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Author:

Malhotra, Akshay

Title:

Solving Long-Standing Meteor Mysteries

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radio Science
Meteors
Radar
Aspect Sensitivity

File:

Download Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

John David Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Hampton Nelson Shirer, Committee Member

Author:

Hariharan, Aditya

Title:

Optimization of Conformal Low Profile Dipole Antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Low profile dipoles
Open sleeve antennas

File:

Download Thesis-Text.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ghosh, Arpan

Title:

Evaluation of Quarter-Wave Monopole Antennas with Elevated Radials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Elevated Radials
Computer Modeling
Monopoles
Antennas
Broadcast

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr James Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lai, Chieh-Ping

Title:

THROUGH WALL SURVEILLANCE USING ULTRAWIDEBAND RANDOM NOISE RADAR

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

UWB
Through Wall Surveillance
Noise Radar
RF
Software Defined Radar

File:

Download David_Lai_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
John Yen, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Chia-En

Title:

High-Speed Light-Activated Magneto-Optical Rotator And Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

magneto-optical rotator
high-speed
iron(III) borate (FeBO3)
microwave assisted synthesis
photoconductive switch
high DC bias field

File:

Download Chia_En_Yang_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mohsen Kavehrad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Basham, James Ian

Title:

BROADENING SPECTRAL RESPONSE IN SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS VIA FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Forster
DSSC
Dye sensitized solar cell
resonance energy transfer
FRET

File:

Download J.I.Basham_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Fadlullah, Jarir

Title:

A Generalized Approach to Model and Optimize Multi-Input Multi-Output Communication and Imaging Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MIMO
communication systems
imaging
turbulence
copper cables
equalization
interference cancellation
clouds
monte carlo ray tracing
infrared
visible light communications

File:

Download ThesisJMF_Final_10142010.pdf

Committee Members:

Mohsen Kavehrad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohsen Kavehrad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

Author:

Stamm, James Matthew

Title:

Analytical and Numerical Optimization of an Electronically Scanned Circular Array

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Circular Array
Optimization
Scanning

File:

Download stammthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Raymond J Luebbers, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony J Ferraro, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member

Author:

Bringuier, Jonathan Neil

Title:

MULTI-SCALE TECHNIQUES IN COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

computational electromagnetics
multi-scale
dipole moments
time-domain-methods
body-area-networks

File:

Download PHD_Bringuier.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Mittra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raj Mittra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Randy Haupt, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Jae Hun

Title:

BROADBAND SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION IN SAPPHIRE FIBERS AND APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

nonlinear fiber optics
single crystal sapphire fiber
Supercontinuum

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Jae_Hun_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Vinoy, Kalarickaparambil Joseph

Title:

Fractal Shaped Antenna Elements for Wide-and Multi-band Wireless Applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Fractals
Antennas
multifrequency antennas
Wire antennas

File:

Download Thesis_Vinoy.pdf

Committee Members:

Vasundara V Varadan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vasundara V Varadan, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Jose K Kollakompil, Committee Member

Author:

Labowski, Kyle L

Title:

The New Arecibo HF Interactions Facility Dual Array Cassegrain Antenna Design

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

FEKO
Arecibo
HF Interactions
Antenna

File:

Download KyleLabowski_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn A Carpenter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yoo, Kyungho

Title:

MODELING AND SIMULATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP STRUCTURES AND METAMATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Electromagnetic Band Gap
metamaterials
superstrates
dipole moment
characteristic basis function
equivalent medium

File:

Download Kyungho_Yoo_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Mittra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raj Mittra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Anthony J Ferraro, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Lai-Ching

Title:

Implementation of Parallelized Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Algorithm and Its Application to the Modeling of Metamaterials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

periodic boundary condition
parallel
metamaterials
finite-difference time-domain
FDTD
Gaussian beam
CPML

File:

Download LaiChingMa_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Mittra, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Meng-Ku

Title:

TERAHERTZ GENERATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

terahertz spectroscopy
plasmonic lenses
Terahertz generation

File:

Download Meng-Ku_Chen_-_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Curtis, Nathaniel

Title:

Multilayer Filter Design Using High-K Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Multilayer
Filter
Dielectric Resonator

File:

Download Nathaniel_Curtis_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn A Carpenter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn A Carpenter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Raj Mittra, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Azarmanesh, Okhtay

Title:

A Novel Approach to Modulation Classification in Cognitive Radios

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

modulation classification
cognitive radios
Software-defined radios
OFDM

File:

Download Okhtay-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member
John D Mitchel, Committee Member
Kyusun Choi, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Pin-Heng

Title:

DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A PORTABLE REAL-TIME THROUGH-WALL NOISE RADAR

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

noise radar
through-wall sensing
through-wall imaging
correlation technique
active circulator

File:

Download PinHengChen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Pan, Qihe

Title:

RFID RADAR TAG SYSTEM DESIGN USING ULTRAWIDEBAND NOISE WAVEFORMS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

network
system
noise waveforms
radar
RFID tag

File:

Download Qihe_Pan_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Stephen George Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Geiger, Richard T.

Title:

Energy Harvesting Using AC Machines with High Effective Pole Count

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

energy harvesting
stepper motor
high pole count

File:

Download GeigerThesisFinal122109.pdf

Committee Members:

Heath Hofmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heath Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
John Douglas Mitchell, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Shaoying

Title:

Advanced Magneto-optical Materials and Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Garnet
Faraday Effect
Ultrafast switch
Magneto-optical
Nanoparticles
Iron Borate

File:

Download ShaoyingKangThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Guan, Wei-Jung

Title:

NOVEL MULTILAYER STRUCTURE FOR COMPACT COMPONENTS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

multilayer
coupler
filter
vertical

File:

Download Master.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn A Carpenter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Jeong, Wun-Cheol

Title:

DYNAMIC TIME DIVISION DUPLEX AND TIME SLOT ALLOCATION STRATEGY FOR MULTIMEDIA TRAFFIC IN WIRELESS APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Co-channel interference Management
Time Division Duplex
D-TDD
Multimedia Traffic
Time Slot Allocation
Wireless Communications

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mohsen Kavehrad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Metzner, Committee Member
Rajeev Sharma, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member

Author:

Kuhirun, Waroth

Title:

A New Design Methodology for Modular Broadband Arrays Based on Fractal Tilings

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Fractal
Broadband Arrays
Irregular
Fractile

File:

Download waroth_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raj Mittra, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Kimberly Lynn

Title:

Comparison of Accuracy of Simulations of Stepped-Diameter Yagi Antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Yagi antenna
GNEC
FEKO
stepped-diameter antenna

File:

Download KimberlyAdams_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tuysuz, Burak

Title:

Development and Implementation of a Passive Vhf Radar System Using Software Defined Radio Techniques to Study Equatorial Plasma Instabilities Near the Peruvian Andes

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

CAPRI
passive radar
coherent radar
ionospheric irregularities
software defined radio

File:

Download BurakTuysuz-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Yaohui

Title:

High effciciency terahertz generation for standoff detection

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

terahertz
standoff detection
photoconductive antenna

File:

Download Yaohui_Gaos_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Ming-shih

Title:

Trilateration-Based Localization Algorithm for ADS-B Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

ADS-B
Radar system
Trilateration
Lemoine point

File:

Download MingShihHuang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Kaiming

Title:

Impedance Matching Optimization Based On MATLAB

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Impedance matching
Global Optimization Toolbox
MATLAB
bandwidth

File:

Download ImpedanceMatchingOptimizationBasedOnMATLAB.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chang, Yun-ching

Title:

Field-induced And Nanodisordered Ktn Crystals: Properties, Devices, And Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-optics
KTN
Kovacs effect
waveguide

File:

Download FinalV_rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Chih-min

Title:

Nano-structured TiO2 And Applications To Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Dye-sensitized solar cell
nanoforests
single crystal anatase TiO2 nanowires

File:

Download Thesis_ChihMinLin_20141111.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Hassan, Muhammed Kabiru

Title:

Low Frequency Electromagnetic Investigation of Fractures and Reservoirs using Proppants

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electromagnetics
finite element method
fractures
reservoirs
shale
dipole moment

File:

Download mkhphddissertationresubmit2.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Mittra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynn A Carpenter, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Special Member

Author:

Desai, Kunj Jigish

Title:

Novel Circular Ring Phased Array Antenna Design

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Phased Array FEKO MATLAB Antenna OWA Yagi Radar

File:

Download MS_Thesis__Kunj_Desai_12_11.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Chao

Title:

Femtosecond Laser Enabled Maskless Nanostructure Fabrications and Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Femtosecond Laser
Femtosecond Laser Ablation
Nanostructure
Sureface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Anti-reflection
LEDs

File:

Download Chao_PhD_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Yao, Jimmy

Title:

Three-Dimensional Zinc Oxide Nanostructure Synthesis and Photonic Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanocomposite
Nanoforest
Dye-sensitized solar cell

File:

Download Dissertation_Jimmy_Yao.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Gallagher, Kyle A

Title:

HARMONIC RADAR: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS TONONLINEAR TARGET DETECTION, TRACKING, IMAGINGAND CLASSIFICATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Harmonic Radar
Nonlinear Radar
Harmonic Detection
Harmonic SAR
Nonlinear SAR
Harmonic MTI
Nonlinear MTI

File:

Download Gallagher_Dissertation_Final_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Anthony F. Martone, Special Member
Dr Gregory J Mazzaro, Special Member

Author:

Li, Kaiming

Title:

Broadband lossy impedance matching of antennas

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Broadband antennas
impedance matching
multi-objective optimization

File:

Download Kaiming_Li_Broadband_lossy_impedance_matching_of_antennas.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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

Author:

Sharma, Kapil

Title:

TECHNIQUES FOR NUMERICALLY EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF MULTI-SCALE PROBLEMS IN COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MoM
FDTD
DM
RWG
DoF
TDIE
EFIE
MFIE
CFIE
Matrix
RHS
Finite Difference
Lagrange Quadratic Interpolation
Modified RWG

File:

Download Kapil_Sharma_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raj Mittra, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, Outside Member

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

Author:

Riley, Elliot Jay

Title:

Application of Unidirectional Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer Laminas in Circuit-Analog Absorbers

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Circuit-analog absorbers
Unidirectional carbon fiber
Radar-absorbing structures

File:

Download EJRDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Outside Member
Erik Henry Lenzing, Special Member

Author:

Zhu, Wenbin

Title:

ADVANCED KTN-BASED OPTICAL BEAM DEFLECTORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

KTN
Beam Deflector
High-speed beam deflector
Multi-denominational beam deflector
Large-aperture beam deflector

File:

Download final_verstion2.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Jian Hsu, Outside Member

Author:

Galindo Palomino, Freddy Ronald

Title:

EFFECT OF PLASMA INSTABILITIES ON THE CREATION OF METEOR TRAIL ECHOES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radar Remote Sensing
Meteors
Plasma Instabilities

File:

Download FreddyGalindo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Mathews, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
David Bradley Spencer, Outside Member

Author:

Bostan, Salih Mehmed

Title:

The Discovery of Novel Ionospheric Phenomenon Using a Software-Defined High Frequency Radar

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

ionosphere
ionospheric sounding
software-defined radar
artificial ionospheric modification
high frequency

File:

Download SalihMehmedBostan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Julio Urbina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John D. Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
David Bradley Spencer, Outside Member
Anthony J Ferraro, Special Member

Author:

Alroughani, Hamad

Title:

THE SHAPE SYNTHESIS OF DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Shape optimizations
dielectric resonator antennas
material properties characterization
characteristic modes
antenna shape synthesis
method of moments
surface integral equations
volume integral equations
additive manufacturing
MIMO.

File:

Download Alroughani_Dissertation_-_The_Shape_Synthesis_of_Dielectric_Resonator_Antennas_for_Wireless_Communication_Systems_-_Final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Outside Member

Author:

Kim, Tae Hee

Title:

Application of Radio Frequency Noiselet Waveforms for Nondestructive Imaging of Multilayered Structures

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Radio Frequency
Noiselet Waveform
Microwave
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Radar Imaging
Nondestructive Testing

File:

Download Dissertation_TaeHeeKim_101618_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Outside Member

Author:

Zhou, Huiyuan

Title:

MICROWAVE INVERSE RECONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR IMAGING

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave Imaging
Dual Mesh
Distmesh
Levenberg Marquardt
Iteratve Method with Adaptive Threshold
Non-decimated Wavelet Transformation

File:

Download Huiyuan_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Chao, Ju Hung

Title:

ADVANCED LASER BEAM DEFLECTION AND LASER INDUCED ACTIVATION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

KTN
Beam Deflector
Multi-denominational beam deflector
High gain PCSS
Ruby fluorescence

File:

Download Dissertation_Ju-Hung_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Jian Hsu, Outside Member

Author:

Ahmad, Faiz

Title:

OPTOELECTRONIC MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF GRADED-BANDGAP THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Thin-film solar cells
Graded-bandgap absorbers
Optoelectronic optimization
Earth-abundant materials

File:

Download Ahmad-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Slava V Rotkin, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pandey, Aayush

Title:

SUPERDARN ANTENNA UPGRADE AT THE SOUTH POLE ANTARCTICA

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Super DARN
South Pole
Antarctica
Mc Murdo
Log Periodic Antenna
Cross Polarization
Back Lobe Rejection
Ionosphere

File:

Download Thesis_Aayush_Pandey.pdf

Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
William A Bristow, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Holl, Nicholas

Title:

Millimeter-Wave Advanced Imaging Techniques

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

radar
millimeter wave
mmWave
synthetic aperture radar
SAR
imaging
radar imaging
millimeter wave radar imaging

File:

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Committee Members:

Madhavan Swaminathan, Program Head/Chair
Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member

Author:

Yuan, Alex

Title:

Antenna Radiation Pattern Mapping with an Unmanned Aerial System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

UAS
UAV
SDR
drone
quadcopter
antenna
radiation pattern
RF
HackRF
Pixhawk
Ardupilot
Mission Planner
GRC
GNU Radio
Python
MATLAB

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erik H. Lenzing, Special Signatory

Author:

Peterson, Richard

Title:

An Exploration of the Antenna Design Space Enabled by Magnetodielectric Laminates

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Magnetodielectric
Antenna Design
Volcano Smoke Antenna
Wideband Microstrip Patch Antenna

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Committee Members:

Thomas La Porta, Program Head/Chair
Gregory Huff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erik Henry Lenzing, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member

Author:

Parker, Terele

Title:

A Dynamic Link Budget for Satellite Communication Based on the Cyclic Nature of Galactic Noise

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Galactic Noise
Link Budget Dynamic
Satellite Communication
location
time
galactic center
UHF (Ultra-High Frequency)
naval communication
curve fitting

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Committee Members:

Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair
Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erik Henry Lenzing, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor