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Author:

Essel, Jonathan Thomas

Title:

Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

energetic materials
supercritical fluids
nanotechnology
RESS process

File:

Download Jonathan_Essel_Final_Thesis__all_color__with_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Joshi, Kaushik

Title:

Development and application of Reaxff reactive force field for hydrocarbon cracking on an aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
reactive force field
hydrocarbon cracking

File:

Download Kaushik_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Sung-yup

Title:

Development Of A Reaxff Reactive Force Field For Titanium Dioxide/ Water Systems And Its Applications To Etching, Nanoparticles With Organic Solvents And Ion Adsorptions On Nanocrystalline Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Reactive force field
titanium dioxide
nanoparticle

File:

Download Ph_D_Thesis_Sung-Yup_13Mar13.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shiqing

Title:

experimental studies on condensed-phase interactions of hypergolic propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic propellant; Monomethylhydrazine; Tetramethylethylened

File:

Download Shiqing_Wangs_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Steven Wesley

Title:

Energetic Intermetallic Materials Formed by Cold Spray

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Spray
Intermetallic
Energetic Material
Nickel
Aluminum
Combustion Synthesis
Additive Manufacturing

File:

Download SWD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

Togai, Kuninori

Title:

Kinetic Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Plasma-assisted Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

plasma-assisted combustion
low-temperature combustion
chemical kinetics
plasma chemistry
nonequilibrium plasma

File:

Download Dissertation_Togai.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

Sim, Hyung Sub

Title:

Understanding the role of multifunctional nanoengineered particulate additives on supercritical pyrolysis and combustion of hydrocarbon fuels/propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical Pyrolysis
Supercritical Combustion
Particulate Fuel Additives
Graphene
Platinum Nanoparticles
Hydrocarbons

File:

Download Hyung_Sub_Sim_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_May_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Jain, Abhishek

Title:

Multi-Scale Investigations in Soot Formation and Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-scale
Soot formation
Chemical Vapor Deposition
simulation
nanomaterials

File:

Download AJ-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Kaiqiang

Title:

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM OF AQUEOUS HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Material
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Dynamics
Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
Thermal Decomposition

File:

Download HAN_decomposition_Dissertation_Kaiqiang_Zhang_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member

Author:

Patidar, Lalit

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_LalitPatidar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair