• Magnetics-based antennas 

  Lee, Woncheol (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Recently, compact and multi-functional wireless mobile devices have been highly demanded. Therefore, miniaturization of radio-frequency (RF) components, including antennas, is essential. Regarding wireless charging networks ...
• A novel demand response mechanism in smart community with learning-based neural network modeling 

  Lin, Bo (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  This thesis investigates how to develop a learning-based demand response mechanism for a novel smart community that can minimize the energy cost both for the smart community system operator and for the residents while ...
• Building practical apertureless scanning near-field microscopy 

  Gungordu, Muhammed Zeki (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The fundamental objective of this study is to establish a functional, practical apertureless type scanning near-field optical microscope, and to figure out the working mechanism behind it. Whereas a far-field microscope ...
• Methods of patterning magnetic thin films with block copolymer templating 

  Owen, Allen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Increasing the areal density of magnetic hard disk drives has drawn considerable research interest in the last several years. Industry expects that the upper limit of areal density of current granular media storage methods ...
• Electro-thermal circuit modeling in atomic clock mechanical structures 

  Miskell, Kyle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  As electrical and electronics engineers have striven to create more energy-dense and efficient designs, thermal non-idealities have risen to the forefront of such design endeavors as impediments to miniaturizing and ...
• A multi-interface based virtual reality platform for training and evaluation purpose 

  Patil, Yogendra (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Development of Virtual Reality (VR) applications is no doubt gaining momentum and is soon to be the next big thing, similar to what we saw with personal computers and smartphones. One that has already began to gain momentum ...
• Method for patterning poly(acrylic acid) sacrifical layers for use in solder-based self-assembly 

  Smith, Connor Shane (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Solder-based self-assembly is a method for micromachining three-dimensional structures on silicon. This process has been used for educational purposes due to the significant experience gained by students interested in ...
• Spice modeling and simulation of silicon-carbide power modules 

  Nelson, Blake Whitmore (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The design of power converters relies on computer modeling to accurately predict system electrical and thermal behavior prior to implementation. In the field of wide bandgap semiconductors, the extraordinarily high switching ...
• Intelligent wireless multi-beam directional routing with software-defined network implementation 

  Bao, Ke (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have drawn lots of attention in the past decades due to its scalability, robustness, and flexibility. However, the performance of WMNs is still limited by the wireless bandwidth, radio frequency ...
• Modeling and process-structure-property-performance study of perovskite solar cells 

  Shaik, Shoieb (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  This dissertation study mainly falls into two parts: simulation study and experimental investigation of the process-structure-property-performance relationship in perovskite solar cells. Herein, a controllable fabrication ...
• Optimization of materials and interfaces for spintronic devices 

  Clark, Billy D. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  In recent years' Spintronic devices have drawn a significant amount of research attention. This interest comes in large part from their ability to enable interesting and new technology such as Spin Torque Transfer Random ...
• Semiconductor nanowires: towards enhanced terahertz sources 

  Balci, Soner (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  The main objective of this work is achieving efficient electromagnetic radiation in terahertz (THz) frequency region by utilizing semiconductor nanowires due to advantages attributed to their one-dimensional structure, and ...
• Development and validation of an insole based wearable system for gait and activity monitoring 

  Hegde, Nagaraj (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

  Footwear based wearable sensors are used in applications such as activity monitoring, gait analysis, post-stroke rehabilitation, body weight measurements, and energy expenditure estimation. Such wearable sensors typically ...
• High-density high-efficiency power magnetics 

  Dang, Zhigang (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  This dissertation presents several concepts and techniques in order to (1) increase the inductance density and power density of power inductors (PIs) with high power efficiency and (2) achieve magnetically coupled wireless ...
• Terahertz metamaterials: towards sensing and communications 

  Parvinnezhad Hokmabadi, Mohammad (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Metamaterials, arrays of subwavelength resonant building blocks, have been the focus of growing interest for both fundamental research and practical applications. These electromagnetic structures are very promising in ...
• A wearable sensor system for automatic detection, characterization and modification of eating behaviour 

  Farooq, Muhammad (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Food intake is the main source of energy and nutrients required to maintain life. The study of food intake patterns and ingestive behavior is critical to human health, as inadequate or excessive energy intake may result ...
• Control and power management schemes for distributed and battery powered systems 

  Huang, Wangxin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Battery systems are widely used in many applications including portable electronics, EVs/HEVs, and distributed smart power grids. In addition to battery technologies, the battery management system (BMS) plays a critical ...
• Iwear - intelligent wearable sensor systems for disability rehabilitation 

  Zhang, Ting (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

  Wearable sensor-based healthcare systems have drawn a lot of attention from the scientific community and the industry during the past several years. As the healthcare cost is increasing and the population is aging, ...
• Neural network vector control applications in power system and machine drives 

  Fu, Xingang (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  The research investigates how to develop novel neural network vector control technology for Electric Power and Energy System Applications including grid-connected converters (GCC) and Electric Machines to overcome the ...
• Input voltage ripple based sensorless current sharing auto-tuning controller for multiphase DC-DC converters 

  Huang, Wangxin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

  Multiphase power converter topology has been widely adopted for Point-of-Load (PoL) converter application. To achieve a high-performance multiphase converter design, several design considerations must be taken into account ...

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