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Author:

Gross, Steven Joseph

Title:

MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
PZT
microfabrication
etching
cantilevers
xenon difluoride
ion beam etching
piezoelectric
actuators
unimorph
bimorph

File:

Download SJG-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Sheng

Title:

HIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL RESPONSE ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR SOLID STATE ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymers
actuators
electromechanical
ionic polymer
electrostrictive polymers

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_-_Sheng_Liu_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig Grimes, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Poudel, Bharat

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Polyzwitterions as Dielectric Elastomeric Actuators for Soft Robotics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

zwitterions
polyzwitterions
dielectric constant
actuators
dielectric elastomers

File:

Download Final_thesis_report_D.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert J. Hickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julie Fenton, Committee Member
John Asbury, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stewart A. Mallory, Committee Member