Thesis defence

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 10:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD defence - Mauricio Restrepo Restrepo

Candidate

Mauricio Restrepo Restrepo

Title

Smart Operation of Four-Quadrant Electric Vehicle Chargers in Distribution Grids

Supervisor

Claudio Canizares and Mehrdad Kazerani

Wednesday, January 18, 2017 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Mohsen Mahmoudysepehr

Candidate

Mohsen Mahmoudysepehr

Title

Enhanced Ultra-Thin Film Nanocrystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Device Architectures

Supervisor

Siva Sivoththaman

Abstract

Semi-transparent photovoltaics (STPV) is an important component in building integrated PV (BIPV), which is a rapidly growing PV sector. Thin film based transparent solar panels have strongest potential for window and skylight applications, and the main challenge is to incorporate good transparency with acceptable conversion efficiency.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Mostafa Farrokhabadi

Candidate

Mostafa Farrokhabadi

Title

Primary and Secondary Frequency Control Techniques for Isolated Microgrids

Supervisors

Claudio Canizares and Kankar Bhattacharya

Thursday, January 5, 2017 9:30 am - 9:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Gangqiang Yang

Candidate

Gangqiang Yang

Title

Optimized Hardware Implementations of Lightweight Cryptography

Supervisors

Guang Gong and Mark Aagaard

Thursday, December 8, 2016 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Abolfazl Mosaddegh

Candidate

Abolfazl Mosaddegh

Title

Optimal Feeder Operation with Smart Loads

Supervisors

Claudio Canizares and Kankar Bhattacharya

Friday, December 2, 2016 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Maziar Moradi

Candidate

Maziar Moradi

Title

Polycrystalline Silicon Capacitive MEMS Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines

Supervisor

Siva Sivoththaman

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Mahdi Elghazali

Candidate

Mahdi Elghazali

Title

Low-Leakage ESD Power Supply Clamps in General Purpose 65 nm CMOS Technology

Supervisors

Manoj Sachdev and Ajoy Opal

Friday, November 18, 2016 10:00 am - 10:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD defence - Navneet Dhindsa

Candidate

Navneet Dhindsa

Title

Top-Down Fabrication of Semiconductor Nanowires and their Nanophotonics Applications

Supervisor

Simarjeet Saini