Student Augmentation for Crystal Growth Research
Abstract
Three graduate students and one undergraduate student were supported to pursue research in the area of crystal growth and complement the research activities of AFOSR/DARPA MURI project on integrated intelligent modeling, design and control of crystal growth processes. One doctoral student worked on integrating the radiation heat transfer model into MASTRAPP, the crystal growth model developed by the Consortium for Crystal Growth Research. He also built a parallel processing algorithm. The other two Masters and one undergraduate students worked in the area of experimental methods to develop database for model validation. These students have developed a three-dimensional temperature field visualization technique using liquid crystals as tracers and digital imaging software for 3D reconstruction. Reconstruction of 3D field from a series of 2D images is a novel technique and can be used for flow and heat transfer analysis that is inherently three-dimensional and oscillatory, e.g., melt flow in Czochralski crystal growth.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA385726
Entities
People
- Vishwanath Prasad
Organizations
- Stony Brook University