Departmental Papers (ESE)

Papers from 2009

Optical nanoswitch: an engineered plasmonic nanoparticle with extreme parameters and giant anisotropy, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Cooperative profit sharing in coalition based resource allocation in wireless networks, Alireza Aram, Chandramani Singh, Saswati Sarkar, and Anurag Kumar

Gas sensing properties of single conducting polymer nanowires and the effect of temperature, Yaping Dan, Yanyan Cao, Tom E. Mallouk, Stephane Evoy, and A.T. Charlie Johnson

Intrinsic Response of Graphene Vapor Sensors, Yaping Dan, Ye Lu, Nicholas J. Kybert, Zhengtang Luo, and A.T. Charlie Johnson

Design of a Tunable Stiffness Composite Leg for Dynamic Locomotion, Kevin C. Galloway, Jonathan E. Clark, and Daniel E. Koditschek

Gait Transitions for Quasi-Static Hexapedal Locomotion on Level Ground, Galen C. Haynes, Fred Cohen, and Daniel E. Koditschek

Rapid Pole Climbing with a Quadrupedal Robot, G C. Haynes, Alex Khripin, Goran Lynch, Jon Amory, Aaron Saunders, Alfred A. Rizzi, and Daniel E. Koditschek

Approximations of Stochastic Hybrid Systems, A Agung Julius and George J. Pappas

Genetic network identification using convex programming, A Julius, Michael Zavlanos, S Boyd, and George J. Pappas

Dynamic Legged Mobility---an Overview, Haldun Komsuoglu

Microscale inverse acoustic band gap structure in aluminum nitride, Nai-Kuei Kuo, Chengjie Zuo, and Gianluca Piazza

Quantifying Content Consistency Improvements Through Opportunistic Contacts, Kin-Wah Kwong, Augustin Chaintreau, and Roch A. Guérin

Sensitive dependence of the motion of a legged robot on granular media, Chen Li, P B. Umbanhowar, Haldun Komsuoglu, Daniel E. Koditschek, and Daniel Goldman

Optical spectrometer at the nanoscale using optical Yagi-Uda nanoantennas, Jingjing Li, Alessandro Salandrino, and Nader Engheta

Self-Organization in a Parametrically Coupled Logistic Map Network: A Model for Information Processing in the Visual Cortex, Ramin Pashaie and Nabil H. Farhat

Quantifying Acute Myocardial Injury Using Ratiometric Fluorometry, Mahsa Ranji, Muneaki Matsubara, Bradley G. Leshnower, Robin H. Hinmon, Dwight L. Jaggard, Britton Chance, Robert C. Gorman, and Joseph H. Gorman

Always Acyclic Distributed Path Computation, Saikat Ray, Roch A. Guérin, Kin Wah (Eric) Kwong, and Rute Sofia

Layers and layer interfaces in wireless networks, Alejandro Ribeiro

5-10 GHz AlN Contour-Mode Nanoelectromechanical Resonators, Matteo Rinaldi, Chiara Zuniga, and Gianluca Piazza

Toward tactilely transparent gloves: Collocated slip sensing and vibrotactile actuation, Joseph M. Romano, Steven R. Gray, Nathan T. Jacobs, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

Online Optimization of 802.11 Mesh Networks, Theodoros Salonidis, Georgios Sotiropoulos, Roch A. Guérin, and Ramesh Govindan

Shared Versus Separate Networks - The Impact of Reprovisioning, Soumya Sen, Roch A. Guérin, and Kartik Hosanagar

Modeling the dynamics of network technology adoption and the role of converters, Soumya Sen, Youngmi Jin, Roch Guérin, and Kartik Hosanagar

Transporting an Image through a Subwavelength Hole, Mario G. Silveirinha and Nader Engheta

A high fidelity ungrounded torque feedback device: The iTorqU 2.0, Kyle N. Winfree, Jamie E. Gewirtz, Thomas Mather, Jonathan Fiene, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

Adaptive Polarization Contrast Techniques for Through-Wall Microwave Imaging Applications, K M. Yemelyanov, N Engheta, A Hoorfar, and J A. McVay

Nanoenabled microelectromechanical sensor for volatile organic chemical detection, Chiara Zuniga, Matteo Rinaldi, Samuel M. Khamis, A. T. Johnson, and Gianluca Piazza

DNA-Decorated Carbon Nanotubes as Sensitive Layer for AlN Contour-Mode Resonant-MEMS Gravimetric Sensor, Chiara Zuniga, Matteo Rinaldi, Samuel M. Khamis, Timothy S. Jones, A T. Johnson, and Gianluca Piazza

Papers from 2008

Dielectric sensing in ε-near-zero narrow waveguide channels, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Dynamical theory of artificial optical magnetism produced by rings of plasmonic nanoparticles, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Effects of size and frequency dispersion in plasmonic cloaking, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Hertzian plasmonic nanodimer as an efficient optical nanoantenna, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Input Impedance, Nanocircuit Loading, and Radiation Tuning of Optical Nanoantennas, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Light squeezing through arbitrarily shaped plasmonic channels and sharp bends, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Multifrequency Optical Invisibility Cloak with Layered Plasmonic Shells, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Plasmonic and Metamaterial Cloaking: Physical Mechanisms and Potentials, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Robustness in Design and Background Variations in Metamaterial/Plasmonic Cloaking, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Theory and potentials of multi-layered plasmonic covers for multi-frequency cloaking, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Nanoswitch: Extreme Variation of Scattering Properties upon Rotation, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Transmission-line analysis of ε-near-zero–filled narrow channels, Andrea Alů, Mário G. Silveirinha, and Nader Engheta

Design of nanofilters for optical nanocircuits, Andrea Alů, Michael E. Young, and Nader Engheta

A fair scheduling policy for wireless channels with intermittent connectivity, A. Aram, M.H. R. Kzouhani, Saswati Sarkar, and L. Tassiulas

Determining interconnections in biochemical networks using linear programming, Elias August, Antonius Papachristodoulou, Ben Recht, Mark Roberts, and Ali Jadbabaie

Throughput and Fairness Guarantees Through Maximal Scheduling in Wireless Networks, Prasanna Chaporkar, Koushik Kar, Xiang Luo, and Saswati Sarkar

Stable Scheduling Policies for Maximizing Throughput in Generalized Constrained Queueing Systems, Prasanna Chaporkar and Saswati Sarkar

The Case for Reconfigurable Components with Logic Scrubbing: Regular Hygiene Keeps Logic FIT (low), André DeHon

Experimental Verification of Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterial Coupling and Energy Squeezing Using a Microwave Waveguide, Brian Edwards, Andrea Alů, Michael E. Young, Mário Silveirinha, and Nader Engheta

Characterizing Temporal SNR Variation in 802.11 Networks, Ratul K. Guha and Saswati Sarkar

From Discrete to Continuous and Back: Abstractions and Mesoscopic Phenomena in Cells, Ádám M. Halász, A. Agung Julius, George J. Pappas, and R. Vijay Kumar

Grassmann Discriminant Analysis: a Unifying View on Subspace-Based Learning, Jihun Hamm and Daniel D. Lee

Convergence analysis of blind equalization algorithms using constellation-matching, Lin He and Saleem A. Kassam

Dynamics of Competition Between Incumbent and Emerging Network Technologies, Youngmi Jin, Soumya Sen, Roch A. Guérin, kartik Hosanagar, and Zhi-Li Zhang

Throughput-Optimal Scheduling in Multichannel Access Point Networks under Infrequent Channel Measurements, Koushik Kar, Xiang Luo, and Saswati Sarkar

A Physical Model for Dynamical Arthropod Running on Level Ground, Haldun Komsuoglu, Kiwon Sohn, Robert J. Full, and Daniel E. Koditschek

Recycling controllers, Hadas Kress-Gazit, Nora Ayanian, George J. Pappas, and Vijay Kumar

Courteous Cars: Decentralized Multiagent Traffic Coordination, Hadas Kress-Gazit, David C. Connor, Howie Choset, Alfred A. Rizzi, and George J. Pappas

Automatically synthesizing a planning and control subsystem for the DARPA urban challenge, Hadas Kress-Gazit and George J. Pappas

Balancing Performance, Robustness and Flexibility in Routing Systems, Kin-Wah Kwong, Roch A. Guérin, Anees Shaikh, and Shu Tao

Reliable Interdomain Routing Through Multiple Complementary Routing Processes, Yong Liao, Lixin Gao, Roch A. Guérin, and Zhi-Li Zhang

Sequence space coverage, entropy of genomes and the potential to detect non-human DNA in human samples, Zhandong Liu, Santosh S. Venkatesh, and Carlo C. Maley

Density Functions for Navigation-Function-Based Systems, Savvas G. Loizou and Ali Jadbabaie

Dual-Beam Actuation of Piezoelectric AlN RF MEMS Switches Monolithically Integrated with AlN Contour-Mode Resonators, Rashed Mahameed, Nipun Sinha, Marcelo B. Pisani, and Gianluca Piazza

Steering laws for distributed motion coordination of kinematic agents in three dimensions, Nima Moshtagh and Ali Jadbabaie

Fault Tolerant Sublithographic Design with Rollback Recovery, Helia Naiemi and André DeHon

An analytic model for the dynamics of electron trapping materials with applications in nonlinear optical signal processing, Ramin Pashaie and Nabil H. Farhat

Message-Efficient Dissemination for Loop-Free Centralized Routing, Haldane Peterson, Soumya Sen, Jaideep Chandrashekar, Lixin Gao, Roch A. Guérin, and Zhi-Li Zhang

Towards Testable Neuromechanical Control of Architectures for Running, Shai Revzen, Daniel E. Koditschek, and R J. Full

Gravimetric chemical sensor based on the direct integration of SWNTS on ALN Contour-Mode MEMS resonators, Matteo Rinaldi, Chiara Zuniga, Nipun Sinha, Marzie Taheri, Samuel M. Khamis, Alan T. Johnson, and Gianluca Piazza

Queue Length Stability in Trees Under Slowly Convergent Traffic Using Sequential Maximal Scheduling, Saswati Sarkar and Koushik Kar

Arbitrary Throughput Versus Complexity Tradeoffs in Wireless Networks Using Graph Partitioning, Saswati Sarkar and Saikat Ray

A coalitional game model for spectrum pooling in wireless data access networks, Saswati Sarkar, Chandramani Singh, and Anurag Kumar

Cloaking mechanism with antiphase plasmonic satellites, Mário G. Silveirinha, Andrea Alů, and Nader Engheta

Infrared and optical invisibility cloak with plasmonic implants based on scattering cancellation, Mário G. Silveirinha, Andrea Alů, and Nader Engheta

Nanoinsulators and nanoconnectors for optical nanocircuits, Mário G. Silveirinha, Andrea Alů, Jingjing Li, and Nader Engheta

Challenges of Country Modeling with Databases, Newsfeeds, and Expert Surveys, Barry G. Silverman, Gnana K. Bharathy, and G. Jiyun Kim

An embeddable testbed for insurgent and terrorist agent theories: InsurgiSim, Barry G. Silverman, Aline Normoyle, Praveen Kannan, Richard Pater, Deepthi Chandrasekaran, and Gnana K. Bharathy

An Embeddable Testbed for Insurgent and Terrorist Agent Theories: InsurgiSim, Barry G. Silverman, Aline Normoyle, Praveen Kannan, Richard Pater, Deepthi Chandrasekaran, and Gnana K. Bharathy

Dual Beam Actuation of Piezoelectric AlN RF MEMS Switches Integrated with AlN Contour-mode Resonators, Nipun Sinha, Rashed Mahameed, Chengjie Zuo, Marcelo B. Pisani, Carlos R. Perez, and Gianluca Piazza

Integrating a Hierarchy of Simulation Tools for Legged Robot Locomotion, Andrew Slatton, Yang Ding, P B. Umbanhowar, Daniel Goldman, Galen C. Haynes, Haldun Komsuoglu, Daniel E. Koditschek, and Daniel Cohen

Alternative Financial Service Providers and the Spatial Void Hypothesis, Tony Smith, Marvin M. Smith, and John Wackes

Biologically Inspired Climbing with a Hexapedal Robot, M. J. Spenko, G. C. Haynes, J. A. Sanders, M. R. Cutkosky, Alfred A. Rizzi, R. J. Full, and Daniel E. Koditschek

Approximate Reduction of Dynamical Systems, Paulo Tabuada, Aaron D. Ames, Agung Julius, and George J. Pappas

A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Consensus Over Random Networks, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi and Ali Jadbabaie

Distributed coverage verification in sensor networks without location information, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi and Ali Jadbabaie

Effect of Thermal Treatments on the Transduction Behaviors of Conductometric Hydrogen Gas Sensors Integrated with HCl-Doped Polyaniline Nanofibers, Pen-Cheng Wang, Yaping Dan, Luke A. Somers, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and A.T. Charlie Johnson

Background Calibration With Piecewise Linearized Error Model for CMOS Pipeline A/D Converter, Jie Yuan, Nabil H. Farhat, and Jan Van der Spiegel

Distributed Connectivity Control of Mobile Networks, Michael M. Zavlanos and George J. Pappas

Dynamic Assignment in Distributed Motion Planning With Local Coordination, Michael Zavlanos and George J. Pappas

Hybrid Ultra-Compact 4th Order Band-Pass Filters Based On Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators, Chengjie Zuo, Nipun Sinha, Carlos R. Perez, Rashed Mahameed, Marcelo B. Pisani, and Gianluca Piazza

Multi-Frequency Pierce Oscillators Based On Piezoelectric AlN Contour-Mode MEMS Resonators, Chengjie Zuo, Nipun Sinha, Jan Van der Spiegel, and Gianluca Piazza

Papers from 2007

Subwavelength, Compact, Resonant Patch Antennas Loaded With Metamaterials, Andrea Alů, Filiberto Bilotti, Nader Engheta, and Lucio Vegni

Subwavelength Planar Leaky-Wave Components with Metamaterial Bilayers, Andrea Alů, Filiberto Bilotti, Nader Engheta, and Lucio Vegni

Theory and Simulations of a Conformal Omni-Directional Sub-Wavelength Metamaterial Leaky-Wave Antenna, Andrea Alů, Filiberto Bilotti, Nader Engheta, and Lucio Vegni

Anomalies of Sub-Diffractive Guided-Wave Propagation along Metamaterial Nanocomponents, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Cloaking and transparency for collections of particles with metamaterial and plasmonic covers, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Enhanced Directivity From Subwavelength Infrared/Optical Nano-Antennas Loaded With Plasmonic Materials or Metamaterials, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Higher-Order Resonant Power Flow Inside and Around Superdirective Plasmonic Nanoparticles, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Optical 'Shorting Wires', Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Plasmonic Materials in Transparency and Cloaking Problems: Mechanism, Robustness and Physical Insights, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta

Three-dimensional nanotransmission lines at optical frequencies: A recipe for broadband negative-refraction optical metamaterials, Andrea Alů and Nader Engheta