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Miniature Wireless Gastrostimulator
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-03-10)
Gastroparesis is a common disorder caused to patients suffering from diabetes, cancer and Parkinson's disease. Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has attracted significant attention in the treatment for Gastroparesis. ...
A pH Sensor Based On A Flexible Substrate
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-03-10)
pH sensor is an essential component used in many chemical, food, and bio-material industries. Conventional glass electrodes have been used to construct pH sensors, however, have some disadvantages. Glass electrodes are ...
Physiological Telemetric Sensing Systems For Medical Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
A batteryless, wireless, sensing system, suitable for biomedical applications, was studied in this dissertation. The sensing system contains a reader and a transponder and the working principle is based on passive RFID ...
A Microfluidic Platform To Study Cell Migration
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Migration of cancer cells from the primary organ to distant sites is critical to the development of malignant metastasis. This is partly dependant on the various chemical factors present in the blood serum. Cell motility ...
The Self-heating Effects Of Bipolar Juction Transistors On The Functionality Of A Current Feedback Amplifier
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)
Self-heating effects strongly affect the performance of modern silicon-on-insulator (SOI) bipolar junction transistors. This research work does an extensive analysis of self-heating effects on large-signal behavior, ...
The PMU-based Parameter Identification For Synchronous Generator Dynamic Model
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Power systems have become more complex and are found to be consistently operating closer to their stability limits under the deregulated environment. Power system dynamic simulation, which provides significant insight into ...
Dynamic System Reduction And Fault Location Identification Using Synchrophasors
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
The advent of the synchronized phasor measurement units' technology allow for new applications to the power systems and improvement of existing applications. This dissertation presents a new method for synchrophasor-assisted ...
Reliability Unit Commitment In ERCOT Nodal Market
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-07-22)
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is the independent system operator (ISO) that ensures a reliable electric grid and efficient electricity markets in the ERCOT region. ERCOT has successfully transited from ...
Wireless Health Monitoring And Improvement System For Wind Turbines
(Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-11)
Wind power has become the world's fastest growing renewable energy resource. The world-wide wind power installed capacity has exceeded 120 GW. The United States has set a target of 20% wind-based electricity generation, ...
Multistep Second Order Training For The Multilayer Perceptron
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-07-22)
Training a feedforward multilayer perceptron (MLP) requires obtaining train- ing data and solving a non-convex optimization problem to calculate the network's weights. Various problems can arise during training that ...