Increased penetration levels of Distributed Generation (DG) can cause harmful harmonics and power quality issues for the power distribution system. This project aims to investigate harmonic and power quality issues related to high penetration levels o . . .

Statement of Problem: Today all of our residential and commercial properties use AC power for all of our electrical needs, but as our electronics have been advancing our method to supply power has not changed for over a century. AC power has proven to . . .

Dual-slope analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are known for their high accuracy, but slow conversion times. The objective of this project was to design a 12-bit dual-slope analog-to-digital converter in a 0.5 µm CMOS process which rejects 60 Hz noise . . .

Arc Flash causes serious damage to life and equipment. Several new techniques have been created to help reduce the risks associated with Arc Flash. Most commonly used and trusted method by the industry is a study that uses electrical system characteri . . .

Statement of Problem: Permissive Overreaching Transfer Trip (POTT) is a scheme that enables fast tripping of breakers at the local and remote end of a protected equipment. POTT schemes are typically used for high voltage line protection against faults . . .

Optics usually refers to the behavior of visible, infrared, or ultraviolet light. In mathematics, triangulation, is based on the relations of the angles and sides of a triangle. This project is using both of these concepts for distance estimation. Und . . .

It is common for the frequency response of a loudspeaker to be characterized at a single point directly in front of the speaker. A loudspeaker’s frequency response depends on the spatial position of the microphone, and being able to obtain the frequen . . .

Learning how to barbeque can be an intimidating and a difficult process, taking years to master, leaving novice cooks disappointed with burnt uncooked meat. Today, there are PID (Proportional Integral Derivative) controllers that allow novice cooks to . . .

This report describes the operation, design, and simulation of a comparator and an integrator for a Dynamic Offset Test Bench (DOTB) in 0.18µm CMOS. The DOTB is used to accurately measure the effective input offset voltage for a high-speed latching co . . .

Solar generation is the generation and manipulation of solar energy, through photovoltaic cells in solar panels. The use of photovoltaic solar panels is usually the most efficient way of storing the energy. The energy that is stored in photovoltaic pa . . .

Smart Devices and the need for intelligent systems has brought about a revolution in Technology. With devices getting smaller, yet more effective, there is a constant need for research and development of smart system designs. One such entity that has . . .

Robotics is a topic of curiosity among students and technology enthusiasts around the world. In recent times with the introduction of more complicated systems and designs, robotics has taken a great leap forward in various industries and among technol . . .

Camera calibration which is also described as camera re-sectioning, involves approximation of various parameters between the lens and the image sensor of a camera. These variables serve different purposes, which include removal of lens distorsion, est . . .

With the advancement in technology these days, we need our work to be done in a faster and efficient way, especially in the areas of telecommunication and VLSI technologies. We need our problems to be rapidly resolved. Hence, in the world of computing . . .

One of the most crucial parameters for traffic measurement is vehicle classification. Currently, several different methods for analyzing and interpreting vehicle classification exist: magnetics, magnetometer sensors and inductive loops [1] are just a . . .

Jaundice is a commonly occurring incident at birth and the first few days to weeks of the life a neonate. It does not pose a serious health risk and requires minimal medical intervention. However, hyperbilirubinemia can result in long term neurodevelo . . .

Recent changes in computation and storage have led to the tremendous growth of neural networks and big data. Analysis of big data has led to achievements such as self-driving cars through advances in algorithms like machine vision. There is a growing . . .

Communication is important in society and antennas are needed to communicate effectively across large distances. Currently, the demands of transferring more data at a faster rate and over vast distances require new technology. One new proposed technol . . .

In this project the design of a simple ring oscillator VCO was explored. This new proposed ring oscillator uses inverter delay cells including transmission gates, in order to turn off one transistor in the next delay cell before the other transistor t . . .

The objective of this thesis is to design, simulate and fabricate a dielectric resonator band-pass filter to operate at a center frequency of 1.905 GHz with a narrow bandwidth of 8.0 MHz and 60 dB rejection ± 1 MHz from the pass-band edge. In this the . . .