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This work focuses on experimental study of cross-property connections that link up effective linear elastic and electrical conductive properties of heterogeneous materials. Such connections are especially useful when one property (electrical conductivity) is easier to measure th…

Eastern Anatolia is the location of a young continent--continent collision between the Arabian and Eurasian plates in Eastern Turkey. The first long-period magnetotelluric (MT) data were collected in eastern Anatolia in 2005 as part of this thesis. These MT data have been used t…

Free convection is an important process that has applications in many disciplines of earth science and is a factor in a variety of environmental issues. Although the study of free convection has been historically limited to theory, laboratory experiments, numerical modeling, and…

Carbon nanotubes are known as ideal fillers for polymer systems; the main advantage of carbon nanotubes over other nano-reinforcing particles is the combination of superior strength and stiffness with large aspect ratio. Carbon nanotubes may improve the mechanical, electrical an…