• Ambiguity function magnitude inversion and applications of morphological dilation in POCS. 

  Yu, Albert Reynold, 1984- (2018-11-15)

  This dissertation examines morphological dilation for applications in Projection onto Convex Sets (POCS) as well as the inversion of ambiguity function magnitude. In general, POCS solvers implement Least-Squares (LS) ...

• Evaluating approaches to detecting ice accretion in and around turbofan jet engines. 

  Toby, George Diamond, 1993- (2018-07-19)

  The accumulation of ice crystals in the compressor stages of a jet engine causes power loss events during flight that could potentially become catastrophic. The electromagnetic properties of ice clouds make them nearly ...

• Robust and efficient methods for proton computed tomography. 

  Karbasi, Seyedeh Paniz, 1986- (2018-07-23)

  Proton computed tomography (pCT) is a recent promising imaging modality with the goal of generating accurate 3D maps of relative stopping power (RSP) with respect to water. Since the early developments of this imaging ...

• Circuit optimization and frequecny agility for cognitive radar. 

  Rezayat, Sarvin, 1994- (2018-04-27)

  Due to the increased demand on the spectrum, radars are in increased stress to participate in dynamic spectrum allocation. Therefore, the next generation radar will be an adaptable cognitive radar. This type of radar will ...

• Semi-supervised learning for electrocardiography signal classification. 

  Zhang, Dedong, 1991-; 0000-0002-1697-5430 (2018-04-24)

  An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a cardiology test that provides information about the structure and function of the heart. The size of the ECG data collected from patients can be very large, and the data analysis is tedious. ...

• A neural inspired grid cell aid for robot intertial navigation. 

  Martinez, Moises, 1993- (2018-05-08)

  Accurate position information is needed for a robot's guidance and control systems. Therefore, the navigation system is foundational for a robot's interactions with the world. This thesis explores a biologically inspired ...

• Classification of human head motion patterns using creeping wave propagations. 

  Bresnahan, Drew G., 1994-; 0000-0003-3154-162X (2018-04-06)

  Wearable electronics are continually being developed for a multitude of applications like remote health monitoring, personal activity tracking, and gaming. To design efficient wireless communication between multiple on-body ...

• Circuit modeling and optimization techniques for next-generation radar. 

  Hays, Zachary Samuel, 1994- (2018-04-24)

  Spectral emission requirements for radar systems are becoming increasingly strict. Future radar systems will require well-designed, reconfigurable circuitry to coexist with the myriads of wireless devices using the spectrum. ...

• Joint circuit and waveform optimization for next-generation radar. 

  Latham, Casey, 1993- (2018-04-17)

  Due to congested wireless radio spectrum, next-generation radar transmitters will need to be adaptive and reconfigurable in real time to share spectrum with wireless communication devices. Typical system optimization methods ...

• Classification of human body activities using low profile wearable antennas. 

  Xu, Bin, 1989- (2018-04-16)

  Monitoring human body activities has long been of interests because of their important applications in human–computer interfacing, virtual control, computer gaming, and medical care industries etc. Traditional methods, ...

• Power-amplifier optimization using tunable circuitry and stability analysis methods for the next generation radar. 

  Hays, Lucilia R., 1993- (2018-04-17)

  In response to the increasingly congested and contested wireless spectrum, the next generation radar must be adaptive and reconfigurable. A reconfigurable power amplifier is a necessary component of the cognitive radar ...

• Chalcogenide-glass negative curvature fibers. 

  Wei, Chengli, 1987-; 0000-0003-1323-4079 (2018-04-05)

  Hollow-core negative curvature fibers have drawn lots of attention due to their attractive properties, including a low transmission loss, a wide transmission bandwidth, low power ratio in the glass, and a simple structure. ...

• Automated medical image segmentation. 

  Nguyen, Hanh Hong, 1991- (2017-12-04)

  Computed Tomography (CT) is one of the most common medical diagnostic imaging techniques. Since the first clinical CT scanner was installed in the 1970s, there are about 30,000 CT scanners installed worldwide. Despite of ...

• What cannot create information, what can, and why it matters. 

  Holloway, Eric Michael, 1983- (2017-11-27)

  Meaningful information is a mystery, where does it come from? It cannot be made by anything deterministic or stochastic, as will be proven in this study. What can make it? The proofs indicate the nature of the source; ...

• An investigation of observed Algorithmic Specified Complexity. 

  Nemati, David C., 1989- (2017-11-16)

  Two experiments were carried out to investigate how Algorithmic Specified Complexity (ASC) might serve as a tool, specifically in the area of classification AI, and how well the theory around it predicts the characteristics ...

• Chord length methods for Proton Computed Tomography. 

  Stenson, John P., 1993- (2017-11-17)

  Proton Computed Tomography (also known as pCT) is an emerging medical imaging method. The three dimensional images reconstructed from pCT scans provide information about the Relative Stopping Power of the object scanned. ...

• Governor control optimization of hydro power plants using hybrid fuzzy logic and PID control. 

  Opado, Frederick Odhiambo, 1987- (2017-07-07)

  Control of hydro power plants has been an issue of concern for researchers; moreover, more emphasis has always been put on governor control which naturally has slower response, but vital in ensuring system stability and ...

• Stochastic dynamic optimal power flow under the variability of renewable energy with modern heuristic optimization techniques. 

  Bai, Wenlei, 1987- (2017-06-19)

  With the increasing penetration of renewable energy to power systems, such as wind power, more challenges have been brought to system operations due to the intermittent nature of wind. Such influence can be reflected on ...

• Robot path planning with a moving goal. 

  Drake, Daniel, 1992- (2017-07-31)

  Path planners in which a hunter is required to chase after a moving target is an important problem for modern robotic systems such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs). This thesis ...

• Classification of human movements using Micro Doppler features in foliage environments. 

  Troy, Willis Scott, 1982- (2017-07-25)

  The focus of this work is measuring and classifying human motion in foliaged environments. A baseline study is performed using a vector network analyzer in open-space and foliaged environments for a variety of frequencies, ...

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