Javadzadeh Moghtader, Mostafa (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is an essential tool for engineering design and analysis, especially in applications like aerospace, automotive and energy industries. Nowadays most commercial codes ...
Rakha, Allah (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
In this thesis, a detailed analysis of the experientially observed energetic particle-driven Alfvénic instabilities in tokamak and stellarator plasmas using three dimensional numerical tools based on ...
Roma Dollase, David (Date of defense: 2019-04-09)
The research of this paper-based dissertation is focused on Global Ionospheric Maps (GIM) generation and assessment. In summary, the novelty and thematic unity in this works relies on four different but ...
Block, Alexander (Date of defense: 2019-09-06)
Heat transport in solids is one of the oldest problems in physics, dating back to the earliest formulations of thermodynamics. The classical laws of heat conduction are valid as long as the observed ...
Muela Castro, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
The present thesis is devoted to the development and implementation of mathematical models and numerical methods in order to carry out computational simulations of complex heat and mass transfer phenomena. ...
Woessner, Achim (Date of defense: 2017-05-11)
Plasmons are charge oscillations coupled to electromagnetic radiation. One of their most intriguing properties is their deep subwavelength confinement resulting in strongly enhanced light-matter ...
Hancu, Ion Michael (Date of defense: 2019-01-18)
The emission and detection of light is a main pillar of both fundamental research and the advancement of modern technologies. From digital communications and quantum computing to novel cancer treatments ...
Fabbri, Marco (Date of defense: 2018-04-05)
By 2050 the energy consumption is expected to increase considerably.The production might be mostly based on renewable energy mix driven by the nuclear fusion which could potentially deliver continuous, ...
Noyan, Mehmet Alican (Date of defense: 2017-06-23)
Liquid and solid repellent surfaces are key to many industries. For example, construction industry benefits from self-cleaning windows, cements, paints, roof tiles, and corrosion resistant surfaces, ...
Monza, Emanuele (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
Metalloprotein are proteins containing metal ion cofactors. Compared to chemical catalysts, metalloproteins have a well-defined configuration around the active site which ensures higher specificity, ...