All master’s theses completed through the Graduate College of Western Michigan University since 2012 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. We have a few digital copies of earlier years. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Simulation of Transient Conditions in Vehicle-to-Grid Systems Fed from Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Olapade Oludolapo Olagbemi
Development of A Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensing System with Custom-Built Software for Continuous Physiological Measurements, Masoud Panahi
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors and Triboelectric Energy Harvesters Using Laser-Assisted Patterning Process for Flexible Hybrid Electronic Applications, Valliammai Palaniappan
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Extending the Capabilities of Von Neumann with a Dataflow Sub-ISA, Martin Cowley
Intracellular Electrometer, Lucas M. Essenburg
Portable Electrochemical System for Flexible Hybrid Electronics, Anthony Joseph Hanson
Emotion Detection through Facial Feature Analysis: Towards Digital Support for Children with Autism, Vaishnavi Raju
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
On WLAN Fingerprint Indoor Positioning Systems Clustering, and Classification for Enhanced Performance, Haider G. Al Glehawi
Stereotypic Repetitive Hand Flapping Movement Detector Children with Autism, Subodh Ashok Bansode
Power-Efficient and Highly Scalable Parallel Graph Sampling using FPGAs, Muhammad Usman Tariq
Implemenatation of Additive Print Manufacturing Processes for the Development of Flexible Thermal Sensors, Vikram Shreeshail Turkani
MgSnN2: A New Eco-Friendly Wide Band Gap Semiconductor, Krystal R. York
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Study on the Impact of Instruction Set Architectures on Processor’s Performance, Ayaz Akram
Development of a Novel Printed and Flexible Surface Enhanced Raman Specopy (Sers) Substrate for Detection of Cocaine, Farah Mazin Aljanabi
Voltage Controller for Simulating Transition between Boost –Buck -Boost Converter, Aula Jameel Al-Kamil
Optimization and Experimental Application of Current Stimuli to Leech Pressure-Sensitive Mechanosensory Cells, Alexandra C. Ferguson
Solar Module Condition Monitoring Using Thermal Imaging, Ammar W. Hashim
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Internal Fault Location in Transformer Windings, Samir Yehya Abed-Alkareem Alzekri
Total Harmonics Distortion Reduction Using Adaptive, Weiner, and Kalman Filters, Liqaa Alhafadhi
Development of Strain and Pressure Sensors on Flexible and Stretchable Platforms, Mohammed Mudher Mohammed Ali
A Parameterized Implementation of a Hybrid Fuzzy Boolean Finite State Machine using an FPGA, Sean T. Fuller
Model Based Vehicle Simulation for Electrically Actuated Transmission Test Cells, Kenneth L. Gruel
A General Code to Simulate the Effect of Indirect Lightning on Overhead Lines Using EMTP-Type Programs, Hasan Jameel Hasan
Development of Fully Printed and Flexible Strain, Pressure and Electrochemical Sensors, Dinesh Maddipatla
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Signage Recognition Based Wayfinding System for the Visually Impaired, Abdullah Khalid Ahmed
Computer Aided Brain Tumor Edge Extraction Using Morphological Operations, Warqaa Shaher AlAzawee
Performance Analysis of Distance Relay on Shunt/Series Facts-Compensated Transmission Line, Ahmed Kareem Lafta Al-Behadili
Design of a New Digital Relay for Transmission Line Fault Detection, Classification and Localization Based on a New Composite Relay and Artificial Neural Network Approach, Ahmed Sabri Altaie
Control of Cation Ordering in Zinc Tin Nitride and In-Situ Monitoring of Growth, Brian Christopher Durant
Design and Analysis of Speed Control Using Hybrid PID-Fuzzy Controller for Induction Motors, Ahmed Fattah
Hybrid Fuzzy-PID Controller for Buck-Boost Converter in Solar Energy-Battery Systems, Karime Farhood Hussein
Morphology Based Framework for Improved Driver's Visibility in Inclement Weather Conditions, Saleem Farhood Hussein
Design of Digital Down Converter Chain for Software Defined Radio Systems on FPGA, Nagarjun Marappa
A High Performance Architecture for an Exact Match Short-Read Aligner Using Burrows-Wheeler Aligner on FPGAs, Dana Abdul Qader
An Integrated Framework for Cardiac Sounds Diagnosis, Zichun Tong
Performance Analysis of Magnetic Indoor Local Positioning System, Kyle Wroble
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An Enhanced Self-Healing Protection System in Smart Grid: Using Advanced and Intelligent Devices and Applying Hierarchical Routing in Sensor Network Technique, Mohamed Eid Aljahani
Direct Torque Control of an lnduction Machine Using Multi-Layer Perceptron Network, Adithya Chandrashekharan
Design of Hardware Accelerator for Fuzzy Automata Using Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration, Chinh K. Nguyen
Improved Accuracy in Real-Time RFID Localization Systems Using Kalman Filtering, Benjamin J. Sanda
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Firmware and Software for an Integrated Electrophysiology Data Acquisition and Stimulation System, Kyle D. Batzer
EEG Acquisition System on Mobile Platform, Veerendra Dasari
Design and Testing of a Smart High Power Smart DC-DC Converter, Chandra Shekar Patil
Instrumentation Electronics for an Integrated Electrophysiology Data Acquisition and Stimulation System, Donovan Squires
An Implementation of Controller Area Network Bus Analyzer Using Microblaze and Petalinux, Tung-Hsun Tsou
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Fabrication of Printed Substrate for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Ali Eshkeiti
Power Transmission Line Fault Classification Using Support Vector Machines, Zhuokang Jia
Design of Master Controller for Dual Axis Sun Tracking System Based on the Computation of Sun Position, Fariba Nasiri
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Development of Flexible Printed Sensors, Sai Guruva Reddy Avuthu
A Hand-Held Field-Portable Potentiostat System, Douglas J. Downer
Modular Automotive Electronics (MAELEC), Ashwin Vijayakumar
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Integration of Tri-Axial (3D) Hall Effect Sensor Technology in Gear Position Sensing of Truck Transmission, John Manyala
Traffic Motion Estimation Using Radon Transform, Ayman W. Qassem
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Acquisition and Analysis of Biological Neural Network Action Potential Sequences, Michael E. Ellinger
Impedance Based Electrochemical Biosensors, Binu Baby Narakathu
An Integrated PCA-FLD Classification System for Mammographic Images, Memuna Sarfraz
Dual Channel Low Noise Amplifier for Experiments In Neurophysiology, John D. Stahl
Investigation on Capacitive and Acoustic Wave Transducers for Bio/Chemical Sensing, Vidhyavathi Venkataraman
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
A Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Breast Cancer Using Independent Component Analysis and Fuzzy Classifier, Fadi Abu-Amara
Transceiver Design and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Evaluation via Electronic Design Automation, Yu Ming Chen
Deconvolution and Segmentation of Ground Penetrating Radar Images, Vincent Krause
WiMAX Software Defined Radio, Assad Saleem
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Design of a Reconfigurable State Transition Algorithm for Fuzzy Automata, Paolo A. Tamayo
Segmentation of Thermal Images for Non-Destructive Applications, Solange Yohali
Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Flight Control Design with PID, H2, H∞ and μ Synthesis Approach, Yinyang Zhai
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Cross-Layer Design of a Dynamic Resource Allocation Control for the Next Multimedia Wireless Generation 1xEV-DV Systems, Mohamed Bourouha
Feature Detection using Linear Structure Modeling and PCA, Kawshif Muhammed Riaz Ahmed
Carbon Nanotube Based Chemical and Biological Sensors, Srikanth Singamaneni
Acoustic Wave Based Biosensor, Aditya A. Vijh
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Image Processing Based on a Fuzzy Logic Edge Detection Algorithm, Jamshid Khazaai
Fitness Landscape Analysis of Discrete Constrained Optimization Problems, Sai Prasanna Ravichandran
Adaptive Channel Equalization Techniques, Saied Razavilar
Simulation of the Hybrid Fuzzy-Boolean Finite State Machine (HFB-FSM), Hamed Shakouri
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Evolutionary Codesign, Karthikeyan Ethirajan
Predicting Timing Behavior in Architectural Design Exploration of Real-Time Embedded Systems, Rajeshkumar Sambandam
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Using an Evolutionary Strategy to Solve Frequency Allocation Problems, Min Chen
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Modeling and Development of a Cellular Micro-Kernel, K. Balaji
Hardware/Software Codesign and Simulation with the Occam Programming Language, Roy L. Krans
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
A State Architecture Notation Specification of the Electronic Industries Association RS-232-C Generic Interchange Circuit, Nelson E. Hastings
An Evolutionary Approach to Allocating Tasks in Hard Real-Time Distributed Systems, Christian Lang
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Evaluation and Implementation of Asynchronous Adders, Poornima Y. Shankarreddy
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
A Modified Parallel Fault Simulator for Combinational Circuits, Shih-Ming Li
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Digital Signal Processing Schemes for Fiber Optic Rotation Rate Sensor Scale Factor Linearization, David T. Dembinski