Electrical and Computer Engineering
Investigations on Multilevel and Surgeless Solid-State Circuit Breakers
Doctoral Candidate Name: Tiancan Pang Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: February 24, 2022 – 1:30 PM Defense Location: Online Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar Committee Members: Dr. Meera Sridhar, Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan, Dr. Tiefu Zhao Abstract: The Solid-State Circuit Breaker (SSCB), as an emerging semiconductor-based circuit protection technology, is featured […]
NOVEL APPROACHES IN MODELING INTEGRATED POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES AND CONTROLS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Arun Suresh Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: EPIC 2354 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr. Yogendra Kakad, Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Ertunga Ozelkan Abstract: In recent years the grid modernization and rapid growth in distributed energy resources […]
Advanced Control Approaches For Renewable Energy Integration To Improve Overall Stability And Reliability Of Power Grid
Doctoral Candidate Name: Anuprabha Ravindran Nair Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 8, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: EPIC 2354 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan Committee Members: Dr. Yogendra Kakad, Dr. Abasifreke Ebong, Dr. Michael Smith, Dr. Joanna K. Krueger Abstract: Renewable energy-based electric power generation is receiving more […]
An Integrative Algorithm/Architecture Co-Design Of Deep Spatial and Temporal Separable Convolutional Neural Networks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Mohammadreza Baharani Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 26, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Google Meeting: https://meet.google.com/bfd-vwvb-tor Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Hamed Tabkhi Committee Members: Dr. Andrew Willis, Dr. Babak Parkhideh, and Dr. Gary Teng Teng Abstract: This dissertation presents my research on algorithm/architecture co-design of deep […]
EMPOWERING RECONFIGURABLE PLATFORMS FOR MASSIVELY PARALLEL APPLICATIONS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Arnab Ardhendu Purkayastha Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 14, 2021 – 10:30 AM Defense Location: ONLINE Committee chair’s Name: Hamed Tabkhi Committee Members: Dr. Arun Ravindran, Dr. Erik Saule Abstract: The availability of OpenCL for FPGAs along with High-Level Synthesis tools have made FPGAs an attractive platform […]
Power Electronics Assisted Voltage Regulators for Modern Distribution Systems
Doctoral Candidate Name: YAFENG WANG Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 16, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Tiefu Zhao Committee Members: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, Dr. Babak Parkhideh Abstract: Step voltage regulator (SVR) has been utilized in the power distribution systems for decades. The induced arc […]
MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL ON THERMAL STRESS REDUCTION FOR GRID-CONNECTED INVERTERS RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT
Doctoral Candidate Name: Luocheng Wang Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 13, 2021 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: ZOOM Committee chair’s Name: Dr.Tiefu Zhao Committee Members: Dr.Madhav Manjrekar, Dr.Babak Parkhideh, Dr.Shen-En Chen Abstract: Thermal stress has been identified as one of the major failure causes in the power module. It is […]
A BreadCrumb Network Framework for Assisting with Robot Localization
Doctoral Candidate Name: David Grabowsky Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 13, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Zoom Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jim Conrad Committee Members: Dr. Chen Chen, Dr. Courtney Smith-Orr, Dr. Aidan Browne Abstract: Localization and communication are critical components for functioning autonomous robots. The infrastructure required for […]
Secure Cryptographic Designs Resilient to Side-channel Attacks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Yutian Gui Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 9, 2021 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.webex.com/uncc/j.php?MTID=mc9205ba51ce84d328de5d2c1ae3a0e8b Committee chair’s Name: Fareena Saqib Committee Members: Dr. Fareena Saqib, Dr. Tao Han, Dr. Kathryn Smith Weldon, Dr. Moutaz Khouja Abstract: The rapid development of IoT devices and distributed computing brings convenience […]
Secure Cryptographic Designs Resilient to Side-channel Attacks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Yutian Gui Program: Electrical and Computer Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 9, 2021 – 9:30 AM Defense Location: https://uncc.webex.com/uncc/j.php?MTID=mc9205ba51ce84d328de5d2c1ae3a0e8b Committee chair’s Name: Fareena Saqib Committee Members: Dr. Fareena Saqib, Dr. Tao Han, Dr. Kathryn Smith Weldon, Dr. Moutaz Khouja Abstract: