Browsing Theses and Dissertations(library) by Author "Chiao, Jung-Chih"
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Applications Of Ultra Wideband
Wei, Liang-An (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Ultra wideband (UWB) is a new wireless communication system. It utilizes transmission signal at wide bandwidths. With wider bandwidth, it can provide for new useful applications. The first chapter in this thesis discusses ... -
Behavioural Analysis Of Thermal Actuator Made Up Of Metals Like Titanium, Stainless Steel And Brass
Thangamani Balasubramanian, Praveen Balaji (Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)Out of the various MEMS actuators, thermal actuators are easy to realize and creates more force by consuming less power compared with other types of MEMS based actuators [2]-[4].Conventional thermal actuators are made up ... -
Characterization Of Flexible Antennas For Wirelessly Powering Medical Implants
Ahmed Muneer, Safwan (Electrical Engineering, 2013-03-20)To minimize the trouble experienced by the patient in undergoing invasive surgeries to replace non rechargeable batteries that are used to power body implants inside, medical experts and engineers are emphasizing on making ... -
COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METALS AS ELECTRODES FOR A FLEXIBLE MICRO pH SENSOR
Kota, Pavan Kumar; 0000-0002-1217-9023 (2016-05-10)pH can be explained in general terms as a numerical scale used to state the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Keeping track of pH is very useful in many applications like medicine, civil engineering, chemical ... -
The Design And Analysis Of Optical Scanners For Optical Coherence Tomography
Dhaubanjar, Naresh (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)A miniature fiber optic scanner capable of two-dimensional scanning for medical imaging is designed and developed. The scanner is actuated externally using an electromagnet. Nickel gel, a soft ferromagnetic material, is ... -
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXIBLE MEMS-BASED pH SENSOR FOR AGRICULTURAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Pawar, Shardul Sonu; 0000-0002-8574-1304 (2018-12-05)The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a novel method of using a flexible MEMS-based pH sensor for agricultural and biomedical applications. The first part of the thesis involves demonstration of the capability of our ... -
Design And Fabrication Of Iridium Oxide-based Multi-electrode Array For Biomedical Applications
Nguyen, Cuong ManhMulti-electrode array (MEA) has emerged as one of the most important and common tools to monitor physiological and biological signals. Advanced micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and innovative nanofabrication ... -
Design, Fabrication And Assembly Of 3-D Microstructures
Zhang, Ping (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)The primary goal of a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) is to integrate electronics, sensors and actuators into a tiny system, which can be easily fabricated and packaged. Currently there is no standard process for ... -
Development And Applications Of Laser Micromachined Inter-digitated Capacitive Strain Sensors
Thakar, Shreyas Kiran (Electrical Engineering, 2011-10-11)Reliable strain measurement plays a very important role in the damage detection of the mechanical and civil structures. It can also have a significant contribution in assisting the proper functioning of human body and ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORMS USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES
Bellah, Md Motasim (University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2015-05)Mortality rate of cancer has not significantly dropped over the past six decades because there is no effective tool for early detection. Likewise, mortality rate of cardiovascular (CV) disease remains alarming due to the ... -
Development Of SU-8 And PDMS Miniatured Boats And Flotillas
Li, Hao (Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)In this work, we developed miniaturized SU-8 and PDMS miniaturized boats and flotillas, and explored their designs, fabrication, actuation, motions and driving mechanisms. Like large-scale boats and flotillas, these ... -
Electromagnetically Actuated Devices For Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
Hu, Hans P. (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)A fast optical scanning device has always been desired for numerous applications such as biomedical imaging, optical communications, and variety of sensing and actuating applications. This dissertation presents a new ... -
Embedded And RF Powered Implantable Medical Device For Gastric Electrical Stimulation (GES)
Ravi, Guru MoorthyGastric electrical stimulation (GES) has attracted significant attention in the treatment for Gastroparesis-a common disorder caused in patients suffering from diabetes, cancer and Parkinson's disease. Symptoms include ... -
Embedded System For Monitoring Human Activities Using 3-axis Accelerometer
Yamana, Himabindu (Electrical Engineering, 2008-04-22)The last decade has witnessed a surge of interest in new sensing and monitoring devices for health care. In several medical and non-medical applications it is necessary to measure the human activities. Detection and ... -
Evaluation And Applications Of Gas Sensors
Cao, Hung Viet (Electrical Engineering, 2007-09-17)Gas sensors are used widely for environmental and biomedical uses. This work focuses on verifying specifications of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) gas sensors and their particular applications. The first chapter in this ... -
Fabrication and modification of implantable micro-probes for neuro-studies
Cao, Hung Viet (2014-09-17)In this work, different types of implantable probes fabricated on Si and polyimide substrates for sensing neurotransmitters, recording extracellular action potentials and stimulating the neurons have been developed. Several ... -
Fiber Optic Scanner Using Electromagnetic Actuation With Different Ferromagnetic Materials
Phuyal, Pratibha C (Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)A fiber optic scanner capable of scanning medical imaging actuated by an external magnetic field is designed and characterized using different magnetized and non magnetized ferromagnetic materials. Cobalt, Iron, Nickel, ... -
FLEXIBLE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS BASED ON IRIDIUM OXIDE FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Yang, Xuesong (2019-08-16)Considering the disadvantages of the costly, laborious, and time-consuming traditional clinical analyses, there is a tendency of developing non-hospital point-of-care which allows patients to monitor their health conditions ... -
FLEXIBLE pH SENSOR FOR SMART SENSING
Chawang, Khengdauliu (2019-11-15)pH level of biofluid is crucial in understanding physiological health. Commercial glass electrode pH sensors are bulky and cannot provide real time data. In this study, a novel miniature pH sensor capable of continuous ... -
MEMS Based Wireless Sensing And Therapeutic Systems For Biomedical Applications
Pandojirao-Sunkojirao, Praveen (Electrical Engineering, 2012-04-20)Miniaturized devices in vivo for accurate diagnosis and prognosis in therapy to detect various physiological parameters inside human body have been a goal for efficient healthcare. In this perspective, microelectromechanical ...