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Author:

Yang, Heng

Title:

Three Dimensional Finite Difference Time Domain Modeling of Schumann Resonances On Earth and Other Planets of the Solar System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Schuamann resonances
FDTD
Lightning
Mars
ELF
Earth-ionosphere cavity

File:

Download Yangheng-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor P Pasko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John David Mathews, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Bossard, Jeremy Alec

Title:

Infrared Filters and Metamaterials Based on Frequency Selective Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Infrared
Genetic Algorithms
Frequency Selective Surfaces
Metamaterials
Negative Index
Optimization

File:

Download Jeremy_Bossard_Dissertation_-_vFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member

Author:

Riousset, Jérémy André

Title:

Fractal Modeling of Lightning, Blue Jets, and Gigantic Jets

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

transient luminous event
gigantic jet
blue jet
streamer-to-spark transition
streamer-to-leader transition
spark
arc
leader
streamer
plasma
lightning
storm
thundercloud

File:

Download Riousset-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor P Pasko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor P Pasko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John David Mathews, Committee Member
Hampton Nelson Shirer, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member

Author:

Spence, Thomas George

Title:

ULTRA-WIDEBAND PLANAR ANTENNA ARRAYS BASED ON RECURSIVE-PERTURBATION DESIGN TECHNIQUES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

broadband arrays
aperiodic arrays
wideband arrays
antenna arrays

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Thomas_G_Spence.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member

Author:

Bayraktar, Zikri

Title:

NOVEL META-SURFACE DESIGN SYNTHESIS VIA NATURE-INSPIRED OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

meta-surface
artificial magnetic conductors
wind driven optimization
electromagnetic bandgap
optimization
magneto-dielectrics

File:

Download Zikri_Bayraktar_v_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member

Author:

Gregory, Micah Dennis

Title:

New Methods in Ultra-Wideband Array Design and Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Memristive Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultra-Wideband Array
CMA-ES
Optimization
Aperiodic Arrays
Memristor
Reconfigurable Antennas
Finite-Difference Time-Domain

File:

Download MicahDGregory-Dissertation2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member

Author:

Turpin, Jeremiah Paul

Title:

A Switchable Magnetic Low-index Metamaterial for use in a Dynamically Reconfigurable Beam-scanning Lens Antenna with a Single Feed

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electromagnetics
antennas
reconfigurable pattern antennas
metamaterial
Transformation Optics

File:

Download TurpinDissertationFinal2.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member