This thesis explores ways to use ion implantation and nanosecond pulsed laser melting, both energetic beam techniques, to engineer defects in silicon. These defects are chosen to facilitate the use of silicon in optoelectronic ...

In this thesis we describe two instances of the nonlinear interaction between a fluid and an elastic solid to mimic or explain some phenomenon seen in nature. We focus on the phenomena of singing of small song birds and ...

With the recent advent of neuroimaging techniques, the majority of the research studying the neural basis of language processing has focused on the localization of various lexical and semantic functions. Unfortunately, ...

Digital photography and videography have become ubiquitous. With ever-cheaper and more capable cameras, found in dedicated devices and, increasingly, in multipurpose smartphones and tablets, it is now easier than ever ...

Advances in millimeter-scale fabrication processes have enabled rapid progress towards the development of flapping wing micro air vehicles with wing spans of several centimeters and a system mass on the order of 100mg. ...

Tumors are similar to organs, with unique physiology giving rise to an unusual set of transport barriers to drug delivery. Cancer therapy is limited by non-uniform drug delivery via blood vessels, inhomogeneous drug transport ...

The phase of atmospheric particles can influence heterogeneous chemistry, cloud formation, and radiative forcing. Sulfate particles ranging from sulfuric acid to ammonium sulfate are the largest contributor arising from ...

Computer agents are required to make appropriate decisions quickly and efficiently. As the environments in which they act become increasingly complex, efficient decision-making becomes significantly more challenging. This ...

Despite decades of effort in academia and industry, it is not yet possible to build machines that can replicate many seemingly-basic human perceptual abilities. This work focuses on the problem of face identification that ...

Magnetic microparticles are often used in laboratory settings for the separation of biological material. These microparticles can also be useful in microfluidic settings because of their small size and the possibility of ...