Quantitative Temperature Measurement in Reacting and Non-Reacting Flows by Vibrational and Rotational Raman Spectroscopy

Oleg Kogan with Dr. Chih-Jen Sung, (Mech./Aero. Engr.) Quantitative Temperature Measurement in Reacting and Non-Reacting Flows by Vibrational and Rotational Raman Spectroscopy Non-intrusive techniques for measurement of scalar and hydrodynamic structures of a flow field have obvious advantages over the intrusive ones, as they do not modify the flow field...

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Development of a CCD-Based Photometry System for Atmospheric Monitoring

 Marta Lewandowska with Corbin Covault Development of a CCD-Based Photometry System for Atmospheric MonitoringHigh-energy astrophysical gamma rays produce extensive air showers when they strike the upper atmosphere of the Earth.  The Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) collects the Cherenkov radiation produced in these air showers via an array...

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Models of Energy Flow in a Complex Society

Genevieve Mathieson with Phil TaylorModels of Energy Flow in a Complex SocietyIn recent years, there have appeared a number of alternatives to traditional energy sources.  As natural resources are depleted, it becomes more important to find reasonable replacements from these new energy sources.  Some of these energy alternatives include...

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The Propagation of Light and Gravity through Matter-filled Spacetime with Stabilized Compactified Extra Dimensions

Cameron McBride with Glenn StarkmanThe Propagation of Light and Gravity through Matter-filled Spacetime with Stabilized Compactified Extra DimensionsThe idea of extra dimensions beyond the usual four is far from new.  In the 1920s, Kaluza and Klein postulated an extra dimension in an attempt to unify the theory of gravity...

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Liquid Crystal Alignment Properties

Brandon Miller with Rolfe PetschekLiquid Crystal Alignment PropertiesAlignment of liquid crystals is essential to a variety of devices and materials properties.  First order phase transitions to highly ordered phases (such as the first order phase transition from the nematic to smectic C phase) often result in poor alignment.  This...

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