Friday,
14 October 2010
ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS
A
Coalitional Game for Cooperative Packet Delivery in
Vehicle-to-Roadside Communications
Akkarajitsakul, Khajonpong -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E.
Hossain
A
Novel Dual Mode Circular Waveguide Horn Antenna
Allahgholi Pour, Zahra (Maria) -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr.
L. Shafai
Implementing
the Multi-level Fast Multipole Algorithm on Graphics Processors
Aronsson, Jonatan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. V. Okhmatovski
Snore
Source Detection by Non-invasive Acoustical
Analysis
Azarbarzin, Ali -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi
Sorting
of Biological Cells by Capacitive Detection with Use of
Dielectrophoresis
Cabel, Timothy -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. G. Bridges
Work
Function Tuning Of Reactively Sputtered HfSiN Metal Gate Electrodes For
Advanced CMOS Technology
Chaudhari, Rekha -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. D. Buchanan
iCORE:
Implementation of Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Repeater-Aided Network
Coding for WiFi
Chieochan, Surachai -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Application
of Chaotic Simulated
Annealing in the Optimization of Task
Allocation in a Multiprocessing System
Cook, Darcy -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. K. Ferens
Distributed
Spectrum Sharing in Cognitive Radio Networks
Cui, Shaohang -- M.Sc.
Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Cai
Application
of Waveform Fractal Dimension on
Vestibular Response Signals for Diagnosis of Parkinson’s
Disease
Dastgheib, Zeinab -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi
GPU-computing
in Power System Simulation
Debnath, Jayanta Kumar -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor:
Dr. W. Fung
Predictive
Channel Access in Cognitive Radio Networks Based on Variable Order
Markov Models
Devanarayana, Chamara -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Alfa
Grid
Impact of Wind Farm Frequency Regulation Schemes
El Itani, Samer -- M.Eng. Program (McGill University), Visiting
Advisor: Dr. U. Annakkage.
Polymer-based
Gas Sensor on a Thermally
Stable Platform
Emadi, Arezoo -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. C. Shafai
Voltage
Drift and Voltage Balancing in Multi-Level Converters
Espah Boroojeni, Mehrdad -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor:
Dr. S. Filizadeh
Game
Theoretic Approaches for Radio Resource Management in Cooperative
Cellular Wireless Networks
Farazmand, Yalda -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Fuzzy
Topological Spaces: Basic Definitions and Applications
Fashandi, Homa -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J.
Peters
Finite
Element Modeling of an Ultrasound
Tomography System
Faucher, Gabriel -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. LoVetri
Dielectrophoretic
Pressing of
Biological Cells into Contact with Surfaces: A Mechanism for
Biophysical Flow Cytometry
Ferrier, Graham -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. D. Thomson
An
In-memory Database for Network
Traffic Analysis via Flow Data
Friesen, Travis -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. B. McLeod
Efficient
Modeling of Modular
Multi-Level HVDC Converters (MMC) on Electromagnetic Transient
Simulation Programs
Gnanarathna, Udana -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Gole
Transient
Stability Enhancement Strategies Based on Wide Area Phasor Measurements
Gomez, Francisco -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse
Scattering
from Dielectric
Objects In Multi-Layered Media Using the FVTD Method
Isleifson, Dustin -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai
Calculation
of Frequency Dependant
Resistances & Inductances of Power Cables using Sub-conductor
Techniques
Kapuge Kariyawasam Mudalige, Anuradha Kariyawasam -- Ph.D.
Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Gole
Effects
of Correlated Shadowing on Soft Decision Fusion in Cooperative Spectrum
Sensing
Kasiri Mashhad, Behzad -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Cai
Tutorial
on Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS)
Khan, Imran -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. B. McLeod
Bilateral
Teleoperation over the Internet
Liao, Stephen -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. W. Fung
A
Telerehabilitation System for Finger-Hand Function
Lockery, Daniel -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Peters
On
Identification of MISO Hammerstien
Systems
Lv, Jiaqing -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. M. Pawlak
Design
of Damping Controllers for Multiple FACTS Devices
Mahmoodianfard, Forough -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. U.
Annakkage
Content-Based
Image Retrieval
Meghdadi, Amir -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Peters
Zombie
Simulation at a Campus Level
Mijares Chan, Jose Juan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. G.
Thomas
Cooperative
Communication in OFDM and MIMO Cellular Relay Networks: Issues and
Approaches
Moghaddari, Mohammad -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
A
Novel UWB Microstrip
Antenna with Low Cross-Polarization
Mohamed, Abdelhalim -- Ph.D. Program, Dr. L. Shafai
Effect
of Extending Grounded Substrate beyond AMC on
the Performance of Spiral Antennas
Momen Mehrabani, Ali -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai
Application
of Translational Addition Theorems to Analyze Electric Fields in the
Presence of a System of Conductors
Mudun Kotuwage, S.C. Kumara -- M.Sc. Program, Dr. I. Ciric
Fault
Location in HVDC Transmission
Lines Using Wavelet Transform
Nanayakkara, Kasun -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse
A
Novel Broadband Design Procedure for Balanced
Compact Planar Tapered Slot Antenna
Ostadrahimi, Majid -- Ph.D. Program, Advisors: Drs. S. Noghanian, L.
Shafai, & J. LoVetri
Hardware
Implementation of Wavelet Based Fault
Direction Identification Unit
Perera, Nuwan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse
Robust
Transmission Scheduling and Power Control for Dynamic Wireless Access
in a Hospital Environment
Phunchongharn, Phond -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Phase
Center Study of Slotted Circular Waveguide Feed
Qudrat-E-Maula, Mohammad -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L.
Shafai
Optimization
of a MEMs Electric Field
Sensor by Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms
Roy, Mark -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. C. Shafai
Comparison
of Two Different Simulation Methods for the
Design of Reflect-Arrays
Safari, Faezeh -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai
Simulation-Based
Design of Electric Motor Drive Systems
Salimi, Maryam -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. S. Filizadeh
Acoustical
Modeling of Swallowing Mechanism
Sarraf, Samaneh -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi
A
Trajectory Analysis Of Particle Swarm
Optimization For Use In Intelligent Systems
Schor, Dario -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. W. Kinsner
Development
of Average Models for Rapid Simulation of
Wind Farm Power Electronic converter
Shahab, Azin -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. S. Filizadeh
Distributed
Joint Source-Channel Coding of Correlated Binary Sources over Noisy
Channels
Shahid, Iqbal -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. P. Yahampath
A
Markov Model for IEEE 802.15.4 MAC with GTS
Transmissions and Heterogeneous Traffic in Non-saturation Mode
Shrestha, Bharat -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Generation
Of Green Second Harmonic In
BiBO, KTP, PPLN And LBO Crystals Using Passively Q-Switched
Sub-Nanosecond Microchip Laser
Sukhoy, Kostyantyn -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Major
Sub-Synchronous
Interactions of a Grid Connected Wind Farm
Suriyaarachchi, Don Hiranya -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. U.
Annakkage
Modeling,
Optimization and Hardware in the Loop
Simulation of a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Tara, Ehsan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. S. Filizadeh
Floating
Gate Olfactory Sensors
Tareq, MD Obaej -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. D.
Buchanan
A
Transient based Islanding Detection Method:
Performance Evaluation
Widanagama Arachchige, Lidula -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor:
Dr. A.
Rajapakse
Electrical
Characterization of Si-Microwires and their Junction with Conducting
Polymer Composites
Yahyaie, Iman -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. O. Oliver
A
Study On The Improvement Of Simulation
Accuracy In Power Hardware In The Loop(Phil) Simulation
Yoo, Il Doo -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Gole
Finite-Element
Contrast Source Inversion Method for Microwave Imaging
Zakaria, Amer -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. LoVetri
Solving
Fuzzy Differential Equations by Different Methods
Zhang, Taiming -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. W. Fung
Near-infrared
Properties of PPKTP and
Stoichiometric MgO:PPSLT Crystals for High Power Femtosecond Optical
Parametric Oscillation
Zhao, Haitao -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Major
Optimization
of a mircomachined Electric Field Sensor and Fabrication of Its Upper
Layer Structure
Zhou, Yu -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. C. Shafai

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
A
Coalitional Game for Cooperative
Packet Delivery in Vehicle-to-Roadside Communications
Akkarajitsakul, Khajonpong -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E.
Hossain
A
Transient based Islanding Detection
Method: Performance Evaluation
Widanagama Arachchige, Lidula -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr.
A.
Rajapakse
Implementing
the Multi-level Fast Multipole Algorithm on Graphics Processors
Aronsson, Jonatan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. V. Okhmatovski
Snore
Source Detection by Non-invasive
Acoustical Analysis
Azarbarzin, Ali, Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi
Work
Function Tuning Of Reactively
Sputtered HfSiN Metal Gate Electrodes For Advanced CMOS Technology
Chaudhari, Rekha -- M.Sc. Program, Advisor: Dr. D. Buchanan
iCORE:
Implementation of multi-channel
multi-radio repeater-aided network coding for WiFi
Chieochan, Surachai -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Application
of Waveform Fractal
Dimension on Vestibular Response Signals for Diagnosis of Parkinson's
Disease
Dastgheib, Zeinab -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi
GPU-computing
in Power System Simulation
Debnath, Jayanta Kumar -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor:
Dr. W.
Fung
Volatile
Capacitive Detection Using
Polymer-based Gas Sensor
Emadi, Arezoo -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. C. Shafai
Game
Theoretic Approaches for Radio
Resource Management in Cooperative Cellular Wireless Networks
Farazmand, Yalda -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Fuzzy
Topological Spaces: Basic
Definitions and Applications
Fashandi, Homa -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Peters
Dielectrophoretic
Pressing of Biological
Cells into Contact with Surfaces: A Mechanism for Biophysical Flow
Cytometry
Ferrier, Graham -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. D. Thomson
Efficient
Modeling of Modular
Multi-Level HVDC Converters (MMC) on Electromagnetic Transient
Simulation Programs
Gnanarathna, Udana -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Gole
Transient
Stability enhacement
strategies based on Wide Area Phasor Measurements
Gomez, Francisco -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse
Scattering
From Dielectric Objects In
Multi-Layered Media Using The Fvtd Method
Isleifson, Dustin -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai
Calculation
of Frequency Dependant
Resistances & Inductances of Power Cables using Sub-conductor
Techniques
Kapuge Kariyawasam Mudalige, Anuradha Kariyawasam -- Ph.D.
Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Gole
Effects
of Correlated Shadowing on Soft
Decision Fusion in Cooperative Spectrum Sensing
Kasiri Mashhad, Behzad -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Cai
Tutorial
on Agent-Based Modeling and
Simulation (ABMS)
Khan, Imran -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. B. McLeod
Content-Based
Image Retrieval
Meghdadi, Amir -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. Peters
Zombie
Simulation at a Campus Level
Mijares Chan, Jose Juan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. G.
Thomas
Effect
of Extending Grounded Substrate
beyond AMC on the Performance of Spiral Antennas
Momen Mehrabani, Ali -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai
Cooperative
Communication in OFDM and
MIMO Cellular Relay Networks: Issues and Approaches
Moghaddari, Mohammad -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
A
Novel UWB Microstrip Antenna with Low
Cross-Polarization
Mohamed, Abdelhalim -- Ph.D. Program, Dr. L. Shafai
A
Transient based Islanding Detection
Method: Performance Evaluation
N. W. A., Lidula -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A.
Rajapakse
Fault
Location in HVDC Transmission
Lines Using Wavelet Transform
Nanayakkara, Kasun -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Rajapakse
Hardware
implementation of wavelet
based fault direction identification unit
Perera, Nuwan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Rajapakse
Robust
Transmission Scheduling and Power
Control for Dynamic Wireless Access in a Hospital Environment
Phunchongharn, Phond -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Phase
Center Study of Slotted Circular
Waveguide Feed
Qudrat-E-Maula, Mohammad -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L.
Shafai
Comparison
of Two Different Simulation
Methods for the Design of Reflect-Arrays
Safari, Faezeh -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai
Acoustical
Modeling of Swallowing
Mechanism
Sarraf, Samaneh -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. Z. Moussavi
Distributed
Joint Source-Channel Coding
of Correlated Binary Sources over Noisy Channels
Shahid, Iqbal -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. P. Yahampath
A
Markov Model for IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
with GTS Transmissions and Heterogeneous Traffic in Non-saturation Mode
Shrestha, Bharat -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain
Subsyncronous
interactions of a grid
connected wind farm
Suriyaarachchi, Don Hiranya -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. U.
Annakkage
Modeling,
Optimization and Hardware in
the Loop
Simulation of a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Tara, Ehsan -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. S. Filizadeh
Floating
Gate Olfactory Sensors
Tareq, M.D. Obaej -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. D.
Buchanan
Electrical
Characterization of
Si-Microwires and their Junction with Conducting Polymer Composites
Yahyaie, Iman -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. O. Oliver
A
Study On The Improvement Of Simulation
Accuracy In Power Hardware In The Loop(Phil) Simulation
Yoo, Il Doo -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Gole
Finite-Element
Contrast Source Inversion
Method for Microwave Imaging
Zakaria, Amer -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. J. LoVetri
Near-infrared
Properties of PPKTP and
Stoichiometric MgO:PPSLT Crystals for High Power Femtosecond Optical
Parametric Oscillation
Zhao, Haitao -- Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Dr. A. Major