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Mode Structure Of A Noiseless Phase-sensitive Image Amplifier
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)Optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) configured as phase-sensitive amplifiers (PSAs) can be used for noiseless optical image amplification, generation of non-classical states of light, and, in particular, for multimode ... -
MODEL OPTIMIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN DEEP LEARNING
(2023-08-14)Machine learning refers to a machine or an algorithm that draws experience from data. A certain pattern is found to build a model, which is used to solve real problems. Deep learning, an important branch and extension ... -
Model Reference Adaptive Control Using Stacked Identifiers
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)Model reference adaptive control is a major design method for controlling plants with uncertain parameters. The primary objective of this dissertation is to develop a new design approach for the model reference adaptive ... -
Model-based Design And Analysis Of Automotive Systems Using Time-triggered Controller Area Networks
As the numbers of electrical and electronics (E/E) components vastly increases in modern motor vehicles, vehicle safety risks and recalls due to E/E problems have become issues for both auto manufactures and customers. ... -
Modeling An Instrumented (Tractor-semitrailer Combination) Vehicle: Using System Identification Methods
(Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)In this thesis, properties of the input-output relationships of a tractor-semitrailer combination vehicle were analyzed. Predictive models of the system were identified using only input-output data collected separately ... -
Modeling And Characterization Of A Fabry Perot Pressure Sensor
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Fabry-Perot interferometers (FPIs) have been used as sensing elements for pressure transducers in many applications. Most of the current FPI pressure sensors measure amplitude changes of the reflected signals from a ... -
Modeling And Characterization Of RF MEMS Resonators
(Electrical Engineering, 2009-09-16)Over the past decade, a multitude of micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) devices have been developed and commercialized due to their low power consumption, reduced cost and compact size. In recent years, significant advancements ... -
Modeling And Characterization Of The Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor In The Near-threshold Region
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-07-22)The Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) is a power semiconductor device widely used in high-speed switching applications. Due to aging and internal heating, the device is prone to a failure mechanism known as latch-up ... -
Modeling And Feedback Control Of MEMS Devices
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)As MEMS actuators reach maturity and emerge from the research lab into commercial applications, their increased reliability, speed, and performance accuracy is needed. MEMS are typically driven directly in an open-loop ... -
Modeling And Identification Of Thermally Actuated Micro-robots
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-03-20)This thesis explains the system identification of thermally actuated micro-robots and actuators developed at UTA-NGS (Next Generation Systems) and ARRI (Automation Robotics Research Institute). The energy used to power ... -
Modeling And Performance Evaluation Of A Power Electronic-based Controlled Fuel Cell System
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)In fuel cell applications, design of an appropriate controller and selection of an Ultra-Capacitor require a suitable model of fuel-cell-systems that can adequately represent the significant characteristics of the system. ... -
Modeling Isotropic Organs Using Beam Models For The Haptic Simulation Of Blunt Dissections Of Bile Duct
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)Haptic modeling of organs using existing approaches is still not realistic and/or real time. We propose and develop the mathematical foundation of a new approach to modeling organs using beams. Beams are well known entities ... -
Modeling The Capillary Discharge Of An Electrothermal (ET) Launcher
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)Over the past few decades, different branches of the US Department of Defense (DoD) have invested at improving the field ability of electromagnetic launchers. One such focus has been on achieving hypervelocity launch ... -
Models And Algorithms To Determine Cerebral Activation Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The specific aims of this dissertation were to develop: (1) Correlations between experimental protocols and oxygenated, deoxygenated, and total hemoglobin concentrations in the brain (2) Mathematical models to associate ... -
Molecular And Textural Surface Engineering For Biological Sensing
This research work was aimed at finding novel approaches for early cancer detection. In cancer diagnosis, the candidate molecules largely include free DNA, related proteins and tumor cells, listed in increasing order of ... -
MOLECULARLY ENGINEERED SURFACES FOR EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS
(2018-01-08)Early detection of cancer can have immediate and significant impact on effective treatments for cancer patients and better disease prognosis. In the early stage of cancer, symptoms are initially expressed at molecular and ... -
Monitoring And Fault Diagnosis Of Multiconverter Power Electronic Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Over the recent years the electric loads in automobiles have increased considerably due to advancements in high-power semiconductor based converters. However, with increasing electrical and electrically driven loads, there ... -
Motion Learning And Control For Social Robots In Human-robot Interaction
In the domain of social robotics, robots have recently been used in conversational interaction with humans. In this thesis, research was conducted to help create a system for imitation learning. In this system, a trainer ... -
Multi-area Unit Commitment And Economic Dispatch With Market Operation Components
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Unit commitment and economic dispatch, when combined together, is a useful tool to find the most economical generation schedule with which demand and spinning reserve requirement are supplied and all generating unit ... -
Multi-channel all-optical signal processing
(2016-09-16)We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, a stand-alone all-optical regenerator capable of simultaneous 2R regeneration of multiple WDM channels. Recently, our group has proposed an all-optical ...