Browsing Electrical and Computer Engineering by Type "Doctoral Thesis"
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Affine Arithmetic Based Methods for Power Systems Analysis Considering Intermittent Sources of Power
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-22)Intermittent power sources such as wind and solar are increasingly penetrating electrical grids, mainly motivated by global warming concerns and government policies. These intermittent and non-dispatchable sources of power ... -
Affine Arithmetic for Power and Optimal Power Flow Analyses in the Presence of Uncertainties
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-01)Optimal power system operation requires intensive numerical analyses to study and im- prove system security and reliability. To address this issue, Power Flow (PF) and Optimal Power Flow (OPF) analyses are important tools, ... -
Algorithm Selection in Multimodal Medical Image Registration
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-28)Medical image acquisition technology has improved significantly throughout the last several decades, and clinicians now rely on medical images to diagnose illnesses, and to determine treatment protocols, and surgical ... -
Algorithmic Problems in Access Control
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-31)Access control is used to provide regulated access to resources by principals. It is an important and foundational aspect of information security. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a popular and widely-used access ... -
Algorithmic Transverse Feedback Linearization
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-26)The feedback equivalence problem, that there exists a state and feedback transformation between two control systems, has been used to solve a wide range of problems both in linear and nonlinear control theory. Its significance ... -
Alternative Models to Analyze Market Power and Financial Transmission Rights in Electricity Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2005)One of the main concerns with the introduction of competition in the power sector is the strategic behaviour of market participants. Computable models of strategic behaviour are becoming increasingly important to ... -
Amorphous Silicon Based Large Area Detector for Protein Crystallography
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-26)Proteins are commonly found molecules in biological systems: our fingernails, hair, skin, blood, muscle, and eyes are all made of protein. Many diseases simply arise because a protein is not folded properly. Therefore, ... -
Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistor Models and Pixel Circuits for AMOLED Displays
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-08)Hydrogenated amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) Thin Film Transistor (TFT) has many advantages and is one of the suitable choices to implement Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) displays. However, the aging of ... -
Amorphous Transition-Metal-Oxides for Transparent Flexible Displays: Device Fabrication and Characterization
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-19)This Ph.D. dissertation presents the development and demonstration of optically transparent back-channel etched flexible InGaZnO (IGZO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) using a conventional TFT process flow implemented at ... -
Analog Quantum Simulation via Parametric Interactions in Superconducting Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)While universal quantum computers are still years away from being used for simulating complicated quantum systems, analog quantum simulators have become an increasingly attractive approach to studying classically intractable ... -
Analysis and Application of Optimization Techniques to Power System Security and Electricity Markets
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-16)Determining the maximum power system loadability, as well as preventing the system from being operated close to the stability limits is very important in power systems planning and operation. The application of optimization ... -
Analysis and Design of Authentication and Encryption Algorithms for Secure Cloud Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-16)Along with the fast growth of networks and mobile devices, cloud computing has become one of the most attractive and effective technologies and business solutions nowadays. Increasing numbers of organizations and customers ... -
Analysis and Design of Robust Multi-Gb/s Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)The bandwidth demands of modern computing systems have been continually increasing and the recent focus on parallel processing will only increase the demands placed on data communication circuits. As data rates enter the ... -
Analysis and Mitigation of Asynchronous Interference in Coordinated Multipoint Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-09)Next generation cellular wireless networks need to achieve both high peak and average data rates. Also, they need to improve the fairness by providing more homogenous quality of service distribution over the entire cell ... -
Analysis of Electrical and Thermal Stresses in the Stress Relief System of Inverter Fed Medium Voltage Induction Motors
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)Pulse width modulation (PWM) voltage source converters (VSC) are one type of motor drives that have become popular because they enable precise control of speed and torque in medium voltage motors. However, these drives are ... -
Analysis of Parameterized Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-10)In particular, the thesis will focus on parameterized networks of discrete-event systems. These are collections of interacting, isomorphic subsystems, where the number of subsystems is, for practical purposes, arbitrary; ... -
Analysis of the Asymptotic Performance of Turbo Codes
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Battail [1989] shows that an appropriate criterion for the design of long block codes is the closeness of the normalized weight distribution to a Gaussian distribution. A subsequent work shows that iterated product of ... -
Analysis of Transformer Insulation under High-frequency Transients
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)In recent times, there have been an increase in installation of wind turbines for generation of electricity through renewable energy sources. The wind energy is a clean and cost effective source of generating power, but ... -
An Application Layer Non-Repudiation Wireless System: A Cross-Layer Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)Non-repudiation techniques are to ensure any communication taking place between two or more parties will be undeniable. Therefore it is crucial to include digital signatures of the involving parties while the communication ... -
Application of Non-linear Optimization Techniques in Wireless Telecommunication Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Non-linear programming has been extensively used in wireless telecommunication systems design. An important criterion in optimization is the minimization of mean square error. This thesis examines two applications: ...