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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

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

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

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

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

MCNP Study of Multi-Hole Collimation Grids for Biological Neutron Radiography

Keyword:: Biological Neutron Radiography, Modulation Transfer Function, Neutron Imaging, and Collimation Grids
Creator:: Waterman, Shane W.
Advisor:: Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-10-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

Solar Signals – Possible correlations between the 11-Year Solar Sunspot Cycle and Earthquakes on Earth using the Fourier Transform

Keyword:: solar cycle, solar weather, solar cycle slope, sunspots, earthquakes, and Fourier Transform
Creator:: Tyree, Elizabeth C.
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-08-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

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

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

Monte Carlo Simulation of High Energy Neutrino Event Transport in Cerenkov Detectors

Keyword:: neutrino physics
Creator:: Jones, Mykalin Ann Docker
Advisor:: Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-01-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Interdisciplinary & Global Studies

Measuring the TG-43 Parameters of Iridium-192 using Monte Carlo-based Dosimetry

Keyword:: MCNP, Gafchromic film, Brachytherapy, and Dosimetry
Creator:: Fong, Kenneth B
Advisor:: Medich, David Christopher
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-08-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

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

The Role of Integrins in Cellular Response to Mechanical Stimuli

Keyword:: Cell adhesion, cell signaling, and Atomic Force Microscopy
Creator:: Thomas, Gawain M.
Advisor:: Wen, Qi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-01-19
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

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

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

Formation of Vesicles in Lipid-Liquid Crystal Colloidal Mixtures

Keyword:: lipid, liquid crystal, vesicles, 5CB, and calorimetry
Creator:: Peters, Jeffrey
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

Calorimetric and Dielectric Studies of Self-assembled Bio-molecules in an Aqueous Environment

Keyword:: bio-physics, calorimetry measurements, protein dynamics , and dielectric spectroscopy
Creator:: Kashuri, Klaida
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-01-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

An improved approach for cell traction force microscopy using a continuous hydrogel

Keyword:: fibroblast, Hydrogel, and Cell traction force microscopy
Creator:: Shojaeizadeh, Mina
Advisor:: Wen, Qi
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-06-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

Thermal Physical Properties Of Nanocomposites Of Complex Fluids

Keyword:: Polymernanocomposites and nanoparticles, Liquid Crystals, and Polymers
Creator:: Kalakonda, Parvathalu
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-05-31
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Theoretical Study of Variable Measurement Uncertainty h_I and Infinite Unobservable Entropy

Keyword:: Measurement, Infinite, Heat, Uncertainty, Information, and Entropy
Creator:: Vanslette, Kevin M
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

Theoretical Study of Bose-Einstein Condensate-Based Atom Michelson Interferometers

Keyword:: Free oscillation atom Michelson interferometer, Single refelction atom Michelson interferometer, Atom Interferometry, Bose-Einstein Condensate, and Double reflection atom Michelson interferometer
Creator:: Kafle, Rudra Prasad
Advisor:: Zozulya, Alex A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-26
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Phase transition studies of liquid crystal colloids with solvents and nano-solids

Keyword:: Nematic, Smectic-A, Liquid Crystals, Carbon Nanotubes, and AC-Calorimetry
Creator:: Sigdel, Krishna P
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2011-04-21
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Thermal Conductivity of Nanowires, Nanotubes and Polymer-Nanotube Composites

Keyword:: Polymer-Carbon nanotube Composites, Liquid Crsytal Filling in MWCNPs, AC Calorimetry, Thermal Conductivity, Nanowires, and Carbon Nanotubes
Creator:: Pradhan, Nihar R.
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-04-14
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Dielectric Studies of Nanostructures and Directed Self-assembled Nanomaterials in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Keyword:: Liquid Crystals, Quantum Dots, and Carbon Nanotubes
Creator:: Basu, Rajratan
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-03-30
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Synthesis, Integration, and Characterization of Functional Inorganic Nanomaterials

Keyword:: electrodeposition, AAO template-assisted nanofabrication, chemical vapor deposition, nanostructured electrode, 1 D nanomateirals, and inorganic nanomaterials
Creator:: Duan, Huanan
Advisor:: Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-05-28
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Materials Science & Engineering

AC-Calorimetry and Dielectric Spectroscopy on Anisotropic Liquid Crystal and Aerosil Dispersions

Keyword:: Liquid Crystals, dielectric spectroscopy, quenched random disorder, phase transitions, and calorimetry
Creator:: Cruceanu, Florentin I.
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Mori Projected Dynamics On A Quantum System

Keyword:: Mori and Projected Dynamics
Creator:: Nasto, Rachel Harte
Advisor:: Phillies, George D.J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Physics

A New AC-Radio Frequency Heating Calorimetry Technique for Complex Fluids

Keyword:: weak quenched random disorder, nematic volume fraction, nematic correlation length, Nematic, birefringence, 4' – transbutyl – 4 – cyano – 4 – heptyl - bicyclo, modulation calorimetry technique, octylcyanobiphenyl (8CB), phase transitions, random-dilution, Turbidity, isotropic, heat capacity, loss factor, Liquid Crystals, smectic A, permittivity, aerosil, random-field interactions., dielectric, and Radio Frequency Field Heating
Creator:: Barjami, Saimir
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-28
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Quenched Random Disorder Studies In Liquid Crystal + Aerosil Dispersions

Keyword:: gel structure, quenched random disorder, Turbidity, isotropic-nematic, phase transition, smectic-A to smectic-C, AC-Calorimetry, liquid crystal, gel dynamics, x-ray difraction, x-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy ( XIFS ), and nematic to smectic-A
Creator:: Roshi, Aleksander
Advisor:: Iannacchione, Germano S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-04-27
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Partial Coherence and Optical Vortices

Keyword:: coherence and Vortex
Creator:: Maleev, Ivan
Advisor:: Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr. and Aravind, Padmanabhan K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2004-07-13
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

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