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Author:

Rocca Bejar, Daniela

Title:

Heating Response Study of Aluminum Nanoparticles with Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

reaxff
Energetic materials
Molecular dynamics
Nanoparticle combustion

File:

Download DRB_MS_thesis_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Patidar, Lalit

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_LalitPatidar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shabnam, Sharmin

Title:

ReaxFF reactive force field investigations in combustion and nascent soot formation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Combustion
Soot Formation
Pyrolysis and Oxidation
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Inert Dilution
Nickel
Fuel Mixtures

File:

Download Dissertation_Sharmin_MAY2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Christopher

Title:

Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction

File:

Download Thesis_BurkeCN_FormatReviewed.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Islam, Md Zahabul

Title:

Multi-stimuli Effects on Thin Films and Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Structure-property
External stimuli
Nanoscale
Micro Electro-Mechanical System
Additive manufacturing
Electron wind force
Two-dimensional materials
Crystallinity
In-situ transmission electron microscope
Advanced manufacturing

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Zahabul_Islam.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Daudi Rigenda Waryoba, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair