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Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Experimental Studies of Signal Noise in Gene Regulation in the Inducible Antibiotic Resitstance Pathway of Escherichia coli, Katherine E. Frato

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Chaos on S2: The Newtonian Two-Body Problem on the 2-Sphere, Nicholas J. Harmon

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Searching for Possible Correlations of y-Ray and x-Ray Emissions from Active Galactic Nuclei, Thomas Graham Spears

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The Turbidity and Correlation Length Amplitude of 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane Near the Critical Point, Nithya Leela Venkataraman

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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The Turbidity of 8-Arm Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane in the One-Phase Region Near the Critical Solution Point: A Small Step in Determining the Effects of Plolymer Architecture on Critical Amplitudes, Clinton Ignatius Braganza

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A Mechanical System Designed to Exhibit Stochastic Resonance, Daniel W. Brubaker

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Kaluza-Klein Theory, Christine Marie Egnatuk

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Two-Dimesnsional Clustering Transitions in Vibro-Fluidized Hard Spheres, Nicholas Johnathan Hanson

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Measuring the Coexistence Curve of 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane, Ryan Douglas Hartschuh

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Decoherence, the Classical Appearance of the Quantum World and Quantum Evolution, Bradley Dean Lignoski

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Self-Erasing Perturbations of the Abelian Sandpile Automata, Jeffrey Randolf Moffitt

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Dynamics of a Steel Bead Pile Exhibiting Self-Organized Criticality, Rebecca Jane Urban

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Synthesis and Deformation of Smectic-A Liquid Crystals, Sara D. Connolly

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Effect of a Dropped Bead's Kinetic Energy on the Self-Organized Critical Behavior of a Bead Pile, Matthew C. Krivos

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The Turbidity of an 8-arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane Near the Critical Temperature, Christopher J. Locke

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The Investigation of Possible Candidates for a Calamitic and Discotic Mixture and the Physical Properties of the Eutectic Mixture N4, Joshua Scott Martin

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The Flux Creep Automaton, David Jonathan Miller

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Ammonia Emission in Star Forming Region S235 A/B, Derek J. Somogy

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Neutral Dielectric Anisotropy in a Binary Liquid Crystal Mixture, Andrew Mark Bouchard

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Visualization of Objects in the Vicinity of a Black Hole, Rachel Mary Costello

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A Structural and Optical Study of Evaporated Droplets Containing DNA, Amy Louise Lytle

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Kinematicsof Granular Material in a Two-Dimensional Couette Shearing Cell, Christopher Lewis Templeman

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Placement of Bright S88B Objects on a Hertzprung-Russel Diagram Using Visible Light Measurements, Geoffrey A. Bonvallet

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Noise Enhanced Propagation in an Array of Schmitt Triggers, Sridhar Chandramouli

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The Formation of Complex Lenses from Evaporated Droplets Containing DNA, Sean Jason English

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Self-Organized Criticality in a Bead Pile, Tim Sir Louis

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Measurement of the Turbidity of the Critically Composed Binary Fluid Mixture Succinonitrile and Water in the One-Phase Region Near the Critical Solution Point Using Light Scattering, Andrew W. Nowicki

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Chaos in the Brain-A Nonlinear Time Series Analysis of Electroencephalograms, Zakir Zulfikar Thaver

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Measurement of the Heat Capacity of the Binary Fluid Mixture of Succinonitrile and Water Near the Upper Critical Consolute Point using Adiabatic Calorimetry, Madhujit Ghosh

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The Cosmological Constant, Manon Grugel

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Noise Enhanced Propagation, Andrew J. Kuck

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A Study of the Phase Transitions of Mixtures of the Nematic Liquid Crystals 5CB and MBBA Using Light Scattering and Microscopic Techniques, A. Christine Rauch

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Static Traversable Wormholes and the Violation of Energy Conditions, Paul F. Rebillot III

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Reducing Viscous Drag Using Microbubbles, David Walkenhorst

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Photometric Measurements of Variable Stars as a Tool to Determine Astronomical Distances, Jason D. Darfus

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Kinematic Parameters Important to Biological Motion: A Macroscopic and Microscopic Analysis, Jodee Jones

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Classical Electron Theory for a Non-Point Charge, John Keim

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Nonlinearity and Computation: Implementing Logic as a Nonlinear, Dynamical System, Bryan Prusha

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Taming Chaos in an Array of Pendulums, Woodrow Shew

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Examining the Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Phases of a Physiological Mixture, Delaney D. DeMay

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Investigation of Transients and Static Modulated Phase in the Nematic Liquid Crystals 5CB and CCH-7 Volume I, Christopher James Ditchman

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Investigation of Transients and Static Modulated Phase in the Nematic Liquid Crystals 5CB and CCH-7 Volume II, Christopher James Ditchman

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Hearing the Shape of a Sound: The Physics of Colliding Bars, Francesca M. F. Mascarenhas

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Illuminating an Endpoint, Anindya Mukherjee

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Predicting Earthquakes: An Experiment in Self-Organized Critically, Ali Rauf

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The Kinetics of Palmitic Acid Self-Assembled Aggregates, C. M. Spillman

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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An Experiment Measuring the Turbidity of the Binary Fluid Methanol-cyclohexane, Determining the Elusive Exponent, Darwin T. Keith-Lucas

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The Kinetics of Fatty Acid and Phospholipid Solid Self-Assembly, Ali Ihsan Ozgenc

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Frequency Dependence of the Modulated Phase in 5CB, Salman Saeed

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The Chaotic Tumbling of Hyperion: Moon of Saturn, Cyrus F. Screwvala

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Flexoelectric Effect in the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5CB, Ronald A. Craig Jr.

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Phase Transitions in a Monolayer of Phospholipidds: Using the Langmuir Balance Technique, Anne Flewelling

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The Turpidity of the Binary Fluid Mixture Methanol-Cyclohexane Near the Critical Point: The Measurement of the Fisher Critical Exponent, Paul Hall

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Effects of Magnetic Feilds on the Modulated Phase of %CB (4-cyano-4'-n-pentylbiphenyl), Priyavadan Mamidipudi

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An Automated Analysis of Swimming Behavior in Paramecium Tetraurelia, Andrew T. Martin

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An Investigation into the Structure of Agarose Using Laser Light Scattering, Jared M. Ripps

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Chaotic Dynamics on Rippled Surfaces, W. J. Antel Jr.

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Electric-Field-Induced Freedericksz Transition in the Nematic Liquid Crystal 5CB, John B. Cuff

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Measurement of the Heat Capacity Anomaly of the Binary Fluid System Triethylamine-Water Near the Critical Solution Point using Adiabatic Calorimetry, Rohan J. DeFonseka

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Study of the Effetcs of an Electric Field on Agarose Gel by Neutron Scattering, Stephen S. Nichols

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Measurement of the Polymer-Solvent Interaction Parameter X of Agarose Gels Using Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Yifeng Xiang

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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he Fourth Dimension Unveiled: A Preliminary Reconnaissance of Four Dimensional Objects from Mathematics and Physics, Joshua Fagans

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New Nematic-Smectic-A Transition Instability in Di-Heptyl-Alkyl Azoxybenzene Liquid Crystal Focusing on Anchoring Breaks and Transitions, Peter Hourigan

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Adiabatic Calorimetry Measurement of the Heat Capacity of the Binary Fluid Triethylamine-Water Near the Critical Point, Nikfar A. Khaleeli

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The Chaotic Behavior of a Single-Mode Semiconductor Injection Laser Coupled with an External Feedback Cavity, Asad Khan

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An Investigation of the Excess Volume Effect of the Binary Liquid Mixture Perfluoromethylcyclohexane + Isopropyl Alchohol, Linda D. King

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Quantum Metaphysics: A Dialogue in Search of Knowledge, Taka Kumashiro

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Self-Organized Criticality in a Conical Sandpile, Christopher J. Levy

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Chaos in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals, Mark McKinney

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Signal Recognition Using Chaos and Control Algorithms, Joseph Neff

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Controlling Chaos with Weak Perturbations Using the Dynamics of Chaos in a Dripping Faucet as a Base, Christopher Hamilton

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Numerical Simulation of Chaotic Resonance, Erich P. Ippen Jr.

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The Venus Puzzle: Tectonics and Terrestrial Planets, David H. Kime
Department: Physics

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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A Study of Electro-Optic Properties of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals as a Function of Sample Curing Time, Richard C. Bailey

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A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of a Nematic Liquid Crystal, in the Presence of a Magnetic Field, Mark Bricker

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Chaos in a Dripping Water Faucet, Alice D. Churukian

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A New Method for the Experimental Investigation of Self-Organized Criticality, Douglas A. Halverson

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Multiple Time Dimensions, Andrew O'Neil Mellinger

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The Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction: A Computer Simulated Study of Bromate Oscillators and Autocatalysis, Victor Than Norton III

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Adiabatic Calorimetry Measurement of the Heat Capacity of Triethylamine-Water Near the Critical Point, Johnathan F. Partee

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BumperPool: A New Region for Chaotic Billiards, Thomas Taczak

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BumperPool: A New Region for Chaotic Billiards: (The Appendix: The Computer Program), Thomas Taczak

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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The Excess Volume Effect of the Binary Liquid Mixture Perfluoromethylcyclohexane + Isopropyl Alcohol, Dennis Kuhl

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The Excess Volume Effect of the Binary Liquid Mixture Perfluoromethylcyclohexane + Isopropyl Alcohol, Dennis E. Kuhl
Department: Physics

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Ion Beam Mixing on a Bismuth Silicon Bilayer, Susan Leitholf

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Electrical Properties of an Infinite Grid of Identical Resistors, Naseem Rahman

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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Calculating a Dimension of a Strange Attractor, Bryan Johnson

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Using Energy Relationships for the Verification of the Modeling of a Vaulting Pole Based on the Elastica Theory of Euler, John Mandryk

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A Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Study of Brownian Motion, Donald Mosteller Jr.

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Escape! A Computer Solution to the Restricted Three-Body Problem, John Scudder

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Coexistence of the Binary Fluid Perfluromethylcyclohexane-Isopropyl Alcohol (C7F14-i-C3H7OH), Craig Selby

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

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A Computer Simulation Study of Determinitistic Dissipative Systems exhibiting Chaotic Behaviour, Sergio De Souza-Machado

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An Introduction to Fractal Geometry and its Applications, Gregory Elfring

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The Excess Volume Effect of Methanol-Cyclohexane in the One-Phase Region, Vonda Fairbanks

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A Study of Brownian Motion Using Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, Ashok Mittal

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Turbidity Measurements in the Near Critical Region for the Binary Mixture Polystyrene Diethyl Malonate, Stephen Stafford

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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The Coexistence Curve of the Binary Fluid Triethylamine-Water, Kevin Andrews

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A Study of the Proper Order Parameter for Binary Liquid Mixtures, Terence Boo Kheng Khoo

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An Analysis of the Wave/Particle Nature of Statistically Independent Photons, Supratik Burman

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Adiabatic Calorimetry Measurement of the Heat Capacity of a Near Critical Binary Fluid, John Fanselow