Research Project Technical Completion Report (A-109-Ariz.) For: United States Department of the Interior, Project Dates: 1981-1983, September 1, 1983. / The Research on which this project is based was financed in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior, as authorized by the Water Research and Development Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-467) / A liquid level interferometer has been built to measure changes in water level to an accuracy of /8. A novel magnetic suspension is used to position the floating retroreflector of a laser interferometer. Direction sensing is achieved by dual optical channels phased near quadrature by means of an absorbing beamsplitter. The interferometer (laser) has been used to measure very accurately the drop in water level of a lined reservoir. The drop in water level thus provides a precise method of measuring evaporation. It was found that this drop in water level essentially ceased when the relative humidity approached very closely or equaled 100 percent during early morning calm periods. This provides a method of determination of seepage loss. In an unlined reservoir during calm periods when the relative humidity is 100 percent any remaining drop in water level is due to seepage. The laser can measure this rate.

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Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / This thesis describes the design and construction of an instrument intended to measure the length noise present in optical materials. The detection of thermoelastic noise in sapphire provides the initial motivation for the instrument, though the intent is to build a system capable of robustly characterising a variety of noise sources in multiple materials. Theoretical modelling is used to design a system that is expected to be dominated by thermoelastic noise. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1295741 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Chemistry and Physics, 2007

Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library. / This thesis describes the design and construction of an instrument intended to measure the length noise present in optical materials. The detection of thermoelastic noise in sapphire provides the initial motivation for the instrument, though the intent is to build a system capable of robustly characterising a variety of noise sources in multiple materials. Theoretical modelling is used to design a system that is expected to be dominated by thermoelastic noise. / http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1295741 / Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Chemistry and Physics, 2007

Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 75). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M. Med. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005.

Graduation date: 1993

Thesis (M. S.)--Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Ume, I. Charles; Committee Member: Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki; Committee Member: Mayor, J. Rhett. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences