Building and programming tiny battery-free energy harvesting embedded computer systems
is hard for the average maker because of the lack of tools, hard to comprehend …

Existing solar energy harvesting structures with maximum power point tracking capability are
typically a bit complicated and expensive for low cost sensor nodes, which makes them …

Accurate state-of-charge (SOC) estimation is essential for maximizing the lifetime of battery-
powered wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Lightweight estimation methods are widely used …

Accurate battery state-of-charge (SOC) estimation is crucial to maximize the lifetime of
wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Meanwhile, considering the limited capability of sensor …

This thesis presents a comprehensive study of cognitive networking for cellular networks
with contributions that enable them to be more dynamic, agile, and efficient. To achieve this …

This paper introduces an Autonomous Smart Sensing Card (ASSC), an embedded system
that will be powered indoors and outdoors by harvested energy, have miniaturized …

Noninvasive, and continuous physiological sensing enabled by novel wearable sensors is
generating unprecedented diagnostic insights in many medical practices. However, the …

This chapter focuses on state‐of‐the‐art life‐span extension methods for wireless sensor
networks (WSNs) with high‐level taxonomy: energy harvesting and energy conservation …

High-efficiency solar cells, such as GaAs solar cells, exhibit strong luminescent emissions in
the infrared. This paper presents two circuits that are able to modulate these luminescent …

This paper gives an overview of miniature underwater IoT devices recently developed for
civil engineering applications: animal tags and underwater smart sensors. The PNNL …