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Author:: Sietins, Alexis
Title:: A Novel Approach to Successive Interference Cancellation with use of an Alternative Physical Layer
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Spread spectrum
sucessive interference cancellation
SIC
cdma
File:: Download sietins_thesis_7_30_09-1.pdf
Committee Members:: Randy Young, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Young, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Escobar, Adam Corpus
Title:: A Langmuir Probe Instrument for Research in the Terrestrial Ionosphere
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: upper atmosphere
spacecraft
space environment
satellite
sounding rocket
ionosphere
plasma
probe
Langmuir
density
DC sheath
File:: Download escobar_MSthesis_sp09.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Rajapurkar, Aditya Mohan
Title:: LOSS MECHANISMS IN PIEZOELECTRIC PZT CERAMICS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: mechanical quality factor
loss mechanisms
piezoelectric
ceramics
single crystals
File:: Download Aditya_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Raja, Anand
Title:: TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE IN VIDEOS
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: visual storyboard
action recognition
tracking
people detection
computer vision
character matching
File:: Download AnandRaja-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Robert Collins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert T Collins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yanxi Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Rathi, Aditi
Title:: A GPU based implementation of Center Surround Distribution Distance Algorithm for Feature Recognition
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: HPC
Acceleration
CUDA
CSDD
GPU
File:: Download Aditi_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Jenkins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Chandrashekhar, Aarti
Title:: A fine-grained dataflow library for reconfigurable streaming accelerators
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: FPGA
framework
dataflow
reconfigurable
File:: Download Aarti-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Nag, Abhikesh
Title:: Combined Generative-Discriminative Learning for Object Recognition using Local Image Descriptors
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: support vector machines
mixture models
SIFT features
generative-discriminative learning
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Agrawal, Ashish
Title:: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF LOW-FIELD TRANSPORT IN HIGHLY CONFINED ARSENIDE-ANTIMONIDE QUANTUM WELL HETEROSTRUCTURES
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Relaxation Time Approximation
Low field transport
Arsenide Antimonides
Scattering
QMSA
Effective mass
File:: Download Ashish_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Suman Datta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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