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Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Soublet, Brandy A

Title:

MICROSTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY, AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR IN ALUMINA AND SIALON MICROSTRUCTURE COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

microstructure property relations
alumina
connectivity
ceramic processing
mechanical properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Heidecker, Matthew J

Title:

HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

exfoliated
intercalated
composite
modulated DSC
crystallization
ductility
mechanical properties
PC
PET
non-compatibilized
compatibilized
high-peformance nanocomposites
polymer nanocomposites
polymer physics
high temperature surfactants
imidazolium
quaternary ammonium surfactants
melt-blending
injection molding

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Dayal, Manmeet Singh

Title:

Effects of additives on mechanical and structural properties on bacterial cellulose composites

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Bacterial cellulose
additives
mechanical properties
XRD
FESEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David I Soybel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marker, Cassie Lou

Title:

Development of a knowledge base of Ti-alloys from first-principles and thermodynamic modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Titanium
CALPHAD
DFT
Biomaterials
first-principles
thermodynamics
mechanical properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Outside Member
Michael Manley, Special Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Archi

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND ADSORPTION APPLICATIONS OF 1-, 2-, AND 3-DIMENSIONAL sp2-HYBRIDIZED NANOCARBONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

carbon nanotubes
graphene
graphitic nanoribbons
graphene based adsorbents
3-D networks
mechanical properties
adsorption properties
gas and liquid phase adsorption

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Lin, Charis I

Title:

Sintering and Solid-State Joining of Nickel-based Superalloys using Field-Assisted Sintering Technology

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

nickel
field-assisted sintering
spark plasma sintering
solid state joining
microstructure
mechanical properties
diffusion bonding
superalloy
powder metallurgy

File:

Download Lin-Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Outside Unit & Field Member
Edward Smith, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Jogender Singh, Special Member

Author:

Iams, Andrew

Title:

Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
duplex stainless steel
microstructure
mechanical properties

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Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lucille Giannuzzi, Special Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pawikhum, Kittiphum

Title:

Design End-effectors for Thinning Apple in the Green Fruit Stage

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

End-effector
Thinning
Green fruit Thinning
Crop load management
apples apples
mechanical properties
Physical Properties
apples thinning
Apples
Mechanical properties

File:

Download Kittiphum_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long He, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Randall Gray Bock, Special Signatory

Author:

Schulze, Jessica

Title:

Investigation of organic materials in electrolyte solutions using reactive molecular dynamics with applications in hydrogels, cryo-EM, and planetary science

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
MD
poly(vinyl alcohol)
Enceladus
cryo-EM
mechanical properties
water-electrolyte
computations
chemistry

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Committee Members:

C Okafor, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major & Minor Field Member
Susan Hafenstein, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair