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Author:

Butler, Nan Ellen

Title:

Effects of Surface Roughness and Aging on the Electrical Contact Resistance and Residual Stress in Gold-nickel-copper Connector Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

surface roughness
aging
electrical contact resistance
residual stress
gold
nickel
copper
connector

File:

Download NanButler_MS_Thesis_-_Final__11-5-2014_.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grave, Daniel Aldo

Title:

Process-Structure-Property Relationships of Micron Thick Gadolinium Oxide Films Deposited by Reactive Electron Beam-Physical Vapor Deposition (EB-PVD)

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin film
Gadolinium Oxide
Gd2O3
neutron detection
residual stress
phase transition

File:

Download Daniel_Grave_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Heigel, Jarred Christopher

Title:

Thermo-mechanical Model Development and Experimental Validation for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
laser cladding
distortion
convection
finite element analysis
residual stress
in situ measurement

File:

Download HeigelDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

Author:

Bradley, Lawrence

Title:

Improving residual stress and heat transfer in shape memory alloy actuation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

shape memory alloy
residual stress
actuation
recoverable strain
NiTi

File:

Download Thesis_Draft_5_AH.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Du, Committee Member

Author:

Gillespie, Jared

Title:

Ultrasonic Non-destructive Evaluation of Metallic Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

ultrasound
additive manufacturing
melt pools
texture
residual stress
resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

File:

Download UT_NDE_of_AM__final_rev01.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Kube, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrea Paola Arguelles, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden, III, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair