Browsing Theses and Dissertations(library) by Author "Davoudi, Ali"

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    • ACCELERATED AGING OF A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY PROTOTYPE 

      Hibbard, Michael J (2018-12-13)
      The LVPS (Low Voltage Power Supply) is a switching power supply custom designed for the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Switzerland. Over one thousand of these LVPS, also called ’bricks’, will ...

    • Accelerated Simulation Of Supercapacitors Using Order Reduction Techniques And Waveform Relaxation Methods 

      Cingoz, Fatih (Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
      Supercapacitors are promising energy storage devices due to their capability to deliver high peak current and to capture a huge amount of energy in a short time with very low internal power loss. They are candidate component ...

    • COMMUNICATION-COGNIZANT CONTROL OF MICROGRIDS 

      Shankar Abhinav, Fnu; 0000-0001-8630-5398 (2017-08-10)
      The increased integration of power electronic devices, advanced software-based controllers, and communication networks has transformed the microgrid from a simple physical system into a cyber-physical system. In this work, ...

    • Distributed Cooperative Control Of Ac Microgrids 

      Bidram, Ali (Electrical Engineering, 2014-09-17)
      In this dissertation, the comprehensive secondary control of electric power microgrids is of concern. Microgrid technical challenges are mainly realized through the hierarchical control structure, including primary, ...

    • Distributed Resilient Control of Multi-agent Systems with Applications to Microgrids 

      Zuo, Shan (2020-08-03)
      Distributed cooperative control of multi-agent systems (MAS) has been an active research area over the last few decades. Distributed cooperative controller is locally designed using the neighborhood relative information. ...

    • Formal Verification of DC Distribution Networks 

      Beg, Omar Ali; 0000-0002-5353-7616 (2017-08-10)
      Power electronics-intensive DC distribution networks are emerging as popular alternative to their AC counterparts being more efficient and reliable power delivery platforms. With the recent evolution of control methodology ...

    • HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION METHODS FOR EMERGING POWER SYSTEMS 

      Altun, Tuncay; 0000-0003-1499-3384 (2020-07-31)
      This dissertation investigates the applications of high performance optimization techniques for emerging power systems with augmented power electronics devices. One of the main sources of complexity in the analysis of power ...

    • IMPLEMENTATION OF A JAVA PROCESSOR ON A FPGA 

      Joshi, Omkar (2016-12-08)
      Java, a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1991, now managed by Oracle, has become one of the most popular computer languages for application development. This popularity can be credited to Java being ...

    • Learning and control for complex multiagent systems 

      Donge, Vrushabh S; 0000-0003-0606-2803 (2023-12-06)
      **Please note that the full text is embargoed until 02/01/2025** Complex multiagent systems (MASs) are pervasive in various fields, from power system networks, and autonomous robotics to traffic management, where groups ...

    • MACROMODELING AND ACCELERATED SIMULATIONS OF ELECTRIC MACHINES 

      Yadav, Ajay Pratap (2021-08-02)
      Electric machines are the most important element in the power grid. Given its centennial legacy and the rise of electric vehicles and distributed energy resources, it is imperative to bring new technologies into this area. ...

    • Multiport DC Energy Conversion Systems 

      Behjati, Hamid (Electrical Engineering, 2014-03-12)
      Sustainable energy sources and power electronic systems for utilizing such energy sources are becoming indispensible components of the modern power grid. The ability of multiport converters to mitigate the intermittency ...

    • NANOPORE BIOSENSORS FOR MOLECULAR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS 

      Raza, Muhammad Usman; 0000-0003-4276-5573 (2018-05-17)
      Nanoscale fabrication techniques have led the march towards a new class of biosensors that were not possible to build in the past due to technological limitations. These molecular nanosensors can have biochemical, ...

    • Revisiting Control Establishments For Emerging Energy Hubs 

      Nasirian, Vahidreza
      Emerging small-scale energy systems, i.e., microgrids and smartgrids, rely on centralized controllers for voltage regulation, load sharing, and economic dispatch. However, the central controller is a single-point-of-failure ...

    • Time Invariant Modeling Of Higher Order DC-DC Converters 

      Niu, Lei (Electrical Engineering, 2012-07-25)
      A time invariant modeling technique is proposed for higher order dc-dc converters, including Cuk, SEPIC, and Zeta converters. This thesis also investigates some issues involved in applying existing averaging techniques ...