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Department of Engineering - Annual Report 1999/2000

Research Student Dissertations

 

The following dissertations were examined, and degrees awarded as shown, in the academical year 1999/2000. 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

Alexander, K.L. Design for validation of medical devices and equipment

Baumgartner, C.E. Collaboration between engineering consultants and their clients: characteristics of success

Carrier, M.B. Dielectric measurement over a wide frequency range in e-grade kaolin clay

Chang, M. A Monte Carlo study of integrated logistic support trade-off at early system design stage

Chen. C-H. Projection optics and liquid crystal based active waveguides for flat-panel 3-D displays

Clarkson, P.R. Adaption of statistical language models for automatic speech recognition

Crosby, D.B. Propagation modelling for directional fixed wireless access systems

Dambach, R. Tip clearance flow in radial inflow turbines

Frandsen, J.B. Computational fluid-structure interaction applied to long-span bridge design

Franklin, D.R. Neural networks for visual feedback control of an industrial robot

Georghiou, G.E. Gas discharge modelling using the finite-element flux-corrected transport method

Gomes de Freitas, J.F. Bayesian methods for neural networks

Guest, P.M. Lover, friends and enemies: the determinants and effects of UK takeover bids 1985-95

Hamilton, J.R. The capture and representation of knowledge to support adaptive aerospace design

Harrower, A.J. A modelling and experimental study of a high frequency response chemiluminescence reactor

Hicks, C.M. Modelling of multi-channel audio signals

Hsieh, M.C-M. Alternative Bayesian techniques for model selection, classification, and parameter estimation in signal and image processing

Jossang, I. Propagating transformations of state in reactive media

Kleinsorge, B.Y. Doping of amorphous carbon

Koh, P.C. Modelling of tunable hybrid semiconductor lasers

Lapeer, R.J.A. A biomedical model of fetal head moulding

Lim, H.T. SOI-based lateral DMOSFETS for high-voltage integrated circuits

Liu, Y-C. A methodology for the generation of concepts in mechanical design

McCullough, K.Y.G. Mechanical properties of metallic foams

Manimohan, V.B. Cyclostationary signal processing for communication systems

Nidamarthi, S. Understanding and supporting requirement satisfaction in the design process

Olurin, O.B. Deformation and fracture of cellular foams

Pongpanich, C. Insights into product manufacturing location decisions

Reinhard, K. Subspace modelling of speech transitions

Robertson, D. Computer simulations of crushable aggregates

Sabesan, S. Contention and resource control in ATM and IP networks

Satyanarayana, B.S. Field emission from tetrahedrally amorphous carbon

Sellars, M.P. Low complexity equalization techniques for broadband indoor radio

Slater, S.A. Particle transport in laminar and turbulent gas flows

Stark, B.H. Multiple-mode power semiconductor devices

Stratford, T.J. The shear of concrete with elastic FRP reinforcement

Taylor, J. Controlling fan-installation flowfield coupling

Troughton, P.T. Simulation methods for linear and nonlinear time series models with application to distorted audio signals

Vermaak, J. Bayesian modelling and enhancement of speech signals

Vij, M. Hierarchical lattice vector quantisation of wavelet transformed images

Witt, S.M. Use of speech recognition in computer-assisted language learning

Zhai, P. Strategy for Sino-foreign joint venture formation: a resource-based process view

 

Dissertations Approved for the MSc Degree

Esfandiari, H.R. An experimental and numerical study of the flow in an annular cascade

Luangarpa, L. Business performance measurement and strategic learning

Wijayawardene, M. Microstructure evolution in hot deformed aluminium-magnesium alloys


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