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Author:

Janalizadeh Choobbasti, Reza

Title:

PHOTOIONIZATION AND PHOTODETACHMENT EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING DISCHARGES IN THE D REGION OF THE EARTH’S IONOSPHERE

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

sprite
streamers
nonthermal gas discharges
extreme ultraviolet
photoionization
photodetachment
meteoroid
ionosphere
transient luminous events
plasma inhomogeneities
molecular nitrogen
molecular oxygen

File:

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Committee Members:

Eugene Clothiaux, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Victor Pasko, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Yanlin

Title:

Investigation of meteors and their impact on the sodium layer in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

meteor
atmospheric sodium layer
atmosphere chemistry
radar
radar signal processing
deep learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
William Bristow, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qihou Zhou, Special Member
Tim Kane, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Tai-Yin Huang, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Navagato, Marc Dominic

Title:

Defect Identification in Dielectric and Composite Materials Using Noise-Based Microwave Nondestructive Testing Techniques

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Nondestructive Testing
Microwave Testing
Neural Networks
Dimensionality Reduction
Noise Radar
Noise Waveforms
Microwave Nondestructive Testing
Stacked Autoencoders
Anomaly Detection

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ram Narayanan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
David Jenkins, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lee, Yun Goo

Title:

Advanced electro-optic beam steering devices based on KTN crystals

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electro-optic
Beam deflector
KTN
Potassium tantalate niobate
Beam steering

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Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Qi Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Whiting, Eric Ben

Title:

Advanced Electromagnetic Metamaterial Design

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

metasurface
optimization
gradient index
lens
dielectric resonator antenna
adjoint sensitivity

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Committee Members:

Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alkhatib, Mohamed Redha

Title:

Alternative Ways To Feed The Arecibo Spherical Reflector

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Gregorian Sub-Reflector
Gain
Method of Moments
Optimization
Numerical Methods
Linefeed
FEKO
Electric Field

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Breakall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Major Field Member
Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hu, Hanxiong

Title:

Multiple Electromagnetic Scattering within and Electrical Characterization of 3D-Printed Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electromagnetic scattering
additive manufacturing
microwave components
dielectric characterization

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Sven Bilén, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Xingjie Ni, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dinsmore, Lawrence

Title:

Semi-coherent Ionospheric Pulsing Structures (SCIPS): The Ionosphere’s Steady State

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

SCIPS
delta-vTEC
TEC
LSTIDs
TIDs
magnetosphere
ionosphere
magnetic reconnection
polar cusp
geomagnetically quiet
keogram

File:

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Committee Members:

Gregory Huff, Major Field Member
Julio Urbina, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
William Higgins, Major Field Member
John Matthews, Special Member
Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Robert Robinson, Special Signatory
Member CommitteeII, Special Member

Author:

Binion, John

Title:

Optimization of Metamaterial-enabled Antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Metamaterials
Metasurface
Antenna
Global Optimization

File:

Download Binion_dissertation_vsubmit4.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Douglas Werner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Ruijia

Title:

Micro and Nano Engineering Enabled GaAs Photoconductive Semiconductive Switches and KTN Crystal based EO Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electro-optics
photoconductive semiconductor switches
nanotechnology
opto-electronics
solid-state

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Osama Awadelkarim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julio Urbina, Major Field Member
Victor Pasko, Major Field Member
Shizhuo Yin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor