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Author:: Raynaud, Patrick A.C.
Title:: Crack Growth Through the Thickness of Thin-Sheet Hydrided Zircaloy-4
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: zircaloy
cladding
fracture
toughness
hydride
crack
thickness
RIA
sheet
hydrogen
File:: Download Patrick_AC_Raynaud_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Kwai S Chan, Committee Member

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Author:: Kolluru, Pavan Venkata Narayana
Title:: EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE HISTORY ON THE SURFACE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOAT GLASS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Float glass
tin diffusion
aging
weathering
leaching
surface cleaning
pH
nanoindentation
reduced elastic modulus
hardness
File:: Download Thesis_-_Final__Macros_.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher L Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bintachitt, Patamas
Title:: Local Origin of Macroscopic Properties and Patterning in PbZr(1-x)Ti(x)O(3) Films
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectric
Thin Films
Piezoelectric Force Microscopy (PFM)
MEMS
Lead Zirconate Titanate PZT
File:: Download PhD_thesis_patamas_bintachitt.pdf
Committee Members:: Prof Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

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Author:: Lim, Peck Cheng
Title:: Development and Characterization of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells Using Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membranes
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Membrane-Electrode Assembly
Anion-Exchange Membrane
Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell
Hydrogen
Ethanol
File:: Download PCLim_PSU_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

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Author:: Levi, Roni Daniel
Title:: SOLID SOLUTION TRENDS THAT IMPACT ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF SUBMICRON LAYERS IN DIELECTRIC CAPACITORS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: thin films
dielectrics
barium titanate
solid solutions
File:: Download Roni_D_Levi_Thesis_2.pdf
Committee Members:: C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
L Q Chen, Committee Member
E C Dickey, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

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Author:: Pavlacka, Robert Joseph
Title:: Processing and Properties of Al2O3 Microstructure Composites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: texture
templated grain growth
non-catastrophic failure
fracture
alumina
microstructure composite
composite
File:: Download ThesisMasterFINALrevised.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Ulbricht, Ross
Title:: Growth of EuO Thin Films by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: epitaxy
semiconductor
magnetic
thin film
crystal
MBE
EuO
XRD
rheed
File:: Download RossUlbrichtMastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Darrell G Schlom, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Nandan, Rituraj
Title:: Computational modeling of heat transfer and visco-plastic flow in Friction Stir Welding
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: torque
reliability
differential algorithm
viscoplastic flow
friction coeffiecient
finite volume method
parametric study
friction stir welding
aluminum alloys
heat generation
heat transfer
variable slip
File:: Download Rituraj-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

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Author:: Peppernick, Samuel John
Title:: United Atoms to Superatoms and the Isoelectronic Principle
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Alchemy
Photoelectron Imaging
Superatoms
Isoelectronic
Superposition Principle
File:: Download SJP_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

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Author:: Eichfeld, Sarah M
Title:: Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: SiNWs
nanowire solar cells
SiNW growth
File:: Download Synthesis_and_Characterization_of_SiNW_Arrays_for_Photovoltaic_Applications_Eichfeld_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member

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