Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Modeling, Parameter Estimation, and Navigation of Indoor Quadrotor Robots, Stephen C. Quebe
Improved Channel Probing for Secret Key Generation with Multiple Antenna Systems, Britton T. Quist
Interface Design and Synthesis for Structural Hybrid Microarchitectural Simulators, Zhuo Ruan
Polarization Diversity in the Presence of Multipath Propagation, Grant Taylor Wagner
An Investigation into Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) Using a Single-Channel Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Joseph W. Winkler
Liquid Core Waveguide Sensors with Single and Multi-Spot Excitation, Lynnell Uilani Wai Yee Zempoaltecatl
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Characterization and Preliminary Demonstration of Microcantilever Array Integrated Sensors, Ryan R. Anderson
Development of L-Band Down Converter Boards and Real-Time Digital Backend for Phased Array Feeds, Vikas Asthana
Extending the QuikSCAT Data Record with the Oceansat-2 Scatterometer, Joshua P. Bradley
Using Motion Fields to Estimate Video Utility and Detect GPS Spoofing, Brandon T. Carroll
Understanding Design Requirements for Building Reliable, Space-Based FPGA MGT Systems Based on Radiation Test Results, Kevin M. Ellsworth
Improved Methods for Phased Array Feed Beamforming in Single Dish Radio Astronomy, Michael James Elmer
Limited Resource Feature Detection, Description, and Matching, Spencer G. Fowers
Discrete-Time Implementation, Antenna Design, and MIMO for Near-Field Magnetic Induction Communications, Ronald Brett Gottula
Automatic Discovery and Exposition of Parallelism in Serial Applications for Compiler-Inserted Runtime Adaptation, David A. Greenland
Mitigation of Sea Ice Contamination in QuikSCAT Wind Retrieval, Weston Jay Hullinger
FPGA Floor-Planning Impact on Implementation Results, Jaren Tyler Lamprecht
Using Hard Macros to Accelerate FPGA Compilation for Xilinx FPGAs, Christopher Michael Lavin
Feature Construction Using Evolution-COnstructed Features for General Object Recognition, Kirt D. Lillywhite
Reliability Techniques for Data Communication and Storage in FPGA-Based Circuits, Yubo Li
Efficient Estimation for Small Multi-Rotor Air Vehicles Operating in Unknown, Indoor Environments, John Charles Macdonald
Developing a Guidance Law for a Small-Scale Controllable Projectile Using Backstepping and Adaptive Control Techniques and a Hardware System Implementation for a UAV and a UGV to Track a Moving Ground Target, Kevin Christopher Meier
Liquid Dielectric Spectroscopy and Protein Simulation, Brett Lee Mellor
Investigations of the Dry Snow Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet Using QuikSCAT, Kevin Randall Moon
Windowed Factorized Backprojection for Pulsed and LFM-CW Stripmap SAR, Kyra Michelle Moon
Functionalization of In-plane Photonic Microcantilever Arrays for Biosensing Applications, Stanley J. Ness
Electric Field Sensing in a Railgun Using Slab Coupled Optical Fiber Sensors, Jonathan Robert Noren
Real-Time Target Following Using an Unmanned Rotorcraft with a Laser Rangefinder, Bryce Sanders Pincock
Filtering Techniques for Pose Estimation with Applications to Unmanned Air Vehicles, Bryce Benson Ready
Sea Ice Mapping Using Enhanced Resolution Advanced Scatterometer Images, Steven Joseph Reeves
Hardware and Software Fault-Tolerance of Softcore Processors Implemented in SRAM-Based FPGAs, Nathaniel Hatley Rollins
Application of SeaWinds Scatterometer Data to the Study of Antarctic Icebergs, Keith Mitchell Stuart
Dynamic Modeling, Trajectory Generation and Tracking for Towed Cable Systems, Liang Sun
Smart Phone-based Indoor Guidance System for the Visually Impaired, Brandon Lee Taylor
Real-Time Stereo Vision for Resource Limited Systems, Beau J. Tippetts
A Design Basis for Composite Cascode Stages Operating in the Subthreshold/Weak Inversion Regions, Taylor Matt Waddel
Design and Polarimetric Calibration of Dual-Polarized Phased Array Feeds for Radio Astronomy, Taylor D. Webb
Low-Photoluminescence Hollow Waveguide Platforms for High-sensitivity Integrated Optical Sensors, Yue Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Increasing Design Productivity for FPGAs Through IP Reuse and Meta-Data Encapsulation, Adam T. Arnesen
Active Impedance Matching and Sensitivity Optimized Phased Array Feed Design For Radio Astronomy, David E. Carter
System Identification, State Estimation, and Control of Unmanned Aerial Robots, Caleb H. Chamberlain
Improved Stereo Vision Methods for FPGA-Based Computing Platforms, Wade S. Fife
XDL-Based Hard Macro Generator, Subhrashankha Ghosh
Automated Fixed-Point Analysis and Bit Width Selection in Digital Signal Processing Circuits Using Ptolemy, Derrick S. Gibelyou
Integration of Micropore and Nanopore Features with Optofluidic Waveguides for Single Particle Sensing, Matthew R. Holmes
On-Orbit FPGA SEU Mitigation and Measurement Experiments on the Cibola Flight Experiment Satellite, William A. Howes
Development of Single-Chip Silicon Photonic Microcantilever Arrays for Sensing Applications, Weisheng Hu
Advancements in the Solid-state Impact-ionization Multiplier (SIM) Through Theory, Simulation and Design, Michael S. Johnson
Fiber Optic Sensor Interrogation Advancements for Research and Industrial Use, Wesley Mont Kunzler
Development of an Experimental Phased-Array Feed System and Algorithms for Radio Astronomy, Jonathan Charles Landon
FPGA Communication Framework for Communication, Debugging, Testing, and Rapid Prototyping, Peter Andrew Lieber
A Correlation-Based Method to Detect Weak Dependence, Yabing Luo
A Wideband Precision Quadrature Phase Shifter, Steve T. Noall
FPGA Bootstrapping Using Partial Reconfiguration, Patrick Sutton Ostler
FM Demodulators in Software-Defined Radio Using FPGAs with Rapid Prototyping, Marc Anthony Padilla
Development of a Grond-Based High-Resolution 3D-SAR System for Studying the Microwave Scattering Characteristics of Trees, Justin Frank Penner
Tailoring the Spectral Transmission of Optofluidic Waveguides, Brian S. Phillips
Analysis and Mitigation of SEU-induced Noise in FPGA-based DSP Systems, Brian Hogan Pratt
The Pulled-Macro-Dataflow Model: An Execution Model for Multicore Shared-Memory Computers, Daniel Joseph Richins
Bearing-Only Cooperative-Localization and Path-Planning of Ground and Aerial Robots, Rajnikant Sharma
Magnetic Field Sensing with Slab Coupled Optical Fiber Sensors, Bryson J. Shreeve
A High-Gain, Low-Power CMOS Operational Amplifier Using Composite Cascode Stage in the Subthreshold Region, Rishi Pratap Singh
Multi-year Arctic Sea Ice Classification Using QuikSCAT, Aaron M. Swan
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Frequency Response and Gain Enhancement of Solid-State Impact-Ionization Multipliers (SIMs), Joshua L. Beutler
Secret Key Establishment Using Wireless Channels as Common Randomness in Time-Variant MIMO Systems, Chan Chen
An Onboard Vision System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Guidance, Barrett Bruce Edwards
Scatterometer Image Reconstruction Tuning and Aperture Function Estimation for Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on the Earth Observing System, Brian Adam Gunn
Thin Film Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices, Mark Noble Hamblin
EIT, Slow light, and Sealing Methods for Embedding Rubidium into the ARROW System, Katherine Barnett Hurd
Synchronization Voter Insertion Algorithms for FPGA Designs Using Triple Modular Redundancy, Jonathan Mark Johnson
Low-Loss Hollow Waveguide Platforms for Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Evan J. Lunt
Multi-Aperture Coherent Change Detection and Interferometry for Synthetic Aperture Radar, David D. Madsen
Design Method for Optimized Wideband Iterative Differential Amplifier in MOS Technology, Steven L. Minch
Scatterometer Contamination Mitigation, Michael Paul Owen
Design and Feasibility Testing for a Ground-based, Three-dimensional, Ultra-high-resolution, Synthetic Aperture Radar to Image Snowpacks, Stephen Joseph Preston
Automatic Identification and Tracking of Retraction Fibers in Time-Lapse Microscopy, Meher Talat Shaikh
Impedance Imaging and Measurements by Micro Probes in Aqueous Environments, Tao Shang
Wireless Sensor Network Approach to Aeronautical Telemetry, Oluwasegun Babatunde Tinubi
Signal Processing Methods for Ultra-High Resolution Scatterometry, Brent A. Williams
MIMO Channel Spatial Covariance Estimation: Analysis Using a Closed-Form Model, Yanling Yang
Generalized Image Formation for Pulsed and LFM-CW Synthetic Aperture Radar, Evan C. Zaugg
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
An Optical Flow Implementation Comparison Study, John M. Bodily
Decentralized Estimation Using Information Consensus Filters with a Multi-static UAV Radar Tracking System, David W. Casbeer
Offset QPSK in SISO and MIMO Environments, Xiaoyu Dang
Design of a Continuous-Wave Synthetic Aperture Radar System with Analog Dechirp, Matthew C. Edwards
Near-Optimal Antenna Design for Multiple Antenna Systems, Daniel N. Evans
Slab-Coupled Optical Fiber Sensors for Electric Field Sensing Applications, Richard S. Gibson
Construction of Large Geo-Referenced Mosaics from MAV Video and Telemetry Data, Benjamin Kurt Heiner
Improving Accuracy in Microwave Radiometry via Probability and Inverse Problem Theory, Derek Lavell Hudson
A System Level Approach to D-Fiber Electric Field Sensing, Joshua Monroe Kvavle
Design and Analysis of a Dual-Mode Cascaded-Loop Frequency Synthesizer, Xiongliang Lai
Studies on the Performance and Impact of Channel Estimation in MIMO and OFDM Systems, Michael David Larsen
In-Plane, All-Photonic Transduction Method for Silicon Photonic Microcantilever Array Sensors, Jong Wook Noh
Real-Time Carrier Frequency Estimation Using Disjoint Pilot Symbol Blocks, Joseph M. Palmer
Low Cost/ High Precision Flight Dynamics Estimation Using the Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter, Trevor H. Paulsen
Compact Trench Based Bend and Splitter Devices for Silicon-on-Insulator Rib Waveguides, Yusheng Qian
An Internal Representation for Adaptive Online Parallelization, Koy D. Rehme