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Contact the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Friday, January 16, 2015 — 3:00 PM EST
Candidate
Nicholas George Vardy
Title
MoS2 Thin Film Transistors using PECVD Dielectrics and Optical Contrast Modeling for Thickness Measurement
Supervisor
William Wong
Thursday, January 15, 2015 — 2:30 PM EST
Candidate
Najma Jose
Title
FPGA based Testbed for Fault Injection on SHA-256
Supervisor
Catherine Gebotys
Thursday, January 15, 2015 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate
Desireh Shojaei-Asanjan
Topic
Frequency Dependent Power Limiters
Supervisor
Raafat Mansour
Background subjects
- RF engineering
- Microwave engineering
- MEMS
Thursday, January 15, 2015 — 1:00 PM EST
Candidate
Ning Zhang
Title
Security-aware Cooperation in Dynamic Spectrum Access
Supervisor
Jon Mark (Adjunct)
Thursday, January 15, 2015 — 11:00 AM EST
Candidate
Ning Lu
Title
Scaling Laws for Vehicular Networks
Supervisor
Sherman Shen
Monday, January 12, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Seyyed Pouria Fewzee-Youssefi
Title
Affective Speech Recognition
Supervisor
Fakhreddine Karray
Friday, January 9, 2015 — 1:30 PM EST
Candidate
Bo Zhu
Title
Analysis and Design of Authentication Encryption Algorithms for Secure Cloud Systems
Supervisor
Guang Gong
Friday, January 9, 2015 — 12:30 PM EST
Candidate
Seyyed Pouria Fewzee-Youssefi
Title
Affective Speech Recognition
Supervisor
Fakhreddine Karray
Thursday, January 8, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Khadige Hussein Abboud
Title
Node Cluster Stability in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
Supervisor
Weihua Zhuang
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 — 2:00 PM EST
Candidate
Aidin Taeb
Title
A New Silicon-Based Dielectric Waveguide Technology for Millimeter-Wave/Terahertz Devices and Integrated Systems
Supervisors
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini and Mohamad Basha (SyDe)
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 — 12:00 PM EST
Candidate
Zackary Newsham
Title
An Analysis of the Impact of Community Structure on SAT Solver Performance
Supervisors
Fischmeister, Sebastian and Ganesh, Vijay
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 — 11:00 AM EST
Speaker
Professor Ke Wu, FIEEE, FCAE, FRSC
Canada Research Chair in RF and Millimeter-Wave Engineering
Poly-Grames Research Center
Department of Electrical Engineering
Ecole Polytechnique
Montreal, Quebec
Topic
Multi-Function and Multi-Format Transceivers for Cognitive Joint Radio and Radar Operations and Applications
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Amir Ostadi
Title
Optimal Sizing of Battery/Ultracapacitor-Based Energy Storage Systems in Electrified Powertrains
Supervisor
Mehrdad Kazerani
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 — 3:00 PM EST
Candidate
Xiangcheng Sun
Title
Development and Characterization of Nano-Structured LiFePO4 Cathode and Li4Ti5O12 Anode Materials for High-Performance Li-Ion Battery
Supervisor
Bo Cui
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 — 10:00 AM EST
Candidate
Navneet Dhindsa
Topic
Semiconductor Nanowires for Energy Harvesting
Supervisor
Simarjeet Saini
Background subjects
- Nanofabrication
- Electromagnetism
- Semiconductors
Monday, January 5, 2015 — 3:30 PM EST
Candidate
Jaspreet Walia
Topic
Structural and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanowires for Sensing and Photo-Thermal Applications
Supervisor
Simarjeet Saini
Background subjects
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Structural color generation
- Crystalline and amorphous materials
- Optical absorption in nanowires
Monday, January 5, 2015 — 3:30 PM EST
Candidate
Jaspreet Walia
Topic
Structural and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanowires for Sensing and Photo-Thermal Applications
Supervisor
Simarjeet Saini
Background subjects
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Structural color generation
- Crystalline and amorphous materials
- Optical absorption in nanowires