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1. Applications of Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo and Metadynamics Simulations using ReaxFF Reactive Force Fields to Fluid/Solid Interfaces

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Author:
Raju, Muralikrishna
Title:
Applications of Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo and Metadynamics Simulations using ReaxFF Reactive Force Fields to Fluid/Solid Interfaces
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry
ReaxFF Reactive Force Fields
Fluid/Solid Interfaces
Titania-Water Interactions
Li/C ReaxFF
File:
Download Muralikrishna_Raju_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member

2. Understanding the physical mechanisms and capabilities of gravitational wave detectors

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Author:
Koop, Michael Jameson
Title:
Understanding the physical mechanisms and capabilities of gravitational wave detectors
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
gravitational waves
general relativity
pulsar timing array
detection
interferometer
File:
Download MichaelKoopDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Lee S Finn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Committee Member
Dr Benjamin J Owen, Committee Member
Michael Eracleous, Committee Member

4. Two Projects in Theoretical Neuroscience: A Convolution-based Metric for Neural Membrane Potentials and a Combinatorial Connectionist Semantic Network Method

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Author:
Evans, Garrett Nolan
Title:
Two Projects in Theoretical Neuroscience: A Convolution-based Metric for Neural Membrane Potentials and a Combinatorial Connectionist Semantic Network Method
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
distance measure
membrane potential
spike timing
subthreshold
connectionism
combinatorial syntax
semantic network
File:
Download GNEvansDissertationFinalWithCV.pdf
Committee Members:
John C Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Steven Schiff, Committee Member
Bradley Paul Wyble, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Special Member

6. Flavor Oscillations With Sterile Neutrinos and In Dense Neutrino Environments

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Author:
Hollander, David Francis
Title:
Flavor Oscillations With Sterile Neutrinos and In Dense Neutrino Environments
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
neutrino
flavor oscillations
beyond the Standard Model
phenomenology
core-collapse supernovae
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Irina Mocioiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cowen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Peter Istvan Meszaros, Special Member

7. Neuroscience-inspired computational systems for speech recognition under noisy conditions

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Author:
Schafer, Phillip Baker
Title:
Neuroscience-inspired computational systems for speech recognition under noisy conditions
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
speech recognition
spike code
noise
neural representation
File:
Download PBSchafer_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dezhe Jin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Collins, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member

8. Analysis and Logical Modeling of Biological Signaling Transduction Networks

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Author:
Sun, Zhongyao
Title:
Analysis and Logical Modeling of Biological Signaling Transduction Networks
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
network science
biological networks
discrete dynamics
Boolean network
system biology
network modeling
signal transduction
File:
Download Dissertation_Zhongyao_Sun.pdf
Committee Members:
Reka Z Albert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member

9. A Likelihood Search for Very High-energy Gamma-ray Bursts with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory

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Author:
Woodle, Kathryne Sparks
Title:
A Likelihood Search for Very High-energy Gamma-ray Bursts with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
gamma ray
gamma-ray burst
HAWC
water Cherenkov detector
File:
Download KathryneSparksWoodle-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Tyce De Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miguel Mostafa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Member

10. The Phenomenology of Non-standard Neutrino Interactions at Large Neutrino Detectors

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Author:
Wright, Warren Peter
Title:
The Phenomenology of Non-standard Neutrino Interactions at Large Neutrino Detectors
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Neutrino
NSI
IceCube
DeepCore
File:
Download WarrenWrightPhDThesis_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Irina Mocioiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Cowen, Committee Member
Tyce De Young, Committee Member
Péter Mészáros, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Special Member

12. Helicity amplitudes on the light-front

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Author:
Cruz-santiago, Christian Alexander
Title:
Helicity amplitudes on the light-front
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
scattering amplitudes
helicity amplitudes
maximum helicity violating
MHV
light front
light cone
off-shell
gauge invariance
File:
Download ChristianACruzSantiago-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Anna Stasto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anna Stasto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugenio Bianchi, Committee Member
John C Collins, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Committee Member

13. Measurement of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Disappearance with IceCube-DeepCore

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Author:
Dunkman, Matthew Gregory
Title:
Measurement of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Disappearance with IceCube-DeepCore
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
IceCube
DeepCore
Atmospheric neutrino
Neutrino oscillation
File:
Download Dissertation_MatthewDunkman.pdf
Committee Members:
Tyce De Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Cowen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Irina Mocioiu, Committee Member
Stephane Coutu, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member

14. Transport studies of mesoscopic and magnetic topological insulators

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Author:
Kandala, Abhinav
Title:
Transport studies of mesoscopic and magnetic topological insulators
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Topological Insulators
Magneto-transport
Quantum anomalous Hall effect
Magnetism
Quantum interference
File:
Download Dissertation_AbhinavKandala.pdf
Committee Members:
Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member

15. Non-gaussian Statistics as a Probe of the Early Universe

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Author:
Nelson, Elliot Luke
Title:
Non-gaussian Statistics as a Probe of the Early Universe
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
cosmology
inflation
primordial perturbations
cosmic microwave background
statistics
non-Gaussianity
cosmic variance
File:
Download ElliotNelson-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sarah Elizabeth Shandera, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Bojowald, Committee Member
Eugenio Bianchi, Committee Member
Donghui Jeong, Special Member

16. Improving the quality of Cvd graphene based devices and transport studies of few-layer Wse2

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Author:
Wang, Junjie
Title:
Improving the quality of Cvd graphene based devices and transport studies of few-layer Wse2
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
Graphene
CVD
Transition metal dichalcogenides
Schottky barrier
Thermionic field emission
File:
Download 1-Dissertation_Final_JW.pdf
Committee Members:
Jun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric W Hudson, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member

17. Statistics of Single Unit Responses in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe: a Sparse and Overdispersed Code

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Author:
Magyar, Andrew Lewis
Title:
Statistics of Single Unit Responses in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe: a Sparse and Overdispersed Code
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
theoretical neuroscience
memory
neural representation
sparse coding
File:
Download Magyar-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Collins, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dezhe Jin, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member

18. Theoretical study on transport properties of topological states of matter

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Author:
Hsu, Hsiu-chuan
Title:
Theoretical study on transport properties of topological states of matter
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
quantum anomalous Hall effect
magnetoconductance
topological insulator nanotube
File:
Download HsiuchuanHsu.pdf
Committee Members:
Chaoxing Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

19. Topics in solid-state astrophysics: magnetized neutron star crusts and multicomponent crusts/white dwarfs

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Author:
Engstrom, Tyler Adam
Title:
Topics in solid-state astrophysics: magnetized neutron star crusts and multicomponent crusts/white dwarfs
Graduate Program:
Physics
Keywords:
neutron stars
white dwarfs
dense matter
magnetic fields
numerical methods
File:
Download TylerEngstrom-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Benjamin Owen, Committee Member
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
George Pavlov, Special Member