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A single-phase half-bridge current source inverter (CSI) topology with reduced power semiconductor count for grid-connected applications
(2022-12-21)
This thesis proposes a new single-phase Current Source Inverter (CSI) topology for grid-connected application. This new topology aims to increase the lifetime and the reliability of an inverter by eliminating input ...
Repeated auction mechanisms for multi-access edge computing
(2022-12-16)
Mobile edge computing (MEC) is one of the promising technologies that ensures high data rate and ultra low service latency with the computational capabilities at the edge of 5G wireless/cellular networks and beyond. Due ...
Investigation of a flexible printed circuit board MEMS electrostatic field sensor
(2023-01-04)
This thesis details a novel variation on a previous MEMS electrostatic field sensor by the application of a new material and fabrication method. Electrostatic field sensors are required that can operate in industrial or ...
Kalman filtering beyond Gaussian innovation processes
(2022-12)
Estimating time-varying signals becomes particularly challenging under non Gaussian innovation processes such as sparse and rapidly time-varying noise dynamics. In this thesis, by building upon the recent progress in the ...
Classifying SARS-CoV-2 and common respiratory viruses from genome assemblies
(2022-12-13)
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing has widespread use in the systematic identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains. However, another approach for identifying the SARS-CoV-2 ...
Signal parameter estimation of damped sinusoidal waveforms using deep learning
(2022-12-21)
Sinusoids and damped signals are a fundamental part of different engineering fields. Analysis of these signals to give an accurate estimation of certain parameters such as frequency, damping factor, and phase angle is ...
Design and implementation of a thermal hardware-in-the-loop (THIL) platform for evaluating physical cooling systems in real-time simulation
(2022-12-27)
Power electronics (PE) take a critical role in electricity transformation, transmission and application in modern industrial utilization. Improving the efficiency while maintaining the stability of performance of electrical ...
Lens-type redirective reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for multi-user MIMO communications
(2022-12-23)
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), also known as smart repeaters, have been
widely adopted in the open literature as a low-cost, energy-efficient solution to tackle the blockage problem in existing wireless networks. ...
Hybrid and parallel-computing methods for optimization of power systems with electromagnetic transient simulators
(2023-03-29)
This thesis introduces new methods for using electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulators
to efficiently optimize controllers of the power electronic converters in power systems with
complicated dynamic behavior. This work ...
Data collection using deep reinforcement learning for serious games
(2023-03-29)
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) often occurs prior to the more serious condition of dementia and early detection of MCI is an important but challenging task because of its indistinct symptoms. Work has been done developing ...