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Author:

Li, Haifeng

Title:

NONLINEAR NANOPROBES FOR CHARACTERIZING ULTRAFAST OPTICAL NEAR FIELD

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoprobes
Nonlinear optics
Ultrafast optics
Pulse measurement

File:

Download Dissertation_HaifengLi_EE.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Kebin

Title:

SUPERCONTINUUM IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

supercontinuum
confocal imaging
optical trapping
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging

File:

Download Kebin_thesis_v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Kailiang

Title:

Approaches to Achieve Smarter Electroactive Materials and Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Polymer
Polymer Actuators
Energy Harvesting
Shape Memory Polymer
Self-healing.

File:

Download KailiangThesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

THE OPTICAL AND DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) BASED ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electro-optic effect
long-period grating
capacitors
poly(vinylidene fluoride)

File:

Download Qin_Chen-Dissertation_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Qian

Title:

Nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

two-photon fluorescence
nonlinear spectroscopy
nonlinear imaging
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

File:

Download QianThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yong

Title:

THE APPLICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIELECTRIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
PVDF
aromatic polyurea
dielectric
piezoelectric
electrical conduction
capacitor

File:

Download Dissertation_YongWang_2009_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Mateti, Kiron

Title:

Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics

File:

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Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Chuan

Title:

Nonlinear Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy With Ultrafast Laser Pulses

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

ultrafast laser
femtosecond laser
nonlinear optics
microscopy
spectroscopy
imaging spectrometer
FROG
pulse characterization

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Chuan_Yang.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xinyu

Title:

Electrocaloric Effect in Relaxor Ferroelectric Materials

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electrocaloric effect
relaxor ferroelectric
polymer blends

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Xinyu_Li_Sep2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Haiming

Title:

Chip-scale Cooling Devices Based On Electrocaloric Effect

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrocaloric Effect
Cooling Device
Chip Cooling
Chip refrigerator

File:

Download HaimingGu-Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Brent Craven, Committee Member