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Using Differential Equations To Model A Cockatoo On A Spinning Wheel As Part Of The Scudem V Modeling Challenge, Miles Pophal, Chenming Zhen, Henry Bae May 2022

Using Differential Equations To Model A Cockatoo On A Spinning Wheel As Part Of The Scudem V Modeling Challenge, Miles Pophal, Chenming Zhen, Henry Bae

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

For the SCUDEM V 2020 virtual challenge, we received an outstanding distinction for modeling a bird perched on a bicycle wheel utilizing the appropriate physical equations of rotational motion. Our model includes both theoretical calculations and numerical results from applying the Heaviside function for the swing motion of the bird. We provide a discussion on: our model and its numerical results, the overall limitations and future work of the model we constructed, and the experience we had participating in SCUDEM V 2020.


Quantitative Data Extraction Using Spatial Fourier Transform In Inversion Shear Interferometer, Yanzeng Li Aug 2014

Quantitative Data Extraction Using Spatial Fourier Transform In Inversion Shear Interferometer, Yanzeng Li

Graduate Theses - Physics and Optical Engineering

Currently there are many interferometers used for testing wavefront, measuring the quality of optical elements, and detecting refractive index changes in a certain medium. Each interferometer has been constructed for a specific objective. Inversion shear interferometer is one of them. Compared to other interferometers, it has its own advantages, such as only being sensitive to coma aberration, but it has some limitations as well. It does not allow use of phase shifting technique. A novel inversion shear interferometer was invented using holographic lenses. By using the spatial carrier method, phase information of the wavefront was extracted. The breakthrough of the …


A Study Of Scattering Characteristics For Micro-Scale Rough Surface, Yonghee Won May 2014

A Study Of Scattering Characteristics For Micro-Scale Rough Surface, Yonghee Won

Graduate Theses - Physics and Optical Engineering

Defining the scatter characteristics of surfaces plays an important role in various technology industries such as the semiconductor, automobile, and military industries. Scattering can be used to inspect products for problems created during the manufacturing process and to generate the specifications for engineers. In particular, scattering measurement systems and models have been developed to define the surface properties of a wide variety of materials used in manufacturing. However, most previous research has been focused on very smooth surfaces as a nano-scale roughness. The research in this paper uses the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) and focuses on defining the scattering …