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Author:: Rajapurkar, Aditya Mohan
Title:: LOSS MECHANISMS IN PIEZOELECTRIC PZT CERAMICS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: mechanical quality factor
loss mechanisms
piezoelectric
ceramics
single crystals
File:: Download Aditya_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Neese, Bret P.
Title:: Investigations of Structure-Property Relationships to Enhance the Multifunctional Properties of PVDF-based Polymers
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: polymer
ferroelectric
piezoelectric
electrocaloric effect
PVDF
capacitor
File:: Download Neese_PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Heverly II, David E.
Title:: Optimal Actuator Placement and Active Structure Design for Control of Helicopter Airframe Vibrations
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: piezoelectric
smart structures
active control
helicopter
vibrations
actuator placement
structural design
optimization
File:: Download dehthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Green, Darren Vincent
Title:: Development of a Piezoelectric Micro Engine Using Pulsed Catalytic Combustion
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: micro engine
piezoelectric
catalytic combustion
micro power
File:: Download D_Green_Thesis_2.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Parks, David Austin
Title:: Development of a Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Array Sensor for Nuclear Reactor Applications
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: ultrasonic
nuclear
piezoelectric
radiation damage
File:: Download Parks_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Bernhard R Tittmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Judith Todd, Committee Member

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Author:: Monnell, Jason D.
Title:: MOLECULAR-SCALE PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MOLECULES
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: piezoelectric
atomic force microscopy
scanning tunneling microscopy
ferroelectric
self-assembled monolayers
File:: Download JDMonnell-dissertation-etd-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

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Author:: Loverich, Jacob Joseph
Title:: Development of a new high specific power piezoelectric actuator
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: piezoelectric
actuator
active material
feed screw
motion accumulation
File:: Download Loverich.thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Jun-Sik
Title:: Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter dynamics
vibration reduction
trailing edge flap
piezoelectric
resonant actuator
File:: Download JSKIM-Dissertation-2005-DEC.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Sherlock, Nevin Paul
Title:: RELAXOR-PT SINGLE CRYSTALS FOR BROAD BANDWIDTH, HIGH POWER SONAR PROJECTORS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: ferroelectric
piezoelectric
single crystal
sonar
transducer
File:: Download Sherlock-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member

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Author:: Eitel, Richard Edward
Title:: NOVEL PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH PERFORMANCE PIEZOELECTRICS ON THE BASIS OF STRUCTURE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: piezoelectric
ferroelectric
bismuth
lead titanate
perovskite
ceramic
tolerance factor
Curie temperature
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

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