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Author:

Sengeh, Joseph

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Carbon Fibers
Carbon-Carbon Composites
Methane Storage
Carbon Precursors
Polymer Precursors
Oxidative Stability
Carbon Yield
Volumetric and Gravimetric Capacity

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Committee Members:

Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Semih Eser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Iams, Andrew

Title:

Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
duplex stainless steel
microstructure
mechanical properties

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Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lucille Giannuzzi, Special Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hall, Nicole

Title:

Discovering Photocatalytic Materials From First Principles

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Density-functional theory
Photocatalyst
DFT+U

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Molina, Alex

Title:

Semiconductor Surface Passivation and Metallization for Schottky Diodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Schottky diodes
contacts
transition metals
semiconductor structures
gallium nitride
rhenium
molybdenum carbonitride
atomic layer deposition
energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray diffraction
hydrobromic acid
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
electron beam evaporation
sputtering
surface passivation
metallization

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Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rongming Chu, Outside Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Xin

Title:

MATERIALS DESIGN OF DIELECTRIC POLYMERS FOR ENERGY STORAGE, ELECTROCALORIC COOLING, AND ELECTRO-ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Dielectric polymer
PVDF-based polymers
Electrocaloric cooling
electromechanical coupling
capacitors
energy storage

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Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Co-Chair of Committee
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qing Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Qiming Zhang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lin, Yinan

Title:

Mixed Modifier Effect in Aluminosilicate Glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

aluminosilicate-based glass
dissolution
dynamic
mixed modifier effect.
aluminosilicate glass
mixed modifier effect
mechanical
glass transition

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Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Han, Zhubing

Title:

Understanding the composition–structure–property relationships and enhancing the electromechanical responses in ferroelectric polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Ferroelectric polymers
Piezoelectric polymers
PVDF
Dielectrics

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Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Field Member
Qing Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shaffer, Derek

Title:

Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Precipitation Hardening
17-4 PH
Martensitic Stainless Steel
Solution Heat Treatment
Aging

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Outside Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lin, Yen Ting

Title:

Understanding glass-water interactions by spectroscopic investigation of surface structure

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Glass surface
AFM-IR
Water Adsorption
Spectroscopy
Material Interfaces

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Committee Members:

Bryan Vogt, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Themis Matsoukas, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Christian W. Pester, Special Signatory

Author:

Gesualdi, Jarrod

Title:

Chemistry-structure-property relations in the AlCrFeMnNi alloy system

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemistry
metallurgy
corrosion
microstructure
thermodynamics

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Committee Members:

Amanda Johnsen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bachu, Saiphaneendra

Title:

Probing the Interfaces in Two-dimensional Heterostructures Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
vertical heterostructures
in-plane heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
cathodoluminescence

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Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Huaiyu

Title:

Phonons at Phase Boundaries in Electronic and Structural Transitions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Structural perturbation
Phonons
Ultrafast
X-ray Diffraction
Raman spectroscopy
Quantum Materials
Ferroelectric Nanotextures
Phase Transition

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Haidan Wen, Special Member

Author:

Nieves Sanabria, Cesar

Title:

Dynamics of ion transport and charge compensation in thermally poled glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

glass
ion migration
thermal poling
tsdc
comsol
dielectric breakdown
acid leaching
polymer coating
electrical properties

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member

Author:

Rosoff-Verbit, Brett

Title:

Liberation of Graphene-like Nanoplatelets and Sub-micron Particles from Anthracite Coal through Chemically Aided Attrition Milling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Graphene
anthracite
coal
nanomaterial
nano
attrition
milling

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Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
John C Mauro, Committee Member

Author:

Gerace, Katy

Title:

Exploring the fundamental contributions to the dielectric properties of LiNbO3 and NaNbO3 glass-ceramics with microwave frequency measurements

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

glass
glass-ceramics
dielectric properties
microwave frequency

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member

Author:

Kuznetsova, Tatiana

Title:

Enhancing properties of perovskite ferroelectrics and correlated metals via precise stoichiometry control

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
Complex oxides
Transparent conductors
Thin films

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qi Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Fazlioglu Yalcin, Benazir

Title:

Elucidating the Growth Kinetics of Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy: An Experimental and Computational Approach

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

hybrid molecular beam epitaxy
thin films
oxide
ReaxFF
metal organics
thermogravimetric analysis
chalcogenide

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Han, Aijie

Title:

Using the semidilute unentangled concentration regime to determine the molecular weights of polyelectrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Polyelectrolyte solutions
polymer physics
rheology

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ralph Colby, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Urara Hasegawa, Major Field Member

Author:

Dai, Cheng

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF CONTROLLING AND DESIGNING FERROELECTRIC TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND HIDDEN PHASES IN SUPERLATTICE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Topological phase
Hidden phase
Superlattice
Design strategy
Control

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Miao, Leixin

Title:

Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy for Nanostructure Interpretation in High-Entropy Oxides and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Transmission Electron Mircoscopy
High Entropy Oxides
Ferroelectric
Domain Structure
Nanostructure
Image Processing
Ferrovalley Materials
Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Hou, Yuchen

Title:

Novel Bio-inspired Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Halide perovskite
Photovoltaic
Optoelectronic system
Biomolecular engineering
Bio-inspiration

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Shashank Priya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Ding, Dazhong

Title:

Property degradation and microstructure damage of tungsten in ultra high temperature environments

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

tungsten
plasma
microstructure
fusion materials
ultrashort pulsed laser

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jean Paul Allain, Major Field Member
Sean Knecht, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Leigh Winfrey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Peeke, Lachlan M

Title:

Printed Electronics Evolution: Analyzing Extrusion Methods, Force Modeling, and the Integration of 3D Printed Biosensors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Electronics
Biosensor
Toolpath
Extrusion

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Committee Members:

Luke Andrew Mc Clure Lyle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Campbell, Ian

Title:

Experimental and Computational Investigations of Platinum and Gallium Nitride Vapor Deposition Processes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

atomic layer deposition
chemical vapor deposition
platinum
gallium nitride
density functional theory
mesoporous nitrogen doped carbon
nuclei
particle
thin film

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Committee Members:

Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kotsonis, George

Title:

High-Entropy Oxides: Epitaxial Growth, Kinetic Dependencies, and Linear Optical Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Oxides
Entropy
Epitaxy

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Committee Members:

Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xu, Yifan

Title:

Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Block copolymer
Photonic band gap property
Nonlinear optical property
Responsive materials

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zorn, Jacob

Title:

Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

phase-field
thermodynamic
ferroelectric
landau theory
TDGL
Cahn-Hilliard
Allen-Cahn

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member

Author:

Fair, Ryan

Title:

EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Conjugated polymers
TEM
Persistence Length
Gel Permeation Chromatorgraphy
Light Scattering
GIWAXS
SANS
4D STEM
Organic Photovoltaic
Organic Field Effect Transistor
Organic Electronics

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Goodling, Devin

Title:

Compositional Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties in Thin Film Zn1-xMgxO

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

ZnO
ferroelectric
ZnMgO
RF sputtering

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Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Min, Lujin

Title:

Studies on Quantum Transport and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantum transport
Magnetism
Nonlinear Hall effect
High entropy material

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member