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Author:

Kramer, Angela J

Title:

Modeling the Behavior of the Dielectric Properties in Low Formation Voltage Electrolytic Tantalum Capacitors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electric field
Poole-Frenkel effect
specific charge
dielectric
tantalum pentoxide
tantalum
electrolytic capacitors
Schottky emission

File:

Download Kramer-Thesis-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanoindentation
platinum

File:

Download Thesis_ARomasco_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Catano-Barrera, Alma Maria

Title:

POLYMER SOLUTIONS AND SOLVENT-SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE STUDIES APPLIYING PC-SAFT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase equilibria
supercritical carbon dioxide
polymer solutions
pc-saft

File:

Download Catano_Barrera_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ozcelik, Adem

Title:

VANADIUM-TRANSITION METAL OXIDE ALLOY THIN FILMS FOR MICROBOLOMETER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ALD
co-sputtering
sputtering
thin films
Vanadium oxide
microbolometer
Atomic Layer Deposition
VTIP
Alloying of vanadium oxide

File:

Download Adem_Ozcelik_MS_MATSE.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choperena Guerra, Andrea

Title:

Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Phenolic Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

temperature
poly(vinyl phenol)
ethyl phenol
polymer
phenolic polymers
spectroscopy
IR
infrared
heat
miscibility

File:

Download Thesis_Choperena_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Soublet, Brandy A

Title:

MICROSTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY, AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR IN ALUMINA AND SIALON MICROSTRUCTURE COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

microstructure property relations
alumina
connectivity
ceramic processing
mechanical properties

File:

Download Soublet_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hasek, Bradley

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC MODELING AND FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS OF THE CR-HF-Y TERNARY SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CALPHAD
SQS
Cr
Hf
Y

File:

Download Brad_Hasek_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hedrick, Brittany Lynn

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF LASER FIRED CONTACTS, LASER DOPED EMITTERS, AND FIXED CHARGE PASSIVATION FOR IMPROVED SILICON SOLAR CELLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Doped Emitter
Silicon Solar Cells
Fixed Charge Passivation
Laser Fired Contacts

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_MASTERS_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph R Flemish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gabriel, Brian M.

Title:

SYNTHESIS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS OF TiN, CrN, AND NANOLAYER (Ti,Cr)N COATINGS DEPOSTIED BY CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION FOR HARD PARTICLE EROSION RESISTANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cathodic arc
erosion
titanium nitride
chromium nitride
hard particle impingement

File:

Download Brian_Gabriel_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Phillips, Calista I

Title:

Deformation Studies on Directionally Solidified Eutectic LaB6-ZrB2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Deformation
Creep
Eutectic

File:

Download Cali_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Min, Cheolhong

Title:

Temperature Dependence of Dielectric Breakdown in Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PMMA
Polymer Dielectrics
P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) terpolymer
Polypropylene
Polyimide
Electrical Properties
Temperature
Dielectric Breakdown

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_Cheolhong_Min__Summer_2008_.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas R Shrout, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hartwich, David G.

Title:

Development of Proppants from Ion Exchanged Recycled Glass And Metabasalt Glass-Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ion Exchange
Glass-Ceramics
Hydrofracturing
Proppants
Glass

File:

Download Hartwich_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

John Richard Hellmann Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Earl Scheetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Castro Marcano, Fidel

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE GASES IN AMORPHOUS POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

molecular modeling
polymer phase equilibria
PC-SAFT
Sanchez-Lacombe
gas adsorption
hydrogen storage

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Fidel_Castro.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Scopelianos, George Evan

Title:

Fabrication of Nanostructured Copper Oxide via Anodization in Organic Electrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

foil
copper oxide
potentiostatic
anodization
anodic oxidation
electrochemistry
nanotube
nanowire
nanostructure
photoelectrochemical
photocurrent
solar cell
water splitting
metal oxide
electrolyte
ethylene glycol
dimethyl sulfoxide
aqueous

File:

Download GES_M.S._Thesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Moore, Hunter David

Title:

MORPHOLOGY AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF ION-CONTAINING TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ion-containing polymers
block copolymers

File:

Download Hunter_Moore_-_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schulze, Heidi M

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL MANGANITE THIN FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION
MICROBOLOMETER
THIN FILM
SPINEL
INFRARED DETECTION

File:

Download Thesis-HSchulze-sm.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, Hyeong Jae

Title:

HIGH PERMITTIVITY RELAXOR-LEAD TITANATE PIEZOELECTRICS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

pmn-pt
composite
high frequency
transducer
piezoelectric properties
thickness

File:

Download HJLee.pdf

Committee Members:

Shujun Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas R Shrout, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor