PhD Dissertations

2023

2023

2023

Spring

First Name Last Name	Title	Advisor
Yi-Huan Chen	Machine Learning-Assisted Design of Metasurface Radomes	Chen

Ahmad Khan	Intrusion Detection System and Corrective Actions for Modern Power Systems	Shadmand

Moien Mohamadi	High Frequency Magnetics and Soft-Switching for Differential Mode Electric Vehicles Superchargers	Mazumder

2022

2022

2022

Fall

First Name Last Name	Title	Advisor
Mohsen Hosseinzadehtaher	Resilient Operation of Active Distribution Networks via Self-learning Smart Devices	Shadmand

Farid Kenarangi	Heterogeneous Machine Learning Circuits For Nanoscale Ics	Partin Vaisband

Nasrin Shamma	Efficient, Mixed Precision In-Memory Deep learning at the Edge	Trivedi

Priyesh Shukla	Breaking the Energy Cage of Insect-Scale Drones: The Interplay of Probabilistic Hardware and Algorithms	Trivedi

Elahehsadat Torabi	Beam Steering by Liquid Crystal Based Leaky Wave Antennas	Erricolo

Summer

First Name Last Name	Title	Advisor
Diaa, H.J. Badawi	Machine Learning and Signal Processing Algorithms for a CPS with Chemical and Infrared Sensors	Cetin
Md Atiqul Islam	Self-Interference Mitigation in Full-Duplex Systems: Signal Modeling, Rate Optimization, and Application	Smida
Shahin Khobahi	Foundations of Model-Based Deep Learning: Applications, Interpretability and Performance Guarantees	Soltanalian
Ramji Singh	Electron – Phonon Interaction in Emerging Semiconductors	Stroscio

Spring

First Name Last Name	Title	Advisor
Yangqing Liu	Stochastic Method and Convex Optimization in Inverse Electromagnetic Scattering	Erricolo
Kenneth Palacios Baus	Error Exponents for Two-Way Channels	Devroye

2021 - Prior

2021 – Prior

2021 - Prior

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Student	Dissertation Title	Advisor
Al-Bahri, Baker	Electromagnetic Scattering by Metallic Structures with Edges Excited by Multiple Plane Waves	Piergiorgio Uslenghi
Bose, Arindam	Waveform Synthesis for Active Sensing with Emerging Applications	Mojtaba Soltanalian
Chatterjee, Debanjan	Switching Sequence-and Switching Transition Control of Power Electronic Systems	Sudip Mazumder
Gu, Xinghao	Training, Feedback and Delay: Tradeoffs in Wireless Communication Systems	Besma Smida
Hanosh, Ouday	Motion-based Thermal Sensing for Health Care Monitoring Systems (HMS) and Healthcare Applications	Rashid Ansari, A. Enis Cetin
Hsu, Ta-Yuan	Cost-Effective Protocols for Enforcing Causal Consistency in Geo-Replicated Data Store Systems	Ajay Kshemkalyani
Kumar, Nikhil	Universal Battery Supercharger	Sudip Mazumder
Mohamed, Ahmed	Transport in III-Nitride Devices	Michael Stroscio
Muranov, Konstantin	Blind Channel Estimation and Deep-Learning-Based Self-Interference Mitigation in Full-Duplex Relay Links	Natasha Devroye, Besma Smida
Zhu, Liang	Battery-Free Wireless Sensors for Internet-of-Things and Cyberphysical Systems	Pai-Yen Chen

2019-2020 dissertations

Name	Title	Advisor
Agarwal, Chirag	Robustness and Explainability of Deep Neural Networks: Architecture and Applications	Dan Schonfeld
Aloraini, Mohammed	Digital Media Forgery Detection	Dan Schonfeld
Chen, Zhanli	FACS-Based Automated Pain Detection From Spontaneous Facial Expressions	Rashid Ansari
Durowade, Tejumade	Micromagnetic Simulations of Circular Nano-magnets for Room Operable Quantum Cellular Automata	Sivananthan
Hajizadegan, Mehdi	Self-Powered Multi-Function Harmonics-Based Wireless Sensing System Using Graphene Bioelectronics	Pai-Yen Chen
Iliev, Nikolai	Algorithm-Hardware Co-design for Low-Power Smart Home AI Devices	Amit Trivedi
Liu, Tang	Pliable Index Coding Problem	Daniela Tuninetti
Sakhdari, Maryamsadat	Parity-Time Symmetric Telemetry Systems for Wearable and Implantable Sensors	Pai-Yen Chen
Wang, Xiaowei	Study of AlGaN/GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors by Experiments and Simulations	Lucy Shi

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Name	Title	Advisor
Abbasi, Bahareh	A Framework for Using Object Manipulation Actions in Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction	Milos Zefran
Gupta, Ankit	High-Frequency Link Power Electronics Interface for Discrete Power and Data Transfer	Sudip Mazumder
Khaledian, Seiran	Enable In-Band Full-Duplex Communication: a) Backscatter Modulation, b) Self-Interference Cancellation	Besma Smida
Khobragade, Nivedita	Design of On-demand DBS in Movement Disorders Using Machine Learning and the Need for Adaptive Learning	Daniela Tuninetti
Manoochehri, Omid	Wideband Reconfigurable Antenna Designs	Igor Paprotny
Nartasilpa, Narueporn	Performance and Joint Design of Co-existing Radar and Communications Systems	Daniela Tuninetti
Poort, Marco	A Novel Optically Reconfigurable and Conformal Transmitarray	Piergiorgio Uslenghi
Pourshirazi, Bahareh	Improving Energy Efficiency and Lifetime of Emerging Memory Systems	Zhichun Zhu
Sharifzadeh, Mehdi	Steganography and Steganalysis of Raw and Compressed Image Data	Dan Schonfeld
Wang, Haoyu	Depth-constrained Feature-based Stitching System for Stereoscopic Panoramic Video Generation	Dan Schonfeld, Daniel Sandin
Xing, Yuxuan	Internet of Computing Things: Design, Optimization, and Implementation	Hulya Seferoglu
Xu, Jian	Fair Resource Allocation in a Constrained Network	Wenjing Rao
Zhou, Shanyu	Design and Optimization of Heterogeneous Networks	Hulya Seferoglu

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Feng, Yao	2018	Property-Based Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Safety-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems	Milos Zefran
Foroutan, Vahid	2018	Control for Micro-Assembly of Heterogeneous MEMS Microrobots through Common Control Signal	Danilo Erricolo
Hsu, Bo Sean	2018	Spin Valve Effect in Monolayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides	Zheng Yang
Majumdar, Ratul	2018	Field-Programmable Stress-Engineered MEMS Microrobots: Design, Modelling, Fabrication and Control	Igor Paprotny
Mukherjee, Souvik	2018	Investigation of Novel Nanoscale Materials, Methods, and Instrumentation for Sensing Applications	Mitra Dutta
Negishi, Tadahiro	2018	Radio Frequency Tomography Based Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering for Reinforced Concrete Structures	Danilo Erricolo
Parastegari, Mohammad Sina	2018	Modelling and Control of Object Handover, A Study in Human-Robot Interaction	Milos Zefran
Salarian, Mahdi	2018	Image Based Localization	Rashid Ansari
Sarkar, Ketaki	2018	Study of Wide Band Gap Oxide and Nitride Based Semiconductors: Characterization and Device Physics	Mitra Dutta
Sha, Lingdao	2018	Sparsity and Manifold Methods in Image and Higher Dimensional Data Representation	Dan Schonfeld
Shahi, Sara	2018	Strongly Asynchronous Massive Access Communications	Natasha Devroye
Shi, Lingdao	2018	Sparsity and Manifold Methods in Image and Higher Dimensional Data Representation	Dan Schonfeld

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Banerjee, Soumya	2017	Cookie-Cutter: Achieving Defect/Fault Tolerance For Large-Scale Systems with Highly Unreliable Components	Wenjing Rao
Colon, Albert	2017	Design and Optimization of GaN-Based Power Semiconductor Transistors	Junxia (Lucy) Shi
Keshtkarjahromi, Yasaman	2017	Design and Optimization of Cooperative Wireless Networks	Hulya Seferoglu
Mazouchi, Mojgan	2017	Experimental and Analytical Analysis of Nanostructured Materials and Devices	Mitra Dutta
Noohi Bezanjani, Ehsan	2017	Control of Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Mimicking Human Assistance	Milos Zefran
Tang, Chenjie	2017	Gallium Nitride and Gallium Arsenide Based Devices for Power Switching and Photonics Application	Junxia (Lucy) Shi

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Cheema, Umer Iftikhar	2016	High Performance Embedded Solutions for Memory and Compute Intense Applications	Rashid Ansari
Choi, Min	2016	Screening, Coulomb Interactions, and Plasmonic Phenomena on the Nanoscale	Michael Stroscio
Dytso, Alex	2016	Discrete Inputs in Gaussian Interference Networks: Performance Analysis and Approximate Optimality	Daniela Tuninetti
Farid, Sidra	2016	Characterization of CdTe Based Photodetectors, ZnO Nanowires and Nanostructures for Photonic Applications	Mitra Dutta
Humayun, Md. Tanim	2016	Multi Walled Carbon Nanotube Based Chemoresistive Methane Sensors	Igor Paprotny
Lan, Yi	2016	Enhanced Signal-to-Noise in Photodetectors and DNA-aptamer-based Sensor with a Graphene FET-like Structure	Michael Stroscio
Salarian, Mahdi	2016	Image Based Localization	Rashid Ansari
Wang, Shu	2016	Truthful Double Auction Mechanisms for Heterogeneous Spectrums and Spectrum Group Buying	Derong Liu
Yang, Rui	2016	Theory and Applications of Goos-Hanchen Shift Based on Guided Mode Resonance	Danilo Erricolo

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Chen, Yangying	2015	Exploiting Structure in Cooperative Networks	Natasha Devroye
Huang, Jun	2015	Type II Superlattice Avalanche Photodiodes	Siddhartha Ghosh
Jiang, Wen	2015	Information-Driven Mobility Control in Mobile Sensor Networks	Milos Zefran
Maamari, Diana	2015	Fundamental Limits of Cognitive Networks and Cooperation in Millimeter Wave Networks	Natasha Devroye
Maamari, Khodr	2015	3D Electron beam Lithography for Biomedical Applications	Vitali Metlushko
Mehrnami, Siamak	2015	Universal High-Frequency Link Inverter for Renewable/Alternate Energy	Sudip K. Mazumder
Mohamed, Mohamed A.	2015	Energy Efficient In-Network Data Indexing and Query Processing for Wireless Sensor Networks	Ashfaq Khokhar
Poduri, Shripriya Darshini	2015	CdS Nanowires and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots Properties and Applications	Mitra Dutta
Rahnamaee, Arash	2015	Soft-Switched Hybrid Modulation for an Isolated DC-Link-Capacitor-Less Pulsating-DC-Link Inverter	Sudip K. Mazumder
Riazmontazer, Hossein	2015	Switching Transition Control of Insulated-Gate Power Semiconductor Devices	Sudip K. Mazumder
Xu, Xi	2015	Power-efficient Distributed Computing and Data Processing in Wireless Sensor Networks	Rashid Ansari
Zhao, Shanshan	2015	Analysis and Design Consideration of Millimeter-wave Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antennas	H. Y. David Yang

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Chen, Guoguang	2014	Combating Nonlinear Power Amplifier Effects in Multicarrier Systems	Rashid Ansari
Cheng, Zhiyu	2014	Fundamental Limits of Wireless Two-Way Full-Duplex Communication Networks	Natasha Devroye
Javaid, Maria	2014	Communication through Physical Interaction: Robot Assistants for the Elderly	Milos Zefran
Ma, Kai	2014	Compound Exemplar Based Object Class Detection and Beyond with VARIS System	Jezekiel Ben-Arie
Ma, Kun	2014	Cryptographic Security: Countermeasures against Side-Channel Attacks	Wenjing Rao
Ma, Yingying	2014	Optimal Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks and Utility Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks	Derong Liu
Ng, Poh Keong	2014	Material Characterization of Self-Assembled Copper-Silicide Nanostructures on Si(001), (110), and (111)	Carmen Lilley
Picco, Vittorio	2014	Dyadic Contrast Function and Quadratic Forward Model for Radio Frequency Tomography	Danilo Erricolo
Shukla, Pitamber	2014	Machine Learning Technique Based Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation Controller Design	Daniela Tuninetti
Tajfar, Alireza	2014	A Unified Controller for a High-Frequency-Link (HFL) Inverter	Sudip K. Mazumder
Waxman, Jonathan	2014	Predicting Pathophysiological Events: Sleep Disordered Breathing, Vigilance Lapses, Driving Errors	Daniel Graupe
Xu, Ke	2014	Graphene-based Nanostructures and DNA-based Biomolecule Sensors	Michael Stroscio
Zhang, Nanzhu	2014	Interface Phonon Modes of Heterostructures and Quantum Dots/Polymer Composite System	Michael Stroscio

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Ahn, Dongkyun	2013	Memory Access Validation Scheme Against Payload Injection Attacks	Zhichun Zhu
Fang, Kun	2013	Architecture Support for Emerging Memory Technologies	Zhichun Zhu
Gad Elkarim, Johnson	2013	From Micro to Macro: A Study of Human Brain Structure Based on Diffusion MRI and Neuronal Networks	Dan Schonfeld
Hefeida, Mohamed	2013	Collaborative Cross-Layer Design in Wireless Sensor Networks	Ashfaq Khokhar
Huang, Jing	2013	Distributed Signal and Image Processing: Particle Filters, Context Grammars, and Dynamic Games	Dan Schonfeld
Li, Qun	2013	Multilinear Algebra in High-Order Data Analysis: Retrieval, Classification and Representation	Dan Schonfeld
Liu, Yu	2013	Power and Energy Efficient Error Detection Techniques	Kaijie Wu
Mohammad, Fatimah	2013	Image Analysis for the Assessment of Pathologies in Retinal Tissue	Rashid Ansari
Purahmad, Mohsen	2013	Nanomaterials, Devices and Interface Circuits: Applications for Optoelectronic and Energy Harvesting	Mitra Dutta
Song, Yiwei	2013	Structured Codes and Cooperative Strategies in Wireless Relay Networks	Natasha Devroye
Wang, Zhuo	2013	Data-based Analysis and Control for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems	Derong Liu

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Basu, Ishita	2012	Design of an ON-OFF Closed Loop Deep Brain Stimulator for Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor	Daniela Tuninetti / Daniel Graupe
Elnour, Badria	2012	A Novel MIMO Six Element Vector Antenna for Direction of Arrival Estimation in Radar Systems Applications	Danilo Erricolo
Gardiye Punchihewa, Kasun Anupama	2012	Nano Fabricated 3D Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Scaffolds to Alter the Cancer Cell Behavior	Vitali Metlushko
Hayvaci, Harun	2012	Electromagnetic and Statistical Approach to Improve Radar Performance in Multipath Environments	Danilo Erricolo
Kar, Ayan	2012	Defect Passivation in Nanowires and Demonstration of Nanowire Devices for Use in Sensing Applications	Mitra Dutta
Ma, Haijiang	2012	Novel RF Slow-Wave Coupled-Line Circuits and Antennas for Compact Wireless Systems	H. Y. David Yang
Ren, Huan	2012	Novel Discrete Optimization Techniques with Applications to Complex Physical Synthesis Problems in EDA	Shantanu Dutt
Su, Yehua	2012	Defect Tolerant Logic Implementation onto Nanocrossbar-Based Architectures	Wenjing Rao
Wu, Qingquan	2012	Recognition of Human Motion and Form	Jezekiel Ben-Arie

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Ahern, Ryan	2011	AlGaN/GaN Characterization and Associated Processing and Packaging Technologies	Mitra Dutta
Akgol, Oguzhan	2011	Electromagnetic Behaviour of Various DNG Metamaterial Structures with Elliptical Surfaces	Danilo Erricolo
Banerjee, Koushik	2011	Type-II Strained Layer Superlattice Longer Wavelength Infrared Avalanche Photodiodes	Siddhartha Ghosh
Carluccio, Giuseppe	2011	Locally Optimized B1 Field for MRI Systems	Danilo Erricolo
Huang, Ting	2011	Neural and Learning Approaches for Automotive Engine Control and Residential Energy System Optimization	Derong Liu
Jin, Ning	2011	Neural Network-based e-Adaptive Dynamic Programming and e-Optimal Control for Nonlinear Systems	Derong Liu
Martin, Keith	2011	An Automated Antenna Measurement System Utilizing Wi-Fi Hardware	Danilo Erricolo
Rahaman, MD Sajjad	2011	Energy- and Reliability-Aware Design of High-Speed Global On-Chip Interconnects	Masud Hasan Chowdhury
Rini, Stefano	2011	Cognition and Cooperation in Wireless Networks: An Information Theoretic Perspective	Daniela Tuninetti
Roy, Abinash	2011	Parasitics Modeling and Signal Integrity Issues in High-Speed VLSI Systems	Masud Hasan Chowdhury
Shi, Xiangqiong	2011	Bayesian Networks: Performance Analysis of Loopy Belief Propagation	Dan Schonfeld / Daniela Tuninetti
Wang, Liming	2011	Genomic Signal Processing and Regulatory Networks: Representation, Dynamics and Control	Dan Schonfeld
Xu, Dianhui	2011	Random Access for Decentralized Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks	Yingwei Yao
Yang, Shuang	2011	On Interference Channels with Generalized Feedback	Daniela Tuninetti

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Student Name	Year	Title	Advisor
Biswas, Sushmita	2010	Transport in Nanocrystalline Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications	Mitra Dutta
Bommena, Ramana	2010	Nanoheteroepitaxial Growth of CdTe	Sivalingam Sivananthan (Physics)
Canli, Turkmen	2010	Power Efficient Computations and Communication Primitives in Wireless Sensor Networks	Ashfaq Khokhar
Canta, Stefano	2010	High-Frequency Incremental Methods for Electromagnetic Complex Source Points	Danilo Erricolo
Chen, Chong	2010	Multi-Camera Vision Systems: Pose Estimation and Plenoptic Imaging	Dan Schonfeld
Chen, Xu	2010	Robust View-Invariant Representation for Classification and Retrieval in Image and Video Data	Dan Schonfeld
Gao, Lei	2010	Compiler Optimization for Translating Software Binaries onto FPGAs	Prith Banerjee / Dan Schonfeld
Gong, Liuling	2010	Machine Learning for Signal Processing: Geometry, Kernels, and Symbolic Sequences	Dan Schonfeld
Qian, Jun	2010	Electrical and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Graphene-Based Nanostructures and Aptamer-Based Electrical Sensors	Michael Stroscio
Radakovic, Daniela	2010	Scalable Video Transmission over Multiple-Input Multiple-Output System	Rashid Ansari / Yingwei Yao
Yang, Junlan	2010	Virtual Video Enhancement for Handheld Mobile Cameras: Stabilization, Auto-Focus and Super-Resolution	Dan Schonfeld
Zhang, Yanyan	2010	The Design and Analysis of Planar Electrically Small Antennas	H. Y. David Yang
Zhao, Songqing	2010	Multiple Description Coding for Correlated Multi-Path Networks	Daniela Tuninetti / Rashid Ansari