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Author:

Zhang, Shengjun

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ALKALI METAL IMPURIES ON THE PROCESSING OF AL AND MG ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mg alloys
High temperature embrittlement
alkali metal impurities
Al alloys
first-principles
Thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Sharifiasl, Samin

Title:

Corrosion Issues in High-level Nuclear Waste Containers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Passivity
Corrosion
High-level nuclear waste
Sulfide
Thermodynamics
Kinetics

File:

Download ThesisMaster-Samin_Sharifi_Asl_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Ravi, Venkataramanan

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles
Single Molecule Level Measurements
Kinetic Analysis
Thermodynamics

File:

Download Final_PhD_Thesis_Venkat_Ravi.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Derek M

Title:

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CuCl HCl Electrolyzer
Thermodynamics
Kinetics
Efficiency

File:

Download Derek_Hall_PHD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Imonighavwe, Goodness Oghenetega

Title:

Comparative Analysis of Three Equations of State in the prediction of Liquid Properties and the introduction of a new approach to Phase Behavior Modelling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Thermodynamics
Phase modelling
Equation of state

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Adebola Adewumi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
unkown, Committee Member
Unknown, Committee Member

Author:

Domask, Anna Catherine

Title:

Reactivity and Epitaxy of Metal Thin-Films on Few-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Contacts
Thermodynamics
van der Waals Solid
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide
Raman spectroscopy
Transition electron microscopy

File:

Download DomaskAnna_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Guan, Pinwen

Title:

Study of phase equilibria and defect chemistry of the Cu-Zn-Sn-S system from first-principles and computational thermodynamics towards photovoltaic applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermodynamics
DFT
CALPHAD
Solar materials
Defect
Semiconductors

File:

Download Pinwen-Thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
John B. Asbury, Outside Member
Vincent Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Weitzner, Stephen E

Title:

Quantum–Continuum Modeling of Electrodeposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
Density functional theory
DFT
Solvation
Quantum-Continuum
Interface
Electrodeposition
Underpotential deposition
Thermodynamics
Statistical Mechanics
Monte Carlo
Implicit solvent
Multiscale
Alloy
Electrode
Catalysis
Electrocatalysis
UPD
Cluster expansion

File:

Download Stephen_Weitzner_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph Colby, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Michael Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Zhifeng

Title:

Modeling of fluid flow in capillary channels

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Capillary blockage
Constricted channel
Capillary exchange
Leaky channel
Droplet dynamics
Fluid mechanics
Thermodynamics
VEG method
Mathematical modeling

File:

Download Zhifeng_Zhang_Ph.D_thesis_Engineering_Science_and_Mechanics_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Corina Stefania Drapaca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Christian Peco Regales, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Lichtenstein, Timothy Thomas

Title:

FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF LIQUID METALS TOWARDS ELECTROCHEMICAL SEPARATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrorefining
Thermodynamics
barium-alloys
electromotive force
Electrochemical separation
Phase diagram

File:

Download Thesis_TimothyLichtenstein_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hojong Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Thomas Mallouk, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
James L. Willit, Special Member