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Author:

Foster, Albert

Title:

Polyvinyl Toluene and Lithium Glass Composites for Neutron Detection

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Composite
Neutron
Detection
Pulse Shape Discrimination
Polymer
Glass

File:

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Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Azaree Tresong Lintereur, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member
Amira Barhoumi Meddeb, Special Member

Author:

Reainthippayasakul, Wuttichai

Title:

PHOTOCURABLE DIELECTRICS FOR ELECTRONIC PACKAGING AND ENCAPSULANT APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

photocurable
dielectrics
composites
electronic packaging
thermal conductivity
crosslinking

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhang, Tian

Title:

THE APPLICATION OF DIELECTRIC AND ELECTROCALORIC COOLING DEVICES BASED ON DIELECTRIC POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric
nanocomposite
electrocaloric

File:

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Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yuan, Mengxue

Title:

Development of High Reliability Glass-Polymer Laminates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Low-alkali Boroaluminosilicate Glass
Laminate
Energy Storage

File:

Download Dissertation_MengxueYuan_final_revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aref Laleh, Amir Reza

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Supercapacitor
Carbon
Li-ion capacitors
Porosity
Hierarchical porous carbon
High rate anode

File:

Download Amir_Reza_Aref__dissertation__final_version_.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Akkopru Akgun, Betul

Title:

The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin film
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

Download BetulAkkopruAkgun_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Walker, Roger Craig

Title:

Impacts of impurities and thermal history on the electrical conduction and charge trapping characteristics in crosslinked polyethylene thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polyethylene
XLPE
LDPE
dielectric spectroscopy
thermally stimulated depolarization current
BDS
TSDC
Meyer-Neldel rule
compensation law
current-voltage measurement
conduction current measurement
IVM
CCM
high-voltage power cable
HVDC
HVAC

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ahmad, Faiz

Title:

OPTOELECTRONIC MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF GRADED-BANDGAP THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Thin-film solar cells
Graded-bandgap absorbers
Optoelectronic optimization
Earth-abundant materials

File:

Download Ahmad-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Slava V Rotkin, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cheng, Xiaoxing

Title:

Influence of defects on polarization distribution in ferroelectrics: a phase-field study

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Defect
Ferroelectrics
Phase-field simulation
Dislocation
Flexoelectricity
Defect engineering
BiFeO3
SrTiO3

File:

Download Xiaoxing_Cheng_Dissertation_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Barker, William

Title:

Detection of Defects in Silicon Carbide PIN Diodes via Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Silicon Carbide
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance
PIN Diodes
EDMR
EPR
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
SiC

File:

Download Barker2020_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Schranghamer, Thomas

Title:

Multi-bit Graphene Memristive Synapses for High Precision Neuromorphic Computing

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

RRAM
Memristor
Graphene
Neuromorphic Computing
Neural Networks
VMM
Artificial Synapse

File:

Download Thesis_Manuscript.pdf

Committee Members:

Saptarshi Das, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Walton, Rebecca

Title:

Direct Writing Crystallographic Orientations to Tailor Properties of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric ceramics
additive manufacturing
direct writing
rheology
dispersion

File:

Download Walton_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Watson, Beecher

Title:

Maximizing Strain Behavior and Minimizing Losses in Textured PIN-PMN-PT Piezoelectric ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramic
piezoelectric
dielectric
ferroelectric
sintering
texture

File:

Download Dissertation_Watson_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brova, Michael J

Title:

PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF HIGH COERCIVE FIELD TEXTURED PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectric
Texture
Sintering

File:

Download Michael_Brova_Graduate_Thesis_2020_with_edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard J. Meyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Burgess, Maximiliano

Title:

The Acetophenone Radical Anion: A Computational Investigation of Preferred Geometries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Acetophenone
Crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE)
DFT
Molecular dynamics
Reactive force fields
High-voltage cables

File:

Download BurgessM_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hahn, Michael

Title:

Flexoelectricity in the Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) System for Hydrophones

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

flexoelectricity
hydrophone
barium strontium titanate
dielectric
lead-free
bulk
electrical characterization
strain gradient
fourth-rank tensor
mechanical characterization

File:

Download Michael_Hahn_Final_Thesis_Draft_102920.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas E Blanford, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brown, Tucker

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION AND SIMULATION OF MICROWAVE STRIPLINE DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

microwave
5G
transmission lines
microstrip

File:

Download brown_ms_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Edward Perini, Committee Member

Author:

Gupta, Shruti

Title:

Cold Sintering of Lead Zirconate Titanate Based Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (MS)

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:

Taylor, Samuel

Title:

The Effect of Thickness and Surface Roughness on Ferroelectric Behavior of Lead Magnesium Niobate-Titanate and Lead Indium Niobate-Magnesium Niobate-Titanate Single Crystal

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
Piezoelectric
Ultrasound
Characterization
Single Crystal
PMN-PT
PIN-PMN-PT

File:

Download SCT14_Thesis_final_4-18-2022.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Li, Bo

Title:

“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member