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Image Analysis of a Vesicle to Calculate the Bending Modulus
10 Oct 2019 | Contributor(s):: Pheobe Jane Appel, Charlie Lin, Vivek Narsimhan
The cell membrane is an essential component of living cells; the dynamics of the membrane will provide insight into how a biological cell will react to mechanical strain. Membrane mechanics are important in a variety of cellular processes like secretion, trafficking, signaling, and storage....
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3 min. Research Talk: Image Analysis of a Vesicle to Calculate the Bending Modulus
Online Presentations | 04 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Pheobe Jane Appel
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3 min. Research Talk: Phase Transforming Cellular Materials
Online Presentations | 04 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Valeria Grillo
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3 min. Research Talk: The Exciton Spectra Simulator of Photosynthetic Protein-pigment Complex
Online Presentations | 04 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Qifeng Chen
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NCN Undergraduate Research Experience 2018 - 3 Minute Research Talks
Workshops | 04 Feb 2019
As part of each student's undergraduate research experience, each student gave a 3 minute presentation describing their research work.
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3 min Research Talk: Deep Machine Learning for Machine Performance & Damage Prediction
Online Presentations | 04 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Elijah Reber
In this talk, we look at how effective a deep neural network is at predicting the failure or energy output of a wind turbine. A data set was obtained that contained sensor data from 17 wind turbines over 13 months, measuring numerous variables, such as spindle speed and blade position and whether...
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3 min Research Talk: Grain Boundary Motion Analysis
Online Presentations | 04 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Jeremy Seiji Marquardt
This talk aims to present the results of grain boundary motion simulations through a generalized program that streamlines and optimizes the analysis process. Various simulations examining the effects of grain boundary energy and mobility were run through Idaho National Laboratory's...
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3 min Research Talk: Ellipsoidal Particle Detection
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Gabrielle Kershaw
The objective of this project was to create code using functions found in MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox, such as edge detection, thresholding, and morphology to isolate the desired ellipsoidal particles in images obtained from experiments. The code was to become a research tool that...
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3 min Research Talk: Analysis of Radiation Induced Segregation in Fe-Cr-Al Alloys
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Timothy Joe Pownell
This presentation gives an overview of the results and tool that were developed from data on Radiation Induced Segregation of the prospective cladding material Fe-Cr-Al.
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3 min Research Talk: GUI for the Surface Evolver – Polycrystalline Grain Growth
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Kevin K Ngo
This talk summarizes how the the online simulation tool, GUI for the Surface Evolver, was created as well as how it will impact research in polycrystalline grain growth. Polycrystalline grains have surface energies and tensions associated with them that cause grain boundaries to move (grow).
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3 min Research Talk: AFM And EBSD Cross-Comparison Analysis Tool
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Andrew Martin Krawec
This talk describes an approach to analyzing the crystal structure using data collected from AFM and EBSD scans to build an accurate image of the crystal structure and orientation in the ceramic
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3 min Research Talk: Predicting and Optimizing Solar Cell Performance with Material/Surface Characteristics
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Yiheng Zhu
Photovoltaic simulation tools can be utilized to predict device performance before fabrication and experimentation, streamline research processes, and interpret experimental results. Therefore, we developed ContourPV, which simulates various combinations of values of different device...
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3 min. Research Talk: Computational Catalysis - Creating a User-Friendly Tool for Research and Education
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Kevin Greenman
Heterogeneous catalysis is used in a significant portion of production processes in the industrialized world, which makes maximizing the efficiency of catalysts a high priority. However, the immense number of candidates for new catalysts precludes the possibility of testing all of them by...
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3 min. Research Talk: Phase Transforming Cellular Materials Simulator
Online Presentations | 31 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s):: Gavin Carter
Materials with multiple phases are able to experience a multitude of loading and unloading forces. How the materials reacts is in part due to its geometrical design, along with the material properties. In this project, PXCM’s are utilized for there versatility in design capabilities.