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Advanced Automation
^ Kim, P.. Interactive image segmentation using level set methods in a virtual reality environment. (M.S.C.S. thesis) S. Hutchinson, adviser (2000).

^ Lu, L.. Identification and control of a pneumatic acutator for use with the hexapod robot. (M.S. thesis) N. Ahuja, adviser (2000).

^ Yang, M. H.. Recognizing hand gestures using motion trajectories. (Ph.D. thesis) N. Ahuja, adviser (2000).

Advanced Processing and Circuits
^ Daga, A.. A study of the effect of damage on electron mobility in an A1GaN/GaN heterostructure. (M.S. thesis) I. Adesida, adviser (2000).

^ Lee, C. C.. Fabrication of recessed-gate GaN MESFETs using inductivity coupled plasma reactive ion etching. (M.S. thesis) I. Adesida, adviser (2000).

Analog and Digital Circuits
^ Ashbrook, J.. Design of an error locator computer for a Hermitian decoder. (M.S. thesis) N. R. Shanbhag, adviser (2000).

^ Goel, M.. Low-power reconfigurable digital signal processing. (Ph.D. thesis) N. R. Shanbhag, adviser (2000).

^ Joshi, S.. On the design of electrostatic discharge protection circuits for BiCMOS process technology. (M.S. thesis) E. Rosenbaum, adviser (2000).

^ Katzenstein, J.. Substrate noise analysis. (M.S. thesis) E. Rosenbaum, adviser (2000).

^ Long, T.. Low-power CDMA multiuser detector for 3G wireless systems. (M.S. thesis) N. R. Shanbhag, advisor (2000).

^ Minocha, J.. Low-power data adaptive motion-estimation architectures. (M.S. thesis) N. R. Shanbhag, adviser (2000).

Applied Computation Theory
^ Thite, S.. Optimum binary search trees on the hierarchical memory model. (M.S. thesis) M. C. Loui, adviser (2000).

Bioacoustics
^ Frazier, C. A. H.. A two-dimensional amplitude-steered array for real-time volumetric acoustic imaging. (Ph.D. thesis) W. D. O'Brien, adviser (2000).

^ Henry, I. C.. Spike detection metrics: error estimation for an automated spike sorting system. (M.S. thesis) B. C. Wheeler, adviser (2000).

Communications
^ Steichen, J.. Heavy traffic limit theorems for the closed Lu-Kumar network. (Ph.D. thesis) B. Hajek, adviser (in Mathematics), D. L. Burkholder, co-adviser (2000).

Decision and Control
^ Dubrawski, R.. Myopic and far-sighted strategies for control of demand-driven networks. (M.S. thesis) S. P. Meyn, adviser (2000).

^ Huang, J.. Capacity of time-slotted ALOHA systems. (M.S. thesis) S. P. Meyn, adviser (2000).

^ Morrison, J. R. B.. Queueing network analysis of semiconductor manufacturing plants. (Ph.D. thesis) P. R. Kumar, adviser (2000).

Digital Signal and Image Processing
^ Basu, S. K.. Fast algorithms for tomography. (Ph.D. thesis) Y. Bresler, adviser (2000).

^ Burke, B.. Subband channelized radar detection and bandwidth estimation for FPGA implementation. (M.S. thesis) D. L. Jones, adviser (2000).

^ Elledge, M. E.. Real-time implementation of a frequency-domain array processor. (M.S. thesis) D.L. Jones, adviser (2000).

^ Kozat, S. S.. Multistage adaptive filtering. (M.S. thesis) A. C. Singer, adviser (2000).

^ Kwok, H. K. C.. Shape up: peak power reduction via constellation shaping. (Ph.D. thesis) D. L. Jones, adviser (2000).

^ McGahey, C. S.. BAD: a bidirectional arbitrated decision. (M.S. thesis) A. C. Singer, adviser (2000).

^ Nelson, J.. Linear iterative turbo equalization (LITE) for dual channels. (M.S. thesis) A.C. Singer, adviser (2000).

^ Sachs, D. G.. Wireless image transmission over fading channels using multiple-description concatenated codes. (M.S. thesis) D. L. Jones, adviser (2000).

^ Yang, K. L.. Comparative analysis of binaural acoustic processing algorithms. (M.S. thesis) D. L. Jones, adviser (2000).

Electromagnetics
^ Branch, E. D.. A higher-order finite element method for computing the radar cross section of bodies of revolution. (Ph.D. thesis) J. Jin, adviser (2000).

^ Dunn, E.. Iterative solvers and preconditioners for finite element analysis of indoor wave propogation. (M.S. thesis) J. Jin, adviser (2000).

^ Ling, F.. Fast electromagnetic modeling of multilayer microstrip antennas and circuits. (Ph.D. thesis) J. Jin, adviser (2000).

^ Pan, K. H.. A design model for rectangular microstrip antennas with lossy dielectric materials. J. T. Bernhard, adviser (2000).

^ Rankin, M. D.. A simulation environment for near-field electromagnetic emission and immunity assessment. (M.S. thesis) A. C. Cangellaris, adviser (2000).

^ Wang, R. H.. Antenna efficiency measurement and the effects of a nearby object on radiation efficiency. (M.S. thesis) J. T. Bernhard, adviser (2000).

^ Yang, L.. Closed-form electrostatic Green's function in layered media for fast interconnect capicitance extraction. (M.S. thesis) A. C. Cangellaris, adviser (2000).

^ Yilmaz, A. E.. FFT-based algorithms for fast analysis of transient electromagnetic scattering. (M.S. thesis) J. Jin, adviser (2000).

High-Frequency Devices
^ Heins, M.. Design and characterization of fully monolithic millimeter-wave oscillators. (Ph.D. thesis) M. Feng, adviser (2000).

^ Mu, J.. Monolithic high-speed optoelectronics integrated receivers for greater than 10 Gbits per second optical communications. (Ph.D. thesis) M. Feng, adviser (2000).

^ Seo, D.. 1-Gs/s, 14-bit digital-to-analog converter and track-and-hold amplifier. (Ph.D. thesis) M. Feng, adviser (2000).

^ Tang, Z.. High-Speed InGaP/InGaAs/InP doped channel HFETs and implanted GaAs enhancement and depletion mode MESFETs technology with ft over 130GHz. (Ph.D. thesis) M. Feng, adviser (2000).

^ Weil, A. C.. A reduced power 10-bit CMOS analog-digital converter. (M.S. thesis) M. Feng, adviser (2000).

Optical and Discharge Physics
^ Subramonium, P.. Two-dimensional modeling of pulsed inductively coupled plasmas using moderate parallelism. (M.S. thesis) M. J. Kushner, adviser (2000).

Optoelectronics
^ Tarng, B. Y.. External optical injection in electroabsorption modulator lasers. (M.S. thesis) S. L. Chuang, advisor (2000).

Power and Energy Systems
^ Bartlett, C.. Analytical modeling of hysteresis losses in electrical systems. (M.S. thesis) P. W. Sauer, adviser (2000).

^ Donde, V. D.. Simulation of bilateral contracts in an AGC system. (M.S. thesis) M. A. Pai, adviser (2000).

^ Klump, R. P.. Computational framework for assessing voltage security using energy methods. (Ph.D. thesis) T. J. Overbye, adviser (2000).

^ Kukovec, M. J.. Power transmission line equivalent circuit models for use in transient analysis. (M.S. thesis) P. W. Sauer, adviser (2000).

^ Logue, D. L.. Power electronic building block applications in optimization, control, and simulation. (Ph.D. thesis) P. T. Krein, adviser (2000).

^ Mak, F.. Load distribution and frequency computation during power system transients. (M.S. thesis) P. W. Sauer, adviser (2000).

^ Martini, C. M.. Visualization of oscillation mode shapes, participation factors and transmission systems. (M.S. thesis) T. J. Overbye, adviser (2000).

^ Murphy, C. A.. Evaluation of a resonant converter for plasma display panel powering. (M.S. thesis) P. T. Krein, adviser (2000).

^ Tao, S.. Allocation and management issues in multiple-transactions open-access transmission networks. (Ph.D. thesis) G. Gross, adviser (2000).

^ West, S. P.. Performance evaluation of switched capacitor battery equalizer. (Ph.D. thesis) P. T. Krein adviser (2000).

Reliable and High-Performance Computing
^ August, D.. Systematic compilation for predicated execution. (Ph.D. thesis) W. W. Hwu, adviser (2000).

^ Cheng, B. C.. Compile-time memory disambiguation for C programs. (Ph.D. thesis) W. W. Hwu, adviser (2000).

^ Connors, D.. Eliminating Dynamic Computation Redundancy. (Ph.D. thesis) W. W. Hwu, adviser (2000).

^ Christensen, A. . Result specification and model connection in the Ms modeling framework. (M.S. thesis) W. H. Sanders, adviser (2000).

^ Fung , J. T. Y.. A simulation framework for analysis and optimization of sharing patterns on CC-NUMA shared memory systems. (M.S. thesis) N. Carter, adviser (2000).

^ Ma, X.. Code coverage analysis for behavioral Verilog models. (M.S. thesis) E. M. Rudnick, adviser (2000).

Semiconductors
^ Pickrell, G. W.. Growth optimization of gallium indium arsenide-indium phosphide heterostructures by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy. (M.S. thesis) K. Y. Cheng, adviser (2000).

^ Wohlert, D. E.. Temperature-invariant photoluminescence and gain spectra of strained gallium-indium-arsenide quantum-wires. (Ph.D. thesis) K. Y. Cheng, adviser (2000).

Thin Films and Charged Particles
^ Fan, H.. Charged liquid cluster beam deposition of magnesium fluoride films. (M.S. thesis) K. Kim, adviser (2000).

^ Gluschenkov, O.. Development and study of atomic nitrogen sources for synthesis of electronic materials. (Ph.D. thesis) K. Kim, adviser (2000).


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