School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Theses and Dissertations
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Measurement techniques used to determine atmospheric structure parameter
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-26)The objective of the proposed research is to compare and analyze the effectiveness of different atmospheric structure constant (Cn2) measurement techniques using data collected in a field test. Cn2 is a value used to convey ... -
Holographic transmit reflect array at 5.8 GHz for wireless power transfer in the Fresnel Zone
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-30)This thesis presents the design and simulation of four square holographic reflectarrays consisting of circular patches for wireless power transfer (WPT) in the Fresnel region. The design includes the calculation of the ... -
Performance estimation of large area nanowires
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-30)The focus of the thesis is to extensively model high-performance nanowires, develop Verilog A models of the devices and then simulate them using SPICE to estimate their power-performance trade-offs. Once the device models ... -
Quantitative Phase Imaging of Fiber Bragg Gratings
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-25)The refractive index (RI) characterization of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) is crucial in monitoring and validating these fabricated structures. Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) is a uniquely promising candidate to accomplish ... -
A LINEAR HIGH-EFFICIENCY MILLIMETER-WAVE CMOS DOHERTY RADIATOR LEVERAGING ON-ANTENNA ACTIVE LOAD-MODULATION
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-30)This thesis presents a Doherty Radiator architecture that explores multi-feed antennas to achieve an on-antenna Doherty load modulation network and demonstrate high-speed high-efficiency transmission of wideband modulated ... -
{Collector current Transport mechanisms in SiGE HBTs operating at cryogenic temperatures
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-22)Silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) have recently gained attention due to their potential for use in quantum computing readout circuits. To serve such applications, which requires low noise, ... -
3D Human Pose Estimation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05-07)The objective of the proposed work is to understand how using synthetic datasets and automatic annotation policies can further state of the art research for 3D Human Pose Estimation. Given an input depth image, algorithms ... -
Theory, Development, and Application of Quantitative Phase Imaging Modalities on Standard Microscope Platforms
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-29)The object of this thesis is to develop and generalize quantitative phase imaging (QPI) methods to enable their more widespread use and their application to new classes of objects. Microscopic qualitative phase imaging has ... -
Design and Control of Ultra-High Speed Switched Reluctance Machines over 1 Million rpm
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-01)The objective of this dissertation is to design, manufacture and control an ultra-high speed switched reluctance machine (UHSSRM) for applications requiring speeds of over 1 million rpm. First, a novel high-strength, ... -
ACCELERATED DEEP LEARNING FOR THE EDGE-TO-CLOUD CONTINUUM: A SPECIALIZED FULL STACK DERIVED FROM ALGORITHMS
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-29)Advances in high-performance computer architecture design have been a major driver for the rapid evolution of Deep Neural Networks (DNN). Due to their insatiable demand for compute power, naturally, both the research ... -
Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring Technologies Based on Pulse Transit Time
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-02)Cuffless sensing techniques for monitoring pulse transit time (PTT) to estimate blood pressure was proposed. Developing such techniques is imperative to providing an at-home solution that is more convenient than current ... -
Optical coupler design and experimental demonstration for 2.5D/3D heterogeneous integrated electronics
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-02)The objective of the dissertation is to theoretically design and experimentally demonstrate optical couplers for 2.5D/3D heterogeneous integrated electronics. In the first part, a new concept, "Equivalent Index Slab (EIS)" ... -
Covert communication over multi-user channels
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-27)The objective of the proposed research is to characterize the maximum rate at which information can be transmitted reliably to a legitimate receiver over certain multi-user channels while simultaneously escaping detection ... -
Design and Evaluation of a multimodal Assistive Technology Using Tongue Commands, Head Movements, and Speech Recognition for People with Tetraplegia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-04-01)People with high level (C1-C4) spinal cord injury (SCI) cannot use their limbs to do the daily life activities by themselves without assistance. Current assistive technologies (ATs) use remaining capabilities (tongue, ... -
Specification Composition and Controller Synthesis for Robotic Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-21)From precision agriculture to autonomous-transportation systems, robotic systems have been proposed to accomplish a number of tasks. However, these systems typically require satisfaction of multiple constraints, such as ... -
Wearable Interfaces for Symbolic Communication by Working Dogs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-25)The objective of this dissertation is to develop wearable systems that allow working dogs to communicate accurately with humans. For example, a guide dog could generate alerts telling the human to either 'wait' or 'go ... -
Physical Design Solutions for 3D ICs and their Neuromorphic Applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-18)The wafer-level 3D integration including face-to-face (F2F) and monolithic 3D (M3D) technologies has been featured as a promising innovation to succeed the horizontal device scaling benefit in the looming end of Moore’s ... -
Mobile computing algorithms and systems for user-aware optimization of enterprise applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-25)The adoption of mobile devices, particularly smartphones, has grown steadily over the last decade, also permeating the enterprise sector. Enterprises are investing heavily in mobilization to improve employee productivity ... -
Scalable Path Planning and Simulation via Numerical Ring Prediction and Path Optimization Through Model-Centric GPU Data Analysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-03-11)The major research purpose is model-based 3D visualization by path parameter tuning via GPU simulation and model fitting as well as remodeling of system integration for path planning by local scalable solution towards ... -
A Software Framework for Application-Guided Power-Aware Control Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-01-11)This dissertation describes a system for proactive management of power and performance trade-offs through greater cooperation between applications and hardware. To enable such a management system, a software framework for ...
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