Master's Theses: Recent submissions
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Optical quantum dot films for wide color gamut smart phone displays
(2019-05-08)Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology is a fundamental constituent of today’s smart phones for image formation. LCDs are required to have a back light unit (BLU) to create a uniform white light with the correct color ... -
Performance characterization of vehicular visible light communications
(2019-07-16)In Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs), visible light communication (VLC) has emerged as a powerful candidate to enable wireless connectivity in vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) links. VLC ... -
Experimental and numerical investigations on compact plate heat exchanger
(2019-08-15)The objective of this thesis was to understand ow phenomena inside chevron type plate heat exchangers. To reach this goal, several visualization experiments designed and conducted. Also Large eddy ow simulations were ... -
Aging response of az series magnesium alloys after thermo-mechanical processing
(2019-08-20)The current study aims to investigate the effect of thermo-mechanical treatment utilizing both aging and stress aging on the mechanical behavior of warm rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy with inspecting the relationship between ... -
Numerical and experimental analysis of KSF LED packages in a 65" ultra-thin LED TV
(2019-08-08)Flat panel display technologies have been well developed over the last decade towards high-end products which have slimmer, higher brightness and wider color gamut (WCG) characteristics. These challenges led to a dramatic ... -
A mathematical modelling approach for dled TV panel design
(2019-06)The aim of this study is to increase the luminance performance of direct light emitting diodes (DLED) televisions through case design improvement. We first gather luminance measurements of several regions of active area ... -
Image denoising using deep convolutional autoencoders
(2019-08-19)Image denoising is one of the fundamental problems in image processing eld since it is required by many computer vision applications. Various approaches have been used in image denoising throughout the years from spatial ... -
AUC maximization for binary classification using combinatorial benders cuts
(2019-06-11)The purpose of this study is to maximize the area under Receiver Operating Characteristic curve for binary classi cation problems using a scoring-based mixed integer linear programming formulation. We investigate exact ... -
A workforce planning model for fair schedules considering employee satisfaction, service level, and operating cost
(2019-06-11)We study workforce planning issues for call centers and propose a solution approach with a scheduling model. In this study, we emphasize the effects of employee satisfaction, fair distribution of shifts, and agent-related ... -
Computational investigations of metal organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks for gas storage and gas separation applications
(2019-07-09)Ordered crystalline microporous materials including metal organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolite imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as strong candidates for gas storage and gas ... -
Investigation on the effects of dc-link capacitors to DC/AC converter under various operation conditions
(2019-05-29)In the designing stage of a DC/AC converter, determining parameters of components has an essential role such as value, size and material type. DC-Link capacitors are the critical components for DC/AC converters and define ... -
Thermal and optical interaction of tightly packaged LEDs in automotive lighting applications
(2018-11-20)This study aims to enhance the thermal management of an LED light engine for automotive exterior lighting with an advanced heat spreader. Although LEDs have many advantages, their applications require an accurate thermal ... -
Real-time robust control of a series elastic actuator subject to uncertainties
(2018-12-24)Humans are able to perform highly complicated tasks in their daily activities by interacting with the environment. However, for a robotic system, these tasks are quite challenging. To overcome these problems, robotic systems ... -
A robust voltage control method for universal ev battery charge llc resonant converters
In this study, a novel control method for LLC resonant converter with wide output voltage range and constant switching frequency is proposed targeting wide range of Electric Vehicle (EV) battery charger standards. In ... -
A unified framework for benchmarking sparse matrix-vector multiplication methods
(2019-10-01)Sparse matrix-vector multiplication (SpMV) is an important sparse linear algebra kernel that has a wide range of application domains, including computational science, graph analytics, machine learning and many more. Due ... -
Football stadiums' integration into urban fabric in context of spatial discourse
(2019-01)Football and society have always been connected, and stadium has become one of the venues for social interaction. Because of the zoning policies, economic constraints and urban transformations, stadiums have been constructed ... -
An investigation into junction temperature of green and blue LEDs
(2019-01-04)As more advanced technologies are developed, energy considerations are becoming more serious. This is also true for lighting systems that play a crucial role in worldwide energy consumption consisting of 15% of general ... -
Advisor: an adaptive framework for test oracle automation of visual output systems
(2019-01-10)Test oracles differentiate between the correct and incorrect system behavior. Automation of test oracles for visual output systems mainly involves image comparison, where a snapshot of the observed output during test is ... -
A 1GS/S, 9-BIT DAC I interleaved (2+1)-bit then 2-bit per cycle, reference free SAR ADC
(2019-01-02)This work presents a high speed, medium resolution Successive Approximation Register Analog to Digital Converter (SAR ADC) designed for low-noise, low- power satellite transceiver applications. The proposed system is a ... -
Development of a torque-controllable lower extremity exoskeleton for crutch-free 3D walking support
(2018-12-24)Spinal cord paralysis is a condition, which is formed due to full or partial loss of sensorimotor and autonomous functionalities of the spinal cord. Paraplegia is a type of spinal cord injury which causes functionality ...
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