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Research Publications

• N. Agarwal and N. R. Aluru, “A domain adaptive stochastic collocation approach for analysis of MEMS under uncertainties”, Journal of Computational   Physics, Vol. 228, No. 20, pp. 7662-7688, 2009.

• N. Agarwal and N. R. Aluru, “Stochastic analysis of electrostatic MEMS subjected to parameter variations”, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 1454-1468, 2009.

• H. M. Aktulga, A. Y. Grama, “PuReMD User Guide,” Technical Report, Purdue University, 2010.

• H. M. Aktulga, J. C. Fogarty, S. A. Pandit, A. Y. Grama, “Parallel reactive molecular dynamics: Numerical methods and algorithmic techniques,” Parallel Computing, in submission, 2010.

• H. M. Aktulga, S. Pandit, A. C. T. van Duin, A. Y. Grama, “Reactive molecular dynamics: Numerical methods and algorithmic techniques,” SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, in submission, 2010.
  Available as a Purdue University Technical Report.
• A. Alexeenko, S. Chigullapalli, X. Guo, A. Kovacz, J. Zeng, D. Peroulis, "Uncertainty in microscale gas damping: Implications on dynamics of capacitive MEMS switches", submitted to Reliability Engineering and System Safety, April 2010.
• R. A. Bidkar, R. C. Tung, A. Alexeenko, S. Hartono, A. Raman, “Unified theory of gas damping of flexible microcantilevers at low ambient pressures”. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94, April 2009.
• S. Chigullapalli, A. Alexeenko, “Implications of rarefied gas damping on reliability of RF MEMS”, Proc. of 27th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, July 10-15, 2010, Pacific Grove, CA.
• S. Chigullapalli, A. Venkattraman, M.S. Ivanov, A.A. Alexeenko, “Entropy considerations in numerical simulations of non-equilibrium rarefied flows,” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 229, pp. 2139-2158, 2010.
• S. Dong and Z. Yosibash, “A parallel spectral element method for dynamic three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity problems,” Computers & Structures, Vol. 87, pp. 59-72, 2009.
• S. Dong, “BDF-like methods for nonlinear dynamic analysis,” Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 229, pp. 3019-3045, 2010.
• S. Dong, “A class of blended time integration algorithms for nonlinear elastodynamics,” 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Columbus, OH, July 2009.
• S. Dong, “A family of composite time integration algorithms for nonlinear dynamics analysis,” SIAM Annual Meeting (AN09), Denver, CO, July 2009.
• S. Dong, “Blended time integration algorithms for nonlinear dynamics,” AIAA Paper 2010-2890, 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference. Orlando, FL, April 2010.
• S. Dong, “Second-derivative multistep methods for nonlinear dynamic problems,” Computational Mechanics, submitted, 2010.
• S. Dong and J. Shen, “An unconditionally-stable rotational velocity-correction scheme for incompressible flows," Journal of Computational Physics, in press, 2010.
• J. C. Fogarty, H. M. Aktulga, A.C.T. van Duin, A. Y. Grama, S. A. Pandit, “A Reactive simulation of the silica-water interface,” J Chem Phys, in press, 2010.
• A. D. Franklin, R. A. Sayer, T. D. Sands, D. B. Janes, T. S. Fisher, “Vertical carbon nanotube devices with nanoscale lengths controlled without lithography,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, pp. 469-476, 2009.
• A. D. Franklin, R. A. Sayer, T. D. Sands, T. S. Fisher, D. B. Janes, “Toward surround gates on vertical single-walled carbon nanotube devices,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 27, pp. 821-826, 2009
• A. Fruehling, M.A. Khater, B. Jung, D. Peroulis, “CMOS-based monitoring of contact events up to 4 MHz in ohmic RF MEMS switches,” to appear in the Proceedings of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, May 2010, Anaheim, CA.
• A. Fruehling, M.A. Khater, B. Jung, D. Peroulis, “Real-time monitoring of contact behavior of RF MEMS switches with a very low power CMOS capacitive sensor interface,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 4 pages, Jan. 2010, Hong Kong, China.
• X. Guo, J. Li, D. Xiu, A. A.Alexeenko, “Uncertainty quantification models for microscale squeeze-film damping,” International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, in press and available online, May 2010.
• X. Guo, D. Singh, J. Y. Murthy, A. Alexeenko, “Numerical simulation of gas-phonon coupling in thermal transpiration flows,” Physical Review E (accepted), 2009.
• H.H. Hsu, D. Peroulis, “A viscoelastic-aware experimentally-derived model for analog RF MEMS varactors,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electromechanical System (MEMS), 4 pages, Jan. 2010, Hong Kong, China.
• H.H. Hsu, D. Peroulis, “An experimental investigation on viscoeleastic behavior in nanocrystalline-Ni tunable RF-MEMS resonators,” Proceedings of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, May 2010, Anaheim, CA.
• A.Hunter, H. Kavuri, M. Koslowski, “A continuum plasticity model that accounts for hardening and size effects in thin films,” accepted, Modeling and Simulations in Materials Science and Engineering, March, 2010.
• A.Hunter, C .Le, F. Saied, M. Koslowski, “Large scale phase field dislocation dynamics simulations on high performance architectures,” submitted to Journal of high performance computer applications, February 2010.
• B. Jalalahmadi, F. Sadeghi, D. Peroulis “A numerical fatigue damage model for life scatter of MEMS devices,” IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 1016-1031, Oct. 2009.
• K. Jonnalagadda, N. Karanjgaokar, I. Chasiotis, J. Chee, D. Peroulis, “Strain rate sensitivity of nanocrystalline Au films at room temperature,” accepted for publication in Acta Materialia, Mar. 2010.
• H. Kim, A. Strachan, “Nanoscale metal-metal contact physics from molecular dynamics: the strongest contact size,” Physical Review Letters, Vol 104, 215504, 2010.
• M. Koslowski, A. Strachan, “Uncertainty propagation in a multiscale model of single crystal plasticity”, Reliability Engineering and System Safety (submitted).
• M.Koslowski, A.Strachan, “Multiscale propagation of uncertainty quantification,” submitted to Reliability Engineering and system safety, March 2010.
• J. W. Lee, A. Mahopatro, D. Peroulis, A. Raman, “Vibration based monitoring and diagnosis of dielectric charging in RF-MEMS switches”, IEEE-ASME Journal of Micro-electromechanical Systems, accepted, 2010.
• J. W. Lee, R. C. Tung, A. Raman, S. Hartono, J. P. Sullivan, ”Squeeze-film damping of flexible microcantilevers at low ambient pressures: theory and experiment”. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 19, September 2009.
• J.W. Lee, A. Mahapatro, D. Peroulis, A. Raman, “Vibration based monitoring and diagnosis of dielectric charging in RF-MEMS switches,” accepted to the IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Jan. 2010.
• J. Loy, D. Singh, J. Y. Murthy, “ Non-gray phonon transport using a hybrid BTE-Fourier solver, “ HT2009-88056, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 19-23, 2009.
• J. Loy, D. Singh, J. Y. Murthy, “ Simulation of Sub-Micron Thermal Transport in a Mosfet Using a Hybrid Fourier-BTE Model, “ IHTC 14-23100, Proceedings of the International Heat Transfer Conference, August 8-14, 2010.
• A.K. Mahapatro, J. Chee, D. Peroulis, “Fully electronic method for quantifying the post-release gap-height uncertainty of capacitive RF MEMS switches,” of the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, pp. 1645-1648, June 2009, Boston, MA.
• S. Mathur, A. Chigullapalli, J. Y. Murthy, “An unintrusive implementation of intrusive polynomial chaos for uncertainty propagation in fluid flow simulations,” IMECE 2010, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 2010 (submitted).
• J. Y. Murthy, “Computational heat transfer in complex systems,” International Heat Transfer Conference, Washington DC, August 8-14, 2010.
• J. Nabeth , S. Chigullapalli, A. Alexeenko, “Numerical simulations of Knudsen forces in microsystems ”, AIAA Paper 2010-5054, 10th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-1, 2010.
• J. Nabeth, S. Chigullapalli, A. Alexeenko, “What determines Knudsen forces at the microscale?” Proc. of 27th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, July 10-15, 2010, Pacific Grove, CA.
• Y. Park, H. M. Aktulga, A. Y. Grama, A. Strachan, “Strain relaxation in Si/Ge/Si nanoscale bars from MD simulations,” J Appl Phys, 106m 034304, 2009.
• R. A. Sayer, S. Kim, A. D. Franklin, S. Mohammadi, T. S. Fisher, “Shot noise thermometry for thermal characterization of templated carbon nanotubes,” IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies 33, 178-183, 2010.
• D. Singh, J. Y. Murthy, T. S. Fisher, “Effect of phonon dispersion on thermal conduction across Si/Ge interface,” Journal of Heat Transfer, 2010 (in review).
• J. Y. Murthy, “Modeling and simulation of multi-scale thermal transport in multi-material systems – Part I & Part II,” IMECE 2010, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 2010 (Keynote Presentation).
• J. Y. Murthy, “Uncertainty quantification in microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS),” IMECE 2010, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 2010 (submitted).
• D. Singh, J. Y. Murthy, T. S. Fisher, “Phonon transport across mesoscopic constrictions,” J. Heat Transfer, 2010 (accepted).
• D. Singh, X. Guo, A. Alexeenko, J. Y. Murthy, T. S. Fisher, “Modeling of sub-continuum thermal transport across semiconductor-gas interfaces,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, No. 2, 024314, 2009.
• M. Snow, A. K. Bajaj, “Comprehensive reduced-order models of electrostatically actuated MEMS switches and their dynamics including impact and bounce”, DETC2010/MECH-28590, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Design  Engineering Technical Conferences, August 15-18, 2010, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• M. Snow, A. K. Bajaj, “Uncertainty quantification study for a comprehensive electrostatic MEMS switch model”, Third International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics - USD2010, September 20-22, 2010, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
• L. Sun, S. R. Mathur, J. Y. Murthy, “An unstructured finite volume method for incompressible flows with complex immersed boundaries,” IMECE2009-12917, ASME IMECE, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Nov. 13-19, 2009.
• A. Thompson, A. Strachan, “Size effects on martensitic microstructure in Zr nanowires via molecular dynamics”, Physical Review B, Vol.81, 085429, 2010.
• A. Vallabhaneni, X., Ruan, J. Rhoads, J. Y. Murthy, “Unusual size effects of the quality factor of cantilevered carbon nanotube resonators,” IMECE 2010, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 2010 (submitted).
• K. G. Vishnu, A. Strachan, “Phase stability and transformations in NiTi from density functional theory calculations,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 58, pp. 745–752, 2010.
• Y. Zhou, A. Strachan “Thermal conduction in molecular materials using coarse grain dynamics: role of mass diffusion and quantum corrections for MD simulations”, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 131, 234113, 2009.
• H. M. Aktulga, S. A. Pandit, and A. Grama, "Numerical Techniques and Data Structures for Reactive Atomistic Simulations," SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 2009 (under submission).
• H. M. Aktulga, S. A. Pandit, and A. Grama, "Parallel Reactive Atomistic Simulations, Parallel Computing," 2009 (under submission).
• H. M. Aktulga, A. van Duin, S. A. Pandit, and A. Grama, ―Silica-Water Interface Simulations, J. Comput. Phys. 2009 (under submission).
• S. Dong, "A High-Order Method for 3D Nonlinear Elastodynamics,"  SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, March 2009.
• X. Guo, and A. Alexeenko, "Compact Model of Squeeze-Film Damping based on Rarefied Flow Simulations", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 19, 045026, (4), April 2009.
• X.Guo, and A. Alexeenko, "Simulations of Aerodynamics Damping for MEMS Resonators,"  AIAA Paper 2009-3581. 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2009.
• A. Hunter, F. Saied, C. Le, and M. Koslowski, "Performance Analysis of the Phase Field Micromechanics Model," (in preparation), 2009.
• J. Li, and D. Xiu, "A Generalized Polynomial Chaos Based Ensemble Kalman Filter with High Accuracy", J. Comput. Phys., 228, 5454-5469, 2009.
• K. Lynch, A. Thompson, and A. Strachan, "Coarse Grain Modeling of Spall Failure in Molecular Crystals: Role of Intra-molecular Degrees of Freedom,"  Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17 015007-1-13, 2009.
• M. Manguoglu, M. Koyuturk, A. Sameh, and A. Grama, "Weighted Matrix Ordering and Parallel Banded Preconditioners for Iterative Linear System Solvers," SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 2009 (under review).
• M. Manguoglu, A. Sameh, and A. Grama, "Scalable Parallel Formulations of the SPIKE Linear System Solver, Parallel Computing," 2009 (under submission).
• Y. Marzouk, and D. Xiu, "A Stochastic Collocation Approach to Bayesian Inference in Inverse Problems," Comm. Comput. Phys., 6, 826-847, 2009.
• A. Palaria, G. Klimeck, and A. Strachan, "Structures and Energetics of Silicon Nanotubes from Molecular Dynamics and Density Functional Theory," Physical Review B, 78, 205315-1-5, 2008.