Theses and DissertationsStudents of Cynthia Furse

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High School / BS / MS / PhD / Post Doc
1998-9 (USU) / 6 / 2
1999-00 (USU) / 6 / 2
2000-01 (USU) / 10 / 5 / 1
2001-2 (USU) / 9 / 7 / 1
2002-3 (USU) / 3 / 3 / 13 / 1 / 2
2003-4 (USU/UU) / 3 (UU) / 18 (UU) / 8 (2 USU, 6 UU) / 2 (USU/UU)
2004-5 (UU) / 4 / 15 / 4 / 3 / 1.5
2005-6 (UU) / 4 / 1 / 1
2006-7 (UU) / 9 / 1 / 1
2007-8 (UU) / 1
Total Completed / 10 / 80 / 43 / 4 / 3 (duplication of people not counted)

1998-99

Nilesh KamdarUSUMS Plan AL

Application of a Distance Measuring System for Location of Robotic Vehicles

Nitin RajmohanUSU MS Plan B

1999-00

Joseph FrancisUSUMS Plan A

FDTD Model of Plasma

Rakesh DangolUSU MS Plan AL

FDR for Aircraft Cables

2000-01

Nitin MadanUSUMS Plan A

Imbedded Antennas for the Measurement of Electrical Properties of Materials

Ruby Shamila MohanUSUMS Plan AL

Design of Wireless Communication System for Medical Implants

Raymond WoodwardUSUMS Plan AL

Using Frequency Domain Reflectometry for Water Level Measurement

Arvind JakayarUSUMS Plan AL

Use of Frequency Domain Reflectometry forAnalysis of Cable Trees

Brent WaddoupsUSUMSPlan AL

Analysis of reflectometry for detection of chafed aircraft wiring insulation

2001-02

Sriram KharidehalUSU MSEE Plan A

Design and Measurement of Implantable Antennas

Derek BatesUSU MSEE Plan AL

Wireless Communication and Signal Processing for Aging Aircraft Wiring

Mark SchmidtUSU MSEE Plan AL

Use of TDR for Cable Testing

Chad PendleyUSU MSEE Plan A

Far Field Effects of a Buried Transmitter in Anisotropic Materials

Lance GriffithsUSU MSEEPlan A L

Analysis of Wire Antennas for Implantation in the Body

Pichitpong SoontornpipitUSU MSEEPlan A

Design of Implantable antennas for Communication with Medical Implants

Jeff WardUSU MSEEPlan A

A Model of Plasma Frequency Probes using Plasma Fluid Equations and FDTD Theory

2002-03

Krishna KondaUSU MSEEL

Hardware Connectivity Methods For Live Wires

Grandhi Nagendra Prasad USU MSEE

Inductive Coupling for Reflectometry Devices

Sumeeth NagarajUSU MSEEL

Medium Access Control for Symmetric link structure Code Domain Multiple Access-based Wireless sensor networks

Rod Draney USU MSEE

Two-Dimensional Inversion of Conductors in the Time Domain

Jeremy Pruitt USU MSEEL

Simulation and Analysis of Four Navy Aircraft Wiring Harnesses Using Frequency Domain Reflectometry

Santi Bhushana Reddy Basava USU MSEE

Detection and location of cable faults using Reflectometry methods

Deekshit Dosibhatla USU MSEE (will leave at USUECE)

DIGITAL SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES FOR TESTING AGING AIRCRAFT WIRING

John SchwartzUSU MSEE

Comparison of Low-Cost Wireless Communication Systems for Low Data Rate Applications

Paul SmithUSU PhD

Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry

Kamal Vasagiri USU MSEE

Antennas Imbedded in Soil for Sensing and Communication

Ramadevi Devi BylapudiUSU MSEE

Analysis of helical antennas imbedded in lossy dielectric material

Alok Jani USU MSEE

Location of Small Frays using TDR

Anit Kuruvilla USU MSEE

Design and Analysis of a Microstrip Patch Antenna for Smart Connectors

Ryan Hanks USU MSEE

Analysis of Algorithms for Detecting Short Lengths of Aircraft Wiring

2003-4

Ravi Gopal USU MSEE

Analysis of Signals on Wires Using Current Sensors

Alyssa MagelbyUofU MSEE

Parametric Study of Spread Spectrum for Live Wire Fault Location

Anitha JayasinghUofU MSEE

Fault Detection in Aging Aircraft Systems Using Digital Matched Filters

Nirmal Nath AmarnathUofU MSEE

Capacitance and Inductance Sensors for the Location of Faults in Wires

Praveen Pendayala UofU MSEE

Development of Algorithms for Accurate Wire Fault Location Using Spread Spectrum Reflectometry

Vasudev SrinivasanUSU MSEE

Multiplexing Aircraft Wiring for Non-Destructive Testing

Nilay JaniUofU ME/PhD

System Design for Fault Location in Live Wire Networks

Kedarnath Nagoti UofU MSEE

Mapping of the Network Topology from Reflectometry Data

2004-2005

Lance A Griffiths UofU PhD

Creating and Optimizing Microstrip Antennas using the Genetic Algorithm and the Finite Difference Time Domain Method

Rock HadleyUofU PhD

Design of Radio Frequency Coil Arrays for Optimal Signal to Noise Ratio for Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Rohit ParakhUofU MSEE

The Invisible Fray: A Formal Assessment of the Ability of Reflectometry to Locate Frays on Aircraft Wiring

Peijung TsaiUofU MSEE

Mixed Signal Reflectometry for Locating Aging Aircraft Wiring Faults

Suketu NaikUofU MSEE

Fault Location in Wires using Multicarrier Spread Spectrum

Bryan LinUofU MSEE

Comparison of Low-Mid-High Frequency Sensors for Soil Moisture Measurement

Pichitpong SoontornpipitUofU PhD

Information Gathering and Use in Constrained Genetic Algorithm for Antenna Design

2005-6

Shang WuUofU MSEE

Wire Fault Location with NonContact Probes and Reflectometry

Sang Mi WongKorean Exchange student

2006-7

Jeff JohnsonUofU MSEE

Statistical Analysis of Detuning Effects for Implantable Microstrip Antennas

Don DowdleUofU MSEE

2007-8 (in progress)

David LandonPhD

Steve SmithMSEE/PhD

Sivakanth TelesulaMEEE/PhD

James StephensonPhD(joint with Bruce Gale)

Peijung TsaiPhD

Alyssa MagelbyPhD

Brandon BakerPhD

Carl BrewerMSEE

Greg HillMSEE

Tim PlazierMSEE

Chirag SharmaPhD (joint with Reid Harrison)

Undergraduate Projects

1998-99

Greg Cantwell Feasibility Study for Medical Imaging

Osama AlbornoDesign of Electromagnetic Pain Control Devices for the Knee

Raymond WoodwardWireless Local Area Network

Hock Kwong LaiDesign of an Implantable Patch Antenna for Cardiac Pacemaker L

Candace DeffendolDesign of Patch Antennas for Measuring Moisture Content of Corn

Russell DummerDesign of a System for Geophysical Prospecting

1999-00

Rick FairbournDoppler Radar

Lance GriffithsPC Board for Hard-drive Testing

Celene HarbaughPC Board for Hard-drive Testing

Jeremy LarsenWireless Digital Camera

Michael LinderWireless Digital Camera

Sam EichelbergerDevelopment of Tissue-Simulant Materials

2000-01

Chad PendleyGeophysical Crossborehole Tomography

Bill Hansen, Randall Reeves, Karl LundellBluetooth Communication System

Cherilyn CunninghamImplantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Dallas CoxMeasurement of soil and snow moisture

Brad McCleod Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Shawn Going Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Daniel Flamm Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Scott AdamsonHelmet-mounted antenna

2001-02

Mark Hullinger Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Eric CannonHandheld for querying wireless sensors

Clark Landeen Aircraft wiring signatures L

Jeremy PruittAircraft wiring system L

Suketu NaikWireless Communication system

Jeff SmithCDMA Communication System

John Bridge CDMA Communication System

Chris GriffinAircraft Wiring

Rory Buchanan Live Connectivity for FDR L

2002-3

John MahoneyTimer Circuits for Testing Aging Aircraft Wiring (he has)

Jill Anderson COTS for Testing Aging Aircraft Wiring

Irwan HadiImplantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers

High School

Brittany Baker

Sydney Chamberlain

Danny Repko

2003-4

GE Clinic

Jared Cherry

Junyi Hu

Andy Laraway

Sheng Mei

John Minuth

Agilent Clinic

Dylan Higganbotham

Debra Lines

Shelbie Merrill

Seung Hoon Yoo

USAF Clinic

Brittany Baker (high school)

Korey Curtis

Greg Hill

Pei Jung Tsai

Michael Lawrence

Zach McKean

Micron Science Center Project

Aaron Jorgensen

Chris Condrat

Junyi Hu

Mimi Huang

High School

Brittany Baker (Brighton)

Richard Morrill (Park City)

Arthur Mahoney (Logan)

2004-5

Agilent Technologies

Ryan Anthon

Tarina Freimann

Karl Royston

Jacob Wilde

Ryan Yoshida

GE Medical Systems

Kyle Moore

Mustafa Sameric

Mohammad Usman

Timothy Wachob

Shea Whitaker

Aircraft Wiring

Anthony Archibald

Tom Evans

David

Ali Jabini

Jared Poffenberger

High School

Stephanie Baker

2005-6

Aircraft Wiring

Brian Herrscher

Mike Diamond

Afshin Edrissi

Tom Evans

High School

Pedro Ferreira

2006-2007

Antenna Design (Moog)

Dan Pitts

James Quebbeman

Merrill Scott

Andrew Thomas

Zeb Fisk

Software Evaluation and Design

Brian Randall

Seme Anoka

Chung Him Yuen

Dan Chilinski

2007-8