Electrical and Electronics Commons^™

โฟโตลูมิเนสเซนส์ของโครงสร้างนาโนแกลเลียมอาร์เซไนด์บิสไมด์ควอนตัมริง, อภิรักษ์ สร้อยสน

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้นำเสนอการปลูกโครงสร้างนาโน GaAsBi ควอนตัมริงบนแผ่นฐาน GaAs ด้วยระบบเอพิแทกซีลำโมเลกุล (MBE) ชิ้นงานถูกศึกษาสัณฐานวิทยาด้วยกล้องจุลทรรศน์แรงอะตอม (AFM) และ สมบัติเชิงแสงด้วยโฟโตลูมิเนสเซนส์สเปกโทรสโกปี (PL) โครงสร้างนาโนควอนตัมริงถูกปลูกโดยใช้เทคนิคดรอพเล็ทเอพิแทกซี (Droplet Epitaxy) หยด GaBi ถูกปล่อยลงบนแผ่นฐาน GaAs ในอัตราส่วน Ga:Bi 0.95:0.05, 0.90:0.10 และ 0.85:0.15 ตามลำดับ หยดโลหะถูกขึ้นรูปผลึกภายใต้ความดันไอของ As เพื่อเปลี่ยนหยดโลหะให้เป็นโครงสร้างนาโน GaAsBi ควอนตัมริง ปัจจัยที่สำคัญในการเกิดโครงสร้างนาโนควอนตัมริง คือ ความหนาของหยด GaBi, อุณหภูมิของแผ่นฐานในขณะปล่อยหยดโลหะ, และความดันไอของ As กล่าวคือ ความหนาของหยด GaBi ต้องมากกว่า 5 ML เพื่อขนาดโครงสร้างนาโนควอนตัมริงที่เหมาะสม เส้นผ่านศูนย์กลางของควอนตัมริงปลูกที่อุณหภูมิ 225°C มีขนาดน้อยกว่าที่อุณหภูมิ 300°C เนื่องจาก หยด GaBi สามารถแพร่ออกจากจุดศูนย์กลางของหยดได้น้อยกว่าที่อุณหภูมิปลูกต่ำ ความดันไอของ As ต้องมากพอและถูกปล่อยอย่างรวดเร็วขณะทำกระบวนการตกผลึก โครงสร้างนาโนควอนตัมริง และควอนตัมดอท สามารถเกิดได้ด้วยกระบวนการตกผลึกที่ช้าและเร็ว ตามลำดับ เนื่องจากลักษณะเฉพาะของแหล่งกำเนิดไอ As งานวิจัยนี้จึงจำกัดขอบเขตเฉพาะโครงสร้างนาโนควอนตัมริงเท่านั้น โฟโตลูมิเนสเซนส์ของโครงสร้างนาโน GaAsBi ควอนตัมริงกลบทับด้วย GaAs ซึ่งปลูกที่อุณหภูมิสูง (500°C) และอุณหภูมิต่ำ (300°C) ถูกศึกษา สำหรับการกลบทับที่อุณหภูมิสูง ชิ้นงานแสดงการเปล่งแสงที่เด่นชัดของ LT-GaAs เท่านั้น อันเป็นผลเนื่องมาจากการอบขณะที่ปลูกชั้นกลบทับ สำหรับการกลบทับที่อุณหภูมิต่ำ ชิ้นงานแสดงการเปล่งแสงช่วงความยาวคลื่นอินฟราเรดใกล้ของโครงสร้างนาโน GaAsBi ควอนตัมริง อย่างไรก็ตาม ชิ้นงานมีความเข้มของแสงต่ำเนื่องจากความเป็นผลึกของชั้นกลบทับที่ต่ำ

ระบบบริหารจัดการพลังงานครัวเรือนที่เป็นไปตามโพรโทคอล Homekit และ Echonet Lite, อธิวัฒน์ ภูชำนิพัฒนนันท์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้นำเสนอระบบบริหารจัดการพลังงานครัวเรือนซึ่งเป็นสถาปัตยกรรมคำนวณแบบ รวมศูนย์ ประกอบด้วยคอนโทรลเลอร์ 1 ตัวและเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าในครัวเรือน 4 ชนิด ได้แก่ ตู้เย็น หลอดแอลอีดี เครื่องทำน้ำอุ่น และเครื่องปรับอากาศ โดยเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าทั้งหมดถูกปรับปรุงและพัฒนาให้กลายเป็นเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าชาญฉลาดที่สามารถสื่อสารแบบไร้สายผ่านโพรโทคอล ECHONET Lite ร่วมกับอุปกรณ์อื่น ๆ ในโพรโทคอลเดียวกันได้ นอกจากนี้ยังนำเสนอการพัฒนาเกตเวย์สำหรับสื่อสารกับอุปกรณ์หรือตัวแทนปัญญาที่ใช้โพรโทคอลอื่น ซึ่งในวิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้ได้นำเสนอเกตเวย์สำหรับสื่อสารกับโพรโทคอล HomeKit การปรับปรุงและพัฒนาตู้เย็นและหลอดแอลอีดีเป็นเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าชาญฉลาดทำได้โดยการศึกษาการทำงานของวงจรควบคุมและส่วนประกอบที่ทำหน้าที่ของเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้า จากนั้นออกแบบวงจรควบคุมใหม่โดยสามารถทำงานร่วมกับส่วนประกอบของเครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าเดิมได้ จากนั้นแทนที่วงจรควบคุมด้วยวงจรที่ออกแบบขึ้น โดยให้มีการดัดแปลงวัสดุโครงสร้างเท่าที่จำเป็น เครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าชาญฉลาดสามารถทำงานได้ตามฟังก์ชันการทำงานปกติเมื่อไม่ได้เชื่อมต่อกับเครือข่าย และจะมีความสามารถเกี่ยวกับการเพิ่มประโยชน์ใช้สอยหรือการประหยัดพลังงานมากขึ้นเมื่อสามารถรับ/ส่งข้อมูลผ่านเครือข่ายไปยังคอนโทรลเลอร์เพื่อประมวลผลและสั่งการได้ เครื่องใช้ไฟฟ้าชาญฉลาดทำงานโดยการประโยชน์ใช้สอยให้มากที่สุด ไม่ใช้พลังงานอย่างสูญเปล่า อัลกอริทึมการเรียนรู้ของเครื่องถูกนำมาใช้เพื่อทดสอบการติดต่อสื่อสารระหว่างตู้เย็นชาญฉลาดและคอนโทรลเลอร์ด้วยโพรโทคอล ECHONET Lite ซึ่งสามารถลดการใช้พลังงานของตู้เย็นลงได้อย่างน้อย 6.38\% และลดช่วงเวลาการเก็บรักษาอาหารในอุณหภูมิที่สูงเกินไปได้อย่างน้อย 33.54\% ซึ่งผู้ใช้งานสามารถประนีประนอมระหว่างช่วงเวลาในการเก็บรักษาอาหารที่อุณหภูมิอุ่นเกินไปให้สูงขึ้นแลกกับการลดการใช้พลังงานลงได้อีก หรือการทำงานเพื่อลดค่าไฟฟ้าเนื่องจากการคิดค่าไฟฟ้าด้วยอัตราตามช่วงเวลาของการใช้ หรือเข้าร่วมมาตรการความร่วมมือลดการใช้ไฟฟ้า สำหรับการทำงานของหลอดแอลอีดีนั้น ตัวควบคุมสามารถเรียนรู้การเลือกความสว่างที่เหมาะสมได้

Improvement Of The Material’S Mechanical Characteristics Using Intelligent Real Time Control Interfaces In Hfc Hardening Process, Florentin Smarandache, Luige Vladareanu, Mihaiela Iliescu, Victor Vladareanu, Alexandru Gal, Octavian Melinte, Adrian Margean

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The paper presents Intelligent Control (IC) Interfaces for real time control of mechatronic systems applied to Hardening Process Control (HPC) in order to improvement of the material’s mechanical characteristics. Implementation of IC laws in the intelligent real time control interfaces depends on the particular circumstances of the models characteristics used and the exact definition of optimization problem. The results led to the development of the IC interfaces in real time through Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and neural networks (NN) using off- line the regression methods.

Grid-Friendly Dispatch Strategy Of Pv Generation System With Battery Energy Storage, Sarute Srisontisuk

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

High PV penetration reduces stability tolerance due to the lower of system inertia and system ramp capability. To handle higher PV penetration issues, the system operator and PV owners should consider the operation improvement. For the system operator, critical system ramp capability with respect to PV penetration ratio can be useful to determine the lower bound of system ramp capability for handling N-1 contingency and expected disturbances. In the case study, test results reveal that the system can operate securely with PV penetration ratio up to 40%, in which it will require system ramp capability in the range of 0.05-0.09 …

Performance Evaluation Of Communication Technologies And Network Structure For Smart Grid Applications, Desong Bian, Murat Kuzlu, Manisa Pipattanasomporn, Saifur Rahman, Di Shi

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

The design of an effective and reliable communication network supporting smart grid applications requires the selection of appropriate communication technologies and protocols. The objective of this study is to study and quantify the capabilities of an advanced metring infrastructure (AMI) to support the simultaneous operation of major smart grid functions. These include smart metring, price-induced controls, distribution automation, demand response, and electric vehicle charging/discharging applications in terms of throughput and latency. OPNET is used to simulate the performance of selected communication technologies and protocols. Research findings indicate that smart grid applications can operate simultaneously by piggybacking on an existing AMI …

Conductivity Modulation In Strained 2d Transition- Metal- Dichalcogenides Via Micro- Electro- Mechanical Actuation, Aldo Ivan Vidaña

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

In this thesis, strain-induced conductivity modulation in bi-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) flakes is experimentally investigated and modeled. Uniaxial tensile strain in the MoS2 flakes is achieved using a micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) actuator. Conductivity ratios up to 400 are demonstrated. Theoretical predictions of conductivity versus applied voltage in the MEMS-MoS2 device match experimental data reasonably well using only the effective width of the TMDC flakes as the sole fitting parameter. The amount of strain induced in the MoS2 flakes was determined to be as high as 2.7% for one flake using the model fitted to the experiment data. The switching energy required …

Ignition Of A Plasma Discharge Inside An Electrodeless Chamber: Methods And Characteristics, Mounir Laroussi

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In this paper the generation and diagnostics of a reduced pressure (300 mTorr to 3 Torr) plasma generated inside an electrodeless containment vessel/chamber are presented. The plasma is ignited by a guided ionization wave emitted by a low temperature pulsed plasma jet. The diagnostics techniques include Intensified Charge Coupled Device (ICCD) imaging, emission spectroscopy, and Langmuir probe. The reduced-pressure discharge parameters measured are the magnitude of the electric field, the plasma electron number density and temperature, and discharge expansion speed.

Compact -300 Kv Dc Inverted Insulator Photogun With Biased Anode And Alkali-Antimonide Photocathode, C. Hernandez-Garcia, P. Adderley, B. Bullard, J. Benesch, J. Grames, J. Gubeli, F. Hannon, J. Hansknecht, J. Jordan, R. Kazimi, G. A. Krafft, M. A. Mamun, M. Poelker, M. L. Stutzman, R. Suleiman, M. Tiefenback, Y. Wang, S. Zhang, H. Baumgart, G. Palacios-Serrano, S. Wijethunga, J. Yoskowitz, C. A. Valerio Lizarraga, R. Montoya Soto, A. Canales Ramos

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

This contribution describes the latest milestones of a multiyear program to build and operate a compact −300  kV dc high voltage photogun with inverted insulator geometry and alkali-antimonide photocathodes. Photocathode thermal emittance measurements and quantum efficiency charge lifetime measurements at average current up to 4.5 mA are presented, as well as an innovative implementation of ion generation and tracking simulations to explain the benefits of a biased anode to repel beam line ions from the anode-cathode gap, to dramatically improve the operating lifetime of the photogun and eliminate the occurrence of micro-arc discharges.

Low-Power Reconfigurable Sensing Circuitry For The Internet-Of-Things Paradigm, Alexander Dilello

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

With ubiquitous wireless communication via Wi-Fi and nascent 5th Generation mobile communications, more devices -- both smart and traditionally "dumb" -- will be interconnected than ever before. This burgeoning trend is referred to as the Internet-of-Things. These new sensing opportunities place a larger burden on the underlying circuitry that must operate on finite battery power and/or within energy-constrained environments. New developments of low-power reconfigurable analog sensing platforms like field-programmable analog arrays (FPAAs) present an attractive sensing solution by processing data in the analog domain while staying flexible in design. This work addresses some of the contemporary challenges of low-power wireless …

Low Power Voltage Reference Cells For Sensing Applications, Kody Ray Tucker

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Two low-power voltage reference cells for a system on-chip design are presented in this report. Both cells utilize a combination of standard transistors to produce an output voltage near 1 volt. Choosing the appropriate design procedures can aid in minimizing the temperature coefficient (TC) of the output reference voltage coming out of the cell. One circuit, covered first, is currently being fabricated on a standard 0.5 µm chip complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process, while the other is still in the designing stage. The first one has a TC of 86 ppm/◦C with a reference voltage of 1.10 V while …

Design And Implementation Of Overcurrent Protection Relays Test Bench, Khalid Daud Khattak

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The electrical power simulator in Engineering Sciences Building (ESB) at WVU was dismantled in July 2018. The simulator was used as a teaching tool for EE students to conduct lab experiments. The power simulator employed electromechanical and microprocessor protection relays, manual isolation and industrial circuit breakers, switches, variable autotransformer (VARIAC), voltmeters and ammeters. During the dismantling, a lot of equipment was retrieved for future possible use. This led to the idea of designing and implementing a simple circuit on a test bench that can be used as a lab equipment to demonstrate the operation of overcurrent protection relays. It was …

Ict-Enabled Control And Energy Management Of Community Microgrids For Resilient Smart Grid Operation, Mahmoud Saleh

Dissertations and Theses

Our research has focused on developing novel controllers and algorithms to enhance the resilience of the power grid and increase its readiness level against major disturbances.

The U.S. power grid currently encounters two main challenges: (1) the massive and extended blackouts caused by natural disasters, such as hurricane Sandy. These blackouts have raised a national call to explore innovative approaches for enhanced grid resiliency. Scrutinizing how previous blackouts initiated and propagated throughout the power grid, the major reasons are lack of situational awareness, lack of real-time monitoring and control, underdeveloped controllers at both the transmission and distribution levels, and lack …

Software Defined Radio For Hybrid Beamforming Applications, Jianyet Lee

Dissertations and Theses

Beamforming techniques have been deployed in both licensed networks such as LTE network and unlicensed network such as IEEE802.11ac WiFi. The scope of work for this thesis is to leverage the benefits of beamforming techniques and software defined radio platform in developing a fully functioning LTE testbed. The testbed can be further developed to specific application for drone-to-drone or D2D communication independent of intervention from base stations. Applying beamforming techniques to devices such as drones can solve poor quality signal detection at the receivers due to the interference signals generated by other devices in the attempt to communicate with the …

Wireless Coverage Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Hazim Shakhatreh

Dissertations

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civilian application domains including real-time monitoring, search and rescue, and wireless coverage. UAVs can be used to provide wireless coverage during emergency cases where each UAV serves as an aerial wireless base station when the cellular network goes down. They can also be used to supplement the ground base station in order to provide better coverage and higher data rates for the users. During such situations, the UAVs need to return periodically to a charging station for recharging, due to their limited battery capacity. Given the recharging requirements, …

Impairments In Ground Moving Target Indicator (Gmti) Radar, Phuoc Doan Huu Vu

Dissertations

Radars on multiple distributed airborne or ground based moving platforms are of increasing interest, since they can be deployed in close proximity to the event under investigation and thus offer remarkable sensing opportunities. Ground moving target indicator (GMTI) detects and localizes moving targets in the presence of ground clutter and other interference sources. Space-time adaptive processing (STAP) implemented with antenna arrays has been a classical approach to clutter cancellation in airborne radar. One of the challenges with STAP is that the minimum detectable velocity (MDV) of targets is a function of the baseline of the antenna array: the larger the …

Optimizing Resource Allocation In Eh-Enabled Internet Of Things, Ali Shahini

Dissertations

Internet of Things (IoT) aims to bridge everyday physical objects via the Internet. Traditional energy-constrained wireless devices are powered by fixed energy sources like batteries, but they may require frequent battery replacements or recharging. Wireless Energy Harvesting (EH), as a promising solution, can potentially eliminate the need of recharging or replacing the batteries. Unlike other types of green energy sources, wireless EH does not depend on nature and is thus a reliable source of energy for charging devices. Meanwhile, the rapid growth of IoT devices and wireless applications is likely to demand for more operating frequency bands. Although the frequency …

Characterization Of Self-Heating Effects And Assessment Of Its Impact On Reliability In Finfet Technology, Peter Christopher Paliwoda

Dissertations

The systematically growing power (heat) dissipation in CMOS transistors with each successive technology node is reaching levels which could impact its reliable operation. The emergence of technologies such as bulk/SOI FinFETs has dramatically confined the heat in the device channel due to its vertical geometry and it is expected to further exacerbate with gate-all-around transistors.

This work studies heat generation in the channel of semiconductor devices and measures its dissipation by means of wafer level characterization and predictive thermal simulation. The experimental work is based on several existing device thermometry techniques to which additional layout improvements are made in state …

Load Balancing And Scalable Clos-Network Packet Switches, Oladele Theophilus Sule

Dissertations

In this dissertation three load-balancing Clos-network packet switches that attain 100% throughput and forward cells in sequence are introduced. The configuration schemes and the in-sequence forwarding mechanisms devised for these switches are also introduced. Also proposed is the use of matrix analysis as a tool for throughput analysis.

In Chapter 2, a configuration scheme for a load-balancing Clos-network packet switch that has split central modules and buffers in between the split modules is introduced. This switch is called split-central-buffered Load-Balancing Clos-network (LBC) switch and it is cell based. The switch has four stages, namely input, central-input, central-output, and output stages. …

Rancang Bangun Alarm Deteksi Asap Rokok Dan Kebisingan Pada Ruang Kelas Secara Otomatis Berbasis Mikrokontroler, Imas Dian Ratnasari

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

Abstrak- Asap rokok dan kebisingan merupakan masalah yang sering terjadi di sekolah, sedangkan dalam penanganan masalah asap rokok dan kebisingan di sekolah belum maksimal karena belum terdapat alat yang mampu mendeteksi asap rokok sekaligus kebisingan yang diterapkan di sekolah. Pemantauan kondisi ruang kelas agar tetap kondusif perlu diadakan, maka dari itu dilakukan pengembangan alarm deteksi asap rokok dan kebisingan pada ruang kelas secara otomatis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membantu guru dalam memonitoring kondisi di ruang kelas ketika ruang kelas sedang tidak ada guru. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Research and Development (R&D), yang terdiri dari beberapa tahapan mulai yaitu dari …

Pengatur Suhu Dan Kelembaban Kumbung Jamur Otomatis, Aji Nugroho

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

Temperature and humidity have an important role in the cultivation of oyster mushrooms to obtain optimal growth of oyster mushrooms. The optimum temperature required ranges from 24 ° C - 27 ° C and 80% - 90% humidity. The watering of mushroom kumbung should be done regularly, in order to maintain the temperature and humidity of the surrounding air, then conducted research that aims to create a tool that can regulate the temperature and humidity kumbung mushrooms automatically to facilitate farmers keep the temperature and humidity stability continuously. This automatic adjustment system uses DHT-11 sensors as air and humidity and …

Otomasi Sistem Hidroponik Dft (Deep Flow Technique) Berbasis Arduino Android Dengan Memanfaatkan Panel Surya Sebagai Energi Alternatif, Eko Agus Suprayitno Mt, Rohman Dijaya M. Kom, M. Atho㢂¬„¢Illah St

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

The application of hydroponic farming methods has been widely applied by the community, the system used is still manual so that it lacks quality, both in terms of humidity and growth. For that we need a system that is able to regulate the time of watering and the provision of nutritional solutions automatically without disturbing the activity. In the design of an automatic DFT hydroponic system using an Android Arduino based solar panel. Where the solar panel system functions as a renewable energy substitute for PLN which will fill the accumulator. The accumulator filling process is equipped with a solar …

Desain Dan Implementasi Real-Time Visible Light Communication System Berbasis Bpsk, Trio Adiono, Syifaul Fuada

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

Salah satu teknik multiplexing yang saat ini populer digunakan untuk aplikasi akses komunikasi cepat berbasis cahaya tampak adalah Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Meskipun lebih kompleks dibandingkan modulasi berbasis Pulse Time Modulation (PTM), teknik OFDM disinyalir dapat lebih menghemat bandwidth komunikasi karena membagi bandwidth lebar menjadi spektrum yang sempit (sub-carrier) dan saling overlap. Sebagai akibat, transfer data akan lebih cepat dibandingkan PTM. Pada penelitian sebelumnya, penulis telah berhasil mendesain sistem low-cost VLC dengan modulasi digital 1-PWM (3,3 kbps) dan 2-PWM (6,2 kbps). Motivasi dari penelitian ini adalah menigkatkan laju data dengan menggunakan OFDM. Modulasi binary shift-keying modulation …

Reosquido Desalinasi Metode Evaporasi Dengan Ultraviolet Berbasis Mikrokontroller, Muhammad Abdul Azis, Nuryake Fajaryati

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

This research aims to create a Reosquido desalination tool for evaporation methods using a microcontroller. This tool can control the temperature to speed up the evaporation process in producing fresh water. The method applied to Reosquido desalination uses Evaporation. The first process before evaporation is the detection of temperature in sea water that will be heated using an element heater. The second process of temperature measurement is to turn off and turn on the Arduino Uno controlled heater, when the temperature is less than 80 ° then the heater is on. The third process is evaporation during temperatures between 80 …

Icing Thickness Prediction Model For Overhead Transmission Lines, Yue Ming

Theses

Failures in a large electric power system are often inevitable. Severe weather conditions are one of the main causes of transmission line failures. Using the fault data of transmission lines of Shaanxi Power Grid from 2006 to 2016, in conjunction with meteorological information, this paper analyses the relationship between the temporal-spatial distribution characteristics of meteorological disasters and the fault of transmission lines in Shaanxi Province, China.

In order to analyze the influence of micro-meteorology on ice coating, a grey correlation analysis method is proposed. This thesis calculates the grey relational between ice thickness and micro-meteorological parameters such as ambient temperature, …

Amorphous Metal Oxide Semiconductor Thin Film Transistors For Printed Electronics, Mustafa Mohammad Yousef

Theses

There is an acute market need for solution-processable semiconductor inks that can form the essential components of the printed analog and digital circuits. Currently, the industry is migrating beyond simply printing conductive metals for interconnects and embracing higher integration by printing transistors directly on the same substrate. This thesis focuses on investigating solution-processed amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) as a semiconducting channel layer of a field-effect transistor to enable low-cost, large-area printed electronics that are physically flexible and optically transparent. Specifically, we aim to achieve field-effect mobility exceeding 1 cm²/Vs, to overcome the limits faced in existing …

Noise And Gain Characterization Of Interband Cascade Infrared Photodetectors, Eli A. Garduño

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Infrared (IR) detectors are an enabling technology for a broad and growing list of applications including gas detection, night vision, and space-based missile warning. There are ongoing efforts in IR detector research to explore the potential of new material systems and energy band structures in addition to continuously improving their sensitivity through increasing their quantum efficiency and lowering their dark current and noise. This dissertation examines an emerging class of IR detectors known as Interband Cascade Infrared Photodetectors (ICIPs).

ICIPs contain multiple regions to facilitate the collection of photogenerated electrons and to limit unwanted dark current. Theory regarding their performance …

Basis Vector Model Method For Proton Stopping Power Estimation Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography, Shuangyue Zhang

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Accurate estimation of the proton stopping power ratio (SPR) is important for treatment planning and dose prediction for proton beam therapy. The state-of-the-art clinical practice for estimating patient-specific SPR distributions is the stoichiometric calibration method using single-energy computed tomography (SECT) images, which in principle may introduce large intrinsic uncertainties into estimation results. One major factor that limits the performance of SECT-based methods is the Hounsfield unit (HU) degeneracy in the presence of tissue composition variations. Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has shown the potential of reducing uncertainties in proton SPR prediction via scanning the patient with two different source energy spectra. …

Nanopower Analog Frontends For Cyber-Physical Systems, Kenji Aono

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

In a world that is increasingly dominated by advances made in digital systems, this work will explore the exploiting of naturally occurring physical phenomena to pave the way towards a self-powered sensor for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). In general, a sensor frontend can be broken up into a handful of basic stages: transduction, filtering, energy conversion, measurement, and interfacing. One analog artifact that was investigated for filtering was the physical phenomenon of hysteresis induced in current-mode biquads driven near or at their saturation limit. Known as jump resonance, this analog construct facilitates a higher quality factor to be brought about without …

Smart Iot Sprinkler System, Galib F. Rahman

Publications and Research

The average family spends more than $1000 in water costs per year. One-way water is commonly wasted in many households is via inefficient sprinkler systems for lawns. Current technology has enabled the development of automatic sprinkler systems, which can be preconfigured to operate at desired times of day and intervals. Although these systems may reduce the amount of water utilized overall, they are not weather forecast aware. In situations when rainfall is upcoming the systems still water the lawn. In this project, we plan to implement a smart sprinkler system that has full awareness of upcoming weather and take account …

Ascorbic Acid Degradation In Cut Lemon Packaged Using Oxygen Scavenging Active Film During Storage, Kurniawan Yuniarto, Setyo Purwanto, Bruce Ari Welt, Anang Lastriyanto

Makara Journal of Technology

Oxygen scavenging active film can be used to prevent diffusion of free oxygen due to the action of permeation mechanism. In this study, biodegradable oxygen scavenging plastic film was designed by incorporating an antioxidant agent into plasticized polylactic acid or PLA-PEG (PPLA). Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) was added at different concentrations into the matrix of the PPLA film using a direct casting method to produce oxygen scavenging active film. The antiradical activity of the oxygen scavenging active film was observed, which could be applied for preventing vitamin C degradation in cut lemon during storage. The antiradical activity of the active film …