Hanyu (Alice) Zhang with Jennifer Carter
Analyzing the Internal Structure of Bulk Metallic Glasses through X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) Spectroscopy
This project is aimed at using computational tools to see if current theory predicts the changes in XAFS spectra seen in experimental data. The objective of this project is to analyze...
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Ru-Ching Chen with Yasuhiro Kamotani (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Characterization of Gas-Liquid Interfaces in Passive Cyclonic Separators
Two-phase flows and their separation is an important research topic as many spacecraft require such functionality to remain operational. These systems are not required on earth due to the existence of buoyancy. Cyclonic...
Caroline Novak with Kenneth Singer
Photorefractive properties of liquid crystal-filled bacterial cellulose mats
The photorefractive effect is a phenomenon associated with nonlinear optical materials in which the refractive index of the material varies with the application of light. One demonstration of this effect is dynamic holography. Energy transfer between diffracted beams...
Adele Zawada with John Ruhl
Developing New Techniques for Characterizing Optical Properties of Millimeter Wavelength Detectors
Poster
Characterization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a major focus of modern experimental research in cosmology and astrophysics. CMB photons carry important information that could expand our understanding about the origin and content of...
Nicholas Barron with Jaoa Maia and Ed CanerLow Temperature Suspension of Shear Thickening non-Newtonian FluidsThere are a variety of useful applications in industry for shear thickening non-Newtonian fluids. For certain applications, maintaining shear thickening properties for long periods of time at temperatures below -25 Centigrade is desirable. In this...
Rachel Capelouto with Rolfe PetschekOrientation Waves in Colloidal Crystals Crystals are usually thought of as the condensation of density waves. However, in some systems, notably blue phase liquid crystals, and, according to recent results in our group also hard tetrahedra, the formation of a crystal comes from the condensation...
John Dulin with Glenn StarkmanHearing the Shape of the UniverseThe past few years of work on discerning the topology of the universe have focused on methods like cosmic crystallography and circles-in-the-sky searches, as well as examinations of the correlation matrix to uncover manifolds with non-trivial topology. While helping to...
Joseph Flannery with Harsh MathurDirac theory of topological insulator boundariesA topological insulator is a material that behaves as an insulator in its interior but whose surface contains bound conducting states. The bulk of a topological insulator may be described by a massive Dirac model while the gapless surface states follow the massless Dirac...
Methods for the Improvement of High Energy Cosmic Ray Shower SimulationsJohnathan Harper with Corbin CovaultExotic forms of matter such as Quark Gluon Plasma and Dark Matter are difficult to detect. Before attempting to directly observe evidence of them in cosmic ray showers, it is advantageous to first perform simulations...
Stephanie Hougen with Mark GriswoldModeling Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting Signals in the Presence of ExchangeMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has many applications in our current healthcare system. The MRI group at CWRU has recently introduced a new imaging technique, magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF), that presents a new quantitative approach to imaging....