FRIDAY, 16 October 2015
@ the EITC (Engineering Complex)

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GradCon is an annual event during which current research, conducted by Graduate Students from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada) is showcased.  

 

This year we will present current research in 

• Power & Energy Technology
• Computational Intelligence
• Embedded & Real-Time Computing
• Biomedical Engineering & Biophotonics
• Nanotechnology
• Advanced RF Systems
• Signal & Image Processing
• Applied Electromagnetics
• Communication Systems & Network Research

See you there!

 

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Michael Gregoire, P.Eng. FEC As the Director of Professional Standards at Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba , Michael works in the areas of Investigations, Discipline, Enforcement, Legislation, Standards, and Continuing Competency. Prior to taking on this role in 2008, Michael worked in the world of consulting engineering, where he provided solutions to problem buildings.

 

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• Dr. Udaya Annakkage
• Dr. Gregory Bridges
• Dr. Dean McNeill
• Dr. Cyrus Shafai
• Dr. Sherif Sherif
• Dr. Pradeepa Yahampath

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   2015 ABSTRACTS: 

BIOMEDICAL / SIGNAL PROCESS

• Application of Radar Waveforms and Detection Methods to Distributed Sensing Over Optical Fiber
  BROWN, Michael (Master Student)
• Single Cell Tracking of Apoptosis Using Dielectrophoresis during Controlled Starvation
  FAZELKHAH, Azita (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Motion Tracking in Video Sequences Using a Bayesian Framework
  MAHMOUD, Ahmed (Ph.D. Candidate)
• An Integrated GHz Frequency Sensor for Detection and Analysis of Single Biological Cells
  MOHAMMAD, Kaveh (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Tissue-Type imaging Using Ultrasound and Microwave Tomography for Breast Imaging
  MOJABI, Pedram  (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Implementation of Full Field Optical Coherence Tomography on an Olympus IX73 Microscope
  THAKUR, Rahul (Master Student)

BIOPHOTONICS & PHOTONICS

• Quantum-Dot Saturable Absorber and Kerr Lens Mode-Locked Yb:KGW Laser with >400 kW of Peak Power
  AKBARI, Reza  (Ph.D. Candidate)
• CW Laser Performance & Thermal Lensing Study of Nd:KGW at 1.3 μm Under Diode Pumping
  EIBNA HALIM, Md. Zubaer (Master Student)
• Distributed Sensing to Detect Intrusion in Fiber Optical Networks  
  GEORGE NAGIB, Karim  (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Development of a Continuous Wave Alexandrite Laser
  GHANBARI, S. (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Numerical Study of Thermal Lensing in Nd:YVO4 Laser Pumped at 914 nm
  NADIMI, Mohammad (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Development of a 1.067 μm CW Diode Pumped Nd:KGW Laser with Reduced Quantum Defect
  TALUKDER, Rubel Chandra (Master Student)
• High Efficiency SESAM Mode-locked Nd:YVO₄ Laser with Direct In-Band Pumping at 914 nm
  WARITANANT, Tanant (Ph.D. Candidate)

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS

• Cognitive Operational Anomaly Detection Schemes for Control in Power Systems
  GHANBARI, Maryam (Ph.D. Candidate)

COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

• Gini Index-Based Digital Image Complementing in the Study of Medical Images
  A-IYEH, Enoch (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Manifold-based Skin Classifier for Skin Segmentation in Digital Images
  HETTIARACHCHI, Randima (Ph.D. Candidate)
• A Cognitive Machine Learning Approach for Reliable Cyber Defence
  KHAN, Muhammad Salman (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Wireless Sensor Network Wormhole Detection using an Artificial Neural Network
  SHAON, Mohammad Nurul Afsar (Master Student)

ELECTROMAGNETICS 

• Multi-Frequency DEP Cytometer Employing a Microwave Interferometer for the Dielectric Analysis of Micro-Particles
  AFSHAR, Samaneh (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Monitoring of Stored Grain via Microwave Imaging 
  ASEFI, Mohammad (Ph.D. Candidate)
• GPGPU Programming with CUDA
  BAGHERLI, Hamid (Master Student)
• A Mathematical Framework for Microwave Tomography Resolution Analysis
  BAYAT, Nozhan (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Multiplicatively Regularized Source Reconstruction Method for Phaseless Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements
  BROWN, Trevor (M.Sc. Student)
• First-Year Snow-Covered Sea Ice Polarimetric NRCS Inversion in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
  FIROOZY, Nariman (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Beam Shaping of TM₁₂ mode via Non Resonant Slots 
  JUYAL, Prateek (Ph.D. Student)
• Phaseless Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements Using the Iterative Fourier Technique
  LI, Xiang (Aaron), (Master Student)
• A Miniaturized Artificial Magneto-Dielectric Resonator Antenna Based on Split Ring Resonators
  LIU, Yanxia (Master Student)
• Antenna Characterization using the Source Reconstruction Method
  NARENDRA, Chaitanya (Master Student)
• Development of a Hemi-ellipsoidal Microwave Breast Imaging System
  NEMEZ, Kyle (M.Sc. Student)
• Use of Bi-polar Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements for Antenna Characterization
  NIU, Chen (Master Student)
• Multi-mode Microstrip Antenna for Adaptive Anti-Jamming GPS
  REZAZADEH, Navid (Ph.D. Candidate)
• New Vectorized Single-Source Surface Integral Equation for TE Scattering
  SHEIKH HOSSEINI LORI, Farhad
• Dielectric and Thickness Reconstruction of Single-Layered Sea Ice using Simulated Annealing 
  TIEDE, Tyler (Master Student)
• Postage Stamp Chipless RFID Tag for Ammonia Gas Sensing
  WOODS, Bo (Master Student)

IMAGE PROCESSING  

• Unmixing of Hyperspectral Imaging Data Using Independent Component Analysis
  ELREWAINY, Ahmed (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Ice Detection on Electrical Power Cables
  LI, Binglin (M.Sc. Student)
• Detection Of Vascular Plaque In Optical Coherence Tomography Images With Reduced Texture-Feature Set
  PRAKASH, Ammu (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Extended Depth of Field Imaging for High Numerical Aperture Microscopy
  SHERNIYOZOV, Anvarjon (Master Student)

MEMs

• High Sensitivity Photonic Crystal Micro-Spectrometer
  AFSHARIPOUR, Elnaz (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Simulations for the Design of a Temperature Monitoring and Control System for a Smart Beehive
  BEYNON, Valerie (Master Student)
• MEMS DC Electric Field Sensor
  LIYANAGE, Sampath (Master Student)
• Application of Genetic Algorithm to MEMS (Cantilever Beam)
  OBASEKI, Ehimwenma Valerie (Master Student)
• Design and Simulation of A MEMS Based Horseshoe Shaped Low Current Lorentz Deformable Mirror (LCL-DM)
  PARK, Byoungyoul (Branden)
• Design and Fabrication of a Deformable Mirror System with Low Driving Voltage
  ZHOU, Yu (Ph.D. Candidate)

MODELING & SIMULATION 

• An Agent-Based Model of Intersection Traffic in Inclement Weather
  DUFF, Michael (Master Student)
• Data Complexity for an Agent-Based Model of West Nile Virus
  NASRINPOUR, Hamid Reza (Ph.D. Candidate)

NANOTECHNOLOGY / MATERIALS

• Raman Study of Sputtered HfO₂ Thin Films
  BELO, Gustavo
• On Acoustic Emission for Failure Prediction in Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Rods: Pattern Recognition Analysis
  SHATERI, MohammadHadi (Master Student)

POWER SYSTEMS 

• Improved Modeling of Transmission Lines and Cables
  AHMADI, Meysam (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Extended Stability Range of Weak Grids with VSC through Impedance-conditioned PLL
  Ajinai (Master Student)
• Stochastic Evaluation of Transient Stability of Micro-Grids
  AMIRI, Mayssam (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Eigenvalue and Participation Factor Analysis of an MMC-VSC System
  SAKTHIVEL, Arunprasanth (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Parallel Electromagnetic Transients Simulation Using Extended-Frequency Dynamic Phasors
  BAGHERI VANDAEI, Afshin (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Application and Topologies of Power Converters in Distributed Energy Generation
  BALA, Amrinder (Master Student)
• Development of a Sychrophasor Application Program for Wide Area Monitoring and Control of Power Systems
  CAI, Yaojie (Master Student)
• Modeling of LCC-HVDC Systems Using Dynamic Phasors
  DARYABAK, Mehdi Daryabak (Ph.D. Candidate)
• New Voltage-Source Converter (VSC) Configuration for Wind farm Application
  FAZEL DARBANDI, Arash (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Waveform Relaxation Based Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
  GOULKHAH, Mohammad (Ph.D. Candidate)
• A Synchrophasor Based Approach to Mitigate Transient Instabilities
  GURUSINGHE, Dinesh Rangana (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Improved Rate of Change of Voltage (ROCOV) Based Multi-terminal HVDC Grid Protection
  HALEEM, Naushath (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Detection and Statistical Classification of Partial Discharge
  JANANI, Hamed (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Implementing an IEC 61850-9-2 Process Bus compatible Line Protection IED
  KAPUGE KARIYAWASAM MUDLIGE, Sachintha Kariyawasam (Master Student)
• Detecting Transient Currents in Power Systems for Protection and Fault Location Applications
  KARASIN PATHIRANNAHALAGE, Amila Nuwan Pathirana  (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Load Balance Using Reactive Elements
  MATEO, Oliva Vianey (Master Student)
• Analysis of high voltage AC/DC system feature based on frequency impedance characteristics
  QI, Yi (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Modelling of Modular Multi-Level Converter Using the Extended Frequency Dynamic Phasors
  RAJESVARAN, Shailajah (Master Student)
• Simulation Based Method for Determining Transfer Functions of Black-Box Power System Devices Using Modified Prony Analysis
  RUPASINGHE, B.W.H. Akbo (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Evaluation of High Voltage Insulator Condition Using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
  SHAHABI, Saeed (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Development of a Laboratory Setup to Demonstrate the IEC 61850 Station Bus Functionality
  WICKREMSURIYA, Boosabaduge Achintha H. (Master Student)
• Hybrid Simulation Approaches for Power Systems 
  ZHAO, Huanfeng (Ph.D. Student)
• A Review of Microgrid Infrastructure and Control Methods
  ZHOU, Yang (Master Student)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS & SIGNAL PROCESSING 

• Robust and Stochastic Optimal Harvest Use Store Strategy for Energy Harvesting in Heterogeneous Networks
  ADEDOKUN, Oluwaseun (Master Student)
• Optimal Scheduling Strategy in Multi-Antenna Hybrid Cognitive Radio Networks
  CAO, Huijin (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Decentralized Channel Assignment and Power Allocation in a Full-Duplex Cognitive Radio Network
  DEVANARAYANA, Chamara (Ph.D. Candidate)
• An Analysis Framework for Buffer-aided Relaying under Time-correlated Fading Channels
  HUANG, Shiwei (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Optimal CDMA Signatures for Correlated Sources with a Multi-Antenna Receiver
  ILLANGAKOON, Chathura (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Optimized Harvest-Then-Transmit For Heterogeneous Networks
  OGUNDIPE, Adedayo (Master Student)
• Analysis of Multi-tier Uplink Cellular Networks with RF Energy Harvesting
  SAKR, Ahmed Hamdi (Ph.D. Candidate)
• A Matching Game for Decoupled Uplink-Downlink User association in Full-Duplex Small Cell Networks
  SEKANDER, Silvia (Master Student)
• Cheat-Proof Power Control for Full-Duplex Small Cells: Towards 5G
  SEMASINGHE, Prabodini (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Adaptive In-Band Self-Backhauling for Full-Duplex Small Cells
  SIDDIQUE, Uzma (Ph.D. Candidate)
• An Incentive-Compatible Mechanism for Transmission Scheduling of Delay-Sensitive Medical Packets
  YI, Changyan (Ph.D. Candidate)
• Performance Analysis of a Priority Scheduling Method in Wireless Body Sensor Networks With Energy Harvesting
  ZHAO, Zhen (Master Student)