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Author:

Kirk, James Robert

Title:

Diagnosing Different Evolutionary Paths for the Development of Mesoscale Convective Vortices

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

convective
phase plot
MCV
vortices
vortex
mesoscale
convection

File:

Download Diss_Kirk_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig F Bohren, Committee Member
Hampton Nelson Shirer, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member

Author:

Frame, Jeffrey William

Title:

The Dynamical Influences of Cloud Shading on Supercell Thunderstorms

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

numerical modeling
convection
radiative transfer
supercells

File:

Download Frame-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
William Menaul Frank, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member

Author:

James, Richard

Title:

A numerical investigation of the effects of dry air aloft on deep convection

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

convection
severe storms
dry air aloft

File:

Download thesis_rpjames.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
James Michael Fritsch, Committee Member
Charles Luther Hosler Jr., Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member

Author:

Carbo, Randy Michael

Title:

Dynamic Stabilization of the Rayleigh-Benard instability in rectangular enclosures: A computational approach

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Floquet
Rayleigh-Benard
parametric
dynamic stability
convection
Galerkin

File:

Download Randy_Carbo_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Lurie Garrett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
Matthew Ernest Poese, Special Member
Robert William Smith, Special Member

Author:

Hastings, Ryan Michael

Title:

Long-term morphological changes in mature supercells following mergers with nascent cells in environments with directionally-varying shear

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

supercell
merger
convection
mesoscale

File:

Download RyanHastings_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yvette Pamela Richardson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Member
Hans Verlinde, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Joshua Wurman, Special Member
David Dowell, Special Member

Author:

Heigel, Jarred Christopher

Title:

Thermo-mechanical Model Development and Experimental Validation for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
laser cladding
distortion
convection
finite element analysis
residual stress
in situ measurement

File:

Download HeigelDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

Author:

Anderson-Frey, Alexandra Kate

Title:

Statistical Examination of Tornado Report and Warning Near-Storm Environments

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

tornado
quasi-linear convective system
supercell
convection
forecasting
self-organizing maps
kernel density estimation
near-storm environment

File:

Download Anderson-Frey_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yvette Pamela Richardson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Markowski, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Outside Member

Author:

Murdzek, Shawn

Title:

Changes in the Sensitivity of Convective Storms and Tornadoes to the Microphysics Parameterization in Environments with Different Lifting Condensation Levels

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (PHD)

Keywords:

meteorology
severe storms
microphysics
numerical modeling
tornadoes
ensembles
supercells
convection

File:

Download Murdzek_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yvette Richardson, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Paul Markowski, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Matthew Kumjian, Major Field Member
Guido Cervone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hugh Morrison, Special Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair