Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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From pervasive computing, to smart power systems, Virginia Tech ECE faculty and students delve into all major areas of electrical and computer engineering. The main campus is in Blacksburg, and the department has additional research and teaching facilities in Arlington, Falls Church, and Hampton, Virginia.
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Departmental Publications, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [14]
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Scholarly Works, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [512]
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Development of a Multi-Pulse Conductivity Model for Liver Tissue Treated With Pulsed Electric Fields
(2020-05-19)Pulsed electric field treatment modalities typically utilize multiple pulses to permeabilize biological tissue. This electroporation process induces conductivity changes in the tissue, which are indicative of the extent ... -
Patient Derived Xenografts Expand Human Primary Pancreatic Tumor Tissue Availability for ex vivo Irreversible Electroporation Testing
(2020-05-22)New methods of tumor ablation have shown exciting efficacy in pre-clinical models but often demonstrate limited success in the clinic. Due to a lack of quality or quantity in primary malignant tissue specimens, therapeutic ... -
Inactivation of Arid1a in the endometrium is associated with endometrioid tumorigenesis through transcriptional reprogramming
(2020-06-01)Somatic inactivating mutations of ARID1A, a SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling gene, are prevalent in human endometrium-related malignancies. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying how ARID1A deleterious mutation contributes to ... -
BICORN: An R package for integrative inference of de novo cisregulatory modules
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-14)Genome-wide transcription factor (TF) binding signal analyses reveal co-localization of TF binding sites based on inferred cis-regulatory modules (CRMs). CRMs play a key role in understanding the cooperation of multiple ... -
Scalable nanolaminated SERS multiwell cell culture assay
(Springer Nature, 2020)This paper presents a new cell culture platform enabling label-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) analysis of biological samples. The platform integrates a multilayered metal-insulator-metal nanolaminated SERS ... -
Drain-Source Synchronous Rectifier Oscillation Mitigation in Light-Load Conditions
(IEEE, 2020-02-03)The increasing usage of LLC-type dc-dc converters in utility, automotive, and power distribution applications has led to a push for a further increase in the converter’s operating load range and efficiency. The secondary-side ... -
Acoustic Energy Harvesting and Sensing via Electrospun PVDF Nanofiber Membrane
(MDPI, 2020-05-31)This paper introduces a new usage of piezoelectric poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) electrospun nanofiber (NF) membrane as a sensing unit for acoustic signals. In this work, an NF mat has been used as a transducer to ... -
Lidar Data Reduction for Unmanned Systems Navigation in Urban Canyon
(MDPI, 2020-05-27)This paper introduces a novel protocol for managing low altitude 3D aeronautical chart data to address the unique navigational challenges and collision risks associated with populated urban environments. Based on the Open ... -
Power Side-Channel Attack Analysis: A Review of 20 Years of Study for the Layman
(MDPI, 2020-05-19)Physical cryptographic implementations are vulnerable to so-called side-channel attacks, in which sensitive information can be recovered by analyzing physical phenomena of a device during operation. In this survey, we trace ... -
I/O Schedulers for Proportionality and Stability on Flash-Based SSDs in Multi-Tenant Environments
(2019-12-30)The use of flash based Solid State Drives (SSDs) has expanded rapidly into the cloud computing environment. In cloud computing, ensuring the service level objective (SLO) of each server is the major criterion in designing ... -
DOA Robust Estimation of Echo Signals Based on Deep Learning Networks With Multiple Type Illuminators of Opportunity
(2020-01-14)Traditional DOA estimation algorithms have poor adaptability to antenna errors. To enhance the direction of arrival (DOA) estimation performance for moving target echo signals in the environment of multiple type illuminators ... -
Electrical characterization of RuOx/n-GaN Schottky diodes formed by oxidizing ruthenium thin-films in normal laboratory air
(2020-01)Schottky diodes were formed by oxidizing Ru thin films deposited on n-type GaN at 400, 500, and 600 degrees C in normal laboratory air, and their electrical behavior was compared to that of a Ru/n-GaN reference device. The ... -
High power density technologies for large generators and motors for marine applications with focus on electrical insulation challenges
(2020-02)High power density generators and motors are envisaged in modern all-electric ships where electrical power for both propulsion and service loads is provided through a common electrical platform known as an integrated power ... -
A Finite Element Analysis Model for Partial Discharges in Silicone Gel under a High Slew Rate, High-Frequency Square Wave Voltage in Low-Pressure Conditions
(MDPI, 2020-05-01)Wide bandgap (WBG) devices made from materials such as SiC, GaN, Ga2O3 and diamond, which can tolerate higher voltages and currents compared to silicon-based devices, are the most promising approach ... -
A Combined Koopman-Subgraph Method for a Secure Power System Islanding
(2020-03)This paper proposes a new methodology for power system islanding based on Koopman modal coherency (KMC) combined with subgraph theory. Initial system partitioning is determined from the Koopman bus-angle coherency matrix. ... -
Effects of Frequency and Temperature on Electric Field Mitigation Method via Protruding Substrate Combined with Applying Nonlinear FDC Layer in Wide Bandgap Power Modules
(MDPI, 2020-04-18)Our previous studies showed that geometrical techniques including (1) metal layer offset, (2) stacked substrate design and (3) protruding substrate, either individually or combined, cannot solve high electric field issues ... -
Enhancing the Quality of Sampled Phase-Only Hologram (SPOH) Based on Time-Division Comb Filtering
(MDPI, 2020-04-15)Generation of digital phase-only Fresnel holograms is an important research area in digital holography, as it leads to a substantial simplification of a holographic display system. However, the quality of the reconstructed ... -
Using Heterogeneous Satellites for Passive Detection of Moving Aerial Target
(MDPI, 2020-04-03)Passive detection of a moving aerial target is critical for intelligent surveillance. Its implementation can use signals transmitted from satellites. Nowadays, various types of satellites co-exist which can be used for ... -
Gold/QDs-Embedded-Ceria Nanoparticles: Optical Fluorescence Enhancement as a Quenching Sensor
(MDPI, 2020-02-12)This work focuses on improving the fluorescence intensity of cerium oxide (ceria) nanoparticles (NPs) through added plasmonic nanostructures. Ceria nanoparticles are fluorescent nanostructures which can emit visible ... -
In-Situ Gold–Ceria Nanoparticles: Superior Optical Fluorescence Quenching Sensor for Dissolved Oxygen
(MDPI, 2020-02-12)Cerium oxide (ceria) nanoparticles (NPs) have been proved to be an efficient optical fluorescent material through generating visible emission (~530 nm) under violet excitation. This feature allowed ceria NPs to be used as ...
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