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Author:

Agyapong, Ama Duffie

Title:

A Study of Metal Interactions with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

TMDS
physical vapor deposition
2D materials
MoS2
WS2
contact metals
Raman spectroscopy
intermetallics
alloys
interfacial reactions
monolayer

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Outside Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Castro Baldivieso, Stephanie

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN MOLTEN SALT SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemical recovery
electromotive force measurements
Gd-Bi alloys
oxide reduction
recovery efficiency of rare earth elements
Gd-Bi kinetic properties

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member

Author:

Im, Sanghyeok

Title:

Electrochemical and Thermodynamic Properties of Neodymium Alloys in Molten Salts for Their Recovery

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molten Salt Electrochemistry
Neodymium
Nd alloy
Thermodynamic Property
Emf Measurement
Rare-Earth Recovery

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Sarma Pisupati, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Feifei Shi, Outside Field Member

Author:

Isaacson, Aaron

Title:

Microstructural Evolution Under Loss of Lubriction Conditions in Aerospace Gear Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Aerospace Gear Steel Failure
Friction
Surface Oxidation
Hot Hardness
Loss of Lubrication Gear Failure
Microstructural Evolution
Scuffing

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Schrecengost, Jonathon

Title:

Magneto-Optics of Plasmas, Bipolarons in Organic Semiconductors, and Electro-Optics of 2D Metals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Faraday Rotation
Magneto-Optic
Transparent Conducting Oxides
Plasmonics
Organic Electronics
Bipolarons
Magnetoresistance
OLED
2D Polar Metals
Confinement Heteroepitaxy
Electric-Double-Layer Gating

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Hossain, Mohammad Delower

Title:

MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

High entropy carbides
Valence electron concentration
Ultra-high temperature ceramics
Sputtering
Density functional theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Stefano Curtarolo, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

LaNasa, Jacob

Title:

New Avenues to Hybrid Polymer/Inorganic Nanoparticle Materials Using Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Reaction-Induced Phase Transitions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hybrid materials
polymer
nanoparticle
synthesis

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nigl, Thomas

Title:

Measurements of Thermochemical Properties of Alloys for Applications in Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermodynamics
Electromotive force measurements
Electrochemical separation
Electrorefining
Sr-Pb
Alkaline-earth metals
Ni-Al
Hot corrosion
Combustion

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Arthur Motta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cheng, Christopher

Title:

Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

PMUT
Piezoelectrics
Acoustics
Ultrasound
Transducers
MEMS
Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Trolier-Mckinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Outside Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan

Title:

MOCVD Synthesis and Doping of FRONT-END-OF-LINE (FEOL) and BACK-END-OF-LINE (BEOL) Compatible Two-Dimensional WSe2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
2D materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
TMDCs
Chemical Vapor Deposition
CVD
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
Doping
WSe2
Rhenium doping
Vanadium doping
Front-end-of-line compatible
Back-end-of-line compatible
Re-WSe2
V-WSe2

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair