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Author:

Bhat, Surendra Shantaram

Title:

Multimodal Radar - Concept, Operation, Bandwidth Sharing and Scheduling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Multimodal radar
LFM
HRR
LRR Bandwidth sharing
Bandwidth Optimization
Radar scheduling

File:

Download Multimodal_Radar_-_Concept_Operation_Bandwidth_Sharing_and_Scheduling.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

Bufler, Travis Dale

Title:

Radar Signature Analysis of Indoor Clutter and stationary Human Target Classification

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar
SVM
FDTD
RCS
Indoor Clutter
Human Scattering
Target Classification

File:

Download Bufler-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Randy Young, Committee Member

Author:

Davidson, Joshua

Title:

Investigation of Surface Treatment Methods for 3D Printed Optical Components

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Electroplating
Optics
Mirrors
Freeform
Gradient Index
GRIN
Stereolithography
Laser Sintering
Powder Bed

File:

Download Davidson_MS_EE_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fox, Maxine Rebecca

Title:

Quantization and Adaptivity of Wavelet Scattering Networks for Classification Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

wavelet scattering networks
quantization
machine learning
backpropagation
convolutional neural networks

File:

Download MaxineFox_MS-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Dr. Raghu G. Raj, Special Signatory
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sadeghi Gougheri, Hesam

Title:

high-performance integrated circuits for ultrasound neuromodulation and power management of medical implants

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

ultrasound neuromodulation
inductive power transmission
power management

File:

Download Hesam_Final_Report.pdf

Committee Members:

Mehdi Kiani, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Andrew

Title:

An Information Elasticity Framework For Constant False Alarm Rate Detection

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Information Elasticity
Constant False Alarm Rate
Radar Detection Theory
Space Time Adaptive Processing
Multi Objective Optimization
Information Overload
Information Value

File:

Download Andrew_Liu_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Muralidhar Rangaswamy, Special Signatory
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Romero, Moniara

Title:

Wireless underwater-to-air communications via water surface modulation and radar detection

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar
Acoustics
Underwater-to-air communications
Communications
Vibrometry

File:

Download Romero_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Daniel C Brown, Jr., Committee Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Signatory
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schwartz, Lindsey

Title:

A Classical Method for Vehicle Detection and Attribution from a Multi-Sensor Dataset

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

LiDAR
Fusion
Imagery
Object detection

File:

Download Thesis_LSchwartz_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Eliza S Bradley, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hall, Donald L

Title:

Exploitation of space-time wireless channel characteristics for indoor source localization

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Indoor Source Localization
Direction of Arrival Estimation
Machine Learning
Multipath
Polarization Diversity
Spatial Scattering
Wireless Channel

File:

Download dlh_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John F Doherty, Committee Member
David Marion Jenkins, Jr., Committee Member
Michelle Celine Vigeant, Outside Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tholl, Michael

Title:

Spectral Feature Extraction and Target Classification for Surface Penetrating Radar Sensing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Ground Penetrating Radar
Automatic Target Recognition
FDTD

File:

Download Spectral_Feature_Extraction_and_Target_Classification_for_Surface_Penetrating_Radar_Sensing__CaptMichaelTholl__MSThesis_Approved.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Committee Member
Anthony Faust, Special Signatory

Author:

Washington, Richard

Title:

the use of machine learning and genetic algorithms for clutter classification and radarcom signal design

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Radar
wireless communications
clutter
lpi
radarcom
machine learning

File:

Download FinalThesis_RichardWashington.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Special Signatory
Saba Mudaliar, Special Signatory

Author:

Kirk, Benjamin

Title:

Implementation of Cognitive Software-Defined Radar with Range-Doppler Processing and Pulse-Agility for Spectrum Sharing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

cognitive radar
software defined radar
spectrum sharing
dynamic spectrum access
pulse-agility
deconvolution
hardware accelerated
real time
moving target indication

File:

Download Dissertation_BHK_Rev5.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Anthony F. Martone, Special Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kovarskiy, Jacob

Title:

Real-time Spectral Prediction and Metacognition for Spectrum Sharing Radar

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

cognitive radar
spectrum sharing
spectrum prediction
software defined radio
radio frequency interference
metacognition
reinforcement learning
multi-armed bandits

File:

Download Kovarskiy_thesis_v5_wVita.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Anthony F. Martone, Special Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ahmed, Bilal

Title:

Quantum + Classical Cooperative Remote Sensing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

quantum radar
remote sensing
free space
composite design
optical regime
quantum correlations
entangled photons

File:

Download Ahmed-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xingjie Ni, Committee Member
Matthew J Brandsema, Committee Member

Author:

Tsang, Bryan

Title:

Classification and Discrimination of Drones and Birds Using micro-Doppler Images

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

micro-Doppler
UAV
Drone
Bird
Classification
SVM
Radar

File:

Download Tsang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tim Kane, Committee Member
Ramesh Bharadwaj, Special Signatory

Author:

Wood, Noah

Title:

Fusion of SAR and Electrooptical Imagery for Vehicle Classification Using Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

machine learning
data fusion
sar
variability

File:

Download NoahWood_MSthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Marion Jenkins, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Handel, Clark

Title:

target size estimation using forward scattering in a passive bistatic radar system

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Passive radar
FM radio
Bistatic radar
Long-Term Evolution
target detection

File:

Download ClarkHandel-Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Signatory
Muralidhar Rangaswamy, Special Signatory