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Determination of magnetoelastic parameters in magnetic thin films from FMR spectra

Creator:: Masood, Khalid I.
Abstract:: The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) phenomenon serves as a sensitive probe of the effective internal fields in a magnetic material. FMR spectroscopy has consequently become a well-established technique, extensively employed in assessing material properties such as magnetic anisotropy, Landé g-factor, damping parameter, and the magnetoelastic constants of magnetic materials. Determining these...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Point-of-care and wearable sensors for non-invasive stress hormone detection with molecularly imprinted techniques

Creator:: Yeasmin, Sanjida
Abstract:: Rapid and sensitive detection of stress hormones, such as cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), can benefit the diagnosis of diseases related to adrenal gland disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, and more. Stress hormones fluctuate in a circadian rhythm, the highest in the early morning and the lowest at night;...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

On the domain generalizability of RF fingerprints through multifractal dimension representation

Creator:: Johnson, Benjamin
Abstract:: RF data-driven device fingerprinting through the use of deep learning has recently surfaced as a possible method for secure device identification and authentication. Traditional approaches are commonly susceptible to the domain adaptation problem where a model trained on data from one domain performs badly when tested on data from a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Development of a Novel Device to Measure the Viscosity of High Temperature Molten Salts

Creator:: Blyther, Joshua D.
Abstract:: This thesis presents a novel design for a rheometer style viscometer by implementing high temperature and inert atmospheric requirements on the device. The goals of this device are to measure the viscosity of high temperature molten salts, which are corrosive and extremely hydroscopic. It also aims to be able to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Machine learning for computer architecture design and optimization

Creator:: Penney, Drew
Abstract:: Machine learning applied to computer architecture has rapidly transitioned from a theoretical novelty to being a driving force behind design, control, and simulation in practically all components. These machine-learning-based methodologies are further notable for their scalability to increasingly complex design challenges, which has allowed these methodologies to surpass the prior...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Designing Functional Materials Based on Pyrochlore Oxides: The Role of Mixed Valence and Complex Stoichiometry

Creator:: Converse, Elizabeth Maria Sobalvarro
Abstract:: Solid state inorganic oxides play an important role in next generation electronics based on their stability, versatility, and enhanced properties over other materials. However, in order to design or tune these materials for a desired functionality it is necessary to fully understand the structure behind the properties exhibited. This dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Cation Substitution Effects in Complex Transition Metal Oxides

Creator:: Duell, Brett A.
Abstract:: Understanding structural evolution in solids as composition changes is essential to materials properties prediction. Such structure-properties relationships are the theme of solid state chemistry. Materials scientists and chemists have utilized an abundance of simple crystal structures to enhance understanding of chemical and structural origins of properties in materials for decades....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Coding Techniques for Achieving Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Creator:: Qassim, Yousef M.
Abstract:: In this dissertation, we explored multiple coding techniques to reduce energy consumption, improve performance, and secure wireless sensor networks specifically and ad-hoc networks in general. With the introduction of Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G technologies, wireless sensor networks are quickly emerging as an important and key technology in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Design Considerations and Circuit Techniques for Robust Ring-Amplifiers

Creator:: Venkatachala, Praveen Kumar
Abstract:: Ring amplifiers (ringamps) have shown excellent power efficiency in the latest state-of-the-art analog to digital converters (ADCs). This thesis describes circuit techniques to ensure robust operation of ringamps using standard analog techniques and proportional-integral-derivative(PID) controller analogy. Large-signal and small-signal analysis of a ringamp are performed using simple RC settling and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Co-channel Blocker and Self-Interferer Tolerant Receiver Architectures for MIMO and Full-Duplex MIMO Receivers

Creator:: Jain, Sanket
Abstract:: This research focuses on receiver architectures which enable better spectral eciency by handling blockers in the same spectral range as the signal. The presence of such blockers, without the use of blocker cancelling/ltering techniques leads to gain compression and hence, consequent performance degradation of receivers leading to reduced spectrum...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A Blockchains-Enabled Protocol for Distributed IoT Resource Sharing On-Demand

Creator:: Al-kalbani, Mohamed A.
Abstract:: In this thesis, we propose a Blockchain-based distributed protocol for enabling deployment of dynamic, on-demand IoT networks. Specifically, the proposed protocol leverages Blockchain technology to: (i) enable distributed and secure authentication, registration, and management of IoT devices; (ii) provide fast discovery of IoT resources and scalable and secure instantiation of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Development and Implementation of JetNet : A Decentralized Wireless Sensing Protocol

Creator:: Goins, Justin B.
Abstract:: Modern sensor network applications are often implemented wirelessly in order to lessen installation costs and reduce deployment times. Unfortunately, these wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes must often rely on batteries or energy harvesting techniques in order to sustain their operation and supply the power needed to maintain communication within the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Tuning Functional Properties of Pyrochlore and Related Oxides via Cation and Anion Substitutions

Creator:: Giampaoli, Gabriella C. S.
Abstract:: Inorganic structures play an important role in materials due to their versatility and diversity. A complete understanding of the structure of a material is vital to enhance the creation of new materials that fill voids in research. The rational design of these compounds is driven by the exploitation of structure-property...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Power Efficient Architectures for Medium-high Resolution Analog-to-Digital Converters

Creator:: Sadollahi, Mahmoud
Abstract:: Analog-to-digital converters are essential components to the portable devices that we are using today. Wireless sensors, body implanted devices, communication devices and so forth require low power ADCs. Therefore achieving higher resolution and bandwidth with lower power consumption is targeted in ADCs design. In this work power efficient ADCs for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Students' generalisation of function from single- to multivariable settings

Creator:: Dorko, Allison J.
Abstract:: Generalisation is a key component of mathematical activity. Mathematicians often seek general formulae or wonder if a rule that holds in a particular dimension also holds in dimension n. However, generalisation is not limited to professional mathematicians; kindergarteners engage in generalisation when they seek patterns and algebra is sometimes described...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Developing Design Model for Cellulose Nanocomposites

Creator:: Shir Mohammadi, Meisam
Abstract:: Today nano scale materials are being used for wide range of applications. One promising topic in nano scale materials is using them for reinforcement of different polymeric materials to reach desirable stiffness properties. The stiffness of these materials is mostly found experimentally because the nanocomposite community lacks a decent analytical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Heat transport at interface in the metal-organic-frameworks MOF-5

Creator:: Huang, Wenxi
Abstract:: The metal-organic–framework MOF-5 is used as an adsorbent in advanced systems for vehicular hydrogen storage that are currently under development. Presently, these systems are limited by poor thermal conductivity of the adsorption bed, and thus our research addresses how the interfaces between grains of MOF-5 can be engineered to improve...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Catching Ions in Superfluid Helium Droplets

Creator:: Chen, Lei
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I describe the experimental investigation of catching ions in superfluid helium droplets. The ultimate goal of our project is to build a coherent electron diffraction apparatus for atomic structure determination from oriented single macromolecules. This involves generating protein ions from electrospray ionization (ESI) and doping them in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Fiber Reinforced Composite Power-Mooring Cables Design and Manufacturing applied to Wave Energy Converters

Creator:: Miller, Andrew
Abstract:: The design and analysis of single point power-mooring cables applied to wave energy converters (WECs) is presented. WECs are mechanical devices designed and deployed to extract energy from waves in varying ways, and at varying distances from the shoreline. WEC devices operating on the water surface require mooring lines or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Non-Stoichiometry in Bismuth Perovskite Solid Solutions

Creator:: Prasertpalichat, Sasiporn
Abstract:: The role of A-site non-stoichiometry was investigated in lead-free piezoelectric ceramics based on compositions in the 1-x(Bi₀.₅Na₀.₅TiO₃)-xBaTiO₃ system near the morphotropic phase boundary where x = 0.055, 0.06 and 0.07. The samples were prepared by a conventional solid state mixed oxide route with the A- site stoichiometry modified to incorporate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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