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Author:

Cheng, An

Title:

A NOVEL DESIGN OF MICRO-SIZE TRANSDUCER BASED SINGLE CELL BIO-CHIP

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

transducer
single cell
bio-chip
quantum dots

File:

Download Final_dissertation_An_Cheng_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Likhanskii, Alexandre

Title:

STUDY OF PLASMA PHENOMENA AT HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS IN APPLICATIONS FOR ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL AND ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LASER DRILLING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

flow control
gas discharge
Plasma physics

File:

Download Likhanskii_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vladimir Semak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir Semak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Victor P Asko, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Ambuj

Title:

CONTROLLING DISPERSION AND ELECTRIC-FIELD-ASSISTED ALIGNMENT OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOFIBERS FOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EPOXY COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Carbon nanotube
alignment
nanocomposite
electric field
electrical conductivity
epoxy
dispersion

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_-_Ambuj_Sharma.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Tewari, Ashutosh

Title:

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE BASED IDENTIFICATION OF TAKAGI-SUGENO-KANG FUZZY MODELS FOR STATIC NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Knowledge-based systems
Data driven models
Neuro-fuzzy models
TSK fuzzy models
Artificial Intelligence

File:

Download PhDDissertationTewari.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Member

Author:

Borawski, Brian

Title:

Multilayer Erosion Resistant Coatings for the Protection of Aerospace Components

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

impact
coating
thin film
fracture
mechanics
ceramics
erosion
physical vapor deposition
titanium nitride

File:

Download Dissertation_July_03.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Todd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Rangarajan, Badri

Title:

Nanophase Glass Ceramics for Capacitive Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Fresnoites
Crystallization kinetics
Dielectric Properties
Glass ceramics
Energy density

File:

Download Badri-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member

Author:

Randow, Charles Louis

Title:

A Directed Continuum Model of a Columnar Thin Film

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Cosserat
micromorphic

File:

Download Randow-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary L Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Chandan

Title:

MODELING AND CONTROLLING NANAOSCALE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF EPITAXIAL QUANTUM DOTS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Thermal Field Directed Self-Assembly
Multilayer
Spectral Analysis
Surface Diffusion
Stochastic
Self-assembly
Quantum Dot
Elastic Heterogeneity

File:

Download ChandanKumar-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence H Friedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence H Friedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Peng, Chih-Yi

Title:

THE USE OF ARRAYED NANO-DIMENSIONAL TEMPLATE STRUCTURES FOR CONTROLLED GROWTH

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

nanochannel
nanowire
nanoribbon
template
polymer

File:

Download thesis_050408.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Joseph Fonash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S Ashok, Committee Member
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member

Author:

Srinivasan, Charan

Title:

Hybrid Strategies for Nanolithography and Chemical Patterning

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Lithography
Chemical Patterning
Self-Assembly

File:

Download CSrinivasanPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne M Andrews, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Venkatasubramanian, Chandrasekaran

Title:

PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND POST-DEPOSITION MODIFICATION OF PULSED-DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERED VANADIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS FOR MICROBOLOMETER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Pulsed dc sputtering
vanadium oxide
annealing
ion implantation
microbolometer
infrared imaging

File:

Download Venkatasubramanian_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

S Ashok, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Chong Myoung

Title:

Elastic Waves in Bounded Structures with an Arbitrary Cross-Section

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

ultrasonic
arbtrary corss section
guided wave
rail inspection

File:

Download lee_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Eduard E Ventsel, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Sunil K Sinha, Committee Member

Author:

Hayes, Daniel James

Title:

Micrototal Analysis System For Enzymatic Drug Metabolism and Analysis

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Cell Based Biosensor
Microfluidics
metabolism
drug discovery
mass spectrometry

File:

Download Dan__s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sabih I Hayek, Committee Member
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Member
Gregory S Mc Carty, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Stephen Joseph Fonash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Parks, David Austin

Title:

Development of a Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Array Sensor for Nuclear Reactor Applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

ultrasonic
nuclear
piezoelectric
radiation damage

File:

Download Parks_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard R Tittmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Judith Todd, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Fei

Title:

Optics of Slanted Chiral Sculptured Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Sculptured Thin Films
Chirality
Circular Bragg Phenomenon
Defect Mode
Dipole
Beam Shift
Coupled Wave Theory
Optical filter
Optical Sensor
Tunable Laser

File:

Download PhDthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Messier, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Fan

Title:

CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED LIGHT EMISSION BY MICROCAVITY LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES AND VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

sculptured thin film
circularly-polarized light
LED
VCSEL
ECDL

File:

Download Fan_Zhang_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member

Author:

Wagle, Gautam Subhash

Title:

Die Compaction Simulation: Simplifying the Application of a Complex Constitutive Model Using Numerical and Physical Experiments

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Drucker-Prager
Powder Metallurgy Finite Element
Die Compaction Simulation

File:

Download GautamWagle-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Renata S Engel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randall M German, Committee Member
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
El Amine Lehtihet, Committee Member
David John Green, Committee Member

Author:

Aggarwal, Gaurav

Title:

Development of Self-Lubricating Coatings via Cold Spray Process: Feedstock Formulation and Deformation Modeling

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Cold Spray
Coatings
Modeling

File:

Download gAggarwal-PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ivica Smid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member

Author:

Sethi, Guneet

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE-DIELECTRIC PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN ZIRCONIUM OXIDE, TANTALUM PENTOXIDE, AND OXIDE-POLYMER LAMINATE FILMS FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITOR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

monte carlo
energy density
dielectric breakdown
zirconium oxide
laminate composites
tantalum pentoxide
thin films
modeling
PVDF
polypropylene
capacitors
pulsed power

File:

Download Guneet_Sethi_PhD_Thesis_04_04_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Eugene Furman, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Huidong

Title:

ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE MECHANICS FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

FEM
structural health monitoring
nondestructive evaluation
composite material
guided wave
ultrasonics
SAFE
global matrix method
normal mode expansion

File:

Download Huidong_Gao_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member