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Author:: Donohoe, Lauren Elizabeth
Title:: Developments in the Teaching of Engineering Electromagnetics for Improvement in Student Interest and Understanding
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Engineering Education
Engineering Electromagentics
Teaching
Laboratory Activivies
File:: Download DonohoeThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Aminikashani, Mohammadreza
Title:: Optical Wireless Communications: Theory and Applications
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Optical wireless communications
free-space optical communication
visible light communication
OFDM
indoor navigation
File:: Download Aminikashani-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mohsen Kavehrad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

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Author:: Gao, Boyi
Title:: NOVEL HIGH-ALTITUDE METEOR OBSERVING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED AT THE JICAMARCA RADIO OBSERVATORY
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: High-Altitude Radar Meteors
Alternating Interpulse Period
Multi-Basline Interferometry
File:: Download Boyi_Gao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John David Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
David Bradley Spencer, Outside Member

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Author:: Ridder, Tyler Daniel
Title:: Antenna Radiation Pattern Measurement Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Antenna Measurement
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Software Defined Radio
File:: Download Ridder_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

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Author:: Gu, Wenjun
Title:: indoor localization system based on visible light communication
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: VLC
LED
indoor positioning
LBS
RSS
OFDM
File:: Download IndoorLocalizationBasedonVisibleLightCommunication.pdf
Committee Members:: Mohsen Kavehrad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohsen Kavehrad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Outside Member

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Author:: Zhu, Qian
Title:: APPLICATIONS OF COMPRESSED SENSING TO COHERENT RADAR IMAGING
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Compressed Sensing
Coherent Radar Imaging
Meteoroids Fragmentation
Low-altitude Meteors
File:: Download QianZhu_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John D. Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John D. Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Necdet S Aybat, Outside Member

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Author:: Aldayel, Omar Saad
Title:: Tractable Radar Waveform Design Under Practical Constraints
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Radar
waveform design
convex optimization
Ambiguity Function Shaping
SQR
SCF
BIC
ASR
beampattern design
constant modulus constraint
similarity constraint
spectral constraint
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Vishal Monga, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vishal Monga, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Necdet Serhat Aybat, Outside Member

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Author:: Kesaraju, Saiveena
Title:: Ground-Based Observational Techniques for Meteoroid Lunar Impact Generated Electromagnetic Pulses and Lunar Sub-Surface Structure Detection
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Moon
METEOR
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
6-m
Jicamarca
Arecibo
Ionosphere
Inverse SAR
File:: Download Thesis_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: John David Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Alexander Wolszczan, Outside Member

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Author:: Talalai, Gregory A
Title:: Theory of Electromagnetic Waves in Anisotropic, Magneto-Dielectric, Antenna Substrates
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Magnetic Materials
Antennas
Electromagnetic Theory
File:: Download Talalai-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

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Author:: Cai, Qiheng
Title:: Lightning Initiation Due to Hydrometeor Collisions in Thunderclouds
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: lightning initiation
similarity law
avalanche-to-streamer transition
File:: Download Cai_Dissertation_2018.pdf
Committee Members:: Victor P. Pasko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jim Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
David B. Spencer, Committee Member
Jaroslav Jansky, Outside Member

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