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Author:

Mateti, Kiron

Title:

Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics

File:

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Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Yi

Title:

electro-optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystal-plasmonic materials and structures

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal

File:

Download yi_ma_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Kuan-lun

Title:

All-optical Image Processing with Nonlinear Liquid Crystals

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Liquid Crystal
Blue Phase Liquid Crystal

File:

Download Dissertation_Kuan-Lun_Hong.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Edwards, Perry S.

Title:

Novel Raman Techniques for Imaging and Sensing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Raman spectroscopy
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
holography
three-dimensional microscopy
resonators
optical sensing

File:

Download Edwards_2013_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
C Russell Philbrick, Special Member

Author:

Yang, Chuan

Title:

Nonlinear Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy With Ultrafast Laser Pulses

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

ultrafast laser
femtosecond laser
nonlinear optics
microscopy
spectroscopy
imaging spectrometer
FROG
pulse characterization

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Chuan_Yang.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xinyu

Title:

Electrocaloric Effect in Relaxor Ferroelectric Materials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electrocaloric effect
relaxor ferroelectric
polymer blends

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Xinyu_Li_Sep2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Haiming

Title:

Chip-scale Cooling Devices Based On Electrocaloric Effect

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrocaloric Effect
Cooling Device
Chip Cooling
Chip refrigerator

File:

Download HaimingGu-Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Brent Craven, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Weizhi

Title:

Indoor Optical Positioning System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Light emitting diode
visible light communications
indoor positioning
Kalman filter
sensor fusion

File:

Download Rev_7_Weizhi_Zhang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mohsen Kavehrad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohsen Kavehrad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Qian, Xiaoshi

Title:

MATERIAL SYSTEM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED ELECTROCALORIC COOLING TECHNOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrocaloric effect
Cooling devices
Dielectrics
Ferroelectrics

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Xiaoshi_Qian_April2015_QMZ4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Special Member

Author:

Ma, Ding

Title:

Holography for Nonlinear Imaging and Metamaterial Characterization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

holography
nonlinear optics
optical characterization

File:

Download Ding_MA_Dissertation_submission_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member