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Observer Synthesis For Linear/nonlinear Dynamical Systems Subject To Measurement Delays
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
In this research, problems associated with communication delays on the stability of formation of a group of unmanned vehicles is examined and solution to this problem is proposed.
Ideally, it is required that the information ...
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 ...
Web-based Real-time Monitoring System To Enhance The Participation Of An Industrial Power System In A Restructured Utility Industry
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The opening of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid to wholesale competition began in 1996 that initiated the first stage of deregulation in Texas. In order to relieve generation and transmission constraints, ...
Real-time Data Monitoring And Manipulation For Wireless Sensor Networks
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The growth of Wireless Sensor Network research has brought about the need for tools to help developers rapidly develop applications for various platforms. In the pursuit of these capabilities, this work deals with the ...
Physical Layer And Application Layer Issues Of Wireless Sensor Networks
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The potential for collaborative, robust networks of wireless sensors has attracted a great deal of research attention. For the most part, this is due to the compelling applications that wireless sensor networks will enable. ...
Dynamic Stability Analysis Of Large-scale Power Systems Using A Fast Investigation Method
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Following power market deregulation and the proposed standard market design, the activities of cross boundary power transactions are increased significantly. Traditional company based stability analysis can not satisfy ...
Error-resilient Image And Video Coding Over Lossy Networks
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The rapid growth of the Internet and increasing bandwidth in the past decade has heightened the interest in robust transmission of image and video signals over error-prone links. Recent literatures highlight the multiple ...
Effects Of Base Station Power Control And Soft Handoff On The Outage And Capacity In The Forward Link Of CDMA Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
This thesis focuses on the capacity analysis of the forward link of code division multiple access (CDMA) systems by characterizing the base station (BS) power distribution. With the rapid growth of data and multi-media ...
Issues In Front-end Engineering Of CMOS Nanoelectronics
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Several issues exist in current CMOS front-end engineering such as interfacial layer formation at high-k/Si interface, high metal/Si contact resistance in source and drain regions, and absence of a quantitative model for ...
Electromagnetic Wave Scattering From Vegetation
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
This dissertation contains the theoretical study of microwave scattering from vegetated media and the development of microwave scattering models with applications to these media. A vegetation canopy may consist of deciduous ...