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Author:: Desai, Amit
Title:: Size Effect on the Mechanical Properties in Zinc Oxide Nanowires
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: experimental nanomechanical characterization
electromechanical coupling
File:: Download amitdesai_phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member

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Author:: Liu, Ailin
Title:: ANALYSIS OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: multiscale model
interfacial friction
carbon nanotube
polymeric composite
damping
File:: Download AilinLiu_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

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Author:: Samuel, Benedict
Title:: Mechanical and Electrical Characterization of Glassy Carbon Nanofibers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: glassy carbon
MEMS mechanical testing
carbon nanofiber
carbon nanowire
File:: Download Thesis-BAS391-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aman Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member

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Author:: Lentz, Christina Marie
Title:: Correlation of the Microstructure and Electrical Transport Properties of Glassy Carbon Nanofibers
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: nanoporous carbon
non-graphitizing carbon
glassy carbon
nanofibers
electrical transport
File:: Download C_Lentz_Thesis_-_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kommepalli, Hareesh Kumar Reddy
Title:: DESIGN, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Tbeam
unimorph
piezoelectric actuators
uniflex
flextensional
MEMS
File:: Download Hareesh_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member

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Author:: Carrion-Gonzalez, Hector
Title:: A NOVEL FABRICATION METHOD FOR SURFACE INTEGRATION OF METAL STRUCTURES INTO POLYMERS (SIMSIP)
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: flexible electronics
flexible displays
flexible antennas
electronic circuits
interconnects in polymers
bending tests
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_H_Carrion_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Sanjay Joshi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Joseph Fonash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Allen Wysk, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Hsiao-Fang
Title:: A MODIFIED 3ω METHOD FOR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: 3ω method
thermal conductivity
aluminum thin film
FIB Platinum
File:: Download HF_Lee_04242009.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aman Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Culp, Jonathan
Title:: NON-INTRUSIVE DRIVER DROWSINESS MONITORING VIA ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: RPROP training
driving simulation
artificial neural networks
driver drowsiness
Radial Basis Networks
File:: Download jon_THESIS2.pdf
Committee Members:: Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Fadlullah, Jarir
Title:: A Generalized Approach to Model and Optimize Multi-Input Multi-Output Communication and Imaging Systems
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: MIMO
communication systems
imaging
turbulence
copper cables
equalization
interference cancellation
clouds
monte carlo ray tracing
infrared
visible light communications
File:: Download ThesisJMF_Final_10142010.pdf
Committee Members:: Mohsen Kavehrad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohsen Kavehrad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

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Author:: Cheong, Jongpil
Title:: DESIGN, FABRICATION, MODELING, AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A PIEZOELECTRIC FLEXTENSIONAL MICROACTUATOR
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Buckling
PZT
beam
flextensional
microactuator
File:: Download Ph.D._Thesis_Jongpil_Cheong_ME.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

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