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Author:

Asay, David Benjamin

Title:

EFFECTS OF VAPOR-PHASE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUENTS ON MACRO- TO NANO-TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

friction
adhesion
wear
silicon
MEMS
vapor phase
lubrication
adsorption
water

File:

Download Asay_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Scott III, Dana Malcolm

Title:

Electric-Field Directed Growth of Self-Assembling Silicon Nanowires for Integrated Circuit Applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

silicon
nanowire
Fonash
self-assembly
electric-field
grow-in-place

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Joseph Fonash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Joseph Fonash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lettieri, James

Title:

Critical Issues of Complex, Epitaxial Oxide Growth and Integration with Silicon by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

oxides
silicon
molecular beam epitaxy

File:

Download Lettierithesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Yashinski , Melisa Sue

Title:

Tensile Strength of Silicon Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon
nanomechanical testing
nanowires

File:

Download Steighner_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kirkpatrick, Rebecca

Title:

Flexure Strength and Failure Probability of Silicon Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon
mechanical characterization
nanowire
bend testing
Weibull statistics

File:

Download Kirkpatrick_Doctoral_Dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Soham

Title:

A study of contacts to p- and n-type silicon nanowires synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth process

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminide
silicide
nanowire
silicon
ohmic
contact
vapor-liquid-solid growth

File:

Download PhDThesis-SohamDey.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

St John, David Benjamin

Title:

Optical and Electrical Characterization of High Resistivity Semiconductors for Constant-bias Microbolometer Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PECVD
silicon
germanium
infrared
ellipsometry
spectroscopic ellipsometry
infrared ellipsometry
microbolometer

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Christopher Roman Wronski, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Special Member

Author:

Smith, Charles Allen

Title:

Optical Optimization of the Light and Carrier Collection Management Solar Cell Architecture

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

nanoscale device
numerical simulation
photovoltaic cell
silicon
thin films
light management
LCCM

File:

Download Charles_A._Smith_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Fonash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wook Jun Nam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shen, Haoting

Title:

Radial junction solar cells based on heterojunction with intrinsic thin lay (HIT) Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

solar cell
amorphous silicon
PECVD
photovoltaic
nanowire
silicon

File:

Download Haoting_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Special Member

Author:

Yi, Ran

Title:

Development Of High-energy Silicon-based Anode Materials For Lithium-ion Storage

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion batteries
anodes
silicon
composite
hybrid capacitors

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_of_Ran_Yi.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Acevedo, Flor Edith

Title:

THE WEAR AND TEAR OF FEEDING: INDUCED PLANT DEFENSES BY FALL ARMYWORM HERBIVORY AND COUNTER INSECT ADAPTATION MECHANISMS

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

plant defenses
fall armyworm
insect saliva
insect salivary proteome
herbivore-induced defenses
maize defenses
induced plant resistance
silicon
insect mandibles
trichomes

File:

Download Acevedo_FE_Thesis_Sep_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Outside Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Special Member

Author:

Alagic, Sven

Title:

ALUMINUM SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITE PROCESSED BY FIELD ASSISTED SINTERING TECHNIQUE: MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum
silicon
carbide
composite
metal
matrix
field
assisted
sintering
spark
plasma
high
volume
fraction
structural
aerospace
materials
science

File:

Download Sven_Alagic_Aluminum_Silicon_Carbide_Masters_Thesis_FINAL_-_6.pdf

Committee Members:

Jogender Singh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member

Author:

Campbell, Quinn Thomas

Title:

Semiconductor-Solution Interfaces From First Principles

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

first principles
semiconductor interfaces
water splitting
high throughput
computational
silicon

File:

Download QuinnCampbell-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Member