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CAD Flow for Hotspot Management in FPGAs
(2017-08)Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are used not only for rapid prototyping but also for implementing very high-performance computing engines. Advancements in big data, machine learning, and neural network are increasing ... -
Calibration Techniques for High Speed Time-Interleaved SAR ADC
(2017-08)The emerging applications such as Internet-of-Things (IoT), self-driven car and artificial intelligence (AI) trigger rapid increase in bandwidth demand in data centers and telecommunication infrastructure. The data traffic ... -
Can Social Diorganization Theory Explain Violent Crime in Seoul, South Korea?: A Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Examination
(2018-05)A large body of work has applied social disorganization theory to crime in Western cultures, but minimal research examines how the theory operates within Eastern cultures. This study seeks to fill this gap through an ... -
Capacity Fade Estimation for Li-ion Battery Packs
(2017-12)As the electric vehicle market is growing at a rapid pace, the need for accurate state of charge (SOC), state of health (SOH) estimation of the battery pack is required. Moreover, the battery management system should be ... -
Carbonate Alteration of Ophiolitic Rocks : Sources of Fluids, Conditions of Alteration, and Element Mobility
(2020-05)Ultramafic portions of ophiolitic sequences commonly show evidence of carbonate alteration reflecting geological process with implications including carbon sequestration, fluxing of CO₂ to the Earth’s atmosphere, the ... -
Catalase Immobilization in Wrinkled Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
(2018-05)Wrinkled mesoporous silica (WMS) has been shown to be a promising material for enzyme immobilization. The WMS possesses a unique wrinkled structure with conical shaped pores which radiate from the center to the surface ... -
Categorizing the Security and Privacy of "Internet of Things" Devices
(2018-05)Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming an important part of our daily lives. In this thesis, we analyze the security and privacy risks of IoT devices in Smart Homes Hubs, the intersection of our daily lives and ... -
CEO Pay Disparity and Firm Value
(2019-05)Prior studies have reported mixed results with regard to the effect of CEO pay disparity on firm value. While one stream of studies provide evidence that, based on tournament theory, a higher wage difference between CEOs ... -
Characterization and Modeling of Mechanical Behavior of Polymers and Composites at Small Scales by Nanoindentation
(2017-05)Polymer has been used extensively for the final MEMS structures or devices. In order to ensure the design reliability, it is critical to precisely determine the mechanical properties of the polymer-based electronic packaging ... -
Characterization of GaAs Quantum Well Edge Emitting Semiconductor Lasers
(2018-08)This thesis will involve the details surrounding and describing the fabrication and characterization of GaAs laser diodes comprised of quantum well active regions. Within the scope of this thesis is a background to this ... -
Characterization of Squamous Cell Carcinomas During High and Low Glucose Treatments
(2019-12)Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSqCC) is one of the many subtypes of lung cancer, the first leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Despite many years of research effort, not much has been accomplished ... -
Characterizing and Engineering the Metal Contact Interface in 1D and 2D Chalcogenide Systems
(2018-12)The layered ransition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit unique phase- and thicknessdependent electronic, photonic, and magnetic properties intriguing for future device technologies. Historically, contact engineering ... -
Characterizing Interactions Between Nap1 and its Binding Partners
(2020-05)Nucleosome Assembly Proteins (Naps) are a well-known family of proteins that regulate the assembly and disassembly of the nucleosome. They act as histone chaperones by facilitating the transport of histones from the ... -
Charge Dynamics and Device Physics in Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics
(2017-05)Organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology is still advancing towards commercialization with its potential for low-cost and light-weight flexible electricity generating applications. However, the lack of thorough understanding ... -
Chemical Bath Deposition of Molybdenum Disulfide and Copper Sulfide Thin Films
(2019-05)The integration of new technologies into everyday devices requires the development of reliable low-cost methods to deposit semiconductor thin-films. In this work chemical bath deposition (CBD), a solution-based technique, ... -
Child Social Capital and Health : The Protective and Promotive Effects of Social Capital on Child Health in Fragile Families
(2020-05)Children’s living arrangements in the United States have changed for cohorts after the World War II baby boom. Traditional nuclear families are gradually being replaced by single-parent families, cohabiting families, and ... -
Childhood Subjectivity in Western and Chinese Thought and Literature: A Case Study of Four Masterworks
(2018-05)This dissertation is a comparative study of conceptualizations and literary representations of childhood subjectivity in Western and Chinese traditions. Accepting the general assumption that childhood is highly valued in ... -
Chinese Residential Housing Policy Evaluation
(2017-12)Housing policies have long been discussed in countries around the world. Every country should use a different type of policy to stabilize its housing market depending on its political system. In this paper, the core question ... -
Choice in Digital Games: A Taxonomy of Choice Types Applied to Player Agency and Identity
(2017-05)Choice has always played an important part in video games, but its role in recent times has become complicated. As technology has grown more efficient, once narrow game genres have expanded and hybridized. Action games ... -
Circuit Level Modeling of Spintronic Devices
(2017-12)It is an exciting time for circuit designers working on beyond-CMOS logic and memory design. Many alternative technologies to conventional Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology have been proposed in ...