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  • Modeling and experimental verification of electric and magnetic fields generated by undersea power transmission cables

    Creator:
    York, Charles E.
    Abstract:
    As interest grows in developing devices to harvest energy from ocean waves, tidal currents, and offshore wind, concerns over possible environmental effects from such devices also grow. One such concern is over the induced electric fields and the generated magnetic fields from generators and their associated submarine power cables in...
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    Masters Thesis
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    field within a material which is within the electric displacement field is shown by [12] ~D = �0�r ~E

  • Sliding Mode Control of Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converters

    Creator:
    Brown, Danielle R.
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    This thesis concerns the development of a direct torque control strategy using a sliding mode control approach to optimize the power output of an oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converter (WEC). The OWC WEC is a device that has a submerged vertical tail tube open at both ends, which...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Time (s) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 G e n e ra to r P o w e r (k W ) Buoy 1 Generator Power of

  • Adaptive digital transceiver for rayleigh fading channels

    Creator:
    Hughes, Jeffery R.
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    This thesis presents an adaptive modulation scheme using a Walsh-code modulator. The Walsh-code modulator consists of a dynamic demultiplexer and predetermined sets of orthogonal Walsh-Hadamard codes. The demultiplexer can demultiplex the input bit stream into a maximum of thirty-two sub-streams. The Walsh- Hadamard codes are used to spread the spectrum...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jeffery R. Hughes for the

  • Bilinear system model of the action potential of a single neuron

    Creator:
    Yahiaoui, Youcef
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    Neurons are characterized by an electric potential which is established between their inside and outside media. They exhibit specific voltage fluctuations, in response to strong enough current impulses, called action potentials. In this work, a bang-bang controlled bilinear system (BLS) is derived to approximate the generation of a simple neuron's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Potential of a Single Neuron Abstract approved: _.L.:! R. R. Mohler Neurons are characterized by an

  • A remotely operated, autonomous wave energy converter system

    Creator:
    Lewis, Timothy M.
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    The potential for electric energy generation from ocean waves is substantial and much research is being conducted on the conversion process as a renewable, grid-connected, power source. Some of the same attributes that make wave energy harvesting attractive as a grid-connected source also make it attractive as a remote, or...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________ Annette R. von Jouanne The potential for

  • Power System Planning for Sustainable, Reliable, and Accessible Electricity: Models, Methods, and Metrics

    Creator:
    Cicilio, Phylicia R.
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    Generation resources are shifting from centralized, high inertial, fossil fuel based to decentralized, no inertia, and variable renewable resources. The evolution of generation resources in electrical grids requires the transformation of the electrical grid infrastructure, and operation and planning procedures and standards. This dissertation takes four investigations into how to...
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    Dissertation
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    es S to ra g e T y p es H O M E R H O M E R E n er gy F re e 3- w ee k tr ia l, 50 0

  • Test fixture characterization for high-frequency silicon substrate parasitic extraction

    Creator:
    Tabalujan, Andrew R.
    Abstract:
    At frequencies exceeding 1-2 GHz, the reactive nature of a silicon substrate must be accounted in the substrate network models used in substrate coupling simulation. High-frequency substrate models, containing reactive components, must be validated through high-frequency network analyzer measurements. Prior fabricated test fixtures have been modified to enable high-frequency (up...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Andrew R. Tabalujan for the

  • Enhanced inverse synthetic aperture radar imagery using 2-D spectral estimation

    Creator:
    Ohm, David R.
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    This research focused on the use of classical and modern two-dimensional spectral estimation techniques for enhancing inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imagery. 2-D Classical spectral estimation methods and 2-D modern parametric and non-parametric spectral estimation methods are applied to simulated and real data sets in order to achieve both range...
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    Masters Thesis
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    THESIS OF David R. Ohm for the degree of Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Enhancing Resolution and Scalability of Power Grid Reliability Algorithms

    Creator:
    Lassetter, Austin R.
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    This Thesis aims to determine whether we can improve the accuracy, resolution, and speed of calculations for common power system problems using simple computational models that scale well to machine learning and high performance computing solutions. The second chapter of this Thesis implements more precise aging and degradation models for...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Austin R. Lassetter for the

  • Recognizing human group activities in video through mining optimal features

    Creator:
    Amer, Mohamed R.
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    Given a video, we would like to recognize group activities, localize video parts where these activities occur, and detect actors involved in them. To this and, we propose a novel, mid-level feature, called control point, for representing group activities. The control points are aimed at summarizing visual cues, lifting from...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mohamed R. Amer for the degree