PhD Proposal Review: Robust Observer Structures and Control Design for Linear and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Applications Anahita Moradmand Location: Zoom Link Abstract: This thesis focuses on special class of observers and controllers for different and seperable nonlinear systems. In the first step, a robust fault detection approach using observers for linear systems is proposed […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Plasmonically Enhanced Infrared Sensing Microsystems Sungho Kang Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Infrared (IR) spectroscopic sensing has become a key technique in multidisciplinary environments such as military applications, industrial safety control, and smart homes, by providing an accurate and non-disruptive analysis of the target objects. Recently the demand for high performance and compact […]
PhD Dissertation Defense: Automated Bayesian Network Exploration for Nuisance-Robust Inference Andac Demir Location: Zoom Link Abstract: A fundamental challenge in the analysis of physiological signals is learning useful features that are robust to nuisance factors e.g., inter-subject \& inter-session variability, and achieve the highest nuisance-invariant classification performance. Towards resolving this problem, we introduce 3 frameworks: […]
PhD Proposal Review: Exploring Micro-Machined Glass Shell Resonators For Sensor Application Vedant Sumaria Location: Zoom Abstract: Optical resonators have been playing an important role in modern optics. They are fundamental in any laser device, etalon for optical filtering, accurate measurement for non-linear optics. Bulk optical resonators that use two or more mirrors are usually used […]
PhD Proposal Review: Machine Learning Approaches for Classification of Myriad Underwater Acoustic Events Over Continental-shelf Scale Regions with Passive Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing Hamed Mohebbi Kalkhoran Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Underwater acoustic data contain a myriad of sound sources that include bioacoustics related to marine life such as marine mammals and fishes; man-made such […]
ECE Seminar: Stretchable Magnetics for Soft Robotics Nathan Lazarus Location: Zoom Link Abstract: Recent innovations in making robots from softer biofriendly materials have opened broad new applications ranging from medicine to agriculture. Due to the reliance of much of the field on pneumatic actuation, heavy and rigid pumps, and control circuitry for driving pressure chambers […]
PhD Proposal Review: Aluminum Nitride and Scandium-doped Aluminum Nitride Materials and Devices for Beyond 6 GHz Communication Meruyert Assylbekova Location: Zoom Link Abstract: With almost all of the sub-6 GHz spectrum now being allocated, current bandwidth shortage has motivated the exploration of untapped frequencies beyond 6 GHz for future broadband wireless communication. Shift to higher […]
ECE Seminar: Deployable Learning Machines: From cost-to-go estimation to certification Michael Everett Location: 442 Dana and Zoom Link Abstract: Autonomous robots have the potential to transform our everyday lives, yet most of these systems struggle outside of the lab or carefully designed warehouses. This talk will first describe our work toward a new generation of […]
ECE Seminar: Autonomous Microsystems Based on Heterogeneously Integrated CMOS for Biological Big Data Sunwoo Lee Location: 442 Dana or Zoom Link Abstract: Minimally invasive and chronic physiological monitoring can provide an effective means of disease prevention and early detection while the cumulative big data can unveil hidden patterns in our physiology. Yet, current physiological monitoring […]
ECE Seminar: Emergent Active Photonic Platforms for Next-generation Mid-infrared and Ultrafast Photonics Qiushi Guo Location: 442 Dana or Zoom Link Abstract: As two basic properties of light, wavelength and timescale are central to numerous photonic applications. Compared to visible and near-infrared, the longer wavelength mid-infrared spectral regime contains unique thermal visual information and chemical fingerprints […]