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Author:

Hogshead, Charles Gregory

Title:

Tunable Temperature-Responsive Tethered Polymer Gradients

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

atomic force microscopy
switchable adhesion
grafting density gradient
temperature-responsive
tethered polymer
human serum albumin

File:

Download Hogshead-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Patel, Romesh J

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF GLASS/POLYCARBONATE INTERFACE FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polycarbonate
glass fibers
pullout test

File:

Download rjpatel_MSc_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Salcedo Galan, Felipe

Title:

Polyolefin-blend/Inorganic Nanocomposites: Morphology, Rheological and Thermomechanical Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer nanocomposites
rheology
polyolefin blends
montmorillonite
heat-sealants
thermomechanical properties
polyethylene

File:

Download Dissertation_Felipe_Salcedo-Galan.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Pulati, Nuerxida

Title:

Bitumen Recovery from Oil Sands Using Deep Eutectic Solvent and Its Aqueous Solutions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Oil Sands
Bitumen
Oil Recovery
Atomic Force Microscopy
Peakforce Tapping QNM
Force Measurement
Deep Eutectic Solvent

File:

Download Nuerxida_Pulati_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Liang

Title:

Design of New Anion Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Anion exchange membranes
poly(2
6-dimethyl-1
4-phenylene oxide)s
fuel cells
fluorene side chains
Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

File:

Download Liang_Zhu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Kushner, Douglas Ian

Title:

THIN FILM DYNAMICS OF ION-CONTAINING POLYMERS UNDER CONFINEMENT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Polymer Films
Nafion
Water Sorption
Fuel Cells
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
Quartz Crystal Microbalance

File:

Download Kushner_Douglas_Dissertation_final_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member

Author:

Saadawi, Majed Nabil

Title:

POLYMER-POLYMER COMPOSITES: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF INTER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer-Polymer Composites
thermoplastic composite
3D printing
additive manufacturing
dual extrusion

File:

Download Thesis_Polymer-Polymer_Composites_Majed_Saadawi.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member