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Filtering by: Contributor Iannacchione, Germano S. Resource type Dissertation

1. Modeling phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials to control elastic waves: self-collimation, bi-refringence, forward and inverse design

Keyword:: phononic crystal, high-throughput band gap generation, forward and inverse design, finite element analysis, self-collimation and bi-refringence, and ultrasonic and hypersonic elastic wave
Creator:: Das, Debanik
Advisor:: Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-08-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

2. Design and Qualification of Wrought and Additively Manufactured 4340 Steels for Fatigue-Critical and Damage-Tolerant Applications

Keyword:: 4340 Structural Steels, Flaw-Sensitive Fatigue Design, Fatigue, Ultrasonic Fatigue, Fatigue Crack Growth, Additive Manufacturing, Extreme Value Statistics, and Defect Quantification
Creator:: Ryder, Matthew
Advisor:: Lados, Diana A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-08-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Materials Science & Engineering

3. Design and Control of Robotic Systems Using Bio-Inspired Artificial Muscle Recruitment Strategy

Keyword:: Artificial Muscle, Bio-Inspired, and Compliant Actuator
Creator:: Bowers, Matthew P.
Advisor:: Popovic, Marko B.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-02-08
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Robotics Engineering

4. Self-Assembly and Morphological Patterns in Drying Droplets of Bio-colloids

Keyword:: Drying, Self-assembly, Pattern formation, Complex fluids, Bio-colloidal droplets, and Image analysis
Creator:: Pal, Anusuya
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-03-23
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

5. Feasibility of Intensity Modulated High Dose Rate Ocular Brachytherapy Using Middle Energy Isotopes Coupled with a Partially Shielded Applicator

Keyword:: Brachytherapy, Ocular melanoma, Intensity modulation, Yb-169, Se-75, and Monte Carlo
Creator:: Dupere, Justine M.
Advisor:: Medich, David Christopher and Munro, John J., III
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-05-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD

6. Studies on the Emergence of Order in Out-of-equilibrium Systems

Keyword:: Rayleigh-Bénard Convection, Principle of Stationary Action, Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics, Entropy, Complexity, and IR Calorimetry
Creator:: Chatterjee, Atanu
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-05-10
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

7. Non-Asymptotic Quantum Scattering Theory for Low-Dimensional Materials

Keyword:: Quantum Scattering Theory, Quantum Transport, Thermoelectric devices, Low-dimensional materials, Nanoelectronics, and First-principles calculations
Creator:: Daralagodu Dattatreya Jois, Sathwik Bharadwaj
Advisor:: Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-08-10
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

8. Development and Application of an Area Recorded Generalized Optical Scattering Technique

Keyword:: scattering analysis and Light scattering
Creator:: Algarni, Saad A
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-12-18
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

9. Assessing Human Exposure to Contaminants in House Dust

Keyword:: radioactivity, exposure, dust, hot particles, and dose
Creator:: Kaltofen, Marco Paul Johann
Advisor:: Medich, David Christopher, Mathisen, Paul P., Bergendahl, John Andrew, and Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Civil & Environmental Engineering

10. Investigation of Physical Characteristics Impacting Fate and Transport of Viral Surrogates in Water Systems

Keyword:: Time-Dependent Light Scattering, ARGOS method, Bacteriophages, and Nanospheres
Creator:: Charest, Abigail J.
Advisor:: Plummer, Jeanine D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-01-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Civil & Environmental Engineering