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Global budget of black carbon aerosol and implications for climate forcing
(2014-02-25)
This thesis explores the factors controlling the distribution of black carbon (BC) in the atmosphere/troposphere and its implications for climate forcing. BC is of great climate interest because of its warming potential. ...
A Uniform Min-Max Theorem and Characterizations of Computational Randomness
(2014-02-25)
This thesis develops several tools and techniques using ideas from information theory, optimization, and online learning, and applies them to a number of highly related fundamental problems in complexity theory, pseudorandomness ...
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Cobalt-based Thin Films for Microelectronics
(2014-02-25)
In microelectronics, the device size continues to shrink to improve the performance and functionality, which sets technical challenges for the integrated circuit (IC) fabrication. Novel materials and processing techniques ...
Antigen-specific immune modulation using an injectable biomaterial
(2014-06-06)
The field of immunology has advanced tremendously over the last 40 years, with seminal findings that have guided the development of powerful new therapies. However, the ability to induce safe and long-lasting antigen-specific ...
Plasmonics for surface-enhanced Raman scattering: from classical to quantum
(2014-06-06)
Metallic nanostructures that employ localized surface plasmon resonances to capture or radiate electromagnetic waves at optical frequencies are termed "plasmonic optical antennas". These structures enhance light-matter ...
Data Mining Chemistry and Crystal Structure
(2014-06-06)
The availability of large amounts of data generated by high-throughput computing and experimentation has generated interest in the application of machine learning techniques to materials science. Machine learning of materials ...
Multi-Agent Systems with Reciprocal Interaction Laws
(2014-06-06)
In this thesis, we investigate a special class of multi-agent systems, which we call reciprocal multi-agent (RMA) systems. The evolution of agents in a RMA system is governed by interactions between pairs of agents. Each ...
Developmentally-Inspired Engineering Of An Inductive Biomaterial for Odontogenesis
(2014-06-06)
Increasing demands for organ transplants and the depleting supply of available organs has heightened the need for alternatives to this growing problem. Tissue engineers strive to regenerate organs in the future; however ...
Femtosecond laser direct writing of 3D metallic structures and 2D graphite
(2014-06-06)
This thesis explores a novel methodology to fabricate three dimensional (3D) metal-dielectric structures, and two dimensional (2D) graphite layers for emerging metamaterials and graphene applications. The investigations ...
A Climate-friendly Energy Future: Prospects for Wind
(2014-06-06)
The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the potential for wind as an alternative energy source to replace fossil fuels and reduce global CO2 emissions. From 1995 to 2007, fossil fuels as the major energy source accounted ...