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  • Computational nanooptics in hyperbolic metamaterials and plasmonic structures

    Creator:
    Thongrattanasiri, Sukosin
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    This dissertation concerns several problems in the fields of light interaction with nanostructured media, metamaterials, and plasmonics. We present a technique capable of extending operational bandwidth of hyperbolic metamaterials based on interleaved highly-doped InGaAs and undoped AlInAs multilayer stacks. The experimental results confirm theoretical predictions, exhibiting broadband negative refraction response...
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    Thongrattanasiri for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics presented on July 22, 2010. Title

  • The construction and computational modeling of a fiber Bragg grating tunable laser diode

    Creator:
    Winz, Michele W.
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    The widespread adoption of wavelength division multiplexing to increase the bandwidth of optical fiber communication systems has provided a major impetus for research on low cost, single-mode, wavelength stable tunable diode lasers for use in optical telecommunications due to the large volume of lasers required. Other applications, such as demodulation...
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    Doctor of Philosophy in Physics presented on August 27, 2003. Title: The Construction and Computational

  • John Archibald Wheeler : a study of mentoring in modern physics

    Creator:
    Christensen, Terry M.
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    This dissertation has two objectives. The first objective is to determine where best to situate the study of mentoring (i.e. the 'making of scientists') on the landscape of the history of science and science studies. This task is accomplished by establishing mentoring studies as a link between the robust body...
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    of Science on April 3, 2009. Title: John Archibald Wheeler: A Study of Mentoring in Modern Physics

  • Connecting computational thinking and mathematics: an examination of linguistic opportunities and challenges

    Creator:
    Glickman, Abbie A.
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    In this paper, I used a linguistic lens of translanguaging and semiotics to examine how K-12 mathematics teacher candidates (TCs) create meaning around computer science (CS) and mathematics concepts in a computational thinking (CT) setting. I defined the term “disciplinary repertoire” as a mirror to the concept of a linguistic...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Science in Physics (Honors Scholar) Presented April 14, 2021 Commencement June 2022

  • A Computational Framework for Resilience-Informed Design

    Creator:
    Hulse, Daniel E.
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    It is desirable for complex engineered systems to perform missions efficiently and economically, even when these missions' complex, variable, long-term operational profiles make it likely for hazards to arise. It is thus important to design these systems to be resilient so that they will actively prevent and recover from hazards...
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    communication and short course of events, but also because of a lack of reconfigurability and fragility in the

  • Heat Loss Characterization of NIST-1's Containment Vessel

    Creator:
    Yoshiura, Ramon K.
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    NuScale Power has designed a small modular reactor using natural circulation cooling dependent systems for both steady-state and transient operations. The NuScale Integral Test System (NIST-1) facility was built to supply test data to NuScale Power to verify and validate computer codes for the NuScale Power Mod- ule (NPM) with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , computational fluid dynamics, condensation, film flow, and heat loss in containments. • Chapter 3 - NIST-1: A

  • Mathematical approaches to the physics of mesoscale oceanography

    Creator:
    Early, Jeffrey J.
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    The long-term evolution of Gaussian eddies is studied in an equivalent barotropic model using both linear and nonlinear quasi-geostrophic theory in an attempt to understand westward propagating satellite altimetry tracked mesoscale eddies. By examining both individual eddies and a large basin seeded with eddies, it is shown that long term...
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    understanding of the mesoscale physics of the ocean. The primary physical interest in these studies is

  • Theoretical physics takes root in America : John Archibald Wheeler as student and mentor

    Creator:
    Christensen, Terry M.
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    John Archibald Wheeler (09 July 1911- ) is a familiar name to physicists and historians of physics alike. Among his many contributions to the corpus of knowledge, in 1939 John Wheeler and Niels Bohr co-authored the first paper on the generalized mechanism of nuclear fission. Beyond that seminal work, Wheeler...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Physics Takes Root in America: John Archibald Wheeler as Student and Mentor Abstract approved

  • ThermoSolver : an integrated educational thermodynamics software program

    Creator:
    Barnes, Connelly S.
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    ThermoSolver is an educational thermodynamics software program designed to be both easy to use and useful in that it permits the user to make nontrivial chemical engineering thermodynamic calculations. The software program accompanies the textbook Engineering and Chemical Thermodynamics by Milo Koretsky, and is available for free download from the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    OF Connelly S. Barnes for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Computational Physics

  • Pressure effects on density-difference driven stratified flow : CFD model of DCC event in the HTGR

    Creator:
    Magnusson, Jill E.
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    In a Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor (MHTGR), the Depressurized Conduction Cooldown (DCC) event can be separated into three distinct stages: 1) depressurization, 2) air ingress and, 3) natural circulation. During normal operations, the HTGR utilizes forced convection to move the helium coolant through the reactor core. Thus, during normal...
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    Masters Thesis
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    core is sufficient and desirable as it decreases computational time. 3.2 Initial Conditions In