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1. SPEED SENSOR-LESS CONTROL OF INDUCTION MACHINE BASED ON CARRIER SIGNAL INJECTION AND SMOOTH-AIR-GAP INDUCTION MACHINE

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Author:
Wang, Guanghui
Title:
SPEED SENSOR-LESS CONTROL OF INDUCTION MACHINE BASED ON CARRIER SIGNAL INJECTION AND SMOOTH-AIR-GAP INDUCTION MACHINE
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Induction machine
Speed Sensor-less
Control
File:
Download mythesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Heath Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

2. Approaches to Achieve Smarter Electroactive Materials and Devices

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Open Access
Author:
Ren, Kailiang
Title:
Approaches to Achieve Smarter Electroactive Materials and Devices
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectric Polymer
Polymer Actuators
Energy Harvesting
Shape Memory Polymer
Self-healing.
File:
Download KailiangThesisfinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

3. THE OPTICAL AND DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) BASED ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS

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Author:
Chen, Qin
Title:
THE OPTICAL AND DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) BASED ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
electro-optic effect
long-period grating
capacitors
poly(vinylidene fluoride)
File:
Download Qin_Chen-Dissertation_4.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

4. MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)

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Author:
Gross, Steven Joseph
Title:
MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
MEMS
PZT
microfabrication
etching
cantilevers
xenon difluoride
ion beam etching
piezoelectric
actuators
unimorph
bimorph
File:
Download SJG-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

5. Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

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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:
Download PennStateNAV.wmvDownload LF07_oblique.wmvDownload LF12.wmvDownload LF1203split.wmvDownload 1-KironMateti-FinalDissertation.pdfDownload 1-PennStateNAV.wmvDownload 1-LF07_oblique.wmvDownload 1-LF12.wmvDownload 1-LF1203split.wmv
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

7. High energy density, and low loss polymer dielectrics for energy storage capacitors and organic electronics

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Open Access
Author:
Wu, Shan
Title:
High energy density, and low loss polymer dielectrics for energy storage capacitors and organic electronics
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
energy storage
capacitor
polymer
dielectric
energy density
loss
dielectric breakdown
File:
Download ShanWu-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

8. Robust Dynamical Model-based Data Representations and Structuring of Time Series Data for In-sequence Localization

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Author:
Laftchiev, Emil Ivanov
Title:
Robust Dynamical Model-based Data Representations and Structuring of Time Series Data for In-sequence Localization
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Data Dimension Reduction
Stochastic Programming
Multi-dimensional Data Representation
In-Sequence Localization
File:
Download Emil_Laftchiev-Dissertation_11_20_2014.PDF
Committee Members:
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

9. Application of Micromachined Quartz Resonators for Pressure and Stress Sensing

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Author:
Goel, Nishit
Title:
Application of Micromachined Quartz Resonators for Pressure and Stress Sensing
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
Quartz
Resonator
Piezoelectric
Pressure Sensor
Stress Sensor
Metglas
Magnetrostriction
File:
Download 00_Thesis_NishitGoel_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Srinivas Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mehdi Kiani, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member