THESES
Advanced Automation
COURTNEY, T. Multiscale segmentation and visualization of volume data. M.S. thesis, N. Ahuja, adviser (1996).
KRISHNAN, A. Non-frontal imaging camera. Ph.D. thesis, N. Ahuja, adviser (1996).
STRELOW, D. Surfaces from tomographic data. M.S. thesis, N. Ahuja, adviser (1996).
TABB, M. Multiscale structure detection and its application to image segmentation and motion analysis. Ph.D. thesis, N. Ahuja, adviser (1996).
Advanced Processing and Circuits
FAY, P. A high-speed monolithically integrated photoreceiver for long wavelength communication systems. Ph.D. thesis, I. Adesida, adviser (1996).
MAHAJAN, A. A study of enhancement-mode modulation doped field effect transistors on lattice-matched indium phosphide based semiconductor compounds. M.S. thesis, I. Adesida, adviser (1996).
PANEPUCCI, R. Fabrication and characterization of compound semiconductor nanostructures. Ph.D. thesis, I. Adesida, adviser (1996).
PING, A. T. Characteristics of chemically assisted ion beam etching of wide bandgap gallium nitride. M.S. thesis, I. Adesida, adviser (1996).
Analog and Digital Circuits
BOBBA, S. Maximum switching activity estimation for VLSI circuits. M.S. thesis, I. N. Hajj, adviser (1996). Also, CSL Rept. DAC-56, UILU-ENG-96-2230 (1996).
RAMASWAMY, S. Modeling simulation and design guidelines for EOS/ESD protection circuits in CMOS technologies. Ph.D. thesis, S. M. Kang, adviser (1996).
SAXENA, V. Statistical power estimation for sequential
CMOS circuits. M.S. thesis, I. N. Hajj, adviser (1996). Also, CSL Rept. DAC-55, UILU-ENG-96-2229 (1996).
TENG, C.-C. Hierarchical electromigration reliability diagnosis for ULSI interconnects. Ph.D. thesis, S. M. Kang, adviser (1996).
WHITLOCK, B. K. Computer-aided design of optoelectronic links and busses. Ph.D. thesis, S. M. Kang, adviser (1996).
Bioacoustics
BARICH, J. M. Theoretical analysis of an ultrasonic sparse random phased array surgical applicator. M.S. thesis, L. A. Frizzell, adviser (1996).
CZERWINSKI, R. N. Boundary detection in ultrasonic speckle. Ph.D. thesis, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., adviser (1996).
FRAZIER, C. A. H. Synthetic aperture focusing technique using a virtual transducer element source. M.S. thesis, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., adviser (1996).
FUNK, W. F. Development of a magnetic field gradient driver system for magnetic resonance imaging. M.S. thesis, R. L. Magin, adviser (1996).
KLEMENS, G. The construction of a device capable of performng microwave tomography and its application. M.S. thesis, W. C. Chew, adviser (1996).
SAFVI, A. A. Measurement of fluid flow using the ultrasound time domain correlation technique in a flow phantom and in guinea pigs. M.S. thesis, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., adviser (1996).
SMITH, N. B. Effect of myofibril length and tissue constituents on acoustic propagation properties of muscle. Ph.D. thesis, W. D. O'Brien, Jr., adviser (1996).
YANG, J. M-J. Theoretical study of an ultrasonic sparse random phased array surgical applicator. M.S. thesis, L. A. Frizzell, adviser (1996).
Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
BHOWMIK, P. Translation of VHDL to DEPEND using control and data flow graphs. M.S. thesis, R. K. Iyer, adviser (1996).
CHANG, Y.-M. UNIX-based operating systems robustness evaluation. M.S. thesis, R. K. Iyer, adviser (1996).
IEUMWANANONTHACHAI, A. Automated design of knowledge lean heuristics: learning, resource scheduling, and generalization. Ph.D. thesis, B. W. Wah, adviser (1996).
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KANT, L. Analysis of cell-loss processes and restoration schemes in ATM networks. Ph.D. thesis, W. H. Sanders, adviser (1996).
KRALJEVIC, T. Translation and simulation of structural VHDL for the DEPEND simulation environment. Ph.D. thesis, R. K. Iyer, adviser (1996).
MALHIS, L. Development and application of an efficient method for the solution of stochastic activity networks with deterministic activities. Ph.D. thesis, W. H. Sanders, adviser (1996).
NATARAJAN, C. Measurement-based performance analysis and modeling of parallel systems. Ph.D. thesis, R. K. Iyer, adviser (1996).
QURESHI, A. Construction and solution of Markov reward models. Ph.D. thesis, W. H. Sanders, adviser (1996).
SIMONSON, J. Cache memory management in real-time systems. Ph.D. thesis, J. H. Patel, adviser (1996).
TSAI, T. K. Benchmarking of fault-tolerant systems. Ph.D. thesis, R. K. Iyer, adviser (1996).
Communications
ALANYALI, M. Analysis of some simple policies for dynamic resource allocation. Ph.D. thesis, B. Hajek, adviser (1996).
DIDREY, M. A Kalman filter solution to integrated inertial and GPS navigation systems. M.S. thesis, R. E. Blahut, adviser (1996).
HE, L. On variations of queue responses for inputs with identical mean and autocorrelation functions. M.S. thesis, B. Hajek, adviser (1996).
JEN, D. H. Suboptimal noncoherent parallel acquisition of PN sequences in direct-sequence spread-spectrum systems. M.S. thesis, D. V. Sarwate, adviser (1996).
LOSADA, D. A. The design of frequency hopping patterns for spread-spectrum multiple-access systems. M.S. thesis, D. V. Sarwate, adviser (1996).
SIMS, R. D. On the parallel acquisition error for DS/SS systems. M.S. thesis, D. V. Sarwate, adviser (1996).
SRINIVASAN, M. Parallel acquisition of spreading sequences in direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication systems. Ph.D. thesis, D. V. Sarwate, adviser (1996).
TRACHTENBERG, A. Computational methods in coding theory. M.S. thesis, A. Vardy, adviser (1996).
WEEKS, W. Checkerboard codes. M.S. thesis, R. E. Blahut, adviser (1996).
WHITE, J. C. A comparison of Hermitian codes over GF (2;xm) and Reed-Solomon codes over GF (2;s2;xm). M.S. thesis, A. Vardy, adviser (1996).
ZHU, K. Multidimensional partial-response signaling in the magneto-optical storage system. M.S. thesis, R. E. Blahut, adviser (1996).
Decision and Control
RAVIKANTH, R. Stability and performance of time varying adaptive systems: analysis and applications. Ph.D. thesis, S. P. Meyn, adviser (1996).
Digital, Signal, and Image Processing
LOPRESTO, S. Rate distortion optimized classification for image compression. M.S. thesis, K. Ramchandran, adviser (1996).
RIEKEN, D. W. An approach to interferometric imaging of a rotating sphere. M.S. thesis, D. C. Munson, Jr., adviser (1996).
SAYEED, A. M. Statistical time-frequency analysis. Ph.D. thesis, D. L. Jones, adviser (1996).
XIONG, Z. Representation and coding of images using wavelets. Ph.D. thesis, K. Ramchandran, adviser (1996).
XUE, N. Synthetic aperture radar imaging using time-frequency analysis. M.S. thesis, D. C. Munson, Jr., adviser (1996).
Electromagnetics
CHANG, C. S. Modeling and characterization of strained quantum-well lasers and modulators. Ph.D. thesis, S. L. Chuang, adviser (1996).
SEURIN, J.-F. P. Theoretical and experimental investigation of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. M.S. thesis, S. L. Chuang, adviser (1996).
Heterostructure Devices and Physics
AUGUST, D. I. Hyperblock performance optimizations for ILP processors. M.S. thesis, W. W. Hwu, adviser (1996).
CHO, D. Lanalysis: a performance analysis tool for the IMPACT compiler. M.S. thesis, W. W. Hwu, adviser (1996).
HANK, R. Region-based compilation. Ph.D. thesis, W. W. Hwu, adviser (1996).
MAHLKE, S. A. Exploiting instruction level parallelism in the presence of conditional branches. Ph.D. thesis, W. W. Hwu, adviser (1996).
McCORMICK, J. Supporting predicated execution: techniques and tradeoffs. M.S. thesis, W. W. Hwu, adviser (1996).
High-Frequency Devices
CHANG, W.-H. Low-power gigabit per second optoelectronics integrated circuits for two-dimensional smart pixel circuits. Ph.D. thesis, M. Feng, adviser (1996).
KRUSE, J. W. Millimeter-wave circuit design on coplanar integrated circuits and superconducting passive components. Ph.D. thesis, M. Feng, adviser (1996).
MIDDLETON, J. R. Ion implantation and controlled atmosphere anneal optimization for 0.25 ;gmm low noise MESFETs. M.S. thesis, M. Feng, adviser (1996).
SCHERRER, D. R. Millimeter-wave low-noise amplifier using cost effective ion-implanted MESFETs and coplanar transmission lines. Ph.D. thesis, M. Feng, adviser (1996).
Magnetic Resonance
GRAY, G. Evaluation of derivative-based phase unwrapping techniques. M.S. thesis, Z.-P. Liang, adviser (1996).
Power and Energy Systems
BECK, D. H. Validity of simulations of various switch mode power supply topologies. M.S. thesis, P. T. Krein, adviser (1996).
HIDROVO, C. H. Implementation of a multi-port fuel injection system and stoichiometry in a small V-twin engine. P. T. Krein, adviser (1996).
KIMBALL, J. W. Application of nonlinear control techniques in low voltage dc-dc converters. M.S. thesis, P. T. Krein, adviser (1996).
KULKARNI, A. Y. High-speed dynamic simulation of power systems. Ph.D. thesis, M. A. Pai, adviser (1996).
LENNOX III, E. C. Distribution system power quality and scr-actuated source transfer. M.S. thesis, P. W. Sauer, adviser (1996).
MARZINZIK, C. M. A linear programming method for removing thermal line overloads affecting transmission capacity. M.S. thesis, T. J. Overbye, adviser (1996).
RANSICK, M. P. Phasor representation in power system dynamic modeling. M.S. thesis, P. W. Sauer, adviser (1996).
WEBER, J. D. Implementation of a Newton-based optimal power flow into a power system simulation environment. M.S. thesis, T. J. Overbye, adviser (1996).
YONG, T. OASISNET: an OASIS simulator. M.S. thesis, G. Gross, adviser (1996).
Semiconductor Lasers
CHHEDA, S. N. Fabrication and characterization of gallium nitride light-emitting diodes. J. J. Coleman, adviser (1996).
KLUENDER, J. F. Growth, characterization and modeling of indium gallium phosphide by selective area metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. M.S. thesis, J. J. Coleman, adviser (1996).
Semiconductors
CHAN, R. H. Fabrication of InGaAs/InGaP/GaAs strained quantum well ridge waveguide lasers. M.S. thesis, K. Y. Cheng, adviser (1996).
CHEN, A. C. Fabrication of quantum wire heterostructures and short wavelength photonic devices using the strain-induced lateral-layer ordering process. Ph.D. thesis, K. Y. Cheng, adviser (1996).
MARTINO, C. Growth of indium gallium arsenide phosphide alloys lattice matched to indium phosphide by metalorganic molecular beam epitaxy. M.S. thesis, G. E. Stillman, adviser (1996).
Tunneling Microscopy
WU, W. Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy investigations of cleaved III-V heterostructures. Ph.D. thesis, J. R. Tucker, adviser (1996).