With the current state of legacy military avionic systems reaching its ceiling in memory space, processing power, and data-bus through-put (bandwidth), a need has arisen to maximize its limited resources to avoid extensive ...
One of the most interesting applications of a new field of mathematics called dynamic equations on time scales is the modeling, analysis and design of distributed control networks. This thesis documents the development ...
A new method for tomographic imaging using time delay of microwaves as they pass through objects of varying dielectric is presented. To obtain this delay measurement, recording of transmitted waveforms is performed when ...
The Field Programmable Gate Array's (FPGA) constant growth in computing power has given embedded system developers a choice to replace their current processors with a FPGA. However, most systems continue to use the original ...
A new method for the determination of complex permittivity values is explained. The Waveguide-Cutoff method consists of a rectangular chamber with loop antennas for excitation from a Vector Network Analyzer. It then ...
Microwave sensors are becoming more prevalent throughout a variety of
industries. While providing an effective form of measurement, microwave sensors are
difficult to calibrate and provide results which can be difficult ...
Dynamic equations on time scales comprise an exciting new area of research in
mathematics which promises applications in many areas, particularly control theory.
This thesis describes the design and implementation of a ...
Non-invasive measuring techniques for determining biological parameters are more heavily researched with the growth of the biomedical industry. One of the top areas in non-invasive research deals with diabetes. This ...
The goal of this thesis is to evaluate the Processor Designer family of tools from CoWare, Inc. Processor Designer uses the L.I.S.A. 2.0 (Language for Instruction Set Architecture) language. The evaluation is being ...
Impulse C is a C-to-HDL compiler from Impulse Accelerated Technology that facilitates the introduction of software programmers, mathematicians, and scientists, into the realm of FPGA-based algorithm development for high-speed ...
This thesis focuses on the bandwidth limitations faced by the legacy MIL-STD-1553 data bus. In order to improve bandwidth performance, lossless implementations of data compression routines have been proposed. Using data ...
Estimating abundance fractions of materials in hyperspectral images is an important area of study in the field of remote sensing. The need for liner unmixing in remotely sensed imagery arises from the fact that the sampling ...
Two ways to improve algorithm performance in hardware are increasing the speed of each operation, or performing multiple operations simultaneously. However, the percent speed-up for the latter depends upon not only system ...
Thin films composed of single-walled carbon nanotubes, enjoy very high thermal and electrical conductivities, well beyond that of polymer matrix composites, and are very light in weight. Before these materials can experience ...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate signal processing algorithms that allow multiple moving receivers to locate a stationary emitter. This problem has received considerable attention over the past 50 years, yet ...
This thesis investigates the tradeoffs associated with typical communication system designs for packetized wireless transmission systems. Communication system design requires judicious selection of source data rate, data ...
Large groups of autonomous agents, or swarms, can exhibit complex emergent behaviors that are difficult to predict and characterize from their low-level interactions. These emergent behaviors can have hidden implications ...
In today’s power grid, the penetration of wind energy has been increasing.
Meanwhile, many relevant issues have been explored. Among them, a novel active
power control strategy named load-following has been given attention ...
Characterizing the frequency response of a material or device over microwave frequencies is a common practice for an RF engineer. New industrial and consumer applications are being developed based on the measurement of the ...
This thesis presents the model of a power conditioning system (PCS) for the
hybrid direct fuel-cell with turbine (DFC/T) power plant. It regulates voltage, current and
power transmitted from the hybrid DFC/T power plant ...