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

Long-Term Simultaneous Localization and Mapping in Dynamic Environments

Scalable Machine Learning Methods for Massive Biomedical Data Analysis

Fast Variance Prediction for Iteratively Reconstructed CT with Applications to Tube Current Modulation

Implantable Neural Probes for Electrical Recording and Optical Stimulation of Cellular Level Neural Circuitry in Behaving Animals

Compound Semiconductor-Based Thin-Film and Flexible Optoelectronics

Robust Circuit Design for Low-Voltage VLSI

Polarizable Particles and their Two-Dimensional Arrays: Advances in Small Antenna and Metasurface Technologies

Integration of Utility-Scale Variable Generation into Resistive Networks

III-Nitride Based Visible Single-Photon Sources

Carbon Nanoelectronic Heterodyne Sensors for Chemical & Biological Detection

Computational Electromagnetic Tools for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Energy and Mobility Management of a Ground Robot to Increase Operational Capacity

III-Nitride Self-Assembled Nanowire Light Emitting Diodes and Lasers on (001) Silicon

Ultra-thin intrinsic amorphous silicon (a-Si) hybrid structure with inorganic/organic materials and its applications

Low-Power and Error-Resilient VLSI Circuits and Systems

Power Management Circuits for Miniature Sensor Systems

Improving statistical image reconstruction for cardiac X-ray computed tomography

Energy-efficient Digital Signal Processing Hardware Design

High Power Chirally-Couple-Core (CCC) Fiber Lasers for Coherent Combining Systems

Comprehensive Single Cell Assay Chips for the Study of Cancer Metastasis and Heterogeneity

Comprehensive Single Cell Assay Chips for the Study of Cancer Metastasis and Heterogeneity

Zhaoshi Meng Final Defense

Resistive-RAM for Data Storage

Passive Remote Sensing of Lake Ice and Snow using Wideband Autocorrelation Radiometer (WiBAR)

Ultra-Low Power Optical Interface Circuits for Nearly Invisible Wireless Sensor Nodes

Microelectromechanical Systems for Wireless Radio Front-­ends and Integrated Frequency References

Gallium Nitride Resonators for Infrared Detector Arrays and Resonant Acoustoelectric Amplifiers

RF Integrated Circuits for Energy Autonomous Sensor Nodes

Qingsi Wang Final Defense

Small-Molecule Organic Photovoltaic Devices: Applications and Reliability

Control of Electron and Ion Energy Distributions in Inductively Coupled Plasmas Using Pulsed Power and dc Biases For Fabrication of Microelectronics

Microelectromechanical Systems for Wireless Radio Front-ends and Integrated Frequency References

Energy-Efficient Decoders of Near-Capacity Channel Codes

Grace Tsai Final Defense

MODELING STUDIES OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MICROPLASMAS: PLASMA DYNAMICS, SURFACE INTERACTION AND APPLICATIONS

Controlling Electromagnetic Fields with Tensor Transmission Line Metamaterials

Discrete Event System Methods for Control Problems Arising in Cyber-­physical Systems

Model-based X-ray CT image and light field reconstruction using variable splitting method

Detection, Synchronization, Channel Estimation and Capacity in UWB Sensor Network using Compressed Sensing

Microfabrication of Microdischarge Based Sensors and Actuators

Incentivizing Secondary Spectrum Trading: A Profit Perspective

Precision and Scalability in Ultrasonic Machining for Microscale Features

Group, Lattice and Polar Codes for Multi-terminal Communications

Bio-Inspired Optic Flow Sensors for Artificial Compound Eyes

Combining Disparate Information for Machine Learning

Computational Cardiology: Improving Markers and Models to Stratify Patients with Heart Disease

Towards Very Large Scale Analog (VLSA): Synthesizable Frequency Generation Circuits

Efficient Sensor Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sensor Networks

Verification and Enforcement of Opacity Security Properties in Discrete Event Systems

Efficient Antenna for Terahertz and Optical Frequencies

Excited State Interactions and Management in Organic light Emitting Diodes

Vertically Aligned (In)GaN Nanowires Grown by MOCVD

Characterization of Nanoscale Junctions in Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Novel Device Applications

Power Conversion Circuits for Low Power, Low Voltage and Non-Periodic Vibration Harvester Outputs

Immersion Scatterometry for Nanoscale Grating Topography Extraction