Self-affine surfaces are found in many physical systems, making it important to study flow over such surfaces. This project develops a code to simulate, through the coupled Lattice Boltzmann Method, gravity-stabilized flow, ...

This thesis deals with the development of an instrument for performing impedance measurements on cells. Small, portable, wearable and even implanted devices are becoming increasingly common in our daily lives and future ...

Bioimpedance spectroscopy is widely used in clinical and biotechnological applications for electrical characterization of biomaterials in a non-invasive fashion. States of the living organs dynamically change during impedance ...

Denne masteroppgaven handler om naturvitenskapens rolle i samfunnet, og det tverrfaglige samspillet som foregår i politikkutforming basert på naturvitenskap. I oppgaven undersøkes verdier tilknyttet naturvitenskap som er ...

Artificial neural networks are fitted to molecular dynamics trajectories using the Behler-Parrinello method of atom-centered symmetry functions in order to obtain analytical interatomic potentials. Molecular dynamics ...

WLAN (Wireless local area network ), also known as Wi-Fi has gained lots of attention during the past two decades due to its promising capabilities, ease of installation and low-cost of access points (APs), which offers ...

We advance the Coupled Cluster method’s in the time-dependent realm, by imple- menting a robust solver based on the orbital-adaptive time-dependent Coupled Cluster (OATDCC)[1] method. This involves implementing both a ...

Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) is a MRI technique probing the diffusion of water molecules in the human body. Its ability to measure structural and functional changes beyond the nominal image resolution level, has made ...

From the Sun to the Earth’s upper atmosphere, particles and energy are trans- ported through several key processes. Many of these we know well, and some we are still learning about. In this thesis we will study one of the ...

We present a computationally effective toy model of the visual system of a biological brain, that can easily be extended to add more realism. The model takes images as input – representing visual stimuli from the eye – and ...

This thesis is devoted to the topic of energy storage system modelling, and to the integration of such systems to increase the utilisation of renewable energy. In particular, the use of a nickel-metal hydride battery storage ...

Surfaktanter og kopolymerer er molekyler som kan selvassosiere på nanonivå til en rekke forskjellige strukturer. Dette kan være alt fra sfærer og sylindre, til bi-lag tilsvarende de som finnes i cellemembraner. Disse ...

YouTube er en sterkt voksende plattform for deling av videoer, og det eksisterer mange kanaler som spesialiserer seg på videoer med realfaglig innhold. Samtidig øker bruken av sosiale medier blant ungdom, noe som gjør at ...

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI or DW-MRI) is a widely applied and clinically important MRI technique probing the diffusion displacement of water molecules in biological tissue on a micrometer length scale. DWI is however ...

I use molecular dynamics simulations and a recently developed force field to study two silica-water systems, which are relevant for many geological processes. First, I evaluate the transport properties of the force field ...

We have calculated the electronic properties and layer stacking patterns for a group of twelve hexagonal covalent organic frameworks. This has been done in order to explore this group of materials on a fundamental level ...

The ALPIDE is a radiation detector developed for the upgrade of the ALICE experiment at CERN. To be able to characterize this detector, and to do radiation measurements with it outside the ALICE environment, an easy to use ...

An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that should operate autonomously on the road as well as in the terrain, is equipped with sensors that perceive the environment. The information from the sensors can be combined to create a ...

Solid-state batteries is one of the main contenders for domination of the future battery marked. Thin film technology is important in the development of these batteries. In this work, we have shown that amorphous thin film ...

In this thesis, we introduce the application of convolutional autoencoder neural networks to the analysis of two-dimensional projections of particle tracks from a resonant proton scattering experiment on 46Ar. We also build ...

With the ability to solve the many-body Schrödinger equation accurately, in principle all physics and chemistry could be derived from first principles. However, exact wave functions of realistic and interesting systems are ...

Solutions to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation are central to the understanding of the interaction between particles and external probes. The increasing availability of intense laser fields in experiments has spawned ...

Helikopter og fixed-wing fly anses vanligvis som separate konsepter, hver med sine egne styrker og svakheter. De siste ti årene har det vært en økende interesse rettet mot hybrid ubemannede luftfartøy (UAV) som forsøker å ...

Hver dag i helsevesenet brukes det et stort antall nåler til ulike type medisinske anvendelser som for eksempel injeksjoner og venepunksjoner. For å heve kvaliteten på flere typer innstikk og unngå feilinjeksjoner er det ...

The thesis aims to explore the single events sensitivity of TMS570 microcontroller for the CubeSat application. This device is automotive with a range of features that can be used to increase the reliability of the devices ...

The first experimentally constrained Maxwellian-averaged cross section for the 191Os(n, γ)192Os reaction relevant to s-process nucleosynthesis has been calculated by means of the nuclear level density and γ-strength function ...

Measurements of ion velocities by the Svalbard EISCAT Radar (ESR) has been used to calculate Birkeland current densities. Birkeland currents are field-aligned currents flowing along Earth’s magnetic field lines at high ...

Hovedtema for denne masteroppgaven har vært å undersøke hvordan syntesebetingelser påvirker fremstillingen av hydridoksidene La2-xNdxLiHO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2). Bakgrunnen for dette arbeidet har vært å utforske den lite kjente ...

Experiments on dust density waves have been performed under microgravity conditions during a parabolic flight. A three-camera setup facilitates for particle tracking that is used for analysis of single particle motion and ...

An investigation into the resonances in the γ-ray strength functions of 152,153Sm has been performed. The nuclear level density and γ-ray strength function for 152Sm below the neutron separation energy has been obtained ...

In this thesis the dynamics of a plasma blob in the scrape-off layer of a magnetic confinement device is investigated on the fundamental, kinetic level through particle simulations. New functionality is added to an existing ...

Thin-film bilayers of the high temperature superconducting compound YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) and the half-metallic colossal magnetoresistive material La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO) have been investigated with electronic transport ...

One of the key limiting factors to progress within nano science is the ability to measure properties on the relevant length scale. The probe size provided by optical measurements is often larger than the individual nanoscale ...

Background: The sample mean $\overline X = \sum_{i=1}^{n}X_i$ is probably the most popular estimator of the expected value in all sciences, the standard error is given by the square root of the variance $V (\overline{X})$. ...