Physics Department
Papers and Publications
Papers Published Since 1996
1. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Reflections on a 'Different' Year,'' AAPT Announcer, 36, Spring 2006.
2. S. Sathe, R. Benney, R. Charles, E. Doucette, J. Miletti, M. Senga, K. Stein (prof), and T.E. Tezduyar, "Fluid-structure interaction modeling of complex parachute designs with the space-time finite element techniques,'' to appear in Computers and Fluids.
3. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Exaggerated Rumors of Death,'' AAPT Announcer, 35, Winter 2005.
4. K.R. Stein (prof), T.E. Tezduyar, S. Sathe and M. Senga, "Simulation of Parachute Descent and Maneuvers,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures, Salzburg, Austria, (2005).
5. R.W. Peterson (prof), "On Wanting to be a Hilton: Advanced Labs and AAPT,'' Announcer, 35, Fall 2005.
6. K.R. Stein (prof), T.E. Tezduyar, S. Sathe and M. Senga, "Challenges and solutions in parachute modeling,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures, Salzburg, Austria, (2005).
7. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Still a `Band of Myopic Brother?','' AAPT Announcer, 35, Summer 2005.
8. R. Charles, M. Accorsi, S. Morton, R. Tomaro, K. Stein (prof), S. Sathe, and T. Tezduyar, "Overview of the Airdrop Systems Modeling Project within the Collaborative Simulation and Test (CST) Common High Performance Computing Software Support Initiative (CHSSI) Portfolio,'' Proceedings of the 18th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar, Munich, Germany (2005).
9. R.W. Peterson (prof), "A Cloud of Witnesses,'' AAPT Announcer, 35, Spring 2005.
10. T.E. Tezduyar, S. Sathe, M. Senga and K. Stein, "Space-Time Techniques for Finite Element Computation of Fluid-Structure Interactions with Membranes,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures, Salzburg, Austria, (2005).
11. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Primal Inquiry: Making Stuff Work,'' Guest Editorial, The Physics Teacher, vol. 43, February, 2005.
12. A. Sameh, S. Sathe, K. Stein (prof) and T.E. Tezduyar, "Preconditioning Linear Systems of the Navier-Stokes Equations,'' Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures, Salzburg, Austria, (2005).
13. T.E. Tezduyar, S. Sathe, R. Keedy and K. Stein (prof), "Space-Time Finite Element Techniques for Computation of Fluid-Structure Interactions,'' Extended Abstracts of 11th International Conference on Fracture, Turin, Italy, (2005).
14. R.W. Peterson (prof), B.N. Pulford (student), and K.R. Stein (prof), "The Ping-Pong Cannon: A Closer Look,'' The Physics Teacher, Vol. 43, January 2005, pp. 22--25.
15. K.R. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, S. Sathe, R. Benney, and R. Charles, "Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling of Parachute Soft-Landing Dynamics,'' International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 47 (2005) 619--631.
16. T.E. Tezduyar, S. Sathe, R. Keedy, and K.R. Stein (prof), "Space-Time Finite Element Techniques for Computation of Fluid-Structure Interactions,'' accepted for publication in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
17. K.R. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, S.V. Sathe, M. Senga, R.J. Benney, and R.D. Charles, "Computation of Parachute Maneuvers,'' Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag (2004).
18. K.R. Stein, T. Tezduyar, and R. Benney, "Automatic Mesh Update with the Solid-Extension Mesh Moving Technique,'' Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 193 (2004) 2019--2032.
19. K.R. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, R. Benney, M. Accorsi, and H. Johari, "Computational Modeling of Parachute Fluid-Structure Interactions,'' Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, 12 (2003) 516--526.
20. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, S. Sathe, M. Senga, C. Ozcan, T. Soltys, V. Kumar, R. Benney R. Charles, "Simulation of Parachute Dynamics During Control Line Input Operations," Proceedings of the 17th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, May 2003.
21. K. R. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, V. Kumar, S. Sathe, R. Benney, E. Thornburg, C. Kyle, and T. Nonoshita, "Aerodynamic Interactions Between Parachute Canopies,'' Journal of Applied Mechanics, 70 (2003) 50-57.
22. K. R. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, and R. Benney, "Mesh Moving Techniques for Fluid-Structure Interactions with Large Displacements," Journal of Mechanics 70 (2003) 58-63.
23. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, and R. Benney, "Computational Methods for Modeling Parachute Systems," Computing in Science and Engineering, (Volume 5, No. 1) January/February 2003.
24. H. Johari and K. R. Stein (prof), "Near Wake of an Impulsively Started Disk," Physics of Fluids, 14 (2002) 3459-3474.
25. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, and R. Benney, "Applications in Airdrop Syatems: Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling," Proceedings of 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, (2002).
26. R. Benney R. Charles, K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, V. Kumar, C. Ozcan, S. Sathe, M. Senga, "Fluid-Structure Interactions of Round Parachutes During Control Line Input Operations," Proceedings of the 23 rd Army Science Conference, Orlando, December, 2002.
27. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, "Advanced Mesh Update Techniques for Problems Involving Large Displacements," Proceedings of 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, (2002).
28. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, R. Benney, "Mesh Update with Solid-Extension Mesh Moving Technique," Pre-Conference Proceedings of Japan-U.S. International Symposium on Flow Simulation and Modeling, Fukoka, Japan, (2002).
29. H. Johari, K. Stein (prof), "Fluid Structure Interaction Computations of a Generic Small Scale Parachute," Pre-Conference Proceedings of Japan-U.S. International Symposium on Flow Simulation and Modeling, Fukoka, Japan, (2002).
30. H. Johari, K. R. Stein (prof), and T. Tezduyar, "Impulsively Started Flow about a Rigid Parachute Canopy," Journal of Aircraft, 38 (2001) 1101-1109.
31. K. R. Stein (prof), R. J. Benney, T. E. Tezduyar, J. W. Leonard, and M. L. Accorsi, "Fluid-Structure Interactions of a Round Parachute: Modeling and Simulation Techniques," Journal of Aircraft, 38 (2001) 800-808.
32. K. R. Stein (prof), R. Benney, T. Tezduyar, and J. Potvin, "Fluid-Structure Interactions of a Cross Parachute: Numerical Simulation," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 191 (2001) 673-687.
33. K. R. Stein (prof), R. Benney, V. Kalro, T. Tezduyar, J. Leonard, and M. Accorsi, "Parachute Fluid-Structure Interactions: 3-D Computation," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 190 (2000) 373-386.
34. M. L. Accorsi, J. W. Leonard, R. Benney, and K. R. Stein (prof), "Structural Modeling of Parachute Dynamics," AIAA Journal, 38 (2000) 139-146.
35. B. P. Beecken (prof), T. J. McElmurry (student), and T. R. Greenlee (prof), "Impact of a scene projector array on the nonuniformity of a test article's output image," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3697, 1999, pp. 366-378.
36. T. R. Greenlee (prof), "Recent Progress in Physics," 4 short articles in The Standard, Vol. 89, No. 8, Oct' 99.
37. B. P. Beecken (prof) and T. J. Belich (student), "Calculation of the contribution of the non-uniformity of the scene projector to the non-uniformity of the output image of a test article," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3368, 1998, pp. 126-137.
38. T. B. Carlson (alumnus), R. P. Groschen, S. M. Denzer, T. R. Greenlee (prof), R. W. Peterson (prof), and G. Robinson (3M), "Vibration Resistant Direct-Phase Detecting Optical Interferometers," Applied Optics, Vol. 36, No. 28, October 1, 1997, pp. 7162--7171.
39. V. Kalro, S. Aliabadi, W. Garrard, T. Tezduyar, S. Mittal, and K. R. Stein (prof), "Parallel Finite Element Simulation of Large Ram-Air Parachutes," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 24 (1997) 1353-1369.
40. T. James Belich (student), Ryan P. Lahm (student), R. W. Peterson (prof), and Chad D. Whipple (student), "Optical Doppler Measurements," American Journal of Physics, Vol. 65, No. 3, March 1997, pp. 186-170.
41. T. R. Greenlee (prof), "The Compton Effect," MacMillan Encyclopedia of Physics, 1996.
42. R. W. Peterson (prof), Steve Pankratz, Trent Perkins, Adam Dickson, and Chad Hoyt (all students), "Holographic Real-Time Imaging of Standing Waves in Gases," American Journal of Physics, Vol. 64, No. 9, September 1996, pp. 1139-1143.
43. B. P. Beecken (prof) and E. R. Fossum (NASA Fellow), "Determination of the Conversion Gain and the Accuracy of its Measurement," Applied Optics, Vol. 35, No. 19, July 1, 1996, pp. 3471-3477.
44. R. J. Benney and K. R. Stein (prof), "A Computational Fluid Structure Interaction Model For Parachute Inflation," Journal of Aircraft, 33 (1996) 730-736.
Papers Presented Since 1998
1. C. Stelter (student), M. Seaberg (student), G. Olson (student) R. Peterson (prof), K. Stein (prof), "The Ping-Pong Cannon Demonstration: Optical studies and Numerical Simulation,'' 150th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Minneapolis, October, 2005.
2. K. Stein (prof), "Mesh Update Techniques for Fluid-Structure Interactions with Contact,'' Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers annual meeting, Tokyo, Japan, September, 2005.
3. C. Stelter (student), R. Weber (student), R. Peterson (prof), K. Stein (prof), "Optical and Numerical Simulation Studies of Expansion Tube Accelerators,'' 2nd Annual Minnesota Private Scholars at the Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota (2005).
4. R.W. Peterson (prof) and Keith Stein (prof), "Optical Studies and Numerical Simulation of Expansion Tube Accelerators,'' University of St. Thomas, March 31, 2005.
5. R.W. Peterson (prof), Benjamin Pulford (student), Keith Stein (prof), Christopher Stelter (student), and Reed Weber (student), "Optical Studies of Expansion Tube Accelerators,'' Southern Ohio Section of AAPT, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 6, 2004.
6. K.R. Stein (prof), "Computation of Parachute Maneuvers,'' Keynote lecture for the Sixth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, Sept. 2004.
7. S.M. Anderson, R.W. Peterson (prof), and Chien-Kwan Lin, "An Exploration of Factors Controlling Saxophone Timbre,'' Invited Paper, California State Univ. at Sacramento, AAPT Summer Meeting, Aug 4, 2004.
8. R.W. Peterson (prof), Ben Pulford (student), and K.R. Stein (prof), "Optical Diagnostics of the Ping Pong Cannon,'' California State Univ. at Sacramento, AAPT Summer Meeting, August 2, 2004.
9. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Introduction to Waves and Oscillators: Sound, Light, and Laser Applications'' a 5-day graded course for the U of Minnesota's SESEM Program, July 19--23, 2004.
10. M.C. Pihlaja (student), "Physics as a Second Language,'' MNAAPT Spring Meeting, St. John's Univ., St. Cloud, Minnesota, April 24, 2004.
11. K.R. Stein (prof), C.J. Stelter (student), and E.M. Leigh (student), "Fluid-structure interactions for a flapping filament in a steadily flowing soap film,'' MNAAPT Spring Meeting, St. John's Univ., St. Cloud, Minnesota, April 24, 2004.
12. R.W. Peterson (prof), Ben Pulford (student), "Introduction to Lasers and Musical Acoustics,'' Minnesota Young Scientists Roundtable, Ridgedale Library, November 3, 2003.
13. R.W. Peterson (prof) and Reed Weber (student), "Introduction to Sonoluminescence,'' Hamline University, October 15, 2003.
14. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Introduction to Waves and Oscillators,'' three day workshop with the U of Minnesota's Summer Explorations in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, Bethel University, July 21--23, 2003.
15. R.W. Peterson (prof) and J. E. Barber (adjunct prof), "Kinematic Measurements of Atmosphere Driven Ping-Pong Cannon," Minnesota area section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, April 26, 2003. Paper won Eaton Award for 2002-2003 for best paper on lecture and laboratory apparatus.
16. K. Stein (prof), "Challenges in Computational Modeling of Parachute Dynamics," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition -- Invited Paper, New Orleans (2002).
17. Nate Lindquist (student), Steve Gardeen (student), and R.W. Peterson (prof), "Sonoluminescence and Optical Diagnostics," St. Olaf College Dept. of Physics Colloquia Series, Oct. 9, 2002.
18. R.W. Peterson (prof), "The Challenge of Sound and Light Together," St. Olaf College Dept. of Physics Colloquia Series, Sept. 25, 2002.
19. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, and R. Benney, "Applications in Airdrop Syatems: Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling," 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics -- Invited Paper, Vienna, Austria, (2002).
20. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, "Advanced Mesh Update Techniques for Problems Involving Large Displacements," 5th World Congress on Computational Mechanics -- Invited Paper, Vienna, Austria, (2002).
21. R. Benney, K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, R. Keedy, V. Kumar, S. Sathe, M. Senga, V. Udoewa, M. Accorsi, Z. Xu, B. Zhou, H. Johari, "Airdrop Systems Modeling: Methods, Applications, and Validations," DoD High Performance Computing Users Group Conference, Austin, TX (2002).
22. K. Stein (prof), T. Tezduyar, and R. Benney, "Mesh Update with Solid-Extension Mesh Moving Technique," Japan-U.S. International Symposium on Flow Simulation and Modeling -- Invited Paper, Fukuoka, Japan, (2002).
23. H. Johari and K. Stein (prof), "Fluid-Structure Interaction Computations of a Generic Small-Scale Parachute," Japan-U.S. International Symposium on Flow Simulation and Modeling -- Invited Paper, Fukuoka, Japan, (2002).
24. N. C. Lindquist (student), "Undergraduate Studies of Sonoluminescence," Minnesota Area section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Gustavus Adolphus College, April 27, 2002.
25. R. H. Grodahl (student) and R. W. Peterson (prof), "Imaging Sound Displacements and Aerosol Dynamics in a Resonating Acoustic Cell," Minnesota Area section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Gustavus Adolphus College, April 27, 2002.
26. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Industrial Support of Undergraduate Research," American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting-Invited Paper DG-02 (30 min), Rochester, NY, July 24, 2001.
27. R.W. Peterson (prof), "Undergraduate Optics and Industry: A Synergistic Relationship," Minnesota Section of the Optical Society of America-Invited Paper (60 min), U. of Minnesota, St. Paul, May 17, 2001.
28. T.J. McElmurry (student), S.A. Boswell (student), and B.P. Becken (prof), "Modeling the Transportation of Electric Charge in a Dielectric," Minnesota Area secion of the American Association of Physics Teachers, St. Thomas University, April 28, 2001.
29. R.W. Peterson (prof), T.R. Greenlee (prof), D.R. Parent (student), and R.P. Buffat (student), "Splitting of Degenerate Vibrational Modes in a Coffee Cup," Paper AC-37, AAPT/AAS Joint National Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 8, 2001.
30. David Parent (student) and R. W. Peterson (prof), "Optical and Accoustical Diagnostic of Thermally Driven Roaring Tubes," Minnesota Area of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Minnesota, October 28, 2000.
31. B. P. Beecken (prof), "Teaching Research Documentation Skills to Undergraduates," Minnesota Area of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Minnesota, October 28, 2000.
32. R. W. Peterson (prof), T. R. Greenlee (prof),R. P. Buffat (student), and D. R. Parent (student), "Splitting of Degenerate Vibrational Modes in a Coffee Cup," Minnesota Area of the American Association of Physics Teachers, University of Minnesota, October 28, 2000.
33. B. P. Beecken (prof), "Modeling Charging within Spacecraft Dielectrics," Jet Propulsion Labortory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, August 3, 2000.
34. Sarah Boswell (student), "Variability of Snow Depth on Sea Ice in the Southern Ocean," Sigma Zeta National Convetion, Bethel College, April 27, 2000.
35. R. W. Peterson (prof), "Applied Optics: Motivations in Undergradute Research, Industry and the Arts," Invited paper for the New England Section of APS/AAPT, Paper B-2, Providence, RI, April 14, 2000.
36. Aaron Rendahl (student), and B. P. Beecken (prof), "Modeling Diffusion and Drift in Dielectrics under High-Energy Bombbardment and the Resulting Secondary Electron Emission," NASA Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Minnesota Sapce Grant Consortium, Augsburg College, April 14, 2000.
37. Matthew S. Lang (student) and R. W. Peterson (prof), "Applications and Improvements of a Stabilized Heterodyne Interferometer," NASA Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Minnesota Sapce Grant Consortium, Augsburg College, April 14, 2000.
38. R. W. Peterson (prof) and Melissa Haugen (student), "Non-resonant Interference in a Rubens Flame-tube," Minnesota Area section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Bethel College, October 30, 1999.
39. Jon BArber (prof), Jack Netland, and Hank Ryan, "Physics Demonstration Class for Pre-Service Elementary Teachers," Minnesota Area Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Bethel College, October 30, 1999.
40. B. P. Beecken (prof), "Progress on Understanding Secondary Electron Transport and Emission in Dielectrics," Jet Propulsion Labortory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, August 11, 1999.
41. Matthew S. Lang (student), Matthew B. Richter (student), and R. W. Peterson (prof), "Interferometric Measurements of Shock Waves in Air," MNAAPT, Macalester College, April 24, 1999.
42. T. J. McElmurry (student), B. P. Beecken (prof), and T. R. Greenlee (prof), "Nonuniformity Arising from Pixelized Scene Projection and Detection," NASA Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium, University of St. Thomas, April 23, 1999.
43. B. P. Beecken (prof), T. J. McElmurry (student), and T. R. Greenlee (prof), "Impact of a scene projector array on the nonuniformity of a test article's output image," AeroSense, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Orlando, Florida, April 7, 1999.
44. B. P. Beecken (prof), T. J. McElmurry (student), T. R. Greenlee (prof), and T. J. Belich (alum), "Scene Simulation and Uniformity Issues Encountered in the Testing of Infrared Focal Plane Arrays," Invited paper for the Optical Society of America, Minnesota Section, University of Minnesota, October 15, 1998.
45. B. P. Beecken (prof), "A Statistical Model Predicting the Impact of a Scene Projector's Nonuniformity on a Test Article's Image," Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL, September 25, 1998.
46. Nick Dilner (student) and R. W. Peterson (prof), "Development and Implementation of a High-Precision Photon Counting System," NASA Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium, Bethel College, May 7, 1998.
47. Matt Richter (student) and R. W. Peterson (prof), "Optical Measurements of Pressure Differentials in a Small Wind Tunnel," Minnesota Academy of Science, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota, May 2, 1998.
48. R. W. Peterson (prof), "Interferometric Techniques in Undergraduate Teaching and Research," Invited paper N19 1, Joint meeting of The American Physical Society and The American Association of Physics Teachers, Columbus, Ohio, April 20, 1998.
49. B. P. Beecken (prof) and T. James Belich (student), "Calculation of the contribution of the non-uniformity of the scene projector to the non-uniformity of the output image of a test article," AeroSense, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Orlando, Florida, April 14, 1998.
50. R. W. Peterson (prof), "Interferometric Techniques in Undergraduate Teaching and Research," Invited paper for national meeting of American Physical Society, Columbus, Ohio, April, 1998.
51. R. W. Peterson (prof), "The A-O Modulator in Undergraduate Optical Measurements," Invited paper for the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, New Orleans, January 7, 1998.
52. R. W. Peterson (prof), "Holographic Real-Time Imaging of Standing Waves in Gases," Invited paper for the American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting, New Orleans, January 7, 1998.
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