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Author:

Lee, Hyeong Jae

Title:

Low Loss 1-3 Piezocomposites for High Power Ultrasonic Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezocomposite
Transducer
High Power
Ferroelectric
Mechanical quality factor

File:

Download HJLee_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shujun Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas R Shrout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Chanthad, Chalathorn

Title:

Synthesis and Characterizations of Novel Polymer Electrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer electrolyte
Proton exchange membrane
Proton conductivity
Ionic liquid
ionic conductivity
Ion conductive membrane

File:

Download Thesis_JessChalathorn_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Yashinski , Melisa Sue

Title:

Effect of Large Elastic Strains on Phonons in GaP Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowires
Gallium Phosphide
GaP
Mechanical behavior
stress
strain
phonon
vibrational mode
Raman spectroscopy
tension

File:

Download MSYashinski-Dissertation_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, He

Title:

Transport and Surface Properties of Ion-containing Polymer Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Desalination
Ionic Polymer Membranes
Transport Properties
Water Binding
Zeta Potential
Layer-by-Layer Assembly
Antifouling

File:

Download Dissertation_He_Xie_TRANSPORT_AND_SURFACE_PROPERTIES_OF_ION-CONTAINING_POLYMER_MEMBRANES.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Golas, Avantika

Title:

Contact Activation of Blood-Plasma Coagulation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hematology
Blood coagulation
Human Factor XII

File:

Download Avantika_Golas_Thesis_EtD.pdf

Committee Members:

Erwin A Vogler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Coray M Colina, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

Author:

Winchester, Benjamin Michael

Title:

A Phase-field Investigation of Domain Structures in Ferroelectric Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
diffuse interface
phase-field
bismuth ferrite

File:

Download Bens_awesome_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Special Member

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:

Rygel, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Cerium Clustering and Radiation Damage Resistance in Aluminophosphate and Silicophosphate Glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phosphate glass
cerium oxide
rare-earth clustering
radiation damage resistance

File:

Download JLRygel_FINAL_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Dr Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

Effects of Nanoscale Coatings on Reliability of MEMS Ohmic Contact Switches

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
ohmic
thin films
nanoindentation
coatings
ruthenium
gold
platinum
contact resistance

File:

Download Tremper_Doctoral_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Che-hui

Title:

MBE Growth and Properties of Sr(n+1)Ti(n)O(3n+1) Ruddlesden-Popper Phases

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MBE
oxide
Ruddlesden-Popper
strain
tunable dielectrics

File:

Download Che-Hui_thesis_v5.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Special Member
Xiaoxing Xi, Special Member

Author:

St John, David Benjamin

Title:

Optical and Electrical Characterization of High Resistivity Semiconductors for Constant-bias Microbolometer Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PECVD
silicon
germanium
infrared
ellipsometry
spectroscopic ellipsometry
infrared ellipsometry
microbolometer

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Christopher Roman Wronski, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Special Member

Author:

Choi, U Hyeok

Title:

Understanding Ion Transport In Ion-containing Polymers For Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymerelectrolytes
Ionomers
Ion Conductivity
Dielectric Constant
Ionic liquids
Lithium Ion Batteries

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_UHC_submittedfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member

Author:

Brooks, Charles M

Title:

The growth of strontium titanate and lutetium ferrite thin films by molecular-beam epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxide
thin film
MBE
epitaxy
SrTiO3
LuFe2O4
molecular-beam epitaxy
strontium titanate
lutetium ferrite

File:

Download 1-CMBrooks-Dissertaton.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Special Member

Author:

Taylor, Matthew Logan

Title:

Technological Aspects of Corrosion Control in Metallic Systems

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
EIS
HVOF
NAAC
Point Defect Model
Corrosion
Passivity
Modeling

File:

Download MLT-Draft-4-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Bernard Normand, Special Member
Damien Feron, Special Member

Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Thermal and Electrochemical Degradation of Anion Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

AEMs
anion exchange membranes
GDLs
Raman spectroscopy
IR spectroscopy
Electrochemistry

File:

Download Mendoza_withCorrections_Nov192012_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Chao Yang Wang, Special Member

Author:

Mcdermott, Amanda G

Title:

Scattering and Physical Aging in Intrinsically Microporous Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

scattering
SAXS
WAXS
physical aging
PIMs
polymers of intrinsic microporosity
microporous polymers
free volume

File:

Download AGMcDermott_-_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Joyce Chia-i

Title:

An Investigation of Local Nanomorphology and Doping at the Metal-semiconductor Interface

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
compound semiconductors
transmission electron microscopy
InGaAs
GaAs
III-V compounds
transistors

File:

Download LinJoyce_Dissertation_May2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Meinert, Kenneth C

Title:

The Beta To Alpha Transformations In Nickel Aluminum Bronzes At Low Undercoolings

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nickel Aluminum Bronze
Sympathetic Nucleation
BCC-FCC Transformation
3-D Reconstruction
Inclusion Nucleation

File:

Download K.C.Meinert.Jr.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Raymond Howell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Martukanitz, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Zi Kiu Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Siwei

Title:

Synthesis And Characterization Of Polysiloxane-based Single–ion Conductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polyelectrolyte
single-ion conductor
ionomer
lithium-ion battery
phosphonium ionomer
rheology of ionomer
dielectric relaxation

File:

Download Siwei_Liang-_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Sang-kwon

Title:

the coupled environment models for localized corrosions; crevice corrosion and stress corrosion cracking

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

the coupled environment fracture model
localized corrosion
crevice corrosion
stress corrosion cracking
coupling current

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_Sangkwon_Lee_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Sharifiasl, Samin

Title:

Corrosion Issues in High-level Nuclear Waste Containers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Passivity
Corrosion
High-level nuclear waste
Sulfide
Thermodynamics
Kinetics

File:

Download ThesisMaster-Samin_Sharifi_Asl_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Abbott, Lauren Jeanine

Title:

Molecular Simulations of Nanoporous Glassy Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

molecular simulations
polymers
microporous materials
intrinsic microporosity
gas adsorption
polymatic

File:

Download LaurenJAbbott_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member

Author:

Petrina, Stephanie Ann

Title:

Water Sorption, Viscoelastic, and Optical Properties of Thin Nafion® Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin polymer films
Nafion
ionomer
water sorption
fuel cells
spectroscopic ellipsometry
quartz crystal microbalance

File:

Download S_Petrina_PhD_Thesis_July_2013_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Nikolas Podraza, Special Member

Author:

Bresnehan, Michael Stephen

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Integration with Graphene Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Graphene
Epitaxial Graphene
Boron Nitride
h-BN
Dielectric
Field Effect Transistor
CVD
High Mobility

File:

Download MBresnehan_-_PhD_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member

Author:

Disabb-miller, Melanie Lisa

Title:

Morphology and Transport in Ionic Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membrane
anion exchange membrane
fuel cell
block copolymer
PEM
AEM
ion transport
morphology
superacid

File:

Download DisabbMiller_Melanie_PhD_Dissertation_MatSE_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yi

Title:

A FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY OF STACKING FAULTS AND LONG PERIODIC STACKING ORDER STRUCTURES IN MG AND MG ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Stacking fault
Long periodic stacking order (LPSO)
Deformation electron density
Atomic array/cluster

File:

Download 2013-BillYiWang-PhD-Dissertation-Mg-SF-LPSOs--V3.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Suveen N Mathaudhu, Special Member

Author:

Masser, Hanqing

Title:

Understanding Ion Association States and Molecular Dynamics Using Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

infrared spectroscopy
ionomer
ion association states
dielectric
ion conduction
lithium ion
molecular dynamics

File:

Download Hanqing_Masser_phd_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Choi, Doo Hyun

Title:

Numerical modeling of space charge dynamics and electrical breakdown in solid dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric breakdown
low-alkali boroaluminosilicate
electrical conduction
thermal poling
depletion width

File:

Download Choi_Thesis_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Lizhu

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Block Copolymer Anion Exchange Membranes and Superimide Proton Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

block copolymer anion exchange membranes

File:

Download Lizhu_Wang_Dissertation_2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Sahul, Raffi

Title:

Effect of Manganese Doping on PIN-PMN-PT Single Crystals for High Power Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Relaxor-PT ferroelectrics
Doped Ternary Single Crystal
High Power Applications
Engineered Domain Configurations

File:

Download RaffiSahul_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Wenwu Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shujun Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member

Author:

Raghavan, Ashwin Sreekant

Title:

Laser-fired contact formation on metallized and passivated silicon wafers under short pulse durations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

laser-fired contact
silicon wafer
photovoltaic device
heat transfer and fluid flow
laser-material interaction behavior

File:

Download ARaghavan_Dissertation2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

Author:

Shen, Haoting

Title:

Radial junction solar cells based on heterojunction with intrinsic thin lay (HIT) Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

solar cell
amorphous silicon
PECVD
photovoltaic
nanowire
silicon

File:

Download Haoting_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Special Member

Author:

Williams, Krystaufeux Dormas

Title:

Spatially Resolved, In-situ Monitoring of Crack Growth via the Coupling Current in Aluminum Alloy 5083

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

coupling current
stress corrosion cracking
aluminum alloy 5083
scanning vibrating probe
electrochemistry

File:

Download K_Williams_Dissertation_Final_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Shay, Dennis Patrick

Title:

Development and Characterization of High Temperature, High Energy Density Dielectric Materials to Establish Routes towards Power Electronics Capacitive Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric
Energy Density
Ceramic
Impedance Spectroscopy
Breakdown Strength
Ellipsometry
Power Electronics

File:

Download Shay_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Hart, Kyle E

Title:

Development of Structure-property Relationships for Intrinsically Microporous Polymers through Molecular Simulations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Simulation
Polymers of intrinsic microporosity
carbon dioxide adsorption
gas separation
PIMs

File:

Download Hart-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Gagnon, Jarod Christopher

Title:

MOCVD growth of GaN on Si through novel substrate modification techniques

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III/Nitride
MOCVD
Silicon
substrate modification

File:

Download Gagnon_--_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Brom, Joseph Edward

Title:

Growth and Characterization of Bismuth Selenide Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CVD
Bi2Se3
bismuth selenide
topological insulator

File:

Download Full_Document_Final_-_Revised_05272014.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Topbasi, Cem

Title:

microstructural evolution of ferritic-martensitic steels under heavy ion irradiation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear materials
steels
ion irradiation
iron
defects

File:

Download FINAL_VERSION_THESIS_CEM.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Brian D Wirth, Special Member

Author:

Han, Kuo

Title:

Sol-gel derived polymer composites for energy storage and conversion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
P(VDF-CTFE)
ferroelectric
piezoelectric
sol-gel
energy storage

File:

Download Dissertation-KuoHan.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member

Author:

Chaloux, Brian Leonard

Title:

Controlling the Conductivity and Stability of Azoles: Proton and Hydroxide Exchange Functionalities

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

azoles
imidazolium
anhydrous proton conduction
impedance spectroscopy
polymers
polymer chemistry
chemical stability

File:

Download B._L._Chaloux_Dissertation_-_Conductivity_and_Stability_of_Azoles_-_Corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, 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:

Khodaparast, Payam

Title:

Dispersion Strategies And Role Of Interfacial Phenomena In Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer nanocomposite
dispersion
dielectric

File:

Download Full-Dissertation-corrected_after_thesis_office_comments-v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Ye

Title:

Phase-field simulation of defect transport, current evolution and piezoelectric response in dielectric and ferroelectric oxides

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field model
defect transport
resistance degradation
ferroelectric oxides

File:

Download Ye_Cao_PhD_thesis_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member

Author:

Castellanos Mantilla, Maria Monica

Title:

Aggregation in concentrated protein solutions: insights from rheology, neutron scattering and molecular simulations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

protein aggregation
protein rheology
neutron scattering
monoclonal antibody
molecular dynamics
viscosity
yield stress

File:

Download Castellanos2014_Dissertation_vFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Coray M Colina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Jai A Pathak, Special Member

Author:

Maier, Russell Alan

Title:

Dynamics of Oxygen Vacancies and Defect Complexes in the Perovskite Oxide Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxygen vacancy
EPR
impedance
defect complex
ionic conductivity

File:

Download Russell_Maier_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Grave, Daniel Aldo

Title:

Process-Structure-Property Relationships of Micron Thick Gadolinium Oxide Films Deposited by Reactive Electron Beam-Physical Vapor Deposition (EB-PVD)

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin film
Gadolinium Oxide
Gd2O3
neutron detection
residual stress
phase transition

File:

Download Daniel_Grave_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Banerjee, Joy

Title:

The Interfacial Chemistry of Organic Materials on Commercial Glass Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
silane
silanization
surface analysis
composite materials
sodium
interfacial chemistry
adsorption
glass
silane
silanization
surface analysis
composite materials
sodium
interfacial chemistry
adsorption

File:

Download 1-PhD_dissertation__Joy_Banerjee_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member

Author:

Garten, Lauren M

Title:

Residual Ferroelectricity, Piezoelectricity, and Flexoelectricity in Barium Strontium Titanate Tunable Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectricity
Ferroelectricity
Flexoelectricity
Barium Strontium Titanate
Tunable Dielectrics

File:

Download L._Garten_Dissertaion.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Special Member

Author:

Marincel, Daniel Michael

Title:

The influence of crystal defects on domain wall motion in thin film Pb(zr,ti)o3

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
domain walls
nonlinear response
piezoresponse force microscopy
transmission electron microscopy

File:

Download Marincel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Dr Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Sergei V Kalinin, Special Member
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

GU, YIJIA

Title:

Phase-field Modeling of Flexoelectric Effect in Perovskite Ferroelectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Flexoelectric effect
ferroelectrics
phase-field method

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Yijia_Gu__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
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
James Chen, Special Member