BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF NICHOLAS JOSEPH GIORDANO

Education Ph.D., Yale University May 1977

B.S., Purdue University May 1973

Professional Dean, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University 2013-present

Experience Professor of Physics, Auburn University 2013-present
Head, Department of Physics, Purdue University 2007-2013
Hubert James Distinguished Professor of Physics, Purdue University
2004-2013
Associate Dean of Science, Purdue University 2002-03
Assistant Dean of Science, Purdue University 2000-02
Professor of Physics, Purdue University 1985-2013
Associate Professor of Physics, Purdue University 1982-85
Assistant Professor of Physics, Purdue University 1979-82
Assistant Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
June 1977-June 1979
Visiting Scientist, Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany June-August 1977
Acting Instructor, Yale University January-June 1977

Honors and Speaker of the Year of the Indiana Academy of Science 2006-07
Awards Indiana Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching 2004
Fellow of the Teaching Academy, Purdue University 2003-present
Murphy Award for Excellence in Teaching, Purdue University 2003
DOE Computational Science Education Award 1997
Herbert Newby McCoy Award, Purdue University 1992
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow 1979-83
Becton Prize for accomplishments in research, Yale University 1977
National Science Foundation Fellowship 1974-76
Yale University Sheffield Fellowship 1973-74
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Pi Sigma
Richard W. King Award as the outstanding undergraduate physics major,
Purdue University 1972 & 1973

Professional Fellow, American Physical Society

Societies & Member, Biophysical Society
Activities Member, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Member, Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics of the ASA
Advisory Board of J. Phys. Condensed Matter 1995-99
Editorial Board, Purdue University Press 1991-94

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Current & Computational biophysics, musical acoustics, physics of the piano,

Past science education, nanofluidics, mesoscopic systems,
Research low frequency noise, superconductivity in one dimension,
Interests fabrication of nanostructures, transport properties of disordered systems.

Books

1. Computational Physics, N. Giordano, Prentice-Hall (1997).

2. Computational Physics, 2nd Edition, N. Giordano and H. Nakanashi, Prentice-Hall (2006).

3. College Physics, Reasoning and Relationships, N. Giordano, Cengage Learning (2009).

4. Physics of the Piano, N. Giordano, Oxford University Press (2010).

5. College Physics, Reasoning and Relationships, 2nd Edition, N. Giordano, Cengage Learning
(2011).

Ph.D. Students

1. Joseph T. Masden, Low Temperature Conductance of Thin Metal Wires and Films, 1983.

2. Wallace D. Williams, Nonmetalic Conduction of Ultrathin Gold Wires at Low Temperatures,

1983.

3. Daniel M. Fleetwood, Experimental Study of Low-Frequency Excess (1/f ) Noise in Metal Films,
1984.

4. David E. Beutler, Localization, Electron-Electron Interaction, and Universal Conductance Fluc-

tuation Phenomena in Thin Bismuth Films and Wires, 1986.

5. Juhn-Jong Lin, Localization and Electron-Electron Interaction Effects in Thin Gold-Palladium

Films and Wires, 1986.

6. Timothy L. Meisenheimer, Quantum Interference Effects and Electrical Conduction in Disor-

dered Metals, 1989.

7. Jin Liu, The Study of Electron Coherence Effects in Metallic Systems with High-Frequency AC
Electric Fields: Weak Localization and Mesoscopic Photovoltaic Effects, 1991.

8. Guoxi Jin, Experimental Study of the Interfact Between Normal and Superfluid Helium-4, 1992.

9. Mark A. Blachly, Kondo Effect in Systems of Reduced Dimensionality, 1994.

10. Kimin Hong, Magnetoresistance and Domain Wall Tunneling in Mesocopic Ferromagnets, 1995.

11. Robert E. Bartolo, The Mesoscopic Photovoltaic Effect, 1996.

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12. Miles D. Lawrence, Conductance of Superconductor-Ferromagnet-Superconductor Structures,

1999.

13. Todd M. Jacobs, Kondo Effect in Mesoscopic Systems, 2000.

14. Jiangtao Cheng, Fluid Flow in Ultrasmall Structures, 2002.

15. Baris Çetin, Magnetoresistance of Ferromagnetic Nanostructures, 2005.

16. Jacob Millspaw, Sources of 1/f Noise in Electrolytes, 2009.

17. Kristofor D. Carlson, Modeling Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity, 2011.

18. Matyas Matolcsi, A Simplified Model of CamKII Activation in Cytosol of Dendritic Spines,
2014.

INVITED TALKS

1. Magnetic tricritical phenomena, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical
Society, Atlanta, GA, 1976, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 21, 332 (1976).

2. Localization in thin wires, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
New York, NY, 1980, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 25, 355 (1980).

3. Localization in thin wires, presented at the International Conference on Physics in One Dimen-
sion, Fribourg, Switzerland, August, 1980,

4. Localization in thin wires, presented at the Midwest Solid State Conference, East Lansing, MI,
October, 1980,

5. Localization and interaction effects in thin wires, presented at the Workshop on Topics in the
Physics of Disorder, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, CA, August, 1983,

6. Links between defect motion and 1/f noise in metal films, presented at the March Meeting of
the American Physical Society, Detroit, MI, 1984, (with D. M. Fleetwood), Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 29, 330 (1984).

7. Resistance fluctuations in thin Bi wires and films. presented at the Midwest Solid State Con-
ference, St. Louis , MO, October, 1986.

8. Time dependent resistance fluctuations in thin metal wires and films, presented at the March
Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York, NY, 1987, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 32,
543 (1987).

9. Conductance fluctuations in disordered metals, presented at the Ninth International Conference

on Noise in Physical Systems, Montreal, May, 1987.

10. Conductance fluctuations in thin metal films and wires, presented at the Gordon Conference
on Quantum Fluids and Solids, July 1987, (with T. L. Meisenheimer).
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11. Conductance changes in the quantum limit caused by atom mobility at low temperatures, pre-
sented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Anaheim, CA, 1990, Bull. Am.
Phys. Soc. 35, 563 (1990).

12. Superconductivity in one dimension, presented at the Midwest Solid State Theory Conference,
Northwestern University, October, 1990.

13. Kondo effect in one and two dimensions, presented at the Midwest Solid State Conference,
Urbana, IL, September, 1992.

14. New mesoscopic effects in systems containing magnetic impurities, presented at the Interna-
tional Symposium on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic Structures, Maui, December, 1992.

15. Kondo effect in one and two dimensions, presented at the Workshop on Electronic Properties
of Disordered Systems, Argonne National laboratory, August, 1993.

16. Superconducting fluctuations in one dimension, presented at the NATO Advanced Research
Workshop on “Mesoscopic Superconductivity”, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 1994.

17. Tunneling of domain walls in one dimensional ferromagnets, presented at the NATO Advanced
Research Workshop on “Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization”, Grenoble, France, July 1994.

18. New effects in ferromagnetic nanostructures, presented at the International Workshop on “Spin
Polarized Electronic Transport”, Miami, FL, February 1995.

19. Domain wall tunneling in thin Ni wires, presented at the March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, San Jose, CA, 1995, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 436 (1995).

20. Superconducting fluctuations in one dimension,

presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Kansas City, MO, 1997,
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 802 (1997).

21. Using computational methods to bring new topics to the curriculum, presented at the Workshop
on Curriculum Development, sponsored by Project Kaleidoscope, Lincoln, NE, October, 1997.

22. Using computational methods to bring new topics to the curriculum, presented at the Conference
on High Performance Computing SC’97, San Jose, CA, November, 1997.

23. Piano bridge and soundboard motion, presented at the 134th meeting of the Acoustical Society
of America, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 3108 (1997).

24. Introduction to diffusive transport, presented at the Workshop on Semiconductor Nanostruc-

tures, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, June, 1998.

25. Transport in mesoscopic systems: Some open questions and unresolved issues, presented at
the Workshop on Semiconductor Nanostructures, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, June,
1998.

26. Kondo effect in small metal systems, presented at the Workshop on Semiconductor Nanostruc-
tures, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy, June, 1998.
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27. Magnetism and superconductivity in mesoscopic systems, three talks presented at the Interna-
tional Workshop on Nanoelectronics and Mesoscopic Systems, Center for Theoretical Science,
Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 1999.
28. Kondo effect in small metal systems, presented at the 22nd International Conference on Low
Temperature Physics, Helsinki, August 1999.
29. Kondo and local moment physics in thin metal films, presented at the Conference on Magnetism
and Magnetic Materials (with T. M. Jacobs), San Jose, CA, November, 1999.
30. Kondo effect in small metal systems, presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
Size Dependent Magnetic Scattering, Pecs, Hungary, May 2000.
31. Domain wall resistance and magnetoresistance of narrow ferromagnetic wires, presented at
the 8th NEC Symposium on Fundamental Approaches to New Material Phases: Spin-related
Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, Nasu, Japan, October 2000.
32. Musical acoustics and computational science, presented at the International Conference on
Computational Science, San Francisco, May, 2001.
33. Experimental and computational studies of the piano, presented at the 17th International
Congress on Acoustics, Rome, September, 2001.
34. Measurement of equilibrium values of interfacial area per volume on micro-models and sand-
stone, Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, Jiangtao Cheng, Daiquan Chen and Nicholas Giordano, presented
at the European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop on ’Recent Advances in Multiphase Flow
and Transport in Porous Media’, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, June, 2003.
35. Physics based modeling of musical instruments, presented at the Central States Universities
Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, October, 2003.
36. Physical modeling of the piano, presented at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,
Austin, Texas, November, 2003.
37. Electron transport and magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic nanostructures, presented at the XI
Latin American Congress on Surface Sciences and its Applications, Pucon, Chile, December,
2003.
38. Force-compression behavior of fortepiano hammers, presented at the International Symposium
on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan, March, 2004.
39. Using physical modeling to learn about the piano, presented at the International Congress on
Acoustics, Kyoto, Japan April, 2004.
40. Physics based modeling of the piano, presented at the meeting of the American Association of
Physics Teachers, Sacramento, CA, August, 2004.
41. Piano soundboard vibrations: Experiments and modeling studies, presented at the May meeting
of the Acoustical Society of America, Vancouver, Canada, 2005.
42. Finite-difference modeling of the piano, presented at the May meeting of the Acoustical Society
of America, Providence, RI, 2006.
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43. Physical modeling of the piano, presented at the November meeting of the Acoustical Society
of America, Honolulu, HA, 2006.

44. National center for learning and teaching in nanoscale science and engineering, presented at
the January meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (joint with the American
Astronomical Society), Seattle, WA, 2007.

45. Coupling universities and industries, N. Giordano, presented at the AIP Corporate Associates
Meeting, College Park, MD, May, 2010.

46. The first piano made in America: The grand pianoforte of Johann Behrent, presented at the
International Colloquium of the German Federal Cultural Foundation Analysis and Description
of Music Instruments using Engineering Methods, Halle/Saale, Germany, May 2011.

47. Evolution of music wire and its impact on the development of the piano, presented at the May
2011 meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA.

48. Direct numerical simulation of the recorder in two and three dimensions, International Congress
on Acoustics, Montreal, Canada, June 2013.

49. Numerical modeling of a recorder in three dimensions, presented at the Stockholm Music Acous-
tics Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2013.

50. Nonlinear effects at woodwind toneholes, presented at the International Symposium on Musical
Acoustics, Le Mans, France, July 2014.

UNPUBLISHED PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

1. DAG: an example of an unusual kind of Ising model, Conference on Critical Phenomena in

Multicomponent Systems, Athens, GA, April, 1974, N. Giordano, W. P. Wolf, J. F. Dillon, Jr.,
and E. Y. Chen.

2. Light scattering study of wing critical points, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
San Diego, CA, 1977, N. Giordano and W. P. Wolf, Bull Am. Phys. Soc. 22, 299 (1977).

3. Localization effects in thin Pt wires, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Phoenix,
AZ, 1981, J. T. Masden and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 26, 411 (1981).

4. Experimental study of 1/f noise in tin, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Dallas,
TX, 1982, D. M. Fleetwood and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 27, 217 (1982).

5. 1/f noise in thin platinum wires and films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Los Angeles, CA, 1983, D. M. Fleetwood and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 28, 460
(1983).

6. Non-metallic conductance in thin Au wires, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Los Angeles, CA, 1983, W. D. Williams and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 28, 486,
(1983).
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7. Length dependence of localization/electron-electron interaction effects in thin wires and thin

films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, 1983, J. T. Masden
and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 28, 487 (1983).

8. Localization and electron-electron interaction effects in Bi wires and films, March Meeting of
the American Physical Society, Detroit, MI, 1984, D. E. Beutler and N. Giordano, Bull. Am.
Phys. Soc. 29, 386, (1984).

9. Magnetoresistance of thin AuPd and Mg wires, March Meeting of the American Physical Soci-
ety, Baltimore, MD, 1985, J. J. Lin and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 30, 550 (1985).

10. Electric field effects in thin Bi wires, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Balti-
more, MD, 1985, D. E. Beutler and N. Giordano, post-deadline contribution.

11. Electron scattering times in Au-Pd films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Las
Vegas, NV, 1986, J. J. Lin and N. Giordano, post-deadline contribution.

12. Measurement of inelastic scattering times in thin Bi wires, March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Las Vegas, NV, 1986, D. E. Beutler and N. Giordano, post-deadline contri-
bution.

13. Dimensionality of electron-electron scattering and interactions in Bi wires and films, March
Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York, NY, 1987, D. E. Beutler and N. Giordano,
Bull. Am. Soc. 32, 853 (1987).

14. Conductance fluctuations in thin silver films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
New Orleans, LA, 1988, T. L. Meisenheimer and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 33, 630
(1988).

15. Effect of an AC electric field on weak localization, March Meeting of the American Physical
Society, New Orleans, LA, 1988, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 33, 382 (1988).

16. Superconducting transition in thin In wires, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
New Orleans, LA, 1988, N. Giordano and E. Sweetland, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 33, 568 (1988).

17. Conductance fluctuations in thin Ag films, Midwest Solid State Conference, Purdue University,
October, 1988, T. L. Meisenheimer and N. Giordano.

18. Effect of an AC electric field on phase coherence in thin metal films, Midwest Solid State
Conference, Purdue University, October, 1988, L. Liu and N. Giordano.

19. Nature of the superconducting transition in thin wires, March Meeting of the American Physical
Society, St. Louis, MO, 1989, N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 34, 426 (1989).

20. Conductance fluctuations in thin Ag films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
St. Louis, MO, 1989, T. L. Meisenheimer and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 34, 414
(1989).

21. Electron heating effects in thin Sb films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, St.
Louis, MO, 1989, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 34, 620 (1989).
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22. Superfluid-normal interface in liquid 4 He, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
St. Louis, MO, 1989, G. Jin and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 34, 679 (1989).

23. Superconductivity in one dimension, presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference,

Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, April, 1989, E. Schuler and N. Giordano.

24. Study of the interface between HeI and HeII, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Anaheim, CA, 1990, G. Jin and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35, 555 (1990).

25. Phase coherence and the effect of an ac electric field on the conductance in a one dimensional
system, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Anaheim, CA, 1990, J. Liu and N.
Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35, 644 (1990).

26. Study of the Kondo effect in thin AuFe films, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Anaheim, CA, 1990, G. Chen and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35, 827 (1990).

27. Superconductivity in thin PbIn wires, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Ana-
heim, CA, 1990, N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 35, 251 (1990).

28. Nonlinear behavior of mesoscopic films in microwave fields, March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Cincinnati, OH, 1991, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36,
659 (1991).

29. Size effects in weak localization, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Cincinnati,
OH, 1991, N. Giordano and M. A. Pennington, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36, 719 (1991).

30. Magnetoresistance of two dimensional disordered systems in perpendicular and parallel fields,
March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN, 1992, N. Giordano, M. A.
Blachly, and M. A. Pennington, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 37, 393 (1992).

31. Photovoltaic effect in Au and Au-Fe microjunctions, March Meeting of the American Physical
Society, Indianapolis, IN, 1992, J. J. Lin, R. E. Bartolo, and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 37, 396 (1992).

32. Kondo effect in one and two dimensions, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Indianapolis, IN, 1992, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 37, 584 (1992).

33. Electron–electron interaction effects in metal–insulator–metal sandwiches, March Meeting of

the American Physical Society, Seattle, WA, 1993, N. Giordano and N. R. Dilley, Bull. Am.
Phys. Soc. 38, 129 (1993).

34. Kondo effect in Cu(Fe): 3D→2D crossover, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Seattle, WA, 1993, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 38, 649 (1993).

35. Kondo effect in one and two dimensions, presented at the Conference on Weak Localiza-
tion, Metal–Insulator Transitions, and Mesoscopic Systems, Eugene, OR, August, 1993, M.
A. Blachly and N. Giordano.

36. Possible observation of tunneling of domain walls in thin Ni wires, March Meeting of the
American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994, K. Hong and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 39, 74 (1994).
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37. Effect of disorder on the kondo effect, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pitts-
burgh, PA, 1994, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39, 732 (1994).

38. New “crosstalk” effect in metal-insulator-metal trilayers, March Meeting of the American Phys-
ical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994, N. Giordano and J. D. Monnier, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39,
749 (1994).

39. Observation of Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the mesoscopic photovoltaic effect, March Meet-
ing of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, 1994, R. E. Bartolo and N. Giordano,
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39, 849 (1994).

40. Photovoltaic effect in small superconducting normal-metal systems, March Meeting of the Amer-
ican Physical Society, San Jose, CA, 1995, R. E. Bartolo and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 40, 206 (1995).

41. Domain wall tunneling in one dimensional Ni wires, March Meeting of the American Physical
Society, San Jose, CA, 1995, K. Hong and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40, 514 (1995).

42. Studies of Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in the mesoscopic photovoltaic effect, March Meeting of
the American Physical Society, San Jose, CA, 1995, R. E. Bartolo and N. Giordano, Bull. Am.
Phys. Soc. 40, 851 (1995).

43. Weak localization-like effects in superconductor-normal-superconductor structures, March Meet-

ing of the American Physical Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1996, M. D. Lawrence and N.
Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41, 737 (1996).

44. Effect of microwaves on domain wall motion in thin Ni wires, March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, St. Louis, MO, March, 1996, K. Hong and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 41, 85 (1996).

45. Proximity-like effects in mesoscopic superconducting-ferromagnetic structures, March Meeting

of the American Physical Society, Kansas City, MO, March, 1997, M. D. Lawrence and N.
Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 767 (1997).

46. Studies of liquid flow in ultra-small structures, March Meeting of the American Physical Society,
Kansas City, MO, March, 1997, G. A. Fiete and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42, 381
(1997).

47. Mesoscopic transport in inhomogeneous magnetic fields, March Meeting of the American Phys-
ical Society, Kansas City, MO, March, 1997, T. M. Jacobs and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 42, 812 (1997).

48. Fabrication and properties of ultra-small fluid-flow structures, March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March, 1998, J. Cheng and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. 43, 685 (1998).

49. Non-Aharonov-Bohm coupling and weak localization, March Meeting of the American Physical
Society, Los Angeles, CA, March, 1998, T. M. Jacobs and N. Giordano, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc.
43, 795 (1998).
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50. Conductance of superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor structures, March Meeting of the

American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA, March, 1998, M. D. Lawrence and N. Giordano,
Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 43, 881 (1998).

51. Motion of piano hammers, presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler Uni-
versity, Indianapolis, IN, April, 1998, J. P. Winans, Jr., and N. Giordano.

52. Flow of classical fluids in small structures, presented at the March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, March, 1999, J-T. Cheng and N. Giordano.

53. Kondo effect in disordered Cu(Mn) thin films, presented at the March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Atlanta, GA, March, 1999, T. M. Jacobs and N. Giordano.

54. Flow of classical fluids in small structures, presented at the March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Seattle, WA, March, 2000, J-T. Cheng and N. Giordano.

55. Domain wall resistance in narrow ferromagnetic wires, presented at the March Meeting of the
American Physical Society, Seattle, WA, March, 2000, B. Çetin and N. Giordano.

56. Hysteretic behavior of piano hammers, presented at the International Symposium on Musical
Acoustics, Perguia, Italy, September, 2001.

57. Observation of slip at the liquid-solid interface in nanoscale liquids, presented at the March
Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN, March, 2002, J-T. Cheng and N.
Giordano.

58. Domain wall resistance in narrow ferromagnetic wires, presented at the March Meeting of the
American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN, March, 2002, B. Çetin and N. Giordano.

59. Resistance fluctuations in Ga near melting, presented at the March Meeting of the American
Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN, March, 2002, J. Millspaw and N. Giordano.

60. Measurement of interfacial area per volume on spatially correlated and uncorrelated micro-
models, J. Cheng, N. Giordano, and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, presented at the Fall Meeting of the
Americal Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 2002.

61. Micro-model studies of multiphase flow in porous media, Jiangtao Cheng, Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte
and N. Giordano, Proceedings of the North American Rock Mechanics Symposium - Tunneling
Association of Canada, July 7-10, 2002, Toronto, Canada.

62. Time and frequency dependence of ion channel fluctuations, J. Wang, Z. Liang, B. Moss, B.
Burrell, and N. Giordano, presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society,
San Antonio, March, 2003.

63. Membrane noise due to thermal fluctuations, J. Wang and N. Giordano, presented at the 47th
Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Antonio, March, 2003.

64. L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, J-T. Cheng, D. Nolte and N. Giordano, Measurement of equilibrium values
of interfacial area per volume on micro-models, presented at the Workshop on Pore Scale Study
of Porous Media Processes, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina, May, 2003.
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65. L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, J-T. Cheng and N. Giordano, Recent advances in multiphase flow and trans-
port in porous media, presented at the European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop, Delft
University of Technology, the Netherlands, June, 2003.

66. Domain wall resistance of narrow Co and permalloy wires, B. Çetin and N. Giordano, presented
at the XI Latin American Congress on Surface Sciences and its Applications, Pucon, Chile,
December, 2003.

67. D. Chen, J. Cheng, D. D. Nolte, N. Giordano, and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Interfacial area per
volume: The link between capillary pressure and saturation, presented at the Fall Meeting of
the Americal Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 2004.

68. L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, D. Chen, D. D. Nolte,and N. J. Giordano, Linking capillary pressure and

saturation through interfacial area in porous media, presented at Euro-Conference 2004: Ge-
omechanics related to Scaling, Potsdam, Germany, September, 2004.

69. Domain wall resistance in narrow ferromagnetic wires, B. Çetin and N. Giordano, presented
at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Montreal, March, 2004.

70. Local versus global interfacial energy density of porous micro-models, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, D.
Chen, N. J. Giordano, and D. D. Nolte, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Americal Geo-
physical Union, San Francisco, CA, 2006.

71. A Model of Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity, K. D. Carlson and N. Giordano, presented at

the Biophysical Society meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 2010.

72. Model for the Induction of Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity by Pre- and Postsynaptic Spike
Trains, K. D. Carlson and N. Giordano, presented at the Nineteenth Annual Computational
Neuroscience Meeting CNS2010, San Antonio, TX, July 2010.

73. Modeling of Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity in the Presence of Complex Spike Protocols, K.
D. Carlson and N. Giordano, to be presented at the Biophysical Society meeting, Baltimore,
MD, March 2011.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Time-reversed antiferromagnetic states in dysprosium aluminum garnet, J. F. Dillon, Jr., E. Y.

Chen, N. Giordano, and W. P. Wolf, Phys. Rev. Lett. 33, 98 (1974).

2. Multiple spin correlation effects, N. Giordano and W. P. Wolf, Magnetism and Magnetic Ma-
terials - 1974, AIP Conf. Proc. 24, 333 (1975).

3. New method for investigating magnetic tricritical points, N. Giordano and W. P. Wolf, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 35, 799 (1975).

4. Tricritical behavior of dysprosium aluminum garnet, N. Giordano and W. P. Wolf, Magnetism

and Magnetic Materials - 1975, AIP Conf. Proc. 29, 459 (1976).

5. Experimental determination of the tricritical crossover exponent, N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B

14, 2927 (1976).
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6. Light scattering from metamagnetic domains in dysprosium aluminum garnet, N. Giordano and
W. P. Wolf, Physica 86-88B, 593 (1977).

7. Experimental study of the tricritical ‘wings’ in dysprosium aluminum garnet, N. Giordano and
W. P. Wolf, Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 342 (1977).

8. Metamagnetism, E. Stryjewski and N. Giordano, Adv. in Phys. 26, 487 (1977).

9. Experimental study of critical, tricritical, and crossover phenomena in dysprosium aluminum

garnet, N. Giordano and W. P. Wolf, J. Appl. Phys. 49, 1359 (1978).

10. Neutron diffraction study of DAG at very low temperatures and in an external magnetic field,
M. Steiner and N. Giordano, J. Phys.(Paris) C 6, T39, p. C6-816 (1978).

11. Experimental study of Anderson localization in thin wires, N. Giordano, W. Gilson, and D. E.
Prober, Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 725 (1979).

12. Induced staggered magnetic fields in antiferromagnets: microscopic mechanisms, N. Giordano

and W. P. Wolf, Phys. Rev. B 21, 2008 (1980).

13. Low temperature heat capacity of P r(OH)3 , G. Fillion, D. Cox, R. Kurtz, N. Giordano, and
W. P. Wolf, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 15-18, 23 (1980).

14. Induced staggered magnetic fields in antiferromagnets: microscopic mechanisms, N. Giordano

and W. P. Wolf, J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 15-18, 409 (1980).

15. Experimental study of induced staggered magnetic fields in dysprosium gallium garnet (DGG),
M. Steiner, L. M. Corliss, J. M. Hastings, M. Blume, N. Giordano, and W. P. Wolf, J. of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 15-18, 451 (1980).

16. Fabrication of 300 Å metal lines with substrate-step techniques, D. E. Prober, M. D. Feuer, and
N. Giordano, Appl. Phys. Lett. 37, 94 (1980); 37, 579 (1980).

17. Experimental study of localization in thin wires, N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 22, 5635 (1980).

18. Localization in thin wires, N. Giordano, in Physics in One Dimension, Eds. J. Bernasconi and
T. Schneider, (Springer-Verlag, 1981), p. 310.

19. Nonmetallic behavior of thin Pt and AuPd films, J. T. Masden and N. Giordano, Physica 107B,
1 (1981).

20. Localization effects in thin Pt wires, J. T. Masden and N. Giordano, Physica 107B, 3 (1981).

21. Experimental study of excess low frequency noise in tin, D. M. Fleetwood and N. Giordano,
Phys. Rev. B bf 25, 1427 (1982).

22. Neutron diffraction study of the magnetic structure of dysprosium aluminum garnet, M. Steiner
and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 25, 6886 (1982).

23. Length-dependent resistance of thin wires, J. T. Masden and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. Lett.
49, 819 (1982).
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24. Resistivity dependence of 1/f noise in metal films, D. M. Fleetwood and N. Giordano, Phys.
Rev. B 27, 667 (1983).

25. 1/f noise in platinum films and ultrathin platinum wires: evidence for a common, bulk origin,
D. M. Fleetwood, J. T. Masden, and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 450 (1983).

26. Experimental study of the flow of liquid 4 He through very small channels: finite size effects near
Tλ , N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 27, 5447 (1983).

27. Length dependence of localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin metal films,
J. T. Masden and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 27, 6522 (1983).

28. 1/f noise in metal films: resistivity dependence and sample to sample variations, D. M. Fleet-
wood and N. Giordano, in the Proceedings of the (joint) 7th International Conference on Noise
in Physical Systems, and 3rd International Conference on 1/f Noise, Montpellier, France, 1983,
M. Savelli, G. Lecoy, and J-P. Nougier, eds., p. 201.

29. Effect of strain on the 1/f noise of metal films, D. M. Fleetwood and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev.
B 28, 3625 (1983).

30. Vibrating superleak second sound transducers: Theory and experiment, N. Giordano, J. Low
Temp. Phys. 55, 495 (1984).

31. Temperature dependence of the 1/f noise of carbon resistors, D. M. Fleetwood, T. Postel, and
N. Giordano, J. Appl. Phys. 56, 3256 (1984).

32. Fabrication of 80 Å metal wires, W. D. Williams and N. Giordano, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 55, 410
(1984).

33. Observation of critical velocity effects in vibrating superleak second sound transducers, N. Gior-
dano, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, U. Eck-
ern, A. Schmid, W. Weber, and H. Wuhl, eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1984), p. 307

34. Theory of critical velocity effects in vibrating superleak second sound transducers, N. Giordano
and P. Muzikar, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics,
U. Eckern, A. Schmid, W. Weber, and H. Wuhl, eds. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1984), p.
309

35. Localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin Bi wires and films, D. E. Beutler
and N. Giordano, Proceedings on the International Conference on Localization Interactions and
Transport in Impure Metals, Supplement, Braunschweig, West Germany, L. Schweitzer and B.
Kramer, eds., PTB publication PG-1, 1984, p. 19.

36. Direct link between 1/f noise and low-energy defects in a disordered metal alloy, D. M. Fleetwood
and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 31, 1157 (1985).

37. Localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin Pt wires, J. T. Masden and N.
Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 31, 6395 (1985).

38. Dissipation in vibrating superleak second sound transducers, N. Giordano, J. Low Temp. Phys.
59, 247 (1985).
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39. Observation of the Nyquist phase-coherence time in thin Au-Pd wires, J. J. Lin and N. Giordano,
Phys. Rev. B 33, 1519 (1986).

40. Experimental study of localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin Au wires, W.
D. Williams and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 33, 8146 (1986).

41. Detection and generation of first sound in 4 He by vibrating superleak transducers, N. Giordano
and N. Edison, J. Low Temp. Phys. 64, 29 (1986).

42. Critical velocity effects in vibrating superleaks - vortex nucleation processes, P. Muzikar and N.
Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 34, 4634 (1986).

43. Localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin Au-Pd films and wires, J. J. Lin
and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 35, 545 (1987).

44. Electron scattering times from weak localization studies of Au-Pd films, J. J. Lin and N. Gior-
dano, Phys. Rev. B 35, 1071 (1987).

45. Resistance fluctuations in thin Bi wires and films, D. E. Beutler, T. L. Meisenheimer, and N.
Giordano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1240 (1987).

46. The role of temperature in sample-to-sample comparisons of the 1/f noise of metal films, D. M.
Fleetwood, D. E. Beutler, J. T. Masden, and N. Giordano, J. Appl. Phys. 61, 5308 (1987).

47. Interface in an Ising model with a spatially varying coupling constant, N. Giordano, P. Muzikar,
and S. S. C. Burnett, Phys. Rev. B 36, 667 (1987).

48. Numerical study of conductance fluctuations in disordered metals, N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B
36, 4190 (1987).

49. Finite size effects in the electrical conduction of thin wires, J. T. Masden and N. Giordano,
Phys. Rev. B 36, 4197 (1987).

50. Universal conductance fluctuations in dirty metals, T. L. Meisenheimer, D. E. Beutler, and

N. Giordano, in the Proceeding of the Ninth International Conference on Noise in Physical
Systems, edited by C. M. Van Vliet (World Scientific, Singapore, 1987), p. 499.

51. Effect of an AC electric field on localization in thin metal films, J. Liu and N. Giordano,
proceedings of the University of Tokyo International Symposium on Anderson Localization,
1987.

52. Conductance fluctuations in thin metal films, T. L. Meisenheimer, D. E. Beutler, and N. Gior-
dano, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 26, 695 (1987).

53. Numerical study of universal conductance fluctuations, N. Giordano, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 26,
729 (1987).

54. Theoretical modeling of the He I - He II interface, N. Giordano and P. Muzikar, Jpn. J. Appl.
Phys. 26, 61 (1987).

55. Dimensionality of electron-electron scattering and interaction effects in thin wires and films, D.
E. Beutler and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 36, 7705 (1987).
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56. Localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin Bi wires and films, D. E. Beutler
and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 38, 8 (1988).

57. Conductance fluctuations in disordered metals: dependence on the degree of disorder, N. Gior-
dano, Phys. Rev. B 38, 4746 (1988).

58. Evidence for macroscopic quantum tunneling in one dimensional superconductors, N. Giordano,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2137 (1988).

59. Suppression of the transition temperature in a one-dimensional superconductor, N. Giordano

and E. Sweetland, Phys. Rev. B 39, 6455 (1989).

60. Effect of an AC electric field on phase coherence in thin metal films, J. Liu and N. Giordano,
Phys. Rev. B 39, 9894 (1989).

61. Conductance fluctuations in thin Ag films, T. L. Meisenheimer and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev.
B 39, 9929 (1989).

62. Defect motion and low frequency noise in metals, N. Giordano, Reviews of Solid State Science
3, 27 (1989).

63. Interface in a three dimensional X-Y model with a spatially varying coupling constant, P.
Muzikar and N. Giordano, Physica A 157, 742 (1989).

64. Nature of the superconducting transition in very thin wires, N. Giordano, in Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Nanostructure Physics and Fabrication, edited by W. P. Kirk and
M. A. Reed (Wiley, 1989), p. 473.

65. Electron heating effects in thin Sb films, J. Liu, T. L. Meisenheimer, and N. Giordano, Phys.
Rev. B 40, 7527 (1989).

66. Macroscopic quantum tunneling and related effects in a one dimensional superconductor, N.
Giordano and E. R. Schuler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 2417 (1989).

67. Study of dissipation in a one dimensional superconductor: evidence for macroscopic quantum
tunneling, N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 41, 6350 (1990).

68. Phase coherence and the effect of an ac electric field on the conductance of a disordered one
dimensional system, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 41, 9728 (1990).

69. Giant conductance fluctuations in thin wires, N. Giordano and E. R. Schuler, Phys. Rev. B
41, 11822 (1990).

70. Design and operation of a thermal sensor with submicron spatial resolution, G. Jin and N.
Giordano, J. Low Temp. Phys. 81, 55 (1990).

71. Nonlinear response of a mesoscopic system, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Physica B 165&166, 279
(1990).

72. Thickness dependence of the Kondo effect in AuFe films, G. Chen and N. Giordano, Physica B
165&166, 455 (1990).
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73. Macroscopic quantum effects in a one dimensional superconductor, N. Giordano, in Macroscopic

Quantum Phenomena, edited by T. D. Clark, H. Prance, R. J. Prance, and T. P. Spiller (World
Scientific, 1991), page 91.

74. Superconductivity and dissipation in small diameter PbIn wires, N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B
43, 160 (1991).

75. Weak localization, electron-electron interactions, and Joule heating in the presence of a mi-
crowave electric field in thin metal films, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 43, 1385
(1991).

76. Electron-phonon scattering in thin Sb films, J. Liu and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B43, 3928
(1991).

77. Thickness dependence of the Kondo effect in AuFe films, G. Chen and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev.
Lett. 66, 209 (1991).

78. Universal conductance fluctuations, defect motion, and low frequency noise in metal films, N.
Giordano, a chapter in the book Mesoscopic Phenomena in Solids, edited by B. L. Al’tshuler,
P. A. Lee, and R. A. Webb (Elsevier, 1991), p. 131.

79. Mesoscopic photovoltaic effect, J. Liu, M. A. Pennington, and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 45,
1267, (1992).

80. Photovoltaic effect in Au and Au(Fe) microjunctions, J. J. Lin, R. E. Bartolo, and N. Giordano,
Phys. Rev. B 45, 14231 (1992).

81. Observation of spin polarization effects in disordered metals, N. Giordano and M. A. Penning-
ton, Phys. Rev. B 45, 14238 (1992).

82. Kondo effect in one dimensional Au(Fe), M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 46,
2951 (1992).

83. Phase breaking due to combined magnetic and microwave fields in disordered conductors, J. Liu
and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 46, 7027 (1992).

84. New mesoscopic effects in systems containing magnetic impurities, N. Giordano and M. A.
Blachly, in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on New Phenomena in Mesoscopic
Structures, Maui (1992).

85. Two dimensional weak localization in combined perpendicular and parallel magnetic fields, N.
Giordano and M. A. Pennington, Phys. Rev. B 47, 9693 (1993).

86. Electron–electron scattering in metal–insulator–metal sandwiches, N. Giordano and N. R. Dilley,

Phys. Rev. B 48, 4675 (1993).

87. Alteration of electron-electron interaction effects in metal-insulator-metal trilayers, N. Giordano

and J. D. Monnier, Europhys. Lett. 24, 127 (1993).

88. Magnetization reversal and domain wall motion in thin Ni wires, N. Giordano and J. D. Mon-
nier, Physica B 194-196, 1009 (1994).
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89. Kondo “proximity” effect, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Physica B 194-196, 983 (1994).

90. Kondo effect in Cu(Fe) films, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 49, 6788 (1994).

91. Kondo effect in quasi-two dimensions: The role of disorder, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano,
Europhys. Lett. 27, 687 (1994).

92. Crosstalk effect in metal-insulator-metal trilayers, N. Giordano and J. D. Monnier, Phys. Rev.
B 50, 9363 (1994).

93. Superconducting fluctuations in one dimension, N. Giordano, Physica B 203, 460 (1994).

94. Kondo effect in systems of reduced dimensionality, M. A. Blachly and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev.
B 51, 12537 (1995).

95. Tunneling of domain walls in one dimensional ferromagnets, K. Hong and N. Giordano, in
Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization – QTM ’94 (Kluwer, 1995), p. 257.

96. Approach to mesoscopic magnetic measurements, K. Hong and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 51,
9855 (1995).

97. New effects in ferromagnetic nanostructures, K. Hong and N. Giordano, J. of Mag. and Magn.
Mater. 151, 396 (1995).

98. Photovoltaic effect in small superconducting-normal metal systems, R. E. Bartolo and N. Gior-
dano, Phys. Rev. B 54, 3571 (1996).

99. Evidence for domain wall tunneling in a quasi-one dimensional ferromagnet, K. Hong and N.
Giordano, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 8, L301 (1996).

100. Low frequency electrical noise in Ni: The effects of magnetic fluctuations, N. Giordano, Phys.
Rev. B 53, 14937 (1996).

101. Magnetoresistance of small kondo systems, N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 53, 2487 (1996).

102. On catching fly balls, T. M. Jacobs, M. D. Lawrence, K. Hong, N. Giordano, Jr., and N.
Giordano, Sr., Science 273, 257 (1996).

103. Effect of microwaves on domain wall motion in thin Ni wires, K. Hong and N. Giordano,
Europhys. Lett. 36, 147 (1996).

104. Motion of a piano string: Longitudinal vibrations and the role of the bridge, N. Giordano and
A. J. Korty, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100, 3899 (1996).

105. Weak localization-like effects in superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor structures, M. D.

Lawrence and N. Giordano, J. Phys. Cond. Matter 8, L563 (1996).

106. Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of the photovoltaic effect in submicron Au rings, R. E. Bartolo, X.

Wang, G. Bernstein, and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 55, 2384 (1997).

107. Simple model of a piano soundboard, N. Giordano, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 102, 1159 (1997).
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108. 1/f -like fluctuations in Ni, N. Giordano, in the Proceedings of the International Conference on
Noise and Fluctuations, Leuven, Belgium, (1997).

109. Mechanical impedance of a piano soundboard, N. Giordano, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103, 2128
(1998).

110. Resistance of a domain wall in a thin ferromagnetic wire, K. Hong and N. Giordano, J. Phys.
Cond. Matter. 10, L401 (1998).

111. Small Au rings with a magnet in the center, T. M. Jacobs and N. Giordano, Superlattices and
Microstructures, 23, 635 (1998).

112. Physics of vibrating strings, N. Giordano, Computers in Physics, March/April, p. 138 (1998).

113. Sound production by a piano soundboard: Experiment, N. Giordano, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 103,
1648 (1998).

114. Kondo size effect in thin Cu(Mn) films, T. M. Jacobs and N. Giordano, Europhys. Lett. 44,
74 (1998).

115. Proximity effects in superconductor-ferromagnet junctions, M. D. Lawrence and N. Giordano,

J. Phys. Cond. Matter 11, 1089 (1998).

116. Numerical and experimental models of fluid flow in single fractures and fracture networks, J.-T.
Cheng, M. R. Dorbin, G. A. Fiete, A. Lumsdaine, J. Tran, M. Gaston, L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, and
N. Giordano, to be published.

117. Thermoelectric single-photon detectors: Isotropic Seebeck sensors, D. Van Vechten, K. Wood, G.
Gritz, A. Gyulamiryan, V. Nikogosyan, N. Giordano, T. M. Jacobs, and A. Gulian, Proceedings
of the 8th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, Baltimore, July, 1999.

118. Plucked strings and the harpsichord, N. Giordano and J. P. Winans, Jr., J. of Sound and
Vibration, 224, 455-473 (1999).

119. Piano hammers and their force compression characteristics: Does a power law make sense?, N.
Giordano and J. P. Winans, Jr., J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 107, 2248 (2000).

120. Effect of disorder on the Kondo behavior of thin Cu(Mn) films, T. M. Jacobs and N. Giordano,
to be published.

121. Kondo effect in small metal systems, N. Giordano and T. M. Jacobs, Physica B 280, 434 (2000).

122. Substrate dependence of kondo and local moment physics in thin metal films, N. Giordano and
T. M. Jacobs, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 6079 (2000).

123. Kondo behavior of multilayers: Local-moment physics near surfaces, T. M. Jacobs and N.
Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 62, 14145 (2000).

124. High-Z Lanthanum-Cerium Hexaborate thin films for low-temperature applications, A. Kuzanyan,
G. Badalyan, S. Harutyunyan, A. Gyulamiryan, V. Vartanyan, S. Petrosyan, N. Giordano, T.
Jacobs, K. Wood, G. Fritz, S. B. Qadri, J. Horwitz, H.-D. Wu, D. Van Vechten, and A. Gulian,
Proc. MRS (San Francisco, Fall, 2000).
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125. Single-photon energy resolving (QVD) detectors based on thermoelectric sensors and digital
superconducting readout for hyperspectral imaging, K. Wood, G. Fritz G., D. Van Vechten,
A. Gulian, N. Giordano, T. Jacobs, J. Horwitz, H.-D. Wu., S. Qadri, A. Gyulamiryan, and
A. Kuzanyan, in the proceedings of the Conf. Space Astrophysics Detectors and Detector
Technologies (NASA, Baltimore, 2000).

126. Musical acoustics and computational science, N. Giordano and J. Roberts, in Computational
Science - ICCS 2001, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, eds. V. N. Alexandrov, J. J. Don-
garra, B. A. Juliano, R. S. Renner, and C. J. K. Tan (Springer, 2001) part I, p. 1041.

127. Experimental and computational studies of the piano, N. Giordano, M. Jiang, and S. Dietz,
Proceedings of the 17th International Congress on Acoustics, 2001, vol. 4.

128. Domain wall resistance and magnetoresistance of narrow ferromagnetic wires, B. Çetin and N.
Giordano, Mat. Sci. and Eng. B84, 133 (2001).

129. Nanofabrication and liquids: Progress and opportunities, J-T. Cheng and N. Giordano, J. Phys.
Condensed Matter 13, R1 (2001).

130. Fluid flow through nanometer-scale channels, J.-T. Cheng and N. Giordano, Phys. Rev. B 65,
031206 (2002).

131. On hearing the ‘shape’ of a vibrating string, N. Giordano, Computing in Science and Engineer-
ing, May/June 2002, p. 100.

132. Micro-model studies of multiphase flow in porous media, Jiangtao Cheng, Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte
and N. Giordano, Proceedings of the North American Rock Mechanics Symposium - Tunneling
Association of Canada, 2002.

133. Single phase flow in a fracture: Micro-model experiments and network flow simulation, Jiang-
tao Cheng, J. P. Morris, J. J. Tran, A. Lumsdaine, N. J. Giordano, and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte,
International Journal of Rock Mechanics 41, 687-693 (2004).

134. Linking pressure and saturation through interfacial areas in porous media, J.-T. Cheng, L. J.
Pyrak-Nolte, D. D. Nolte, and N. Giordano, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, Art. No. L08502 (2004).

135. Electron transport and magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic nanostructures, N. Giordano and B.

Çetin, Phys. Stat. Solidi B241, 2404-2409 (2004).

136. Domain wall resistance in narrow Co wires, B. Çetin and N. Giordano, Phys. Stat. Solidi
B241, 2410-2414 (2004).

137. Physical modeling of the piano, N. Giordano and M. Jiang, European Journal of Applied Signal
Processing, special issue, 2004-7, 926-933 (2004).

138. Force-compression behavior of fortepiano hammers, N. Giordano, in the proceedings of the

International Symposium on Musical Acoustics, Nara, Japan, 2004.

139. Using physical modeling to learn about the piano, N. Giordano, in the proceedings of the Inter-
national Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto, Japan, 2004.
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140. Measurement of interfacial area per volume for drainage and imbibition, D.Q. Chen, L.J. Pyrak-
Nolte, J. Griffin, and N.J. Giordano, Water Res. Res. 43, W12504 (2007).

141. Development of a concept-inventory-based test in nanoscale science and engineering and its
use at a professional development institute, A. K. Szeto, L. A. Bryan, N. J. Giordano, G. M.
Bodner, E. D. Wischow, S. R. Daly, K. M Hutchinson, D. A. Sederberg, F. Benaissa, and R.
Batchelor, Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (2008).

142. Relating capillary pressure to interfacial areas, Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., D. D. Nolte, D. Chen, and
N. J. Giordano (2008), Water Resour. Res., 44, W06408, doi:10.1029/2007WR006434.

143. Weak localization and electron electron interaction effects in thin metal wires and films, N.
Giordano, in Fifty Years of Anderson Localization, E. Abrahams, ed., World Scientific, 2010,
p. 269.

144. Interplay of the magnitude and time-course of postsynaptic Ca2+ concentration in producing
spike timing-dependent plasticity, K. D. Carlson and N. Giordano, J. Comput. Neurosci. (2010),
doi:10.1007/s10827-010-0290-z.

145. The first piano made in America: The grand pianoforte of Johann Behrent, N. Giordano, pro-
ceedings of the International Colloquium of the German Federal Cultural Foundation Analysis
and Description of Music Instruments using Engineering Methods, May 2011.

146. Some remarks on the acoustics of the piano, N. Giordano, a chapter in The Science of String
Instruments, T. D. Rossing, ed., Springer, 2011.

147. Evolution of music wire and its impact on the development of the piano, N. Giordano, Proceed-
ings on Meetings on Acoustics 12, 035002 (2011).

148. Facilitating Teachers’ Development of Nanoscale Science Content Knowledge, L. A. Bryan, D.

Sederberg, S. Daly, D. Sears, and N. Giordano, Nanotechnology Reviews 1, 85-95 (2012).

149. Direct numerical simulation of a recorder, N. Giordano, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 133, 1111-1118
(2013).

150. Direct numerical simulation of the recorder in two and three dimensions, N. Giordano, Proc.
Meet. Acoust. 19, 035062 (2013).

151. Numerical modeling of a recorder in three dimensions, N. Giordano in the Proceedings of the
Stockholm Music Acoustics Conference, 5 pages (2013).

152. Simulation studies of a recorder in three dimensions, N. Giordano, J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 135,
906-916 (2014).

153. Nonlinear effects at woodwind toneholes, presented in the proceedings of the International Sym-
posium on Musical Acoustics, Le Mans, France, 6 pages, July 2014.