Electrical & Computer Engineering: Recent submissions
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Viewer-Aware Intelligent Mobile Video System for Prolonged Battery Life
(North Dakota State University, 2017)In the modern society, mobile is gradually going to become all about video streaming. The main reasons of video growth are mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets which enable people to have access to videos they ... -
Highly Sensitive Room Temperature Sensor Based on Nanostructured K2W7O22 for Diagnosis Diabetes
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Diabetes is one of the most rapidly-growing chronic diseases in the world. Acetone, a volatile organic compound in exhaled breath, shows a correlation with blood glucose and has proven to be a biomarker for type-1 diabetes. ... -
Formal Verification Methodology for Asynchronous Sleep Convention Logic Circuits Based on Equivalence Verification
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Sleep Convention Logic (SCL) is an emerging ultra-low power Quasi-Delay Insensitive (QDI) asynchronous design paradigm with enormous potential for industrial applications. Design validation is a critical concern before ... -
Embracing Visual Experience and Data Knowledge: Efficient Embedded Memory Design for Big Videos and Deep Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Energy efficient memory designs are becoming increasingly important, especially for applications related to mobile video technology and machine learning. The growing popularity of smart phones, tablets and other mobile ... -
The Design and Analysis of a Microstrip Line Which Utilizes Capacitive Gaps and Magnetic Responsive Particles to Vary the Reactance of the Surface Impedance
(North Dakota State University, 2019)This thesis presents the work of using magnetic responsive particles as a method to manipulate the surface impedance reactance of a microstrip line containing uniform capacitive gaps and cavities containing the particles. ... -
Weak Power Grid Analysis for Renewable Energy Sources Integration
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Weakness analysis based on grid strength assessment is useful for identifying potential weak grid issues. However, when taking into account the impact of the interactions among Renewable Energy Sources (RESs), the weakness ... -
Timed Refinement for Verification of Real-Time Object Code Programs
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Real-time systems such as medical devices, surgical robots, and microprocessors are safety-critical applications that have hard timing constraint. The correctness of real-time systems is important as the failure may ... -
A New Generation of Particle-Based Radio Frequency (RF) Switches for Portable and High-Frequency Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Reconfigurable and tunable designs which provide multi-functionality are highly desirable in wireless communication systems. Amongst different methodologies to design RF switching, a directly connected biasing circuitry ... -
Contextualization in Large-Scale Social Networks
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Social computing-based applications provide a coherent medium through which people can be interactive and socialize by developing a Web-based communication channel that integrates different Social Networking Services (SNSs) ... -
Intelligent Efficient On-Chip Memory for Mobile Video Streaming
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The growing popularity of powerful mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet devices has resulted in the exponential growth of demand for video applications. User experience and battery life are both crucial topics ... -
A Novel Batteryless Pacemaker: Design, Development, and In Vivo Study in an Ovine Model
(North Dakota State University, 2017)A standard pacemaker can improve a patient's quality of life and may even prolong it, but conventional pacemakers contain leads and batteries, which have their own complications. Hence, the need for a pacemaker with leadless ... -
Formal Modeling and Verification Methodologies for Quasi-Delay Insensitive Asynchronous Circuits
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Pre-Charge Half Buffers (PCHB) and NULL convention Logic (NCL) are two major commercially successful Quasi-Delay Insensitive (QDI) asynchronous paradigms, which are known for their low-power performance and inherent ... -
Implementation of Low Cost, High-Throughput and High Sensitive Biomarker Detection Technique in Serum/Plasma Samples by Integrating Dielectrophoresis and Fluorescence Based Platform
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Low-cost, highly-sensitivity, and minimally invasive tests for the detection and monitoring of life-threatening cancers can reduce the worldwide disease burden. The disease diagnosis community is constantly working to ... -
An Autonomous Reconfigurable Antenna
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Today’s wireless communications involve more antenna capabilities while occupying the same amount of space. Antennas are able to operate at multiple frequencies [1]-[2], change polarizations [6], have selectable radiation ... -
A Dual-Band Antenna Enabled Using a Complimentory Split Ring Resonator (CSRR) Placed in the Ground Plane
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The microstrip patch antenna is regarded as one of the key components for compact, low cost RF communications and wireless power techniques. In some instances, there are requirements that a system communicate on a different ... -
Thermo-Mechanical Selective Laser Assisted Die Transfer
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) techniques show promise as a disruptive technology which will enable the placement of components smaller than what conventional pick-and-place techniques are capable of today. Limitations ... -
Intelligent and Efficient Embedded Video Memory Design in the Era of Big Data
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The growing popularity of smart phones, tablets, and other mobile devices has created an exponential demand for video applications in today’s society. Mobile device users want their devices to achieve a long battery lifetime ... -
The Effects of Spatial and Temporal Properties on a Viscoelastic Model of the Dyssynchronous Canine Heart
(North Dakota State University, 2011)In this study, lumped parameter cardiovascular modeling has been used to understand the influence of muscle properties on mechanical dyssynchrony (MD) as well as general muscle dynamics. Incorporating viscous influence ... -
Minimum Entropy Generation in the Cardiovascular System
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This study was performed under the motivation to find a scheme that could describe the complex behavior of cardiovascular homeostasis. This is hypothesized to be manifested in a thermodynamic description of the cardiovascular ... -
Design of a Reconfigurable Pulsed Quad-Cell for Cellular-Automata-Based Conformal Computing
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This paper presents the design of a reconfigurable asynchronous unit, called the pulsed quad-cell (PQ-cell), for conformal computing. The conformal computing vision is to create computational materials that can conform to ...