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


Friday, 15 October 2010




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Modeling Apparent Strain In Structural Health Monitoring-Based Applications
A-iyeh, Enoch (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. D. McNeil

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

Demonstration of Wide Area Monitoring System Based on Synchrophasor
Almiron, Eduardo (M.Sc.) Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

Proactive Channel Access based on a Platoon Arrival Process in Cognitive Radio Networks
Alvarenga, Sofia (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Alfa

Do Anthropometric Parameters Change the Characteristics of Snoring Sound?
Azarbarzin, Ali (Ph.D. )    Advisor: Dr.  Z. Moussavi

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

Hardware-in-Loop Simulation and Test Facility for Re-Purposed Battery Energy Storage Systems
Bazargan, Damon (M.Sc.)    Advisor: Dr. S. Filizadeh

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 **
S. Bhadra (Ph.D.), G. E. Bridges, D. J. Thomson and M. S. Freund    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

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

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

Multichannel Sampling for Sampling Rate Reduction
Eberharter, Twyla Faith (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. M. Pawlak

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

Phycophysical Experiments for investigating  human's temporal perception
Garcia Campuzano, Mari Tere (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr.  Z. Moussavi

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

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

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

Measurement of Transients for Traveling Wave based Fault Location
K.P.A.N.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

Design and implementation of a device to make EVestG portable
Kumaragamage, Chathura (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr.  Z. Moussavi

Bilateral Teleoperation over the Internet
Liao, Stephen (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. W. Fung

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
Mehrabani, Ali (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
Mohamed, Abdelhalim (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor: Dr. L. Shafai

Behavioural Switching Loss Model for an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT ) Switch
Mohamed, Naushath Haleem (M.Sc.)    Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

Multiterminal VSC-HVDC Systems
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

Corpus-Based Methods for Algorithmic Composition of Music, and Arrangement for the Classical Guitar
Nagelberg, Alan (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr.  D. McNeill

Urban Pandemic Planning and Preparedness Modeling:  Intelligent Traffic System
Neighbour, Ryan (Ph.D.)    Advisor: Dr. B. McLeod

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

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

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

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

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

A Wireless Controller for Arthritis Rehabilitation Gaming
Sebastian, Matthew (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. J. Peters

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

Application of Orthonormal Functions in Transmission Line Analysis
Smith, Edison (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. B. Kordi

Fractional Frequency Reuse for Interference Management in LTE-Advanced HetNets
Saquib, Nazmus (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. E. Hossain

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

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 Dynamical Cryptosystem Based on Multiple Modules With Continuous-Interval Cellular Automata
Terrazas Gonzalez, Jesus D. (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. W. Kinsner

A Study on Microgrid Control Mode Transition from Grid Connected to Islanded Operation
W. A., Lidula N. (Ph.D. Candidate)    Advisor: Dr. A. Rajapakse

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

Modeling Spectrum Handoff in Overlay Cognitive Radio Networks
Withthige, Samitha G. W. (M.Sc.)     Advisor: Dr. A. Alfa

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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