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Author:

Griggio, Flavio

Title:

Local Piezoelectric Behavior in PZT-Based Thin Films for Ultrasound Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin films
ultrasound transducer
piezo-force microscopy

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Flavio_Griggio.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Fuhua

Title:

Thrust Chamber Dynamics and Propulsive Performance of Airbreathing Pulse Detonation Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

propulsive performance
pulse detonation engine
supersonic inlet
multicycle
multitube
CE/SE method

File:

Download PhDThesis_Ma.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Fei

Title:

Photonic engineering for biological study

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

calcium ion
confocal microscope
optical trapping
cardiac
retina

File:

Download thesis-overall.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Feng

Title:

Search for new optical, structural and electronic properties: from photons to electrons

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

photonic crystals
photonic bandgap
unsaturated silicon
direct-gap germanium
ferromagnetism/paramagnetism transition

File:

Download FZhang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
David Weiss, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Fan

Title:

CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED LIGHT EMISSION BY MICROCAVITY LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES AND VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

sculptured thin film
circularly-polarized light
LED
VCSEL
ECDL

File:

Download Fan_Zhang_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member

Author:

Halawi-Ghosn, Faten

Title:

Getting to the Table and Getting to Yes: Negotiating Interstate Disagreements

Graduate Program:

Political Science

Keywords:

conflict management
negotiation
international relations

File:

Download Dissertation_Ghosn.pdf

Committee Members:

David Scott Bennett Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Glenn Hunter Palmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas William Lemke, Committee Member
Gretchen G Casper, Committee Member
Colin Flint, Committee Member
Marie Hojnacki, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Feng

Title:

Universal Service Provision in Western China

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

Universal service
telecommunications
western China
rural area

File:

Download FengWu_MassComm_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Denny Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Schement, Committee Member
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member
Chris Benner, Committee Member

Author:

Carriazo Osorio, Fernando

Title:

MEASURING URBAN AMENITIES AND DISAMENITIES:A SPATIAL HEDONIC ANALYSIS IN BOGOTA,COLOMBIA

Graduate Program:

Agricultural Economics

Keywords:

Environmental Valuation
Spatial Econometrics
Hedonic Model
Air Pollution
Urban Economics

File:

Download Thesis_Carriazo102307.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard C Ready, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member
Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Cong, Fang

Title:

A STRATEGY TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE TO BIOETHANOL VIA LIGNIN MODIFICATION

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

lignin
bioethanol
poplar
signal peptide
amino acid
crosslink
lignocellulose

File:

Download Fang_Cong_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ming Tien, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

Author:

Johannes, Frank

Title:

Mapping temporally varying quantitative trait loci in time-to-failure experiments

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

Genetics
quantitative trait loci
QTL
Cox-model
Hazard model
Survival model
statistical genetics
complex traits

File:

Download Dissertation.Frank.Johannes.pdf

Committee Members:

George Patrick Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger John Mccarter, Committee Member
Gerald Eugene Mc Clearn, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Committee Member
Thomas P Hettmansperger, Committee Member