Department of Engineering - Annual Report 1998/99

Research Student Dissertations

The following dissertations were examined, and degrees awarded as shown, in the academical year 1998/99. Borrowing copies may be obtained from the British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Yorkshire. Copies for retention, either in microfilm form or as hard copies, may be ordered from the Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge. In case of difficulty the Librarian of the University Engineering Department may be contacted.

Dissertations Approved for the PhD Degree

Allagi, M.O.F.M. - Variational processing of Monte Carlo solutions in neutron transport theory

Ananvoranich, O. - Employment practices in foreign multinational electronics companies in Thailand: a comparison between Japanese and American
companies

Arena, C. - Local properties of tetrahedral amorphous carbon investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy

Armstrong, S. - Film and video restoration using rank-order models

Barker, A.R. - Heat transfer in unsteady pipe flow Barker, S.A. - Image segmentation using Markov random field models

Blencoe, K.A. - The friction of sliding surfaces carrying adsorbed lubricant layers

Bolger, J.J. - Three dimensional design of compressor blades

Bostock, R.M. - Silicon micromachining for micro-optical device manufacture

Bradshaw, D.B. - Motion estimation and compensation of video sequences using affine transforms

Bulbul, M.Y.I. - The geometric nonlinear behaviour of space structures with imperfect, laterally loaded slender members

Butler, G.D. - A dynamic analysis of the stored angular momentum earthquake actuator used with the equivalent shear beam container

Caldwell, N.H.M. - Knowledge-based engineering for the scanning electron microscope

Charlton, C.T. - The retrieval of mechanical design information

Chen, C-W. - Electronic structures of diamond-like carbons

Chen, W. - Manufacturing information for engineering design

Coates, M.J. - Time-frequency modelling

Conway, N.M.J. - Hydrogenated tetrahedrally bonded amorphous carbon for electronic applications

Daniel, J. - MEMS: the fabrication of microsystems on silicon

Devaud, C.B.C. - Conditional moment closure applied to lifted and attached turbulent jet flames

Dunkley, M.J. - The aerodynamics of intermediate pressure turbines

Elias, D.P. - The motion-based segmentation of image sequences

Forrest, J.A. - Modelling of ground vibration from underground railways

Goh, J.G. - Advanced noncoherent demodulation and decoding

Gordon, B.M. - Small induction motor drives

Hack, T. - Stick-slip piezoelectric actuators

Han, X. - Variable structure control of robot manipulators with computational efficiency

Howell, R.J. - Wake - separation bubble interactions in low Reynolds number turbomachinery

Huggett, A.R. - The hidden Markov model applied to document restoration and sequence matching

Idapalapati, S. - Compaction of metallic powders

Kapadia, S. - Discriminative training of hidden Markov models

Khang, J.H.L. - An investigation of embodiment modelling

King, S.A. - Nonlinear and chaotic dynamics of thin-walled open-section deployable structures

Kuruoglu, E.E. - Signal processing in alpha-stable noise environments: a least LP-norm approach

Li, J. - On producing large air fuel ratio changes with low torque disturbance in spake ignition engines

Liu, J. - The calculation of asymmetric flow in turbine exhaust systems

Logan, B.T. - Adaptive model-based speech enhancement

Louch, D.S. - Vorticity and turbulent transport in premixed turbulent combustion

Lui, O.K.B. - New physical models for device simulation of polysilicon thin film transistors

Majors, M.D. - Iterative robot control

Moulin, A.M. - Development of microcantilever based sensors

Noga, J.L. - Bayesian state-space modelling of spatio-temporal non-Gaussian radar returns

Papageorgiou, G. - Robust control system design: H-infinity loop shaping and aerospace applications

Peiris, L.M.N. - Seismic modelling of rock-fill embankments on deep loose saturated sand deposits

Petras, A. - Design of sandwich structures

Reinschke, J.U. - H-infinity-control of spatially distributed systems

Rohling, R.N. - 3D freehand ultrasound: reconstruction and spatial compounding

Roller, E.T. - Nanofabrication with the scanning tunnelling microscope

Scott, M.J.J. - Parcel: feature subset selection in variable cost domains

Seitz, P.A. - Casing treatment for axial flow compressors

Shirazi, R. - Tool switching problems in manufacturing and possible algorithmic solutions

Tain, L. - Compressor leading edges in incompressible and compressible flows

Tan, K.L. - Dynamic holography using ferroelectric liquid crystal on silicon spatial light modulators

Varley, A.J. - Statistical image analysis methods for line detection

Wallis, C.R. - Intelligent database technology for operational decision support in the petrochemical industry

Williams, R.P. - Tightness of the nonlinear gap robust stability margin

Dissertations Approved for the MSc Degree

Macconaill, A.G. - The implementation of production planning and control systems in small manufacturing companies

Pratt, E.M. - Modelling gain in semiconductor lasers

Shaw, R.J. - Nonlinear analysis of fetal heart rate

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