Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering / Degree: PHD / Year: 2009

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Author:: Nandan, Rituraj
Title:: Computational modeling of heat transfer and visco-plastic flow in Friction Stir Welding
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: torque
reliability
differential algorithm
viscoplastic flow
friction coeffiecient
finite volume method
parametric study
friction stir welding
aluminum alloys
heat generation
heat transfer
variable slip
File:: Download Rituraj-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

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Author:: Peppernick, Samuel John
Title:: United Atoms to Superatoms and the Isoelectronic Principle
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Alchemy
Photoelectron Imaging
Superatoms
Isoelectronic
Superposition Principle
File:: Download SJP_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

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Author:: Eichfeld, Sarah M
Title:: Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: SiNWs
nanowire solar cells
SiNW growth
File:: Download Synthesis_and_Characterization_of_SiNW_Arrays_for_Photovoltaic_Applications_Eichfeld_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member

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Author:: Feng, Weiming
Title:: PHASE-FIELD MODELS OF MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION AND NEW NUMERICAL STRATEGIES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: phase-field
microstructure
moving mesh
anisotropic mobility
File:: Download Dissertation_Weiming_Feng.pdf
Committee Members:: Long Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

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Author:: Liu, Wei-En
Title:: IMPEDANCE/THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT AND MICROSTRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT INTERFACES IN DEGRADED PEROVSKITE DIELECTRICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: thermally stimulated depolarization current
Impedence
defect chemistry
electrical degradation
File:: Download final_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Xi
Title:: SIZE EFFECTS IN ALLOY AND HETEROSTRUCTURED Si1-xGex NANOWIRES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: nanowires
SiGe
size effect diffusion
File:: Download Xi_Zhang_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

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Author:: Huang, Xiaoming
Title:: DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSMEBLY OF DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS USING HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES AND SUPPORTED CATALYSTS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: DMFC
electrolyte membrane
supported catalyst
File:: Download All.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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