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Author:: Guan, Xueyong
Title:: ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CORROSION PROCESSES IN HIGH SUBCRITICAL AND SUPERCRITICAL AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: supercritical water oxidation
high subcritical and supercritical aqueous systems
electrochemical noise analysis
electrochemical corrosion mechanism
chemical corrosion mechanism
pressure
volume of activation
corrosion rates
energy of activation of corrosion processes
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member

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Author:: He, Xiuli
Title:: HEAT TRANSFER, FLUID FLOW AND MASS TRANSFER IN LASER WELDING OF STAINLESS STEEL WITH SMALL LENGTH SCALE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Heat transfer and fluid flow
stainless steel
Laser welding
File:: Download Thesis_Xiuli.pdf
Committee Members:: Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Stephen M Copley, Committee Member

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Author:: Huang, Xiaoming
Title:: DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSMEBLY OF DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS USING HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES AND SUPPORTED CATALYSTS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: DMFC
electrolyte membrane
supported catalyst
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Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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Author:: Jin, Xing
Title:: BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF THE RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF AMORPHOUS AND SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER BLENDS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Dielectric
Relaxation
Dynamics
Semi-crystalline
Polymer Blends.
File:: Download Xing_Jin_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Xin
Title:: CHARGED POINT DEFECT IN RUTILE TIO2: FROM DEFECT CHARGE DISTRIBUTION TO DEFECT PHONON FREE ENERGY
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: TiO2
defect formation energy
phonon free energy
thermodynamics
defect phase diagram
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhong, Yu
Title:: Investigation in Mg-Al-Ca-Sr-Zn System by Computational Thermodynamics Approach Coupled with First-Principles Energetics and Experiments
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Computational Thermodynamics
Mg Alloy
Creep Resistance
First-Principles
File:: Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf
Committee Members:: Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: JEONG, YOUMI
Title:: SUPER ACTIVATED CARBON CONTAINING SUBSTITUTIONAL BORON: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN HYDROGEN STORAGE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: hydrogen storage
boron substitution
File:: Download YOUMI_JEONG_Dissertation4.pdf
Committee Members:: T C Mike Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
T C Mike Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member

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Author:: Ling, Yan
Title:: FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF THE HF-RE BINARY SYSTEM WITH EXTENSION TO THE HF-NI-RE TERNARY SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: thermodynamics
Ni-Hf-Re
hafnium
rhenium
Hf-Re
CALPHAD
first-principles
Ni-based superalloys
modeling
File:: Download Ling_MS_final5.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Raymond Howell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Matsuyama, Yuichi
Title:: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polypropylene Systems for High Energy Capacitor Applications
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: non-polar polymers
hydroxylation
dielectric constant
long chain branched polypropylene
film capacitor
File:: Download Matsuyama_-_Thesis_2009_Vr2.pdf
Committee Members:: T C Chung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tze Chiang Chung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Chen, Yingzi
Title:: THE OXIDATION AND HYDRIDING OF ZIRCALOY FUEL CLADDING IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: oxidation/hydriding mechanism
Zircaloy-4
zirconium
passive film
point defect model
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
W Murray Small, Committee Member

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