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- Title
- A Detailed Description of Keldysh's Model of Photoionization
- Author
- Darden, Kenan
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics, Optics, Quantum theory
- Description
- Leonid Keldysh’s 1965 paper "Ionization in the Field of a Strong Electromagnetic Wave" contains useful and simple-to-implement equations predicting the rate of photoionization in both atomic gasses and general crystalline solids. Crucially, his re...
- Title
- A path dependent quantum approximate optimization algorithm optimized by pairwise correlation of angles
- Author
- Daniel, Christopher
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics
- Description
- Given the current promise of quantum computing to increase the efficiency of optimization algorithms, it is important to utilize these quantum algorithms for useful applications. The quantum approximate optimization algorithm was recently develope...
- Title
- An Evaluation of Teaching Methods in the Introductory Physics Classroom
- Author
- Savage, Lauren
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Education, Physics, Educational evaluation
- Description
- The introductory physics mechanics course at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has a history of relatively high DFW rates. In 2011, the course was redesigned from the traditional lecture format to the inverted classroom format (flipped...
- Title
- Analysis of a Low Enriched Uranium Centrifugal Gas Core Reactor
- Author
- Leer, Darrin
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Fluid mechanics, Physics, Radiation, Nuclear physics
- Description
- With the new NASA directive of returning to the Moon in 2024 as a stepping stone to missions to Mars and beyond, there is a renewed interest in developing nuclear thermal rockets (NTR) to reduce trip times. This thesis will focus on the analysis o...
- Title
- Bohmian Trajectories of Interacting Particles Trapped in a Two-dimensional Harmonic Well
- Author
- Keithly, Gregory
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics
- Description
- Bohmian mechanics is an alternate formalism of quantum mechanics that posits a particle is always existent, and furthermore there is a separate entity describing a wave-like disturbance in space and time, governed by the Schrodinger equation, that...
- Title
- Computational investigations on the aerodynamics of a generic car model in proximity to a side wall
- Author
- Mallapragada, Srivatsa
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics, Physics
- Description
- A moving road vehicle is subjected to many fluid interferences caused by a number of external agents apart from the vehicle itself. Vehicles moving in proximity to a side wall is an interesting aspect that has been little investigated in the liter...
- Title
- Discrete Element Simulations of Powder Spreading in Additive Manufacturing
- Author
- Amrapurkar, Parth
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Physics
- Description
- Powder spreading plays a critical role in the quality of parts produced with selective laser sintering (SLS). Some of the important parameters that influence the quality of the powder bed are the powder particle size and distribution, blade speed,...
- Title
- Elucidating Dynamic Mechanisms for Extended Spectrum Antibiotic Resistance in Class A Beta-Lactamase through Machine Learning on Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Author
- Avery, Christopher
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Biophysics, Physics
- Description
- Beta-lactamase is a protein which is produced in bacteria and is a primary cause of antibiotic resistance to Beta Lactam antibiotics. Beta Lactams are among the most common types of antibiotics (including penicillin) and thus understanding the res...
- Title
- Experimental Study on Autocorrelated Femtosecond-Laser Ablation of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
- Author
- Obeid, Joseph
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Optics, Physics
- Description
- In this experimental study, we use a pair of 800 nm 180 fs ultrafast laser pulses to explore time-resolved enhanced ablation of two monolayer transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). A 2D crystal structure gives monolayer TMDs their unique prope...
- Title
- Extending Topological Constraint Theory to Glass Networks with Hydrogen Bonding
- Author
- Bloom, Austin
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics, Condensed matter
- Description
- Topological constraint theory has been successful in providing a simple model forthe liquid-glass transition in covalent bond bending networks. However, it is lim- ited to networks where all bonds are quenched and possess equivalent potential well...
- Title
- High throughput non-parametric probability density estimation via novel multithreaded stitching method
- Author
- Merino, Zach
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Mathematics, Statistics, Physics
- Description
- A method of univariant probability density function (pdf) estimation is developed for big data applications. The method employs the use of a non-parametric maximum entropy estimator (NMEM) for a data driven multithreaded probability density estima...
- Title
- Implementation of Focusing Light through Highly Scattering Media via Sequential Algorithm Based Wavefront Shaping
- Author
- Williams, Desmond
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics
- Description
- Propagation of light in communications, medicine, and science is hindered by the phenomenon of optical scattering. Methods to overcome this physical limitation have and continue to be researched. This work attempts to implement the method of wavef...
- Title
- Implementing and Characterizing a Quantum Divide and Conquer Variational Quantum Algorithm
- Author
- Gray, Alexander
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics, Quantum theory
- Description
- The current landscape of quantum computing devices consists of Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices, which contain around 100 or less qubits and are not fault-tolerant or error correcting. Due to the physical limitations of these device...
- Title
- Insights Derived From Studies on the Interaction of Wall Jets With an Elevated Hump Wake
- Author
- Sehman, Sean
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Physics, Fluid mechanics
- Description
- ABSTRACTSEAN M. SEHMAN. Insights Derived from Studies on the Interaction of Wall Jets with an Elevated Hump Wake (Under the Direction of DR. MESBAH UDDIN) Underneath a travelling road vehicle, a channel flow develops between the road and the under...
- Title
- Interaction of femtosecond laser beam with atmospheric low temperature plasmas and electric fields
- Author
- Davda, Kirtan
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Optics, Physics, Power resources
- Description
- In this work, the influence of electric fields and atmospheric plasma on the behavior of an ultrafast femtosecond laser beam is being studied. A femtosecond laser pulse has an ability to self-focus in air and produce confined narrow channels of hi...
- Title
- Light-assisted drying (LAD) for anhydrous preservation of biologics: processing sample volumes comparable to a therapeutic dose
- Author
- Furr, Daniel
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics
- Description
- Protein-based products have been developed to treat a range of conditions and are used in vaccines and assays. A challenge in the development of these products is maintaining the protein in the folded state during processing and storage. The most ...
- Title
- Molecular clustering characteristics in ternary trehalose and choline dihydrogen phosphate solutions
- Author
- Nikulsin, Nikita
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics
- Description
- Spatial and temporal characteristics of molecular structure in ternary solutions of trehalose and choline dihydrogen phosphate (CDHP) are studied using molecular dynamics simulations at 300 K for a range of solute concentrations with a 2:1 stoichi...
- Title
- NONPROPAGATING EXCITATIONS IN 2-D
- Author
- Abney, Ray
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics
- Description
- Nonpropagating excitations have been studied in 1-D and in 3-D, but not so much in 2-D. So, this thesis concerns 2-D nonpropagating excitations. In particular, we construct nonpropagating excitations confined to an annulus under a time-independent...
- Title
- PREPARATION AND VISUALIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL ACTIN FILAMENTS USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY FOR THE STUDY OF ACTIN/DNA HYDROGEL COMPLEXES
- Author
- Kennedy, Joshua
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Physics, Biophysics, Biomedical engineering
- Description
- A protocol of sample preparation for the visualization of single actin filaments at the nanoscale using atomic force microscopy for use in studies of engineered actin/DNA conjugated hydrogel complexes was developed. Hydrogels are cross-linked netw...
- Title
- Physics Informed Machine Learning Models for PDEs with Applications to Laser Bioeffects
- Author
- Seman, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Artificial intelligence, Physics
- Description
- Recently, advances in the efficiency of gradient calculation algorithms have sparked anexpansion of neural network applications, particularly in the field of approximating partial differential equation (PDE) solutions. Among the most novel and eff...