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University of Manitoba    ||     Faculty of Engineering    ||     Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering


Friday, 15 October 2010




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Frequency and angle stability of AC system connected with DC links
Agnihotri, Prashant (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Gole

Coalition-Based Cooperative Packet Delivery Under Uncertainty: A Dynamic Bayesian Coalitional Game
Akkarajitsakul, Khajonpong (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain

Crosstalk Degradation By Primary Feed Phase Errors In Offset Reflector Antennas
Allahgholi Pour, Zahra (Maria)     Advisor:  Dr. L. Shafai

Vectorial Low-Frequency MLFMA for the Combined Field Integral Equation
Aronsson, Jonatan Lars-Ake  (Ph.D.)     Advisor:  Dr. V. Okhmatovski

Acoustical Properties of Snoring Sounds and Their  Relationship with Anthropometric Parameters
Azarbarzin, Ali (Ph.D. )    Advisor: Dr.  Z. Moussavi

Raman Study of Sputtered HfO2 Thin Films
Belo, Gustavo (Ph.D.)    Advisor: Dr. D. Buchanan

A Wireless Passive Sensor for pH Monitoring Employing Temperature Compensation
Bhadra, Sharmistha (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr.  G. Bridges

Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks
Bokharaiee Najafee, Simin (Ph.D. Candidacy)     Advisor: Dr.  H. Nguyen & Dr.  M. Pawlak

Design and Implementation of an Adaptive Eigen-Filter for the Enhancement of TD-OCT Images
Boroomand, Ameneh (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr.  S. Sherif

Measuring Spatial Cognition Performance using Virtual Reality
Byagowi, Ahmad, Ph.D. (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi

Application of Katz Fractal Dimension on Vestibular Response Signals for Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
Dastgheib, Zeinab (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr.  Z. Moussavi

Electromagnetic Transient Simulation of Large-scale Electrical Power Networks using Graphics Processing Units
Debnath, Jayanta Kumar (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. W. Fung

Characterizing Random CSMA Wireless Networks: A Stochastic Geometry Approach
El Sawy, Hesham (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain

A Game Theoretic Resource Allocation and Relay Selection Approach in OFDMA-based Relay-enhanced Cellular Network
Farazmand, Yalda (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Alfa

Mathematical Morphology with Inclusion Measure: Definition and Applications
Fashandi, Homa (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor: Dr.  J. Peters

Battery repurposing for power system applications
Fazel Darbandi, Arash (M.Sc.)     Advisor:Dr. S. Filizadeh

Wavelet-Encoded Mr Spectroscopic Imaging Incorporating Parallel Imaging To Further Reduce Acquisition Times: In-Vitro Results
Fu, Yao (Ph.D. ) Advisor: Dr.  G. Thomas

Direct Methods for Dynamic Security Assessment of Power Systems
Geeganage, Janath (Ph.D.)     Advisor:  Dr. U. Annakkage

Loading profile of plug-in hybrid vehicles on the gird
Ghias Nezhad, Nima (Ph.D.)     Advisor:  Dr. S. Filizadeh

Loss Estimation of Modular Multilevel Converters using Electromagnetic Transients Simulations
Gnanarathna, Udana (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Gole

Enhancing the Throughput of Wireless star Networks, using Network Coding
Gunasekara, Charith (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Alfa

Measurement of Transients for Traveling Wave based Fault Location
Karasin Pathirannahalage, Amila Nuwan Pathirana (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

Accurate Electro-Magnetic Transient Modeling Of Sector Shaped Cables
Kapuge Kariyawasam Mudalige, Anuradha Kariyawasam (Ph.D.) Advisor: Dr. A. Gole

Distributed Cooperative Multi-channel Spectrum Sensing based on Dynamic Coalitional Game
Kasiri Mashhad, Behzad (Ph.D.) Advisor: Dr.  J. Cai

Introduction to Queueing Theory
Khan, Imran (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr.  B. McLeod

Damping Control using Wide Area Synchronous Phasor Measurements
Konara, Anupama (Ph.D.)    Advisor:  Dr. U. Annakkage

Profiling Finger-Hand Function using Telerehabilitation
Lockery, Daniel     Advisor: Dr. J. Peters

Visual perception of similarity
Meghdadi, Amir H. (Ph.D. Candidate) Advisor: Dr.  J. Peters

Investigation of Higher Order Mode Four-Arm Spiral Antennas    (PowerPoint)
Mehrabani, Ali Momen (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. L Shafai

True random number generators in GPUs
Mijares Chan, Jose Juan (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. G. Thomas

Dielectric Loading Effect on the Performance of a Vee Dipole Antenna with Trapezoidal Arms
and UWB Coaxial Balun
 (PowerPoint)
Mohamed, Abdelhalim (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai

Control and Protection of HVDC Grids
Montanari, Allan (Ph.D.) and Dr. Ani Gole     Advisor: Dr. A. Gole

Stimulation of plantar cutaneous mechanoreceptor and  proprioceptor cause clinical improvement in Spinal Cord Injured patients
Morovati, Mohammad Reza (M.Eng.)     Advisor: Dr.  Z. Moussavi

Shedding light into atherosclerosis: application of nonlinear optical microscopy to track development of plaques in blood vessel
Mostaco-Guidolin, Leila Buttner (Ph.D.)    Advisor: Dr. A. Major

Location of dc line faults in HVDC systems with segments of cables and overhead lines using terminal measurements
Nanayakkara, Kasun (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

Ultrasound patterns in tissue for the increase of imaging depth in OCT
Pereira, Pedro (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Sherif Sherif

Enhanced Differential Protection Using a Wavelet Based Transient Directional Method
Perera, Nuwan  (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

Design and Optimization of passive wireless corrosion sensor
Perveen, Khalada (M.Sc.)     Advisor:  Dr.  D. Thomson

Classification Of Atherosclerotic Rabbit Arteries Using Optical Coherence Tomography Images
Prakash, Ammu (M.Sc.)    Advisor: Dr.  S. Sherif

Robust Transmission Scheduling and Power Control for Spectrum Sharing in Spatial Reuse TDMA Wireless Networks
Phunchongharn, Phond (Ph.D. Candidate)      Advisor:  Dr. E. Hossain

Broadband Rear Radiating Printed Dipole Antenna
Qudrat-E-Maula, Mohammad (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor: Dr.  L. Shafai

On the Feasibility of Reflectarray Antenna Performance Improvement using a New Design Approach Based on the Feed Near-Field
Safari, Faezeh (Ph.D.)     Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai

Acoustical Detection of Silent Aspiration
Sarraf-Shirazi, Samaneh (Ph.D.)     Advisor:Dr.  Z. Moussavi

An Approach to Distributed Joint Source-Channel Code Design Using Irregular LDPC Codes
Shahid, Iqbal  (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor:  Dr. P. Yahampath

A Markov Decision Process (MDP) based Congestion Aware Medium Access Strategy for IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
Shrestha, Bharat (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor:  Dr. E. Hossain

Interactions of a Type 3 Wind Farm with a Series Compensated Line
Suriyaarachchi, Hiranya (Ph.D. Candidate) Advisor: Dr. U. Annakkage

Modeling, Optimization and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Tara, Ehsan (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor: Dr. S. Filizadeh

Floating Gate Olfactory Sensor
Tareq, Md. Obaej (Ph.D.) Advisor: Dr. D. Buchanan

A Pattern Recognition Approach for Detecting Power Islands Using Transient Signals-Part I: Design and Implementation
W. A., Lidula N. (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

Application of Lyapunov Exponents into Power System Transient Stability Analysis
Wadduwage, Darshana Prasad (Ph.D.) Advisor: Dr. U. Annakkage

An energy consumption scheduling model with random charging for Electric Vehicle systems on smart grid
Xiang, Pengxiang (Ph.D.) Advisor: Dr.  J. Cai

Electrical Characterization of Si Microwires and their Junction with Conducting Polymer Composite
Yahyaie, Iman (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor: Dr.  D. Oliver

Application of Finite-Element Contrast Source Inversion Method on 2D and 3D Microwave Imaging Experimental Data
Zakaria, Amer (Ph.D. Candidate)     Advisor:  Dr.  J. LoVetri

Continuous wave Yb:KGW laser with polarization-independent pump absorption
Zhao, Haitao (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor:  Dr. A. Major

Application of Optimization Tools to Coordinate Controls of Multiple HVDC Converters in a Power Network for Harvesting Wide Area Renewable Energy Generation
Zhou, Zheng (Jenny) (Ph.D.)    Advisor: Dr. A. Gole

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