The need for high storage capacitors led to the development of polymer based capacitors. The permittivity of the polymer as well as its dielectric strength can be tuned to desired characteristics by introducing either ...

In this dissertation, we propose energy management methods for power systems in the context of smart grids. In this regard, we consider new management problems for various configurations of smart grids, microgrids, as ...

One of the important issues of well logging is to determine the water saturation from the oil bearing formation. The induction resistivity tool may finish the job if the water is fairly saline. In fresh water, the induction ...

Structural Health Monitoring plays a vital role in improving the safety and maintainability of critical engineering structures. A network comprised of Piezo-electric sensors and actuators has been devised to monitor the ...

The concept of employing embedded systems with sensor network for monitoring underwater oil pipelines infrastructures has been investigated by many researchers. This work presents a similar demonstration of a monitoring ...

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) allows hundreds of wavelength channels to be carried in a single optical fiber, at the rate of 40 Gb/s and beyond, and is the most promising solution for next generation networks. ...

Tissue micro-environments of critical interest like tumors, stem-cell niches, and brain tissue surrounding implanted neuroprosthetic devices are complex in structure and harbor complex processes. Understanding events and ...

The influence of radio-frequency (rf) electromagnetic fields on biological tissues plays a critical role in their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. These include hyperthermia and rf ablation modalities for cancer, ...

With the increase in the areal density for magnetic recording disks, the bits are becoming smaller so that more bits can be accommodated in a given area of disk. However, there is a certain limit up to which the bits can ...

The stochastic computation of electromagnetic (EM) problems is a relatively new topic, yet very important in understanding the true physics due to uncertainties associated with them. To deal with these uncertainties, the ...