Thomas Birkel with Walther LambrechtModeling of Semiconducting Cylindrical NanowiresRecently, advances have been made to create nanowires that are also ferromagnetic, creating the potential to apply these nanowires to spintronic technology. The crystalline structure grown this way is cylindrical in shape, thereby requiring a cylindrical model to accurately determine the...
2011
Trevor Allen with Silvia Prina, Dept. of EconomicsMacroeconomic Effects of Cell Phones in the Developing WorldThe project will estimate the macro-economic effects, in terms of annual GDP growth, of mobile-phone penetration in developing countries. Telecommunications networks can have various beneficial effects on economic efficiency, such as easy dissemination of...