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Author:

Artemiou, Andreas A

Title:

A probabilistic explanation of a natural phenomenon

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Random Covariance Matrix
Principal Components
Regression
Correlation
Eigenpairs
Orientationally Uniform Distribution
Dimension Reduction

File:

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Committee Members:

Bing Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hazzan, Afeez Abiola

Title:

DISPARITIES IN THE RATES OF ADMISSION FOR AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE CONDITIONS AMONG CHILDREN LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Population Health
Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Health Disparities
Child Health

File:

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Committee Members:

Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Patwardhan, Ashish Anil

Title:

Thermal Sensing Using Micromachined Y-cut Quartz Resonators

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

micromachined
thermal sensing
QCM
resonators
Quartz
mems

File:

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Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hirsh, Andrew

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric T-Beam Actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

T-Beam
Actuator
Piezoelectric

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mitchel, Aaron Daniell

Title:

RESOLVING COMPETITION IN BILINGUAL STATISTICAL LEARNING PARADIGMS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

language acquisition
speech segmentation
statistical learning
face processing

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel J Weiss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Siwy, Andrew David

Title:

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF OXIDES FORMED ON GENERATION-IV CANDIDATE STEEL ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

steel
Gen-IV
LBE
LFR
SCW
SCWR
HT-9
9Cr ODS
oxide
EDS
EELS
FIB
TEM
Generation IV

File:

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Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Griffiths, Amy E.

Title:

Investigation of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Involvement in Catalysis by the Hydro-lyase Quinolinate Synthase

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

iron-sulfur
NadA
quinolinate synthase

File:

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Committee Members:

Squire J Booker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Groenendyk, Allison Erin

Title:

Links between Sibling Relationships and Positive Youth Development in African American Adolescents

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

sibling relationships
positive youth development
siblings

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Marie Mc Hale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Parkhill, Alexander Earl

Title:

Equilibrium Physics in Particulate Flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Stokes drag
droplet
particle
Lagrangian tracking
Two-phase flow
equilibrium
tracer

File:

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Committee Members:

Mario F Trujillo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Annunzio, Andrew Joseph

Title:

Source Characterization With Atmospheric Boundary Layer Depth

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

boundary layer
source characterization
dispersion

File:

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Committee Members:

Sue Ellen Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sue Ellen Haupt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Braun, Aviva Judith

Title:

A COMPARISON BETWEEN SOUTH ATLANTIC AND TASMAN SEA SUBTROPICAL STORMS

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

subtropical storms
southern hemisphere
climatology

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenni Evans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenni Evans, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bagherian, Amber

Title:

HOME ON THE PRAIRIE: A STUDY OF AMERICAN MARTEN (Martes americana) DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Turtle Mountains
American marten
mustelid
habitat fragmentation
North Dakota
island biogeography

File:

Download THE_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Curry, Alisha Janette

Title:

Out-Group Marriages and Cohabitations: A Logistic Regression Approach to Studying Black, White, and Hispanic Unions

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

logistic regression
interracial/interethnic marriages and cohabitation
Blacks
whites
Hispanics

File:

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Committee Members:

Anastasia Snyder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diane Krantz Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fisher, Aaron Jason

Title:

Proposed Specific Factors for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Within the Integrative Hierarchical Model of Anxiety and Depression

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Comorbidity
Depression
Anxiety
Tripartite
Integrative
SEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Michelle Gayle Newman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michelle Gayle Newman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Oppelstrup, Anna Kristine

Title:

Evaluation of Performance, Pay and Promotability of Gay and Straight Men and Women: Rating Variations by Rater Gender and Performance Level

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

performance ratings
job performance
homosexual
gay

File:

Download Thesis_AKO_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeanette N Cleveland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dere, Ashlee Laura

Title:

Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Mine Soils Reclaimed with Poultry Manure

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

compost
switchgrass
revegetation
C:N ratios
phosphorus

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanoindentation
platinum

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coughlin, Andrew M

Title:

Contact Charge Blast Performance of Fiber Reinforced and Polyurea Coated Concrete Vehicle Barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

fiber reinforced concrete
barrier
blast
concrete
polyurea

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrea Schokker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rajapurkar, Aditya Mohan

Title:

LOSS MECHANISMS IN PIEZOELECTRIC PZT CERAMICS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

mechanical quality factor
loss mechanisms
piezoelectric
ceramics
single crystals

File:

Download Aditya_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tannous, Albert

Title:

Side Channel Attack for Keystroke Logging

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

without root access
unprivileged
user level
xlookupstring
linux
keylogger
keylogging
password cracking
password guessing
timing attack
timing
side channel attack
side channel
keyboard mapping
keycode
keysym
keystroke
brute force

File:

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Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cirdi, Ayse Pamir

Title:

MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF GEOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR TARMAT DURING THE DEPLETION OF GIANT OIL RESERVOIR-AQUIFER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

aquifer
reservoir
tarmat

File:

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Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rabinowitz, Amanda

Title:

A longitudinal analysis of cognitive dysfunction, coping, and depression in multiple sclerosis.

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

coping
cognitive dysfunction
multiple sclerosis
depresion
moderation
mediation

File:

Download Amanda.Masters.final.ets.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bielen, Andrew Scott

Title:

SPHERICAL HARMONICS SOLUTIONS TO SECOND ORDER FORMS OF THE BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION USING PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODE SCEPTRE

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

spherical harmonics
charged particles
particle transport

File:

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Committee Members:

Yousry Y Azmy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Main, Alexei Seresin

Title:

MORPHOLOGY STUDY OF ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS AND ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

solar energy
organic photovoltaics
nanoimprint lithography
anisotropy
electroactive polymers

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lutes, Andrew Tyler

Title:

INTRINSIC FLAVIN AS A BIOMARKER FOR MONITORING PATHOLOGICALLY-INDUCED CHANGES IN CELLULAR ENERGY METABOLISM

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

FLIM
two-photon
FAD
flavin adenine dinucleotide
flavin
anisotropy
breast cancer

File:

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Committee Members:

Ahmed A Heikal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marques, Alvord

Title:

Controllable elastic couplings of composite multi-layer beams

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

controllable stiffness
extension-twist
bending-twist couplings
polymer glass transition

File:

Download Final_thesis_MSAug4th.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nag, Abhikesh

Title:

Combined Generative-Discriminative Learning for Object Recognition using Local Image Descriptors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

support vector machines
mixture models
SIFT features
generative-discriminative learning

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Jonathan Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rai, Atisha

Title:

CREATION AND ANALYSIS OF PURPOSE DRIVEN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS – APPLICATION TO PARENTS OF GIFTED CHILDREN

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

purpose driven social network
online social networks
gifted children

File:

Download Atisha_Rai.pdf

Committee Members:

Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pitre, Anar

Title:

Modulation of epileptiform activity by activation of tonic inhibition

Graduate Program:

Neuroscience

Keywords:

epilepsy
THIP
tonic inhibition
CTZ
GABA

File:

Download AnarPitre_Masters_Thesisfinal_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gauthama Sankar, Aswini

Title:

Time Allocation in Projects under Uncertainty: A Robust Optimization Approach

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Robust Optimization
Project Management
Uncertainty

File:

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Committee Members:

Tao Yao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan H Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nedeljkovic-Davidovic, Ana

Title:

FLUENCE RESPONSE CURVES FOR BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES APPLIED TO UVC LAMPS TESTING

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

UVC radiation
Bacillus subtilis spores

File:

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Committee Members:

James Freihaut, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Starovoytov, Anna

Title:

Residue Management for Enhancing Sequestration of Legume-Based Nitrogen

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

hairy vetch
residue
Nitrogen
legume
no till

File:

Download AStarovoytovThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sawani, Anuj

Title:

Providing Verifiable Integrity on Mobile Platforms

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

openmoko
attacks
mobile phone
integrity
security
selinux

File:

Download anuj-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Trent Ray Jaeger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Kesidis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sakti, Apurba

Title:

STUDY OF STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND HYDROGEN EVOLUTION FROM BALL MILLED COALS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen evolution
structural transformation
coal
hydrogen
nanodiamond
ball milling

File:

Download MSThesis_ApurbaSakti.pdf

Committee Members:

Angela Lueking, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choperena Guerra, Andrea

Title:

Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Phenolic Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

temperature
poly(vinyl phenol)
ethyl phenol
polymer
phenolic polymers
spectroscopy
IR
infrared
heat
miscibility

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ghosh, Arpan

Title:

Evaluation of Quarter-Wave Monopole Antennas with Elevated Radials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Elevated Radials
Computer Modeling
Monopoles
Antennas
Broadcast

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr James Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Kenneth Breakall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gupta, Abhishek

Title:

FABRICATION OF NANO-SCALE DNA ARRAYS USING DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

diblock copolymers
DNA arrays

File:

Download thesis_abhishek.pdf

Committee Members:

Jong In Hahm, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miranda Flores, Ana Karina

Title:

Stochastic Perturbation Methods for Robust Optimization of Simulation Experiments

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Simulation-Optimization
SPSA
Robust Parameter Design
Discrete-Event Simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Del Castillo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Viswanath, Archana

Title:

Enhanced force directed graph embedding algorithms

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

graph embedding
graph drawing
force directed method

File:

Download Archana-MS-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Padma Raghavan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjukta Bhowmick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cover, Bryan Alan

Title:

Analyzing the Benefits of Scratchpad Memories for Scientific Matrix Computations

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

software-controlled
CMP
computer architecture
cache
scratchpad
memory
matrix multiplication

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary Jane Irwin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Padma Raghavan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fambrough, Brooke Anderson

Title:

CONTROLS ON FLUVIAL LONGITUDINAL PROFILE AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS: PREDICTIONS FROM A MORPHODYNAMIC MODEL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

comminution
subsidence
sediment transport
nonequilibrium transport
river
fluvial system
numerical model
variable discharge

File:

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Committee Members:

Rudy L Slingerland, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Petrilla, Brad A

Title:

Droplet Vaporization of n-Heptane Using Molecular Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

droplet vaporization
n-heptane
Molecular Dynamics

File:

Download BAPMasterThesis3.pdf

Committee Members:

Mario Trujillo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sands, Benjamin Allen

Title:

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF HISTORICAL FIRE REGIMES AND LOGGING ON FOREST COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE, REGENERATION, AND RADIAL GROWTH ON THE MENOMINEE TRIBAL LANDS, MENOMINEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

radial growth
fire history
forest ecology

File:

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Committee Members:

Marc David Abrams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marc David Abrams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schratz, Brian Christopher

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE HIGH ENERGY MONITORING INSTRUMENT PATHFINDER FOR THE JANUS SATELLITE

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

High Energy Monitoring Instrument
High Altitude Balloon
Satellite Instrument
Student Collaboration
Gamma Rays
Cosmic Rays
JANUS
HEMI

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Douglas Mitchell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Russell Philbrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Flood, Brett

Title:

System for Bronchoscope Video-Distortion Correction

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

bronchoscope
calibration
distortion correction
registration

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Evan Higgins, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gill, Bart Eugene

Title:

FACTORS AFFECTING TEEN INVOLVEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA 4-H PROGRAMMING

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Extension Education

Keywords:

4-H

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_1_.pdf

Committee Members:

John Ewing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mathie, Bethany L

Title:

Student Perceptions of Real World Applications Incorporated into Horticulture Curricula

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

problem based learning
real world activities

File:

Download BethMathieThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edmund Jay Holcomb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dunkin, Bradley Mark

Title:

DIRECTIVITY AND SPECTRAL SOURCE NOISE CHARACTERIZATION OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING WITH THRUST REVERSER ENGAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

aircraft noise
Community noise

File:

Download Dunkin_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony A Atchley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gabriel, Brian M.

Title:

SYNTHESIS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS OF TiN, CrN, AND NANOLAYER (Ti,Cr)N COATINGS DEPOSTIED BY CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION FOR HARD PARTICLE EROSION RESISTANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cathodic arc
erosion
titanium nitride
chromium nitride
hard particle impingement

File:

Download Brian_Gabriel_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor