Design of a Reversible ALU Based on Novel Reversible Logic Structures

DEDICATION To my parents, Dr. Alfred and Kathleen Morrison, who taught me the most important values in life: work hard, have respect, do what is right, and treat others the way you want to be treated. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my major professor, Dr. Nagarajan Ranganathan, for his guidance and assistance during my academic career. I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Srinivas Katkoori and Dr. Hao Zheng for their assistance throughout this process. I would like to acknowledge my brother, James, and my sister-in-law Amy. I would like to thank professors Dr. Les Piegl and Dr. Anda Iamnitchi for their encouragement and advice while I served as their teaching assistants. Thank you to all Richard Meana, who worked with me on the papers that this dissertation is based upon. I would like to thank my parents, Alfred and Kathleen Morrison, for making me into the man I am today. I would like to acknowledge my brother Jim and his wife Amy. Thanks to my Aunt Amy, my late Uncle Fred, and my cousins Tim, Mark, Cori and Katie and their families for their encouragement. Thank you to my friends and fellow students, to all of my colleagues in the USF Athletics Department, as well as my friends on the USF women's and men's soccer teams, the men's basketball team and the softball team. I am grateful for the opportunity to have served in the United States Navy, and I would like to acknowledge my fellow service members.