EE Thesis and Project Presentations - 2004 - 2005


Summer 2005


Michael Curnutt Master's Project Presentation
"Electical Laboratory II Manual
Major Professor Paris H. Wiley
Member: K.A. Buckle, Ph.D.


Smitha Shetty
"Investigation of Geometrical Effects on Microneedle Reliability for Transdermal Applications"
July 19, 2005
Major Professor: Dr Shekhar Bhansali
Committee: Dr Sangchae Kim, Dr Thomas Koob, Dr William Lee


Jyothsna Kurapati
A Design Methodology for Implementation of Serial Peripheral Interface Using VHDL
July 17th, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Wilfrido Moreno
Committee: James T. Leffew, Ph.D., Sanjukta Bhanja, Ph.D.


Sonoko Akamatsu Master's Project Presentation
"Improved Agreement Between the Simulation and Measurement Using the Accurate Models"
June 28, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Larry Dunleavy
Committee Members: Dr. Tom Weller, Dr. S. Saddow




Spring 2005
19 thesis and 2 project presentations

Nigel Brown Master's Project Presentation
Development of a Configurable Hardware Platform for Ultra-wideband Radio Research and Testing
May 2, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Huseyan Arslan
Committee Members: Dr. Tom Weller, Dr. Paris Wiley


David Zaiden Master's Project Presentation
Design of a 2.4 GHz Silicon-Germanium Fully-Differential Class AB Mixer
April 15, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Committee Members: Jim Paviol (Conexant), Mike Wyatt (Insyte Corp.), Britt Kane (Insyte Corp.)


Oscar V. Gonzalez
Reconfigurable Wireless Sensor Platform for Training and Research in Networked Embedded Systems
April 12, 2005
Major Professor: Wilfrido A. Moreno, Ph.D.
Committee: James T. Leffew, Ph.D, Miguel Labrador, Ph.D


Daniel H. Quintela
Pervasive Sensing and Computing for Natural Disaster Mitigation
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Major Professor: Wilfrido A. Moreno, Ph.D
Committee: James T. Leffew, Ph.D, Miguel Labrador, Ph.D


Sriram Akella
Development of Lead Zirconium Titanate Flexural Plate Wave Based Actuators
March 29, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali
Committee Members: Dr. Tom Weller, Dr. John Bumgarner


Vandana Upadhyay
"Design and Fabrication of a Re-configurable Micromirror array for an Optical Microspectrometer"
March 29, 2005
Major Professor: Shekhar Bhansali, Ph.D
Committee Members: Dr. Scott Samson,Dr. Weidong Wang


Praveen Kumar Sekhar
Process Development and Characterization of Flexural Plate Wave Sensor
March 29, 2005
Major Professor: Shekhar Bhansali, Ph.D
Committee Members: Elias. K. Stefanakos Ph.D Larry Langebrake P.E.


Matheshkumar Jaybal
"Molybdenum As a Back Contact for Cuprous Chloride Treated CdS/CcTe Solar Cells"
March 24, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Ferekides
Committee Members: Dr. Don Morelm Dr. Y. L. Chiou


Roberto Guerra
Self Guided Micro Vehicle. A Small Autonomous Vehicle with GPS Navigation and 802.11b Communications
March 24th, 2005
Major Professor: Wilfrido Moreno, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Paris Wiley, Ph.D., James Leffew, Ph.D.


Jeremy Wade
An Investigation of TiO2-ZnFe2O4 Nanocomposites for Visible Light Photocatalysis
March 24, 2005
Major Professor: Dr Elias Stefanakos
Committee Members: Dr. Burt Krakow, Dr. Chris Ferekides, Dr. Sesha Srinivasan


Preetha Prabhakaran
"Energy Performance and Scalability of Mobile Ad hoc Networks in Realistic Mobility and Fading Environments"
March 24, 2005
Major Professor:Dr. Ravi Sankar
Committee: Dr. A. David Snider, Dr. Miguel Labrador


Prashant Chegoor
Optical Response of Polycrystalline Mercuric Iodide Photoconductive Detectors
March 24, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Don Morel
Committee Members: Dr. Chris Ferekides, Dr. Y.L. Chiou


Srilatha Bapanapalli
"CdS/CdTe Solar Cells with Zinc Stannate Buffer Layer"
March 23, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Ferekides
Committee Members: Dr. Don Morel, Dr. Y. L. Chiou


Manoj Anand
Study of Tin Oxide for Hydrogen Gas Sensor Applications
March 23, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Ferekides
Committee Members: Dr. Don Morel, Dr. E. K. Stefanakos


Sriraj Manavalan
"Structural and Electrical Characterization of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films for Tunable Microwave Applications"
March 23, 2005
Co-Major professor : Dr. Ashok Kumar
Co-Major Professor : Dr. Shekhar Bhansali
Committee Member: Dr. Thomas weller


Sudhakar Reddy Gayam
CdS/CdTe Solar Cells with Zinc Stannate as a Resistive Buffer Layer
March 23, 2005
Major Professor: Christos Ferekides, Ph.D
Committee: Don Morel, Ph.D., Y. Chiou, Ph.D.


Swetha Erra
"Stability Studies of CdTe Solar Cells Fabricated With Varying Amounts of Cu in the Back Contact"
March 22, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Ferekides
Committee Members: Dr. Don Morelm Dr. Y. L. Chiou


Sergio Melais
Design and optimization of Broadband Planar Baluns and Dipole Antennas
March 22, 2005
Major Professor: Thomas Weller, Ph.D
Committee Members: Larry Dunleavy, Ph.D., Kenneth Buckle, Ph.D.

Lingeshwar J. Nemani
Effect of SnO2 Roughness and CdS Thickness on the Performance of CdS/CdTe Solar Cells
March 22, 2005
Major Professor: Dr. Chris Ferekides
Committee Members: Dr. Don Morel, Dr. Y.L. Chiou


Joshua Nicodemus
AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USF/CALVO MODEL IN VERILOG-A TO ENFORCE CHARGE CONSERVATION IN APPLICABLE FET MODELS
March 11, 2005
Major Professor: Arthur David Snider, Ph.D
Committee members: Lawrence P. Dunleavy, Ph.D, Thomas M. Weller, Ph.D
Nikhil Vijay Kajale
"Ultra Wideband and WLAN Coexistence: A Comparison of Interference Reduction Techniques"
February 28, 2005
Major Professor: Dr Ravi Sankar
Committee Members: Dr Huseyin Arslan, Dr Wilfrido Moreno

Fall 2004

(16 thesis presentations - 4 project presentations Fall)

Mariana Raimondo Master's Project Presentation
Phase Lock Loop Synthesizer Project
November 30, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Committee: Dr. Larry Dunleavy, Prof. Horace Gordon


John Giannone Master's Project Presentation
"The Application of Genetic Algorithm for Microwave Model Extraction"
November 29, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Committee Members: Dr. Larry Dunleavy, Dr. A. David Snider


Saraswathi Palakurty: Master's Projet Presentation
High Level Synthesis of Coherent Digital GPS Receiver
November 29, 2004
Major professor: Dr. Srinivas Katkoori
Committee: Dr. Wilfredo Moreno, Dr. James Leffew


Caroline Sequeira - Master's Project Presentation
"Verifying the Accuracy of Impedance Measurement"
November 23, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Thomas Weller
Committee Members: Dr. A. David Snider, Dr. Rudy Henning


Sunny Kedia
Development of a Generic PDA Based Control Mechanism for in-house Fabricated Miniature Sensors
November 8, 2004
Major Professors: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali, EE - Dr. Scott Samson (COT)
Committee: Dr. Matthew Smith (COT), Andrew Farmer (COT), Dr. Paris Wiley, EE


Stelios Ioannou
"Comparative Study of Metal Oxide Varistors (MOVs) for Failure Mode Identification"
November 5, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Elias K. Stefanakos
Committee Members: Dr. Paris Wiley, Dr. Christos Ferekides


Ravi Varanasi
"On-wafer Optimization of Power-Added Efficiency and Linearity Utilizing
Harmonic Terminations of Power Transistors"
November 3, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Larry Dunleavy
Committee Members: Dr. Tom Weller, Jim Paviol, Conexant Systems


Kiran Sampat Gaikwad
Development of a Solid Electrolyte for Hydrogen Production
November 1, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Elias K. Stefanakos
Committee Members: Dr. Burton Krakow, Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla


Lavanya Sriram
"Study of Chemical Mechanical Polishing Process for Microelectronic Applications"
November 1, 2004
Co-Major Professors: Dr. Ashok Kumar and Dr. Stephen E. Saddow
Committee Member: Dr .Wilfrido A. Moreno


Viswanath Daita
"Behavioral VHDL Implementation Of Coherent Digital GPS Signal Receiver"
November 1, 2004
Co-Major Professors: Dr. Wilfrido Moreno, Dr. Srinivas Katkoori
Committee Member: Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja

Vivekanandan Srinivasan
"Real Delay Graphical Probabilistic Switching Model for VLSI Circuits"
November 1, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja
Committee Members: Dr. Yun-Leei Chiou, Dr. Wilfrido Moreno


Vikram Rupavatharam
Modeling of QE, I-V Characteristics of MSM (Metal-Semiconductor-Metal) Mercuric Iodide thin films with MEDICI
October 29th, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Don Morel
Committee: Dr. Chris Ferekides, Dr. Y. L. Chiou


Puneet Khanna
"High Voltage Conversion for MEMS Applications Using Micromachined Capacitors"
October 27, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali
Committee Members: Dr. John Bumgarner, Dr. Shinzo Onishi, Dr. Kenneth Buckle, Dr. Sang Chae Kim


Shahabuddin Inamdar
VHDL Coding Style Guidelines and Synthesis: A Comparative Approach
October 25, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Wilfrido Moreno
Committee: Dr. James Leffew, Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja SATHISHKUMAR PONRAJ
STIMULUS-FREE RT LEVEL POWER MODEL USING BELIEF PROPAGATION
October 25, 2004
Major Professor: DR. SANJUKTA BHANJA
Committee>DR. WILFRIDO A. MORENO, DR. KENNETH A. BUCKLE


Ashish Chaudhary
"Investigation of Conventional and Microfabrication Techniques of Miniature Cylindrical Ion Trap (CIT) Mass Spectrometers"
October 18, 2004
Co-Major professors : Dr. Shekhar Bhansali, Dr. R.T. Short
Commitee members: Dr. F.W.H. van Amerom, Dr. Huseyin Arslan


Nirmal Ramalingam
"A Complete Probabilistic Framework for Learning Input Models for Power and Crosstalk Estimation in VLSI Circuits"
October 6, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja
Committee Members: Dr. Yun-Leei Chiou, Dr. Srinivas Katkoori


Larry Mastromoro: Master's Project Presentation
EEL-4743L Microprocessor Lab Course Upgrade
September 24, 2004
Co-Major Professors: Dr. Paris Wiley and Dr. Willy Moreno
Committee Member: Luis Navarrette


Shiva Shankar Ramani
"Graphical Probabilistic Switching Model: Inference and Characterization for
Power Dissipation in VLSI Circuits"
September 8, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja
Committee Members: Dr. Yun-Leei Chiou, Dr. Wilfrido Moreno


Ophir Ortiz
"Effects of Changing Plating Variables on the Morphology of Pd Nanostructures for Hydrogen Sensing Applications"
September 2, 2004
Major Professor: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali
Committee: Dr. Drew Hoff, Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla, Dr. Arun Kumar