PhD Defenses

Circuits & Techniques for Cell-based Analog Design Automation of Low Dropout Regulators

Compute- and Process-in-Memory Modules for Machine Learning and Neuromorphic Computing

Coding Theory and Sketching for Distributed Optimization

Circuits and Techniques for Digital Frequency Synthesizers and Design Automation.

Next Generation Terahertz Systems using Nonlinear Phenomena

Dimensionality Reduction on Statistical Manifolds

Integrated Microvalves for Cortical Drug-Delivery at the cellular level

Low Voltage Circuit Design Techniques for Cubic Millimeter Computing

Control Methods for Systems with Nonlinear Instrumentation: Root Locus, Performance Recovery, and Instrumented LQG

Microdischarge-Based Pressure Controlling Devices and their Applications to Chemical Sensing in Harsh Environments

Investigation of a Micro- and Nano-Particle In-Space Electrostatic Propulsion Concept

Switchable and Tunable Ferroelectric Thin Film Radio Frequency Components

Fiber-optic Multiphoton Fluorescence Spectroscopy for Biosensing and in vivo Flow Cytometry

Wafer-Level packaging for Environment-Resistant Microinstruments

Physics-Based Near-Earth Radiowave Propagation Modeling and Simulation

On the Control of Monopedal Running: Compliant Hybrid Zero Dynamics

Vibration Isolation and Shock Protection for MEMS

Resonance-based Electro-Optic Sensing: Innovative Techniques for Sensitivity and Bandwidth Enhancement in Minimally Invasive Vector Microwave Field Imaging

GaN Based Hetertostructure Growth and Application To Electronic Devices and Gas Sensors

Few-Cycle and Sub-Cycle Metrology for the Characterization of High Harmonics

Techniques for High Resolution and Low Power Operation of SAR ADCs

Circuits for Secure Systems

Mid-infrared Supercontinuum Laser System and its Biomedical Applications

High Frequency MIS-Base III-Nitride Transistor and Integrated Bio-Sensor Technology

Low Power Circuits for Miniature Sensor Systems

Low Duty-Cycled Wireless Sensor Networks: Connectivity and Opportunistic Routing

Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Calibration

Sequential Decomposition of Sequential Teams: Applications to Real-time Communication and Optimal Control in Decentralized Multi-agent Systems

Regularization Design for Tomographic Systems for Uniform and Isotropic Spatial Resolution

Forward and Inverse Models of Electromagnetic Scattering From Layered Media with Rough Interfaces

Transpiration as a Mechanism for Mechanical and Electrical Energy Conversion

Information-Theoretic Results on Communication Problems with Feed-Forward and Feedback

Nonlinear Optics In Novel Periodic Media: Nonlinearity Suppression Structures In High Power Fiber Lasers, Metamaterial supelatties

Prospective Identification for Long-range Transcriptional Enhancers

Image Guided Respiratory Motion Analysis: Time Series and Image Registration

Efficient Resource Allocation Schemes

Ion and MoleculeTransport in Nanochannels

Single- and Dual- Polarized Slot and Patch Antennas with Wide Tuning Ranges

A Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation Device with a Logarithmic Pipeline ADC

High-Performance Quantum Dot Lasers and Integrated Guided-Wave Devics On Silicon

A Fully Integrated CMOS Receiver

Fractional-N Synthesizer Architectures with Digital Phase Detection

Femtosecond Laser Pulse Optimization For Multiphoton Cytometry and Control of Fluorescence

Efficient Integral Equation Algorithms and Their Application to RFID Installation

Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors with Tailord Channel

Accelerated Statistical Image Reconstruction Algorithms and Simplified Cost Functions for X-ray Computed Tomography

Microthermal Devices for Fluidic Actuation by Modulation of Surface Tension

Advances in Concurrent Motion and Field-Inhomogeneity Correction in Functional MRI

Characterization of the Magnetic Nozzle Region of High Powered Electric Propulsion Thrusters Using Numerical Simulation, RF Interferometry and Electrostatic Probes

High-Peak-Power Fiber-Laser Technology for Laser-Produced-Plasma Extreme-Ultraviolet Lithography

Unreliable Silicon: Circuit through System-Level Techniques for Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Process Variation, Device Degradation and Environmental Conditions

Broadband All-Optical Ultrasound Transducers For High-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging

Single- and Dual-Polarized Slot Antennas with Wide Tuning Ranges