currently works as a machine learning research scientist at Apple, where he has revolutionized the company's use of large-scale pre-training and multimodal modeling.  

Excellence in Graduate Student Service & Leadership

Alex san pablo, civil and environmental engineering  .

Since joining the College of Engineering, San Pablo has mentored undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in her geotechnical engineering group, fostering a community of excellence, collaboration and inclusion. She frequently contributes to workshops and events hosted by the Geotechnical Graduate Student Society that serve to advance the careers of its students and participates in outreach programs to uplift local communities and programs like STEM for Girls. Many of San Pablo's undergraduate mentees have gone on to graduate school because of her leadership, with several doctoral and master's students attributing their current success at UC Davis to her support. Moreover, it is telling that professors, staff members and students alike applaud San Pablo's leadership abilities, all noting her impressive work ethic and ability to lead with compassion and understanding.   

Excellence in Graduate Student Safety

Abdolhossein "hossein" edalati, biological systems engineering.

Edalati has made significant contributions to the safety of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Within the lab of his advisor, Professor Ruihong Zhang, his diligence has led him to not only serve as a lab manager, safety contact and point person for training all new lab members but also as the lead for the lab's annual safety training since 2018. For the department, he has served as the interim BAE Chem Lab Manager, where he was instrumental in arranging the safe transport of hundreds of unnecessary chemicals to hazardous waste. While he no longer holds the interim position, Edalati continues to assist where needed and fills in when other members of the BAE Safety Team are unavailable.   

Excellence in Graduate Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Sophie orr, biomedical engineering.

Orr consistently inspires and advances the conversation around DEI for the college and UC Davis. As a fourth-year Ph.D. student, Orr provides DEI training to the campus community and pursues research in addition to her dissertation on musculoskeletal tissues to best address equitable access to orthopedic care and education. She challenges her colleagues to think critically about producing science that is grounded in equity. Orr has developed a first-year seminar with Professor Blaine Christiansen, her advisor and chair of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group,  that explores the origins of anti-fat messaging in today's society and has presented on topics such as weight bias in orthopedics at national symposia. She is currently the co-chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering's Health, Equity and Wellness, or HEW, committee and is chair of the HEW Department Climate subcommittee.  

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CEE Seminar Series Spring 2024 "In Situ, Dynamic and Cyclic Response of the Deep Medium Dense Sands at Portland International Airport"

School of Civil and Construction Engineering​  Oregon State University  Host: Professor Anne Lemnitzer 

Abstract:  Deep (25 m), in-situ, blast-liquefaction experiments were conducted at Portland International Airport to provide a design basis for the deep soil mixing used to mitigate liquefaction-induced differential settlements below the South Runway without the possible effects of sample disturbance, small sample-size effects and artificial drainage conditions. This presentation describes the experimental approach, blast-induced ground motions and quantification and evaluation of dynamic constitutive soil properties from the linear-elastic to the nonlinear-inelastic regime with loading that produced direct simple shear-equivalent shear strains larger than 1%. Ground motions are interpreted in terms of the equivalent number of stress cycles, Neq and the cyclic stress ratios, CSRs, generated during blast-induced shearing. The resulting in-situ CRR-Neq curves are compared to those from SPT-, CPT- and Vs- and case history-based liquefaction triggering models, all of which were smaller than that associated with the in-situ cyclic resistance. 

Bio:  Stuedlein is professor of geotechnical engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University, which he joined in 2009 following a five-year period as consultant in Seattle. He is the chair of the Geo-Institute Soil Improvement Committee, editor at the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, and editorial board member at three other journals. Stuedlein has received several awards for his work, most recently the 2023 ASCE J. James R. Croes Medal and 2023 Fredlund Award. The results of his research have been disseminated through 150+ publications and consultation for PacNW firms and focuses on ground improvement and liquefaction mitigation, dynamic in-situ and cyclic laboratory testing, full-scale experimental and numerical investigations of soil-structure interaction and probabilistic geotechnics. 

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CEGE Spring Graduation Celebration and Order of the Engineer

Forty-seven graduates of the undergraduate and grad student programs (pictured above) in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering took part in the Order of the Engineer on graduation day. Distinguished Speakers at this departmental event included Katrina Kessler (MS EnvE 2021), Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and student Brian Balquist. Following this event, students participated in the college-wide Commencement Ceremony at 3M Arena at Mariucci. 

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The University of Minnesota’s Crookston, Duluth, and Rochester campuses have been awarded the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, joining the Twin Cities (2006, 2015) and Morris campuses (2015), and making the U of M the country’s first and only university system at which every individual campus has received this selective designation. Only 368 from nearly 4,000 qualifying U.S. universities and colleges have been granted this designation.

CEGE contributed strongly to the College of Science and Engineering’s efforts toward sustainability research. CEGE researchers are bringing in over $35 million in funded research to study carbon mineralization, nature and urban areas, circularity of water resources, and global snowfall patterns. This news was highlighted in the Fall 2023 issue of  Inventing Tomorrow  (pages 10-11). https://issuu.com/inventingtomorrow/docs/fall_2023_inventing_tomorrow-web

CEGE’s new program for a one-year master’s degree in structural engineering is now accepting applicants for Fall 2024. We owe a big thanks to DAN MURPHY and LAURA AMUNDSON for their volunteer work to help curate the program with Professor JIA-LIANG LE and EBRAHIM SHEMSHADIAN, the program director. Potential students and companies interested in hosting a summer intern can contact Ebrahim Shemshadian ( [email protected] ).

BERNIE BULLERT , CEGE benefactor and MN Water Research Fund founder, was profiled on the website of the University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF). There you can read more about his mission to share clean water technologies with smaller communities in Minnesota. Many have joined Bullert in this mission. MWRF Recognizes their Generous 2024 Partners. Gold Partners: Bernie Bullert, Hawkins, Inc., Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and SL-serco. Silver Partners: ISG, Karl and Pam Streed, Kasco, Kelly Lange-Haider and Mark Haider, ME Simpson, Naeem Qureshi, Dr. Paul H. Boening, TKDA, and Waterous. Bronze Partners: Bruce R. Bullert; Brenda Lenz, Ph.D., APRN FNP-C, CNE; CDM Smith; Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA MN); Heidi and Steve Hamilton; Jim “Bulldog” Sadler; Lisa and Del Cerney; Magney Construction; Sambatek; Shannon and John Wolkerstorfer; Stantec; and Tenon Systems.

After retiring from Baker-Tilly,  NICK DRAGISICH  (BCE 1977) has taken on a new role: City Council member in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. After earning his BCE from the University of Minnesota, Dragisich earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas. Dragisich retired in May from his position as managing director at Baker Tilly, where he had previously served as firm director. Prior to that, he served as assistant city manager in Spokane, Washington, was the city administrator and city engineer in Virginia, Minnesota, and was mayor of Chisholm, Minnesota—all adding up to more than 40 years of experience in local government. Dragisich was selected by a unanimous vote. His current term expires in December 2024.

PAUL F. GNIRK  (Ph.D. 1966) passed away January 29, 2024, at the age of 86. A memorial service was held Saturday, February 24, at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), where he started and ended his teaching career, though he had many other positions, professional and voluntary. In 2018 Paul was inducted into the SDSM&T Hardrocker Hall of Fame, and in 2022, he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame, joining his mother Adeline S. Gnirk, who had been inducted in 1987 for her work authoring nine books on the history of south central South Dakota.

ROGER M. HILL  (BCE 1957) passed away on January 13, 2024, at the age of 90. His daughter, Kelly Robinson, wrote to CEGE that Roger was “a dedicated Gopher fan until the end, and we enjoyed many football games together in recent years. Thank you for everything.”

KAUSER JAHAN  (Ph.D. 1993, advised by Walter Maier), PE, is now a civil and environmental engineering professor and department head at Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering. Jahan was awarded a 3-year (2022- 2025), $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The grant supports her project, “WaterWorks: Developing the New Generation of Workforce for Water/Wastewater Utilities,” for the development of educational tools that will expose and prepare today’s students for careers in water and wastewater utilities.

SAURA JOST  (BCE 2010, advised by Timothy LaPara) was elected to the St. Paul City Council for Ward 3. She is part of the historic group of women that make up the nation’s first all-female city council in a large city.

The 2024 ASCE Western Great Lakes Student Symposium combines several competitions for students involved in ASCE. CEGE sent a large contingent of competitors to Chicago. Each of the competition groups won awards: Ethics Paper 1st place Hans Lagerquist; Sustainable Solutions team 1st place overall in (qualifying them for the National competition in Utah in June); GeoWall 2nd place overall; Men’s Sprint for Concrete Canoe with rowers Sakthi Sundaram Saravanan and Owen McDonald 2nd place; Product Prototype for Concrete Canoe 2nd place; Steel Bridge (200 lb bridge weight) 2nd place in lightness; Scavenger Hunt 3rd place; and Aesthetics and Structural Efficiency for Steel Bridge 4th place.

Students competing on the Minnesota Environmental Engineers, Scientists, and Enthusiasts (MEESE) team earned second place in the Conference on the Environment undergraduate student design competition in November 2023. Erin Surdo is the MEESE Faculty Adviser. Pictured are NIKO DESHPANDE, ANNA RETTLER, and SYDNEY OLSON.

The CEGE CLASS OF 2023 raised money to help reduce the financial barrier for fellow students taking the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, a cost of $175 per test taker. As a result of this gift, they were able to make the exam more affordable for 15 current CEGE seniors. CEGE students who take the FE exam pass the first time at a rate well above national averages, demonstrating that CEGE does a great job of teaching engineering fundamentals. In 2023, 46 of 50 students passed the challenging exam on the first try.

This winter break, four CEGE students joined 10 other students from the College of Science and Engineering for the global seminar, Design for Life: Water in Tanzania. The students visited numerous sites in Tanzania, collected water source samples, designed rural water systems, and went on safari. Read the trip blog: http://globalblogs.cse.umn.edu/search/label/Tanzania%202024

Undergraduate Honor Student  MALIK KHADAR  (advised by Dr. Paul Capel) received honorable mention for the Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award for undergraduate students who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

AKASH BHAT  (advised by William Arnold) presented his Ph.D. defense on Friday, October 27, 2023. Bhat’s thesis is “Photolysis of fluorochemicals: Tracking fluorine, use of UV-LEDs, and computational insights.” Bhat’s work investigating the degradation of fluorinated compounds will assist in the future design of fluorinated chemicals such that persistent and/or toxic byproducts are not formed in the environment.

ETHAN BOTMEN  (advised by Bill Arnold) completed his Master of Science Final Exam February 28, 2024. His research topic was Degradation of Fluorinated Compounds by Nucleophilic Attack of Organo-fluorine Functional Groups.

XIATING CHEN , Ph.D. Candidate in Water Resources Engineering at the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory is the recipient of the 2023 Nels Nelson Memorial Fellowship Award. Chen (advised by Xue Feng) is researching eco-hydrological functions of urban trees and other green infrastructure at both the local and watershed scale, through combined field observations and modeling approaches.

ALICE PRATES BISSO DAMBROZ  has been a Visiting Student Researcher at the University of Minnesota since last August, on a Doctoral Dissertation Research Award from Fulbright. Her CEGE advisor is Dr. Paul Capel. Dambroz is a fourth year Ph.D. student in Soil Science at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil, where she studies with her adviser Jean Minella. Her research focuses on the hydrological monitoring of a small agricultural watershed in Southern Brazil, which is located on a transition area between volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Its topography, shallow soils, and land use make it prone to runoff and erosion processes.

Yielding to people in crosswalks should be a very pedestrian topic. Yet graduate student researchers  TIANYI LI, JOSHUA KLAVINS, TE XU, NIAZ MAHMUD ZAFRI  (Dept.of Urban and Regional Planning at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology), and Professor Raphael Stern found that drivers often do not yield to pedestrians, but they are influenced by the markings around a crosswalk. Their work was picked up by the  Minnesota Reformer.

TIANYI LI  (Ph.D. student advised by Raphael Stern) also won the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation (DDET) Fellowship for the third time! Li (center) and Stern (right) are pictured at the Federal Highway Administration with Latoya Jones, the program manager for the DDET Fellowship.

The Three Minute Thesis Contest and the Minnesota Nice trophy has become an annual tradition in CEGE. 2023’s winner was  EHSANUR RAHMAN , a Ph.D. student advised by Boya Xiong.

GUANJU (WILLIAM) WEI , a Ph.D. student advised by Judy Yang, is the recipient of the 2023 Heinz G. Stefan Fellowship. He presented his research entitled Microfluidic Investigation of the Biofilm Growth under Dynamic Fluid Environments and received his award at the St. Anthony Falls Research Laboratory April 9. The results of Wei's research can be used in industrial, medical, and scientific fields to control biofilm growth.

BILL ARNOLD  stars in an award-winning video about prairie potholes. The Prairie Potholes Project film was made with the University of Delaware and highlights Arnold’s NSF research. The official winners of the 2024 Environmental Communications Awards Competition Grand Prize are Jon Cox and Ben Hemmings who produced and directed the film. Graduate student Marcia Pacheco (CFANS/LAAS) and Bill Arnold are the on-screen stars.

Four faculty from CEGE join the Center for Transportation Studies Faculty and Research Scholars for FY24–25:  SEONGJIN CHOI, KETSON ROBERTO MAXIMIANO DOS SANTOS, PEDRAM MORTAZAVI,  and  BENJAMIN WORSFOLD . CTS Scholars are drawn from diverse fields including engineering, planning, computer science, environmental studies, and public policy.

XUE FENG  is coauthor on an article in  Nature Reviews Earth and Environment . The authors evaluate global plant responses to changing rainfall regimes that are now characterized by fewer and larger rainfall events. A news release written at Univ. of Maryland can be found here: https://webhost.essic. umd.edu/april-showers-bring-mayflowers- but-with-drizzles-or-downpours/ A long-running series of U of M research projects aimed at improving stormwater quality are beginning to see practical application by stormwater specialists from the Twin Cities metro area and beyond. JOHN GULLIVER has been studying best practices for stormwater management for about 16 years. Lately, he has focused specifically on mitigating phosphorous contamination. His research was highlighted by the Center for Transportation Studies.

JIAQI LI, BILL ARNOLD,  and  RAYMOND HOZALSKI  published a paper on N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) precursors in Minnesota rivers. “Animal Feedlots and Domestic Wastewater Discharges are Likely Sources of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Precursors in Midwestern Watersheds,” Environmental Science and Technology (January 2024) doi: 10.1021/acs. est.3c09251

ALIREZA KHANI  contributed to MnDOT research on Optimizing Charging Infrastructure for Electric Trucks. Electric options for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks (e-trucks) are still largely in development. These trucks account for a substantial percentage of transportation greenhouse gas emissions. They have greater power needs and different charging needs than personal EVs. Proactively planning for e-truck charging stations will support MnDOT in helping to achieve the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. This research was featured in the webinar “Electrification of the Freight System in Minnesota,” hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies. A recording of the event is now available online.

MICHAEL LEVIN  has developed a unique course for CEGE students on Air Transportation Systems. It is the only class at UMN studying air transportation systems from an infrastructure design and management perspective. Spring 2024 saw the third offering of this course, which is offered for juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

Research Professor  SOFIA (SONIA) MOGILEVSKAYA  has been developing international connections. She visited the University of Seville, Spain, November 13–26, 2023, where she taught a short course titled “Fundamentals of Homogenization in Composites.” She also met with the graduate students to discuss collaborative research with Prof. Vladislav Mantic, from the Group of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis at the University of Seville. Her visit was a part of planned activities within the DIAGONAL Consortium funded by the European Commission. CEGE UMN is a partner organization within DIAGONAL, represented by CEGE professors Mogilevskaya and Joseph Labuz. Mantic will visit CEGE summer 2024 to follow up on research developments and discuss plans for future collaboration and organization of short-term exchange visits for the graduate students from each institution. 

DAVID NEWCOMB  passed away in March. He was a professor in CEGE from 1989–99 in the area of pavement engineering. Newcomb led the research program on asphalt materials characterization. He was the technical director of Mn/ROAD pavement research facility, and he started an enduring collaboration with MnDOT that continues today. In 2000, he moved from Minnesota to become vice-president for Research and Technology at the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Later he moved to his native Texas, where he was appointed to the division head of Materials and Pavement at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, a position from which he recently retired. He will be greatly missed.

PAIGE NOVAK  won Minnesota ASCE’s 2023 Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award for her contributions to society through her engineering achievements and professional experiences.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced ten inaugural (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines awards, with a potential $1.6 billion investment nationally over the next decade. Great Lakes ReNEW is led by the Chicago-based water innovation hub,  Current,  and includes a team from the University of Minnesota, including PAIGE NOVAK. Current will receive $15 mil for the first two years, and up to $160 million over ten years to develop and grow a water-focused innovation engine in the Great Lakes region. The project’s ambitious plan is to create a decarbonized circular “blue economy” to leverage the region’s extraordinary water resources to transform the upper Midwest—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Brewing one pint of beer generates seven pints of wastewater, on average. So what can you do with that wastewater?  PAIGE NOVAK  and her team are exploring the possibilities of capturing pollutants in wastewater and using bacteria to transform them into energy.

BOYA XIONG  has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 40 Under 40 Recognition Program by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. The award was presented at the 2024 AAEES Awards Ceremony, April 11, 2024, at the historic Howard University in Washington, D.C. 

JUDY Q. YANG  received a McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Award. This two-year award recognizes promising assistant professors and is intended to advance the careers of individuals who have the potential to make significant contributions to their departments and their scholarly fields. 

Professor Emeritus CHARLES FAIRHURST , his son CHARLES EDWARD FAIRHURST , and his daughter MARGARET FAIRHURST DURENBERGER were on campus recently to present Department Head Paige Novak with a check for $25,000 for the Charles Fairhurst Fellowship in Earth Resources Engineering in support of graduate students studying geomechanics. The life of Charles Fairhurst through a discussion with his children is featured on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki at https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Charles_Fairhurst#00:00:14_INTRODUCTION

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