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InP-Based GaAsSb HBYs and Related MMICs for Signal Generation and Amplification

Approaches to Motion-Corrected PET Image Reconstruction from Respiratory Gated Projection Data

Coupling onto Radio Frequency Components Enclosed Within Canonical Structures

Physics-Based Modeling of Wave Propagation For Terrestrial and Space Communications

Reliable and Energy-Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks for Surveillance and Monitoring

Experimental Validation of Single Pass Ion Cyclotron Resonance Absorption in a High Speed Flowing Plasma-Applied to the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetiplasma Rocket (VASIMR)

Integrated Peristaltic 18-Stage Electrostatic Gas Micro Pump with Active Microvalves

Compact Modular Assembly and Packaging of Multi-Substrate Microsystems (WIMS Cube)

Holographic Optical Sectioning Imaging Systems with Coherent and Incoherent Methods

Continuous-Wave Laser Action In Random Scattering Media

On Diagnosis and Predictability of Partially-Observed Discrete-Event Systems

In As/GaSb Type II Strained-Layer Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors

Low-Power Design Optimization Leveraging Multiple Threshold and Supply Voltages

Ferroelectric Thin Films for Microwave and Photonics Applications

Optimization of Communication and Coverage in Classes of Distributed Systems

Characterization of Optoelectronic Properties of HgCdTe & ZnO II-VI Semiconductors for Infrared & Ultraviolet Detector Applications

Applications of Stochastic Techniques to Partially Observed Discrete Event Systems

Signal Processing for Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

Performance Evaluation and Optimization for Inference Systems: Model Uncertainty, Distributed Implementation, and Active Sensing

Reconstructing Signaling Pathways from High Throughput Data

Design of Low-Power Super-Regenerative Receivers

A Graph-based Framework for Transmission of Correlated Sources over Multiuser Channels

Micromechanical Extensional Wine-Glass Mode Ring Resonators for Wireless Communications

Amorphous Silicon and Organic Thin Film Transistors

Resonant Clock Generation Distribution

Developing High-Performance, Multi-Functional, and Miniaturized Integrated Antennas

Transport Issues and Multi-Functional Devices Based on Nitrides and Other Polar Heterostructures

Analysis of Microwave Radiometer Noise

Generating Function Analysis of Wireless Networks and ARQ Systems

Motor Protein Application in Biotchnology: Active Transportation and Molecular Concentrator

Inference Methods for Message Endpoint Localization in Networks

Stem Self-Aligned Micromechanical Radial-Contour Mode Disk Resonators for Wireless Communications

Iterative Methods for Rosette Trajectory in Finctional MRI

A High-Density Thin-Film Electrode Array for Cochlear Prosthesis

Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Based Organic Transistors

Nonlinear Effects In Fiber Based Ultrashort Pluse Sources Aplicable to THz Radiation

Rational Probabilistic Deciders

Clock Tree Analysis and Synthesis Considering Process Parameters and Variability

A Low Power Pressure- and Temperature-Programmed Separation System for a Micro Gas Chromatograph

Geometric Partitioning for Parallelizing Post-Placement VLSI Design Processes

Micromechanical Resonator Reference Oscillators for Wireless Communications

Design and Analysis of Capacity-Achieving Codes and Optimal Receivers with Low Complexity

A Microfabricated Preconcentrator for Sample Extraction and Injection in Microscale Gas Chromatography

Efficient Quantum Circuit Simulation

Power Conscious and Robust Design Methods For the Sub-90 nm CMOS Digital Circuit

Techniques for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Controller Synthesis

Analysis and Design of Si/SiGe Terahertrz Diodes

An Integrated Drug-Delivery Probe with In-Line Flow Measurement

Micromechanical Reference Oscillators for GSM Wireless Communications

Broadband millimeter-Wave Phased Array Circuits and Antennas for Polarimetric Radar Applications