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Author:

Saal, James Edward

Title:

Thermodynamic Modeling of Phase Transformations and Defects: from Cobalt to Doped Cobaltate Perovskites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ceramics
thermodynamic modeling
defect chemistry
perovskites
CALPHAD
density functional theory

File:

Download Saal-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive Randall, Committee Member
Jorge Sofo, Committee Member
Michael Carolan, Committee Member

Author:

Haislmaier, Ryan Cory

Title:

Strain-induced phenomenon in complex oxide thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
ferroelectrics
superlattices
thin films
second harmonic generation
complex oxides
perovskites

File:

Download Haislmaier_PhD_Disseration_11_21_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Rajashekhar, Adarsh

Title:

Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Thin Films
Piezoelectric Thin Films
Laser Annealing
Pulsed-Laser Heating
Pulsed Laser Deposition
Laser Crystallization
Integration with polymeric substrates
Low Substrate Temperature Processing
In situ Laser Annealing
PZT Thin Films

File:

Download Adarsh_Rajashekhar_PhD_Dissertation_Penn_State.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

Author:

Hong, Zijian

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field simulation
Ferroelectrics
Topological structure and topological phase transition
Oxide thin films and superlattices
Materials by design

File:

Download Zijian_Hong-dissertation_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Ross, Austin Joseph

Title:

A THERMODYNAMICS BASED GUIDE TO ADDING HF TO A NI-SUPERALLOY TO IMPROVE OXIDATION RESISTANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Oxidation
Superalloys
Bond-coat
HfO2
Hafnium
external scale
TGO

File:

Download Austin-Dissertation-Final-v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Member

Author:

Lei, Shiming

Title:

COUPLED PHENOMENA IN DOMAINS AND DOMAIN WALLS IN COMPLEX POLAR OXIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

domains
domain walls
complex oxides
polar
ferroelectrics
polar metals
magnetoelectric coupling

File:

Download Thesis_Shiming_20171001_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Moses H. W. Chan, Outside Member
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Haitian

Title:

GROWTH AND FUNCTIONALITIES OF VANADATE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
Thin film
Strongly correlated oxides
Transition metal oxides
Metal to insulator transition
VO2
LaVO3

File:

Download HaiTian_Zhang_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman Engel-Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Chris Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Tiannan

Title:

PHASE-FIELD STUDY ON FERROELECTRIC OXIDE COMPOSITES AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric materials
ferroelectric composites
materials modeling
phase-field model

File:

Download Tiannan_Yang_PHD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Blecher, Jared Jacob

Title:

Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding of Ni-base Alloy 690

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

laser welding
hybrid welding
nickel alloy
keyhole porosity
root defect
inline coherent imaging
heat transfer and fluid flow modeling

File:

Download Blecher_Dissertation_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Outside Member

Author:

Mcnamara, Kevin R

Title:

Modeling the Microstructural Evolution of Parts During Metal Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Microstructural Modeling
Microstructure
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Johnson-Mehl-Avrami
Nonisothermal Phase Transformations
Kinetics
Inconel 718
Ti-6Al-4V
3D Printing

File:

Download Modeling_Microstructure_Metal_AM.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member