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Start Over Graduate Program Nuclear Engineering Year 2015

1. Characterization of Italian tile samples using comparative neutron activation analysis in the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

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Author:
Durrant, Chad Bredthauer
Title:
Characterization of Italian tile samples using comparative neutron activation analysis in the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
neutron activation analysis
comparative NAA
File:
Download Durrant_Thesis_Final_Draft2.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Melia Johnsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Radiation Sensitivity of Graphene Field Effect Transistors and Other Thin Film Architectures

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Author:
Cazalas, Edward Jay
Title:
Radiation Sensitivity of Graphene Field Effect Transistors and Other Thin Film Architectures
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
graphene
field effect transistor
neutron
detection
radiation
thin film
hysteresis
File:
Download EdwardCazalas-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Igor Jovanovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Igor Jovanovic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Yong Chen, Special Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member

3. Neutronic and Economic Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel Concepts for Light Water Reactors

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Open Access
Author:
Younker, Ian Mark
Title:
Neutronic and Economic Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel Concepts for Light Water Reactors
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Light water reactors
Accident Tolerant Fuel
Ceramic coatings for clad
Alternative clad
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Massimiliano Fratoni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Micrometer-Scale Supersonic Slit Jet Nozzle Design, Simulation, and Additive Fabrication for Direct Laser Acceleration

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Author:
Morgan, Bryan William
Title:
Micrometer-Scale Supersonic Slit Jet Nozzle Design, Simulation, and Additive Fabrication for Direct Laser Acceleration
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Supersonic Fluid Flow
Direct Laser Acceleration
Compressible Fluid
Turbulent Fluid Flow
File:
Download Bryan_Morgan_Approved_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Direct laser electron acceleration in a density-modulated plasma waveguide

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Open Access
Author:
Lin, Ming-wei
Title:
Direct laser electron acceleration in a density-modulated plasma waveguide
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Plasma physics
particle-in-cell simulation
electron accelerator
ultrafast measurement
File:
Download MWLin-Direct_laser_electron_acceleration_in_a_density-modulated_plasma_waveguide.pdf
Committee Members:
Igor Jovanovic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Gil Travish, Special Member
Igor Jovanovic, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

10. Interfacial Area Transport Equation for Bubbly to Cap-bubbly Transition Flows

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Author:
Worosz, Theodore Stanley
Title:
Interfacial Area Transport Equation for Bubbly to Cap-bubbly Transition Flows
Graduate Program:
Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
two-phase flow
interfacial area concentration
two-group interfacial area transport
multi-sensor conductivity probe
cap-bubbl
File:
Download Worosz_Dissertation_2015.pdf
Committee Members:
Seungjin Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seungjin Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Kevin Hogan, Special Member