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Author:: Qin, Jianqi
Title:: Numerical modeling of the inception, morphology and radio signals of sprites produced by lightning discharges with positive and negative polarity
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Lightning
Sprites
Halo
Streamers
Inception
Morphology
Radio signals
Modeling
File:: Download QinPhD2013.pdf
Committee Members:: Victor P Pasko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victor P Pasko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John David Mathews, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Sebastien Celestin, Special Member

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Author:: Da Silva, Caitano Luiz
Title:: Numerical modeling of leader discharge mechanisms in lightning, blue jets, gigantic jets, and sprites
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Lightning
Gigantic Jets
Blue Jets
Streamers
Leaders
Initial Breakdown Pulses
Narrow Bipolar Events
File:: Download daSilva_Dissertation_2015.pdf
Committee Members:: Victor P Pasko, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Xi, Hao
Title:: Simulations of the dynamics of positive and negative sprite halos
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Sprites
streamers
halos
TLEs
Plasma
Fluid
Numerical Modeling
Numerical Instability
Electromagnetics
Atmospheric Science
File:: Download Xi-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Victor P Pasko, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jianqi Qin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julio Urbina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Gao, Boyi
Title:: NOVEL HIGH-ALTITUDE METEOR OBSERVING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED AT THE JICAMARCA RADIO OBSERVATORY
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: High-Altitude Radar Meteors
Alternating Interpulse Period
Multi-Basline Interferometry
File:: Download Boyi_Gao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John David Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
David Bradley Spencer, Outside Member

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Author:: Kesaraju, Saiveena
Title:: Ground-Based Observational Techniques for Meteoroid Lunar Impact Generated Electromagnetic Pulses and Lunar Sub-Surface Structure Detection
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Moon
METEOR
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
6-m
Jicamarca
Arecibo
Ionosphere
Inverse SAR
File:: Download Thesis_v2.pdf
Committee Members:: John David Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John David Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Alexander Wolszczan, Outside Member

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Author:: Talalai, Gregory A
Title:: Theory of Electromagnetic Waves in Anisotropic, Magneto-Dielectric, Antenna Substrates
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Magnetic Materials
Antennas
Electromagnetic Theory
File:: Download Talalai-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

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Author:: Chen, Chang Jiang
Title:: Advanced High-Speed Solid-State Optical-Beam Control Devices
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Electro-Optics
Ferroeletrics
Potassium Tantalate Niobate
Optical Deflector
Vari-focal Lens
Light Emitting Diode
Light Extraction Efficiency
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Shizhuo Yin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Jian Hsu, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

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