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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

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

Author:

Kaya, Huseyin

Title:

Change in bond parameters & induced stress in the alteration layer of corroded boro-aluminosilicate glass revealed by structural analysis

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
glass corrosion
nuclear waste glass
optical spectroscopy
ellipsometry
thin films
porous materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Myers, Kenneth

Title:

Novel Techniques and Modern Applications of Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Near-Zero-Field Magnetoresistance

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Semiconductors
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance
Near Zero Field Magnetoresistance
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
Silicon
Silicon Dioxide
Negative Bias Temperature Instability
FinFET
Hafnium Dioxide
Amorphous Boron

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne Mohney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Lenahan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Horn, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schrecengost, Jonathon

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

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:

Paz Soldan Palma, Jorge

Title:

Thermodynamic modeling of alkaline and rare earth metal with antimonides for applications in power generation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CALPHAD
Density Functional Theory
Modified Quasichemical Model
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
Nuclear waste recycling

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yang, Kezhou

Title:

Exploring Emerging Device Physics for Efficient Spin-Based Neuromorphic Computing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Neuromorphic computing
Spintronic devices
Spiking neural networks
Bayesian neural networks
Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)
Stochasticity
Crossbar array
Sneak path current
Voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA)
Hall bar

File:

Download Kezhou_Yang_Dissertation_Final_Ver.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Swaroop Ghosh, Major Field Member
Joseph Najem, Outside Unit & Field Member
Abhronil Sengupta, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member

Author:

Goff, James

Title:

Multiscale Modeling of Materials for Clean Energy Storage and Conversion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

computational
electrochemistry
materials science
energy
atomistic simulation
cluster expansion
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
Monte Carlo
alloy
catalyst
battery
surface science

File:

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Committee Members:

Kristen Fichthorn, Minor Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Outside Unit & 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

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:

Lee, Kuo Hao

Title:

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS OF BOROSILICATE GLASSESS: MECHANICAL RESPONSE UNDER DIFFERENT LOADING CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
deformation
plastic flow
shear flow
borosilicate glass
densification
fracture toughness

File:

Download Kuo-Hao_Lee_Dissertation_v3.3.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Vetser, Adam

Title:

Cold Sintering of Na2Mo2O7 + Hexagonal BN Composites for MLCC Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cold sintering
dielectric
MLCC
NMO
hBN

File:

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Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gupta, Shruti

Title:

Cold Sintering of Lead Zirconate Titanate Based Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold sintering process
ceramic process
piezoelectricity
composites
ultrasound transducers
sintering process

File:

Download Shruti_Gupta_Masters_Thesis_-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Fox, Joshua

Title:

Sintering Process Effects on Structure and Properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramics for SONAR Projector Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric ceramics
electroceramics
PZT ceramics
materials science
ceramic processing
sintering
material characterization
acoustic transducers

File:

Download Fox_Thesis_062822.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Signatory
Shashank Priya, Committee Member

Author:

Hennessey, Gavin

Title:

Domain Wall Motion In Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polarization
PFM
Grain Boundary
EBSD
Ferroelectrics
Domain Wall Motion
Nonlinearity
Rayleigh

File:

Download GavinTHennessey_Master_sThesisFile_GTH5076.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mc Kinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Darren C Pagan, Committee Member

Author:

Fellabaum, Chloe

Title:

Dispersion and Stability Studies for Development of Ceramic Paste for Direct Ink Writing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Direct Ink Writing (DIW)
Dispersion
Stability
Ceramic

File:

Download Fellabaum_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Allen Kimel, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Signatory

Author:

Ahn, Marcia Myung

Title:

HARDNESS OF TERNARY W-NB-MO REFRACTORY HIGH MULTICOMPONENT ALLOYS AND SIMULATION OF STRESS-STRAIN CURVES OF PURE W, NB, AND MO THROUGH CPFEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

refractory multicomponent alloys
hardness
crystal plasticity finite element method

File:

Download Ahn_Marcia_MSThesis_final_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Allison Michelle Beese, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Wesley Reinhart, Committee Member

Author:

Yin, Danqi

Title:

structural origin of dynamical heterogeneities in borosilicate glass

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Borosilicate glass
relaxation
dynamical heterogeneity

File:

Download YinDanqi_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John C Mauro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong H. Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Wheatley, Christopher

Title:

A feasibility study on the scalability of the cold sintering process through ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cold sintering
ultrasound
dielectrics
flaw characterization

File:

Download Wheatley_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mike Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Wietecha-Reiman, Ian

Title:

Probing Fatigue Failures In Additively Manufactured Titanium Alloys Using Combined Statistical Aand Fractographic Techniques

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Failure analysis
image analysis
fatigue
titanium alloys
additive manufacturing
failure analysis
image analysis
fatigue
titanium alloys
additive manufacturing
statistics
statistical modeling
processing defects
x-ray computed tomography
XCT
fractography
fractal
topology
general linear model

File:

Download MS_thesis-20230114.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Committee Member

Author:

Hayden, John

Title:

Growth and Ferroelectric Properties of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride-Based Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
Wurtzite
Nitride
Thin Film
Sputtering

File:

Download Hayden_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Mena Garcia, Javier

Title:

Cold sintering of ceramic matrix composites for varistors and microwave dielectric substrates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cold sintering
ceramic matrix composite
microwave substrate
varistor

File:

Download 2024-06-27_JavierMenaGarciaDissertation_V08.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor