Theses Awarded, 2011-2012

EE

  • Hou, S. M. (J. H. Lang), “Design and fabrication of a MEMS-array pressure sensor system for passive underwater navigation inspired by the lateral line”

MEng

  • Herbst, S. (C. G. Sodini), “A Low-Drift Bandgap Voltage Reference Employing Dynamic Element Matching”
  • Mysore, O. (L. Daniel), “Device and Interconnect Modeling using Verilog-A”
  • Piedra, D. (T. Palacios), “Development of Gallium Nitride Power Transistors”
  • GoGwilt, C. (D. S. Boning), “The Effects of Feature Geometry on Simulating Nanoimprint Lithography”
  • Oyebode, O. (J. A. del Alamo), “A New Client Interface for the ELVIS iLab with Enhanced Capabilities”

SM

  • Cho, S. (N. X. Fang), “Investigation of Defects  on Acoustic Scattering in Cloak by Molding Process”
  • Chuang, P. (D. S. Boning and D. Rosenfield), “Supply Chain Impacts of Shipping Ball-Grid-Array Notebook Processors in Tape and Reel”
  • Cranor, D (V. M. Bove, Jr.), “Prototouch: A System for Prototyping Ubiquitous Computing Environments Mediated by Touch”
  • Desai, N.  (A.P. Chandrakasan), “A Reconfigurable, Low-Power BAN for Healthcare Applications”
  • El-Damak, D. (A.P. Chandrakasan), “Design of Ultra Low Power Analog-to-Digital Converter for Ambulatory EEG Recording”
  • Gao, F. (T. Palacios), “New Technologies to assess the reliability of GaN Transistors”
  • Kress, S. (G. Chen), “Droplet Formation in a Binary Water-Fatty Acid System”
  • Lee, J. (D. S. Boning), “An On-Chip Test Circuit for Characterization of MEMS Resonators”
  • Luckyanova, M. (G. Chen), “Detecting Coherent Phonon Wave Effects in Superlattices Using Time-Domain Thermoreflectance”
  • Portocarrero, E.  (V. M. Bove, Jr.), “Inside/Out: Mirrors for Reflective, Creative Thinking”
  • Saadat, O. (T. Palacios), “Self-Aligned AlGaN/GaN Transistors for Sub-mm Wave Applications”
  • Tikekar, M. (A.P. Chandrakasan), “Circuit Implementations for High-Efficiency Video Coding Tools”

PhD

  • Balakrishan, K. (D. S. Boning), “Characterization and Analysis of Process Variability in Deeply-Scaled MOSFETs”
  • Chung, J. W. (T. Palacios), “Millimeter-Wave GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors and Their Integration with Silicon Electronics”
  • Desai, N. V. (A. P. Chandrakasan), “A Low-Power, Reconfigurable Fabric Body Area Network For Healthcare Applications”
  • DiLello, N. (J. L. Hoyt), “Fabrication and characterization of germanium-on-silicon photodiodes”
  • Fameni, S. (C. G. Fonstad, Jr.), “Coaxial recess integration of InGaAs edge emitting laser diodes with waveguides on silicon substrates:  a complete solution to laser integration on ICs”
  • Fang, W. (J. Kong), “Bilayer Graphene Growth By Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition On Copper Foil”
  • Farve, N. N. (J. H. Lang), “Design Of A Low-Mass High-Torque Brushless Motor For Application In Quadruped Robotics”
  • Hoffman, M. (J. Kong and M. S. Dresselhaus), “Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanostructures”
  • Hu, J. (D. J. Perreault), “Design of Low-Voltage, High-Bandwidth Radio-Frequency Power Converters”
  • Jadhav, P. (M. A. Baldo), “Singlet Exciton Fission, A Multi-Exciton Generation Process, In Organic Semiconductor Solar Cells”
  • Jayanty, V. (L. F. Velasques-Garcia), “Miniaturized Electron-Impact-Ionization Pumps Using Doule-Gated Isolated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays”
  • Lee, H. (N. X. Fang), “Three Dimensional Soft Active Materials for Bio-Inspired Functional Micro Devices”
  • Lim, S. (D. J. Perreault), “A Merged Two-Stage Power Conversion Architecture With Switched Capacitor Circut For An LED Driver Module”
  • Ma, H. (N. X. Fang), “Manipulating Light At Subwavelength Scales”
  • Mercier, P. (A.P. Chandrakasan), “Connected Health: Communication and Energy Delivery Architectures for Personal Medical Devices”
  • Minnich, A. (G. Chen), “Exploring Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale in Thermoelectric Materials”
  • Muto, A. (G. Chen), “Thermoelectric Device Characterization and Solar Thermoelectric System Modeling”
  • Park, H. (J. Kong), “Application of CVD Graphene In Organic Photovoltaics As Transparent Conducting Electrodes”
  • Paydavosi, S. (V. Bulovic). “Study of Organic Molecules and Nano-Particle/Polymer Composites For Flash Memory and Switch Applications”
  • Qazi, M. (A.P. Chandrakasan), “Circuit Design for Embedded Memory in Low-Power Integrated Circuits”
  • Sanchez, W. R. (J.L. Dawson), “Energy Management Techniques For Ultra-Small Bio-Medical Implants”
  • Sinangil, M. (A.P. Chandrakasan), “Low-Power and Application-Specific SRAM Design for Energy-Efficient Motion Estimation”
  • Tikekar, M. (A. P. Chandrakasan), “Circuit Implementations For High-Efficiency Video Coding Tools”
  • Xia, L. (J. A. del Alamo), “Impact of Uniaxial Strain on P-channel III-V Quantum-Well Field-Effect Transistors”
  • Yoon, D. Y. (H-S. Lee), “A Continuous-Time Multi-Stage Noise-Shaping Delta-Sigma Modulator With Analog Delay”

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