Electrical & Computer Engineering Doctoral Work: Recent submissions
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Resilient Monitoring and Robust Control towards Blackout Prevention in Modern Power Grids
(North Dakota State University, 2020)This dissertation embodies a comprehensive approach towards resilient monitoring of frid events using Structure Preserving Energy Functions (SPEFs) and introduces a novel control architecture in Multi Terminal Direct Current ... -
Intelligent Energy-Efficient Storage System for Big-Data Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) is a critical component in mobile video processing systems. Because of the large video data size, the memory is frequently accessed, which dominates the power consumption and limits battery ... -
High Performance Static Random Access Memory Design for Emerging Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Memory wall is becoming a more and more serious bottleneck of the processing speed of microprocessors. The mismatch between CPUs and memories has been increasing since three decades ago. SRAM was introduced as the bridge ... -
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 result ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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) ... -
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 ... -
Cardiac Output Improvement in Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSDs) have gained widespread clinical acceptance as an effective heart failure (HF) therapy. The concept of harnessing the kinetic energy (KE) available in the forward aortic flow ... -
Cloud Based Recommendation Services for Healthcare
(North Dakota State University, 2016)With the inception of portable computing devices, enormous growth in the healthcare data over the Internet has been observed. Consequently, the Web based systems come across several challenges, such as storage, availability, ... -
Equivalence Verification for NULL Convention Logic and Latency-Insensitive Circuits
(North Dakota State University, 2016)NULL convention logic and latency-insensitive circuits are delay-tolerant circuits that can be synthesized from a synchronous speci cation. These design paradigms can use existing CAD ows to implement circuits that are ... -
Analysis of Secrecy in Multi-User Wireless Network
(North Dakota State University, 2018)We consider an Ergodic Fading Broadcast Channel with one Legitimate receiver and one Eavesdropper (BCoLoE) having arbitrary fading statistics, where the instantaneous Channel State Information (CSI) are known only at the ... -
Characterization of a Structure Consisting of Magnetostatic Responsive Microscopic Particles and Its Applications In Antennas
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Wireless communication systems often require that a single antenna work at different frequencies. Thus the recon gurable antennas are useful in frequency agile environments to receive a signal over multiple bands. Research ... -
Energy Efficient Resource Scheduling Methodologies for Cluster and Cloud Computing
(North Dakota State University, 2015)One of the major challenges in the High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters, Data Centers, and Cloud Computing paradigms is intelligent power management to improve energy efficiency. The key contribution of the presented ... -
Power System Stability Enhancement through Data Center Ancillary Services
(North Dakota State University, 2015)The primary objective of a control system is stability and steady-state performance under varying dynamics, such as faults and disturbances. The stable power system should continue to function properly in case of faults ... -
Nonlinear Compensation in Optical Communications Systems using the Nonlinear Fourier Transform
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Nonlinear effects in optical fibers impose a capacity limit for optical communication systems. In this dissertation, the nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) is investigated as a method to mitigate and compensate for those ... -
Metamaterial-Inspired Reconfigurable Series-Fed Arrays
(North Dakota State University, 2014)One of the biggest challenges in modern day wireless communication systems is to attain agility and provide more degrees of freedom in parameters such as frequency, radiation pattern and polarization. Existing phased array ...