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Author:

Zhan, Chun

Title:

FEMTOSECOND LASER INSCRIBED FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Fiber Bragg grating
sensor
harsh environment
femtosecond laser

File:

Download dissertation_chunzhan2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

Luo, Cheng

Title:

Active Energy Harvesting for Piezoelectric Dynamic Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Full-bridge Converter
Piezoelectric
Energy Harvesting
Adaptive Control

File:

Download ChengLuo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Heath Hofmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heath F Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
John Douglas Mitchell, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Elavambedu Prakasam, Haripriya

Title:

Towards Highly Efficient Water Photoelectrolysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Anodization
Iron (III) Oxide
Hematite
Ethylene Glycol
Water Photolysis
Metal oxide semiconductors

File:

Download EPHP_PSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Haifeng

Title:

NONLINEAR NANOPROBES FOR CHARACTERIZING ULTRAFAST OPTICAL NEAR FIELD

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoprobes
Nonlinear optics
Ultrafast optics
Pulse measurement

File:

Download Dissertation_HaifengLi_EE.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Jonathan Edward

Title:

A Quantitative Analysis of Tunable Long Period Grating Technology and Its Application

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

long period grating
high index overlay
ITO
tunable filter

File:

Download Jonathan_Lee_-_PhD_Thesis__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
C Russell Philbrick, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Basham, James Ian

Title:

BROADENING SPECTRAL RESPONSE IN SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS VIA FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Forster
DSSC
Dye sensitized solar cell
resonance energy transfer
FRET

File:

Download J.I.Basham_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Kebin

Title:

SUPERCONTINUUM IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

supercontinuum
confocal imaging
optical trapping
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging

File:

Download Kebin_thesis_v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Kailiang

Title:

Approaches to Achieve Smarter Electroactive Materials and Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Polymer
Polymer Actuators
Energy Harvesting
Shape Memory Polymer
Self-healing.

File:

Download KailiangThesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Kao, Ping

Title:

MICROMACHINED QUARTZ CRYSTAL RESONATOR ARRAYS FOR BIOANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

QCM
Array
Biosensor
Protein
QCR
DNA
Micromachined

File:

Download Dissertation_Ping_Kao.pdf

Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

THE OPTICAL AND DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) BASED ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electro-optic effect
long-period grating
capacitors
poly(vinylidene fluoride)

File:

Download Qin_Chen-Dissertation_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Qian

Title:

Nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

two-photon fluorescence
nonlinear spectroscopy
nonlinear imaging
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

File:

Download QianThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Sheng

Title:

HIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR SOLID STATE ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymers
actuators
electromechanical
ionic polymer
electrostrictive polymers

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_-_Sheng_Liu_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Grimes, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

LaTempa, Thomas Joseph

Title:

Visible Light Active, Nano-Architectured Metal Oxide Photo-Catalysts for Solar Fuel Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

solar fuel
photo-catalyst
nano-structure
anodization

File:

Download LaTempa_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Xin

Title:

High Energy/Capacitance Density Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Based Polymers for Energy Storage Capacitor Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

energy storage
thin films
polymers
electrical properties
dielectric. ferroelectric
energy density

File:

Download Xin_Zhou-Dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member
Craig Grimes, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yong

Title:

THE APPLICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIELECTRIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
PVDF
aromatic polyurea
dielectric
piezoelectric
electrical conduction
capacitor

File:

Download Dissertation_YongWang_2009_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yiming

Title:

Active Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Harvesting
Piezoelectric
Electrostrictive

File:

Download sendout.pdf

Committee Members:

Heath Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Yuyan

Title:

A MICROMACHINED THERMAL SENSOR FOR BIOCHEMICAL SENSING AND POLYMER CHARACTERIZTION

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

micromachined
thermopile
calorimeter
biochemical
polymer
fluidic

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Zhao

Title:

Ultra Sensitive Magnetic Sensors Integrating the Giant Magnetoelectric Effect with Advanced Microelectronics

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

microelectronics
magnetostrictive
magnetic sensors

File:

Download Zhao-Dissertation-2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suman Datta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Qing X Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Mateti, Kiron

Title:

Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics

File:

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Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Ran

Title:

Ion Transport and Storage in Ionic Electroacive Polymer Membranes

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymer actuator
nonlinear effect
ionic liquid

File:

Download 07232012_master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shizhuo Yin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor