The University of Missouri-Columbia has a new test facility online to study oil breakdown of enhanced and uniform gaps. The 3 megavolt Marx generator is operational with switch configurations tested including large electrode ...

This study shows the development and analysis of the connectivity of a wireless system using a low cost processor. First, we designed a system with two sensor processors and a server PC. Second, we developed two protocols; ...

The effects of different geometries, heights and concentrations per unit area of gratings in the active region of a metal semiconductor metal photo-detector have been analyzed for enhanced charge collection through ...

Enhanced charge collection mechanisms due to sub-micron wall-like silicon structures on the active surface of a metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetector were studied through the analysis of transmitted electromagnetic ...

Cognitive Radio can smartly sense and adapts with the changing environment by altering its transmitting parameters, such as modulation, frequency, frame format etc. The main challenges with cognitive radios are that it ...

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) have gained tremendous popularity over the last few decades. They are considered as substitutes for classical techniques which have been followed for many years. Many neural network ...

A model of a spark gap used as a shorting switch in a Blumlein pulse power system has been developed. The model is separated into a pre-breakdown kinetic model and a post-breakdown fluid model. The kinetic model is used ...

Since 1985, the Rimfire switch has been used extensively in accelerators at Sandia National Laboratories. Demands for increased future accelerator performance require improvements to the Rimfire switch. This thesis is both ...

A photoswitch is designed for use as the switching element in a 2 GHz class E amplifier. The application of this amplifier is as the final-stage amplifier in the transmit-receive module of a phased-array radar system. The ...

Path planning problem, including maze navigation is a challenging topic in robotics. Indeed, a significant amount of research has been devoted to this problem in recent years. Genetic algorithm is a popular approach that ...

A transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell was designed and fitted with a double ended monopole antenna as a signal leader in order to couple electromagnetic radiation from GSM 900 and 1800 commercial cellular phones into a ...

Technology is steadily advancing where semiconductors and microelectronics have become such a huge source of revenue and area of technological interest, resulting in reduced device geometries and more complicated microelectronic ...

The portable devices used in video communication application are powered by batteries. Video encoding schemes, however, are often computationally intensive and energy-demanding, even after being fully optimized with existing ...

In this study we have exposed different varieties of soybean seeds to electromagnetic (EM) radiation at a frequency other than that of light. The objective was to determine changes in the germination rate, if any, under ...

Efficient spatiotemporal prediction to remove the source redundancy is critical in video coding. The newest international standard H.264 video coding introduces several advanced features, such as multiple-frame motion ...

Computational neuroscience provides tools to abstract and generalize principles of neuronal functions using mathematics, with applicability to the entire neuroscience spectrum. Problems at two levels of the neuroscience ...

A Helmholtz coil with a large usable area of uniform field was designed, constructed and characterized, specifically for bioelectric studies. The design and analysis of the coil were carried out through experiments and the ...

A resonant piezoelectric transformer circuit was developed for high voltage generation. The goal of this project was to produce 100 kV with a reasonably sized piezoelectric crystal. Several mechanisms leading to less than ...

The mains current in an ac/dc converter contains periodic current pulses due to the action of rectifier and output filter capacitor. The high current peaks cause harmonic distortion of the supply current and low power ...

In ultrasonics, image formation and detection are most commonly based on signal amplitude. Matched filtering is an amplitude independent approach, but requires accurate template estimation. In this work, we introduce the ...