DESIRED STRUCTURE OF THE EEE 500 TOPIC FORM ABSTRACT
(Courtesy of Dr. Mahlon Heller, EEE Department)
The following describes the general structure and content of the Abstract that you
need to prepare for your EEE 500 TOPIC FORM. This abstract is to reflect what
work you expect to do.
1st Paragraph
* Briefly describe the area or application to which your work applies. Do not mention
the words "project" or "thesis" in this paragraph.
* Describe the problem or need that your work addresses.
2nd Paragraph
* State the objective(s) of your work and briefly outline the methods you used.
* Describe how your work addresses the objective(s).
3rd Paragraph
* State, as quantitatively as possible, the expected outcome(s) of your work.
* Describe the results and list the major conclusions you expect to obtain from your
work.
THE PROJECT OR THESIS ABSTRACT
* Change the verb tense in your Topic Form abstract, where necessary, to reflect what
work was actually done.
* In the results paragraph, state what has been accomplished and whether the
objectives were met.
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FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EEE 500 TOPIC FORM ABSTRACT:
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STUDENT NAME: Craig E. Carpenter
TOPIC TITLE: DESIGN OF A NINE ELEMENT WAVEGUIDE ARRAY USED FOR
MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIC IMAGING
ABSTRACT:
Over the past two decades the awareness level of breast cancer and its detection methods have
risen dramatically. As a result of this heightened awareness cancerous tumors are caught earlier
and accordingly they are physically smaller in size. This is beneficial with respect to treatment as
the earlier breast cancer is caught the higher the success rate of treatment. However the small
size of early caught potentially cancerous tumors poses new challenges in analysis techniques,
specifically determining if a tumor is malignant or benign using noninvasive techniques.
Historically mammography was on of the more popular noninvasive techniques but this method
is only effective on larger tumors. For smaller tumors analysis must be performed using the
invasive technique of surgery, known as a biopsy. Since a biopsy can result in both permanent
physical and psychological damage a noninvasive analysis method for smaller tumors is
desirable. Thermal imaging of the potential cancerous region using microwave radiometry
provides a desirable alternative.
This research focuses on one area in the development of a microwave radiometric imaging.
Specifically it is the design, fabrication and implementation of a waveguide antenna array used
for radiometric imaging at microwave frequencies. A feed structure has been built to support a
nine waveguide antenna array. The waveguide mounting device will be built such that different
array structures can readily be achieved. The radiation pattern of each particular structure will
then be measured. The array structure will be evaluated with respect to radiation pattern, gain,
and noise figure. Mathematical models and software simulation will be performed for the various
antenna arrays before physical evaluation. The modeling and simulation will help to reduce the
number of evaluations to those believed to have optimal performance.
The result of this research will be the optimal microwave waveguide antenna array with defining
mathematical models. This will allow future research to explore tumor analysis using microwave
radiometric imaging.
NOTICE THAT THE ABOVE ABSTRACT CONTAINS THE THREE DESIRED
PARAGRAPHS: PROBLEM STATEMENT, OBJECTIVES AND BRIEF METHODS,
AND DESIRED OR EXPECTED RESULTS.
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