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Author:

Mohammadzadeh Jasour, Ashkan

Title:

Convex Approximation of Chance Constrained Optimization Problems: Application in System and Control

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Chance Constrained
Convex Optimization
Semidefinite Programming
Measure and Moments
Polynomials
Sum of Squares Optimization
Duality

File:

Download Ashkan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Necdet S Aybat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Outside Member
Alexei Novikov, Committee Member

Author:

Jiang, Runkun

Title:

Design Strategies and Experimental Validation of High-Performance Logging-While-Drilling Piezocomposite Transducers

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

LWD acoustic transducer
COMSOL design and optimization
extreme-environment fabrication
transducer testing protocol

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Runkun_Jiang_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sumeet Kumar Gupta, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Bernhard R. Tittmann, Outside Member

Author:

Yan, Yixin

Title:

Sub-wavelength Modulation of Complex Refractive Index and X(2) Optical Nonlinearity in Organic Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

organic semiconductors
photonic materials and devices
nanotechnology
nonlinear optics
parity-time symmetry

File:

Download YY-Dissertation_0103.pdf

Committee Members:

Noel C. Giebink, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel C. Giebink, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas N. Jackson, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Brandsema, Matthew J

Title:

Formulation and Analysis of the Quantum Radar Cross Section

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Quantum Radar
QRCS
Radar Cross Section
Photon Scattering

File:

Download Matthew_Brandsema_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Marcos Rigol, Outside Member
Marco Lanzagorta, Special Member

Author:

Kotobi, Khashayar

Title:

INFORMED COGNITIVE RADIOS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Cognitive Radio
Wireless Communication
Machine Learning
Data Science
Data Mining
Blockchain
Security
Spectrum Sharing

File:

Download Kotobi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Jeffrey Mayer, Committee Member
Conrad Tucker, Outside Member

Author:

Arslan, Cihan Hakan

Title:

DETECTION AND ESTIMATION OF RAINFALL THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS OF GEOSTATIONARY Ku-BAND SATELLITE SIGNALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

rainfall estimation
Ku-band
geostationary satellite-link attenuation
bit-error-ratio

File:

Download CHA-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Julio Urbina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Julio Urbina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Dr. Tim Kane, Committee Member
Dr. David B. Spencer, Outside Member

Author:

Varan, Burak

Title:

Energy and Signal Cooperation in Competitive Wireless Networks with Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Wireless networks
Energy harvesting
Cooperation
Game theory
Optimization
Resource allocation

File:

Download Varan_dissertation_v2_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aylin Yener, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aylin Yener, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Viveck Cadambe, Committee Member
Chris Giebink, Committee Member
Soundar Kumara, Outside Member

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

Author:

Kaiser, Sean A

Title:

Multistatic Passive Coherent Location using the Global Positioning System

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Passive Radar
Passive Coherent Location
Global Positioning System
Multistatic PCL

File:

Download Kaiser-Dissertation-sub06102017.pdf

Committee Members:

Ram Mohan Narayanan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ram Mohan Narayanan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Randy Keith Young, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member
Andrew Christianson, Special Member

Author:

Thakur, Yash

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED DIELECTRIC FILMS FOR NEXT GENERATION OF ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

dielectrics
capacitors
nanoparticles
energy storage
polymers

File:

Download Dissertation_Yash_Thakur_June_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Noel Chris Giebink, Committee Member
James Runt, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member