Refereed Publications
[1] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Konstantin Gilbo, Hao Gan, and Ian L. Pegg. Support Vector Machine model for nepheline formation prediction in Hanford HLW glasses. In preparation, 2022.
[2] Chad Nathe, Chandra Pappu, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Joe Hart, Thomas Carroll, and Francesco Sorrentino. Reservoir computing with noise. submitted to Chaos, 2022.
[3] Andrew Supka, Nicholas A Mecholsky, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Stefano Curtarolo, and Marco Fornari. Two-layer high-throughput: Effective mass calculations including warping. Engineering, 10:74–80, 2022.
[4] Keith S. Matlack, Konstantin Gilbo, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Iodine decontamination factors for DFLAW operations and impacts on liquid effluents routed to LERF/ETF. VSL Report, VSL21R4970-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, March 29, 2021.
[5] Sepideh Akhbarifar, Werner Lutze, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Metal-Insulator Transition in Lead Yttrium Ruthenate. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 260:124172, 2021.
[6] Sepideh Akhbarifar, Nicholas A Mecholsky, Marek Brandys, Werner Lutze, and Ian L Pegg. Four-point probe geometric correction factor for isotropic cylindrical samples with non-equal probe distances. Measurement, 184:109703, 2021.
[7] Nicholas A Mecholsky, Sepideh Akhbarifar, Werner Lutze, Marek Brandys, and Ian L Pegg. Dataset of Bessel function Jn maxima and minima to 600 orders and 10000 extrema. Data in Brief, 39:107508,
2021.
[8] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, R Al Rahal Al Orabi, and M Fornari. Theoretical foundations and modelling of inorganic thermoelectric materials. In Anthony V Powell, editor, Inorganic Thermoelectric Materials: From Fundamental Concepts to Materials Design, Vol. 9, chapter 2. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021.
[9] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Helen A McDonough, Lorenzo G Resca, and Ian L Pegg. Bandstructure quantities from parabolic approximations. In preparation, 2021.
[10] Marek Brandys, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Acetonitrile destruction in ETF feed solutions by UV/OX and persulfate. VSL Report, VSL-20R4850-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, November 27, 2020.
[11] Sepideh Akhbarifar, Werner Lutze, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Glass-like thermal conductivity and other thermoelectric properties of Lead Ruthenate Pyrochlore. Materials Letters, 275:128153, 2020.
[12] Daniel P. DeLellis, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, John J. Mecholsky Jr, and George D. Quinn. A fractal analysis of crack branching in borosilicate glass. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103(9):5283–5290, 2020.
[13] John J. Mecholsky, Jr, Daniel P. DeLellis, and Nicholas A. Mecholsky. Relationship between fractography, fractal analysis and crack branching. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2020.
[14] John J. Mecholsky Jr, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Daniel P. DeLellis. Relationship of energy to geometry in brittle fracture. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(13):4602–4604, 2020.
[15] Lorenzo G. Resca and Nicholas A. Mecholsky. Geodesy on surfaces of revolution: A wormhole application. American Journal of Physics, 88(4):308–312, 2020.
[16] Lorenzo G. Resca and Nicholas A. Mecholsky. Geometry and geodesy on the primary visual cortex as a surface of revolution. Mathematical and Computational Applications, 25(4):64, 2020.
[17] Nicholas A. Mecholsky. Analytic formula for the geometric phase of an asymmetric top. American Journal of Physics, 87(4):245–254, 2019.
[18] Hao Gan, Konstantin Gilbo, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Wing K. Kot, Ian L. Pegg, and Innocent Joseph. Nepheline constraint for Hanford HLW glass. VSL Report, VSL-18R4390-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, October 31, 2018.
[19] Ian L. Pegg, Adonia E. Papathanassiu, Wing K. Kot, Konstantin Gilbo, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Innocent Joseph. Effects of blending and intank pretreatment on direct feed Hanford High Level Waste vitrification. In Proceedings of WM2018 Conference, March 18-22, 2018, Phoenix, AZ, USA, number 18434. WM Symposia, March 2018.
[20] Rafael T. Eufrasio, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Lorenzo Resca. Curved space, curved time, and curved space-time in Schwarzschild geodetic geometry. General Relativity and Gravitation, 50(12):159, 2018.
[21] Adonia E. Papathanassiu, Howard Abramowitz, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Richard Cecil, and Ian L. Pegg. Gas retention and release studies for DWPF Phase II. VSL Report, VSL-17R3850-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, February 17, 2017.
[22] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Johann Meija-Ott, Marco Carmignotto, Tanja Horn, Gerald A. Miller, and Ian L. Pegg. Kaon transverse charge density from space-and timelike data. Physical Review C, 96(6):065207, 2017.
[23] Lorenzo Resca, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Band warping, band non-parabolicity, and Dirac points in electronic and lattice structures. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 522:66–74, 2017.
[24] Hao Gan, Konstantin Gilbo, Wing K. Kot, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Development of nepheline models for Hanford HLW glass. VSL Report, VSL-16R3970-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, October 31, 2016.
[25] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Lorenzo Resca, Ian L. Pegg, and Marco Fornari. Density of states for warped energy bands. Scientific Reports, 6(22098):1–9, 2016.
[26] Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Junphil Hwang, Woochul Kim, Jong-Soo Rhyee, Daehyun Wee, and Marco Fornari. Band degeneracy, low thermal conductivity, and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnTe–CaTe alloys. Chemistry of Materials, 28(1):376–384, 2016.
[27] Adonia E. Papathanassiu, Miguel Penafiel, Marek Brandys, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. Evaluation of IX media for tank closure Cesium removal system at Savannah River. VSL Report, VSL-15R3750-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, September 16, 2015.
[28] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Bothina Hamad, Lorenzo Resca, Ian L. Pegg, and Marco Fornari. Anisotropy effects on the thermoelectric electronic transport coefficients. Energy Harvesting and Systems, 2(1-2):15–24, 2015.
[29] Malabika Chaudhuri, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Richard Cecil, Isabelle S. Muller, Andrew C. Buechele, and Ian L. Pegg. NOH2O sealant properties for nuclear applications: Irradiation testing of three candidate samples. VSL Report, VSL-14R3390-1, Rev. A, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, August 5, 2014.
[30] Adonia E. Papathanassiu, Wing K. Kot, Konstantin Gilbo, Nicholas A. Mecholsky, and Ian L. Pegg. HLW processing for complementary disposition strategy: Effects of waste blending. VSL Report, VSL-14R3360-1, Rev. 0, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, March 14, 2014.
[31] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Lorenzo Resca, Ian L. Pegg, and Marco Fornari. Theory of band warping and its effects on thermoelectronic transport properties. Physical Review B, 89(15):155131, 2014.
[32] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Edward Ott, Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr., and Parvez Guzdar. Continuum modeling of the equilibrium and stability of animal flocks. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 241(5):472–480, 2012.
[33] Francesco Sorrentino and Nicholas A. Mecholsky. Stability of strategies in payoff-driven evolutionary games on networks. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 21(3):033110, 2011.
[34] Nicholas A. Mecholsky, Edward Ott, and Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr. Obstacle and predator avoidance in a model for flocking. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 239(12):988–996, 2010.