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(14) Long, M., M.A. Sprague, A.A. Grimes, B.D. Rich, and M. Khine, 3-D Shrinky-Dink vortex micromixer: Efficient mixing at low Reynolds numbers. Applied Physics Letters. Submitted for review on 14 October 2008.

(13) Ross, M., M.A. Sprague, C.A. Felippa, and K.C. Park, Treatment of acoustic fluid-structure interaction by localized Lagrange multipliers: 2D and 3D simulations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. Submitted for review on 16 June 2008; accepted for publication.

(12) Ross, M., C.A. Felippa, K.C. Park, and M.A. Sprague, Treatment of acoustic fluid-structure interaction by localized Lagrange multipliers: Formulation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 197, 2008, 3057-3079 (view pdf).

(11) Serre, E., M.A. Sprague, and R.L. Lueptow, Stability of Taylor-Couette flow in a finite-length cavity with with radial throughflow, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, 2008, 034106 (view pdf).

(10) Sprague, M.A., P.D. Weidman, S. Macumber, and P.F. Fischer, Tailored Taylor Vortices, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, 2008, 014102 (view pdf).

(9) Sprague, M.A. and T.L. Geers, Legendre spectral finite elements for structural dynamics analysis, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, DOI 1002/cnm.1086, 2007 (available online) (view pdf).

(8) Sprague, M., K. Julien, E. Knobloch, and J. Werne, Numerical simulation of an asymptotically reduced system for rotationally constrained convection, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 551, 2006, 141-174 (view pdf).

(7) Sprague, M.A. and T.L. Geers, A spectral/finite-element analysis of a frigate-like structure subjected to an underwater explosion, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 195, 2006, 2149-2167 (view pdf).

(6) Sprague, M.A. and T.L. Geers, A spectral-element method for modeling cavitation in transient fluid-structure interaction, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 60, 2004, pp. 2467-2499 (view pdf), with erratum appearing in Vol. 61, p. 1976 (view pdf).

(5) Sprague, M.A. and T.L. Geers, Spectral elements and field Separation for an acoustic fluid subject to cavitation, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 184, 2003, pp. 149-162 (view pdf) .

(4) Sprague, M.A. and T.L. Geers, Computational approximations for near-free-surface shock analysis, Shock and Vibration, Vol. 8, 2001, pp. 105-122 (view pdf).

(3) Sprague, M.A. and T.L. Geers, Response of empty and fluid-filled, submerged spherical shells to plane or spherical, step-exponential waves, Shock and Vibration, Vol. 6, 1999, pp. 147-157 (view pdf).

(2) Sprague, M., W. Semke, R. Engelstad, E. Lovell, A. Chalupka, H. Loschner, and G. Stengle, Stencil mask distortion control using nonsymmetric perforation rings, Microelectronic Engineering, 41/42, 1998, pp. 225-228 (view pdf) .

(1) Shamoun, B., M. Sprague, F. Bedford, and R. Engelstad, X-ray mask distortions During e-beam patterning, Microelectronic Engineering, 41/42, 1998, pp. 283-286 (view pdf)

Serre, E., M.A. Sprague, and R.M. Lueptow, The effect of radial through-flow on the stability of Taylor-Couette flow. International Conference on Compuational and Experimental Engineering, Hawaii, March 16-20, 2008 (view pdf).

Weidman, P.D., M.A. Sprague, S. Macumber, Tailored Taylor Vortices. Proceedings of the 15th International Couette-Taylor Workshop, Le Havre, France, July 9-12, 2007 (view pdf).

Serre, E., M. Sprague, P. Bontoux, R.M. Lueptow, The effect of radial through-flow on the stability of Taylor-Couette flow. Proceedings of the 15th International Couette-Taylor Workshop, Le Havre, France, July 9-12, 2007 (view pdf).

Sprague, M., K. Julien, E. Serre, J. Sanchez-Alvarez, and E. Crespo del Arco, Pattern Formation in Rayleigh-Benard Convection in a Rapidly Rotating Cylinder, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, 2005, Williamsburg, VA (view pdf).

Sanchez, J., E. Serre, M. Sprague, E. Crespo del Arco, F. Busse, Numerical Investigation of the Transition to Spatio-Temporal-Chaos in Rotating Rayleigh-Benard Convection, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, May 17-20, 2005, Paris, France (view pdf).

Sprague, M., K. Julien, E. Knobloch, and J. Werne, DNS of reduced equations for rotationally constrained nonhydrostatic flows. 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge, MA, June 12-17, 2005 (view abstract pdf) .

Sprague, M., K. Julien, E. Knobloch, R. Millif, and J. Werne, Numerical Simulation of a Reduced Set of Equations for Rapidly Rotating Convection on the Tilted f-Plane. American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, New Jersey, 25 November 2003 (view abstract pdf).

Sprague, M.A. and Geers, T.L., A Spectral-Element Method for Modeling Cavitation in Transient Fluid-Structure Interaction, presented by M.A. Sprague at the 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, July, 2003 (view abstract pdf) .

Sprague, M.A. and Geers, T.L., A Spectral-Element Method for Modeling Cavitation in Transient Fluid-Structure Interaction: 3-D Evaluation, presented by T.L. Geers at the 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, July, 2003 (view abstract pdf).

Sprague, M.A., Geers, T.L., and Zhang, P., Internal Doubly Asymptotic Approximations, presented by T.L. Geers at the 70th Shock and Vibration Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1999.

Fisher, A., Sprague, M., Engelstad, R., Laird, D., and Nash, S., Stability and Stiffness Characteristics of the National X-ray Mask Standard, Proceedings of the SPIE 1997 Symposium on Electron-Beam, X-ray, EUV, and Ion-Beam Submicrometer Lithographies for Manufacturing, 1997, pp. 288-298 (view pdf).

Sprague, M. and Blumenthal, W., Characterization of the Friction Properties of Ceramic Powders, poster presentation at the American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, 4 May 1997 (view abstract).

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