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Author:

Coronado, Carlos Arturo

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING AND SIZE EFFECT OF CONCRETE-EPOXY INTERFACES

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

composites
debonding
concrete-epoxy interface
finite element modeling
damage mechanics
bond
fracture mechanics

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

María López De Murphy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
David John Green, Committee Member
Theodor Krauthammer, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

Author:

Strawhecker, Kenneth Edward

Title:

AFM Studies of Semicrystalline Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
inorganic
nanocomposites
AFM
layered silicates
composites
materials

File:

Download Strawhecker.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Matthews, Peter Joseph

Title:

Modeling Continuous-fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Exploration of Damage Tolerant Concepts

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

composites
delamination
damage

File:

Download MatthewsDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin L Koudela, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

Author:

Tweed-Kent, Sean Patrick

Title:

UNDERSTANDING CURE INHIBITION IN CARBON FIBER REINFORCED VINYL ESTER RESIN COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

FTIR
NEXAFS
XPS
DSC
inhibit
free radical
cure
inhibition
composite
composites
carbon fiber
vinyl ester
differential scanning calorimetry
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
near edge X-ray absorption fine structure

File:

Download STK_Thesis_final_submission_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas David Juska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas David Juska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas

Title:

Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength

File:

Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Shan, Ying

Title:

Flexible Matrix Composites: Dynamic Characterization, Modeling, and Potential for Driveshaft Applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

self heating
damping
driveshaft
composites
flexible matrix
thermomechanical

File:

Download ShanThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Gungor, Sila

Title:

Electric-field-induced Alignment of Carbon Nanofillers in Multifunctional Glass-epoxy Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

composites
carbon nanotubes
carbon black
electrical anisotropy
damage detection
glass fiber reinforced plastics

File:

Download Gungor_Sila_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Ben Atitallah, Hassene

Title:

Characterization and modeling of active fiber composites

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectricity
composites
Temperature dependence
AFC
Viscoelasticity

File:

Download Full_dissertation_v3_with_CV1.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Yener, Devren Adem

Title:

Guided wave mode conversion behavior and delamination detection in composite plates: an FEM-driven approach

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

ultrasound
ultrasonic
guided waves
composites
delamination
finite element
non-destructive testing
non-destructive evaluation
structural health monitoring
ndt
nde
shm
lamb waves
laminate
carbon fiber
fem
fea
composite

File:

Download DevrenYener-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Veazey, Dustin Montgomery

Title:

Microstructural Control of Polyaryletherketones and their Fiber Reinforced Composites

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
composites
crosslink

File:

Download DustinVeazey_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Masud, Md Abdulla

Title:

ON THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELD ASSEMBLY OF PARTICULATE POLYMER COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

composites
polymer
barium ferrite
dielectrophoresis

File:

Download Dissertation_Masud_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aman Haque, Committee Member
Paris von Lockette, Committee Member
Seong H. Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Reainthippayasakul, Wuttichai

Title:

PHOTOCURABLE DIELECTRICS FOR ELECTRONIC PACKAGING AND ENCAPSULANT APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

photocurable
dielectrics
composites
electronic packaging
thermal conductivity
crosslinking

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Prakash, Keerti

Title:

Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
rotorcraft
carbobnanotubes
hybrid-nanocomposite
damping

File:

Download Prakash_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Braga Nogueira Branco, Ricardo

Title:

Scalable fabrication and characterization of magnetically aligned and diazotized CNT-epoxy composites for interlaminar reinforcement of aerospace composites

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aerospace
materials
composites
carbon nanotubes
polymer nanocomposites
nanocomposites
nanotubes
functionalized
covalent functionalization
diazotization
three-point bending
fracture toughness
magnetic assembly

File:

Download RicardoBranco_MSThesis_SU21.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Grady, Zane

Title:

Cold Sintering of of Solid-State Sodium-Ion Battery Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ceramics
solid-state batteries
composites
cold sintering
impedance spectroscopy

File:

Download Grady_Dissertation_Final_PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Outside Field Member
Xiaolin Li, Special Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Roessler, Arya

Title:

Resin Film Infusion Process for Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite Plates

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

carbon fiber reinforced plastics
OOA
out-of-autoclave
B-staging
epoxy
short beam shear
ILSS
DSC
carbon fiber
composites

File:

Download Roessler_MS_Thesis_May_22.pdf

Committee Members:

Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Xin Ning, Committee Member

Author:

Gupta, Shruti

Title:

Cold Sintering of Lead Zirconate Titanate Based Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold sintering process
ceramic process
piezoelectricity
composites
ultrasound transducers
sintering process

File:

Download Shruti_Gupta_Masters_Thesis_-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Doshi, Mitansh Sharad

Title:

Studying, Tailoring, and Harnessing Structural Instability for Advanced Thin-Walled and Architected Structures

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

buckling
instability
aerospace
mechanical
thin-walled
composites
machine-learning
FEA
CAD
flexible structures
spherical shells
cylindrical shells
metamaterials
architected structures
soft structures

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Major Field Member
Charles Bakis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xin Ning, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Groeneveld-Meijer, Willem

Title:

Powder Spreading Characteristics of Monomodal and Bimodal Spherical Alumina for Ceramic Matrix Composite Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

binder jet additive manufacturing
additive manufacturing
alumina powder
ceramic matrix composites
ceramic
composites

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Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jeremy Schreiber, Special Signatory
Matt Lear, Special Signatory