Electrical and Computer Engineering

A SECURE SoC PLATFORM FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENTS IN FPGA

Doctoral Candidate Name: Geraldine Shirley Nicholas Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 5, 2023 – 12:30 PM Defense Location: EPIC 2344 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Fareena Saqib Committee Members: Dr. Ahmed Arafa, Dr. Arindam Mukherjee ,Dr. Gabor Hetyei Abstract: With the rapid increase in connected devices and SoC design architecture being […]

Investigations on Resonant Gate Drivers for Power MOSFETs

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nazmus Sakib Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 29, 2023 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar Committee Members: Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Yesim Sireli Abstract: In recent years, Wide Bandgap (WBG) semiconductor based power devices has matured rapidly and […]

PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF LORA NETWORKS FOR SMART CITY SCENARIOS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Shobhit Aggarwal Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 27, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC-2354 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Asis Nasipuri Committee Members: Dr. Jim Conrad, Dr. Ahmed Arafa Abstract: Energy efficiency and scalability continue to be key considerations for the development of low-cost wireless networks for […]

Power system oscillation identification, classification and control based on subspace identification

Doctoral Candidate Name: Fahim Al Hasnain Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 14, 2023 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: EPIC 2224 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr, Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Brett Tempest Abstract: Accurate knowledge and estimation of the electro-mechanical modes in the power system […]

Power system oscillation identification, classification and control based on subspace identification

Doctoral Candidate Name: Fahim Al Hasnain Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 14, 2023 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: EPIC 2224 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr, Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Brett Tempest Abstract: Accurate knowledge and estimation of the electro-mechanical modes in the power system […]

Power system oscillation identification, classification and control through subspace identification

Doctoral Candidate Name: Fahim Al Hasnain Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 14, 2023 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: EPIC 2224 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Brett Tempest Abstract: Modern power systems are complex in nature. Accurate knowledge and estimation of […]

Proactive Topology Optimization and Service Restoration for Improved Distribution System Outage Management

Doctoral Candidate Name: Tumininu Mbanisi Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: February 8, 2023 – 8:30 AM Defense Location: Virtual: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/91916323359 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Valentina Cecchi Committee Members: Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Tao Hong, Dr. Zachary Wartell Abstract: It is estimated that close to 90% of outages in the electric power […]

Design, Modeling, Prototyping and Analysis of Resonant Gate Driver for Wide Bandgap Devices

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nazmus Sakib Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: January 12, 2023 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Online Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar Committee Members: Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, Dr. Yesim Sireli Abstract: In recent years, Wide Bandgap (WBG) semiconductor based power devices has matured rapidly and […]

Hierarchical decentralized optimal control and reconfiguration of networked microgrids in the power distribution system

Doctoral Candidate Name: Aravind Ingalalli Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: January 16, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 2344 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr. Valentina Cecchi, Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Russell Keanini Abstract: The digital era has brought revolutionary automation technology in various science and engineering […]

AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH SINGLE FUNCTIONAL UNIT LEVEL INTEGRATION OF ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC ELEMENTS: DESIGN OF THE FET – LET HYBRID 6T SRAM AND THE ELEMENTS

Doctoral Candidate Name: Antardipan Pal Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: October 20, 2022 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 2224 Committee chair’s Name: Yong Zhang Committee Members: Mohamad-Ali Hasan, Jeremy Holleman, Yasin Raja Abstract: Continuous scaling of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistor technology over the past few decades following Moore’s law has […]