1. FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF THE HF-RE BINARY SYSTEM WITH EXTENSION TO THE HF-NI-RE TERNARY SYSTEM Open Access Author: Ling, Yan Title: FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF THE HF-RE BINARY SYSTEM WITH EXTENSION TO THE HF-NI-RE TERNARY SYSTEM Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: thermodynamicsNi-Hf-RehafniumrheniumHf-ReCALPHADfirst-principlesNi-based superalloysmodeling File: Download Ling_MS_final5.pdf Committee Members: Paul Raymond Howell, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorZi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor