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Author:

Rajapurkar, Aditya Mohan

Title:

LOSS MECHANISMS IN PIEZOELECTRIC PZT CERAMICS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

mechanical quality factor
loss mechanisms
piezoelectric
ceramics
single crystals

File:

Download Aditya_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Petchsuk, Atitsa

Title:

FERROELECTRIC TERPOLYMERS, BASED ON SEMICRYSTALLINE VDF/TRFE/CHLORO-CONTAINING TERMONOMERS: SYNTHESIS, ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES, AND FUNCTIONALIZATION REACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Chloro-containing termonomers
Fluoropolymer
Functionalization
Ferroelectrics
VDF
TrFE
synthesis and electrical properties

File:

Download Atitsa.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member

Author:

Scrymgeour, David A

Title:

Local Structure and Shaping of Ferroelectric Domain Walls for Photonic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

piezoelectric force microscopy
optical devices
lithium tantalate
lithium niobate
ferroelectrics
scanner
QPM

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member

Author:

Gurdal, Erkan Ahmet

Title:

(Na0.5K0.5)NbO3-BASED LEAD-FREE HIGH POWER PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

transformer
high power
lead-free
Piezoelectric

File:

Download gurdalea_Ms2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Manuspiya, Hathaikarn

Title:

Electrical Properties of Niobium Based Oxides-Ceramics and Single Crystal Fibers Grown by the Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth (LHPG) Technique

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

dielectrics
single crystal growth
relaxation mechanism
lasor heated pedestal growth
niobium oxide

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Amar S Bhalla, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ruyan Guo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Jindong

Title:

MINIATURIZED FLEXTENSIONAL TRANSDUCERS AND ARRAYS

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

metal-ceramic composite
transducer array
actuator
acoustic transducer
finite element analysis
transducer modeling
transducers
underwater transducers
cymbal

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Jack Hughes, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Robert E Newnham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Kim, Hyeoungwoo

Title:

Impedance Adaptation Methods of the Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
Piezo Generator
Cymbal Transducer

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert E Newnham, Committee Member
Heath F Hofmann, Committee Member
Craig A Grimes, Committee Member

Author:

Gosain, Rohan

Title:

PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP USING CYMBAL TRANSDUCER

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP CYMBAL TRANSDUCER ULTRASONIC

File:

Download thesis_gosain.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gross, Steven Joseph

Title:

MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
PZT
microfabrication
etching
cantilevers
xenon difluoride
ion beam etching
piezoelectric
actuators
unimorph
bimorph

File:

Download SJG-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Ural, Seyit Onurhan

Title:

High Power Piezoelectric Characterization for Piezoelectric Transformer Development

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Power
Piezoelectric
Transformer
Quality Factor
Jump Phenomena
Constant vibration velocity
Antiresonance
Piezoelectric Loss

File:

Download URAL_DISSERTATION_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member