Electrical & Computer Engineering Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Automating the design of deep learning models using neural architecture search for medical image classification
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Designing Deep Learning (DL) models for medical image classification tasks poses significant challenges, demanding substantial expertise owing to the intricate nature and critical importance of the undertaking. Creating a ... -
The integration of multiple cardiovascular and pulmonary models into a single unified cardiopulmonary model
(North Dakota State University, 2024)There has been an increasing effort to employ cardiovascular (CV) and pulmonary models to assist in the study of disease, answer research questions, and study the effects of a medical treatment or device. To properly study ... -
Large spacecraft medium voltage DC (MVDC) power and propulsion system
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This thesis introduces a medium voltage direct-current (MVDC) system for large spacecrafts with megawatt (MW)-scale power and propulsion systems for interplanetary transport. The proposed MVDC system comprises a nuclear ... -
A far-field radio frequency experimental exposure system for yeast: creating a new standard
(North Dakota State University, 2024)This paper presents a framework for investigating the potential effects of radiofrequency (RF) exposure on gene expression and cellular processes. Utilizing Schizosaccharomyces Pombe (S. pombe) as a model organism and ... -
Using wing flap sounds to distinguish individual birds
(North Dakota State University, 2024)Ornithologist often need to recognize individual birds, but traditional invasive methods, such as capturing, marking, releasing, and recapturing of birds, have limitations. To overcome this, researchers use non-invasive ... -
Dc'sign of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Supercnpacitor Charging Circuits Using Optimized Duty-Cycle of Buck Converter
(North Dakota State University, 2009)Energy harvesting has been proved to be an innovative solution to replace the batteries in remote power supply applications. Unfortunately, the limited capacity aucl low efficiency of power conversion restrict the practical ... -
Refinementbased Verification of Elastic Pipelined System with Early Evaluation
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This thesis presents a formal verification procedure to check correctness of the synchronous elastic pipelined system that incorporates early evaluation against its synchronous parent system. Note that the goal of the ... -
Joint Compression and Encryption
(North Dakota State University, 2010)This research work proposes two techniques of joint compression and encryption using Shanon Fano Elias coding and Arithmetic coding respectively. The first scheme proposed is called Adaptive Shannon-Fano-Elias code where ... -
Hybrid Renewable Energy System with Wind Turbine and PV Panels
(North Dakota State University, 2010)In recent years, there has been increasing concern about the world's heavy dependence on fossil-based fuels and the pollution caused by such fuels. This has sparked an increased interest in the use of other renewable ... -
Verification of Synchronous Elastic Pipelined Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2010)The constant shrinking of technology has lead to several design challenges that the synchronous design paradigm is unable to cope with. Elastic design is a novel and promising design paradigm that overcomes many of these ... -
Phasor Measurement Unit Placements for Complete Observability using Linear-Time, Quadratic-Time, and Subquadratic-Time Heuristics
(North Dakota State University, 2010)A phasor measurement unit (PMU) is considered to have the potential to improve the efficiency of electric power systems by monitoring, control, and protection. Through measurements of all bus voltages, incoming and ... -
A Sensor System Designed for Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscope-based Coating Performance Evaluation
(North Dakota State University, 2010)One of the traditional methods for coating performance evaluation is using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The theory of using EIS to evaluate coating performance is to measure the coating impedance in a ... -
A New Printed Quasi-Landstorfor Antenna
(North Dakota State University, 2011)In this thesis, a new type of printed quasi-Landstorfer antenna is present ed. The proposed antenna utilizes parasitic radiators to realize a higher gain. The antc1ma is measured to have a resonant frequency of 2.45 GHz ... -
Impedances of a Cubical Quad Antenna
(North Dakota State University, 1965)Rectangular loop antennas and short electric dipoles are two of the oldest antennas in existence. In 1888, twenty years after Maxwell invented his famous Maxwell's equations, Hertz used these two antennas to prove ... -
Lithium Ionic Conductivity and Stability Of Cubic Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolyte A First-Principles Study
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Garnet structured cubic LLZO crystal (Li56La24Zr16O96) is one of the most promising solid electrolytes for next-generation solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations have been employed to ... -
Using Classification and Clustering to Predict and Understand Student Behavior in an Innovation-Based Learning Course
(North Dakota State University, 2020)One of the Grand Challenges for Engineering is advancing personalized learning, but challenges remain to identify and understand potential student pathways. This is especially difficult in complex, open-ended learning ... -
Extraction of Electromagnetic Properties of Metamaterials with Branch Compensation from Phase Tracking
(North Dakota State University, 2020)In the field of electromagnetism, there are materials known as metamaterials which exhibit unique properties that can be exploited. Permittivity, defined as capacitance per meter, of a metamaterial can vary over frequency ... -
Novel K2W7O22/Ti3C2 Nanocomposite-Based Sensor Device for Breath Acetone Analysis in Diabetic Patients
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Acetone in exhaled breath is gaining attention as a non-invasive means of quantifying blood glucose levels in Diabetics. This calls for development of novel biosensors for the detection of trace concentrations of acetone ... -
A Negative Dielectrophoresis Based Method of Detecting Pancreatic Cancer Antigen CA 242 in Serum
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Patients with pancreatic cancer in metastasis rarely survive, thus the need for diagnostic tools for early stage detection. Current techniques such as ELISA and SPR are complex and expensive and cannot detect cancer in its ... -
State-Space Randles Cell Model for Instrument Calibration
(North Dakota State University, 2020)It is desirable to calibrate electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) instrumentation using a Randles circuit. This presents a challenge as realistic loads, simulated by this circuit, contain theoretical components ...