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Spring 2016

Shoniker, Michael

As Moore's Law continues to drive the advancement of new complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology generations toward feature sizes in the sub 10 nm regime, the role of process, voltage and temperature (PVT) variations have become increasingly important when designing integrated...

Fall 2012

Milasi, Rasoul M.

Over the past decade improvements in semiconductor technology have led to faster power electronic switches with higher ratings. These devices have been used to improve the performance of various power converter systems. In particular, the Voltage Source Converter (VSC) has been widely used in...

Fall 2009

Fouladi Fard, Saeed

The accurate simulation of wireless channels is important since it permits the realistic and repeatable performance measurement of wireless systems. While software simulation is a flexible method for testing hardware models, its long-running simulation time can be prohibitive in many scenarios....

Spring 2014

Martinez-Quijada, Jose

The lab-on-chip (LOC) technology could transform and greatly enhance the health care system by making genetic diagnosis tests fast, accurate and readily accessible. However, most LOC systems are not prepared to resist variations of their external environment, as they depend upon many...

Spring 2015

Smith, Brendan S

Fault detection methods have become an important tool in the prevention of safety and reliability issues for industrial rotating machines. Faults in these machines often develop progressively and are not easily observed under operating conditions until severe damage has occurred and further...

Fall 2016

Waine, Michael

Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancers in North American males, afflicting one in eight men over the course of their lifetime. Fortunately, early-stage prostate cancer has a wide variety of treatment options. One such option, permanent prostate brachytherapy, has been...