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Author:

Raynaud, Patrick A.C.

Title:

Crack Growth Through the Thickness of Thin-Sheet Hydrided Zircaloy-4

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

zircaloy
cladding
fracture
toughness
hydride
crack
thickness
RIA
sheet
hydrogen

File:

Download Patrick_AC_Raynaud_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Kwai S Chan, Committee Member

Author:

Kolluru, Pavan Venkata Narayana

Title:

EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE HISTORY ON THE SURFACE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOAT GLASS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Float glass
tin diffusion
aging
weathering
leaching
surface cleaning
pH
nanoindentation
reduced elastic modulus
hardness

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final__Macros_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher L Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bintachitt, Patamas

Title:

Local Origin of Macroscopic Properties and Patterning in PbZr(1-x)Ti(x)O(3) Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectric
Thin Films
Piezoelectric Force Microscopy (PFM)
MEMS
Lead Zirconate Titanate PZT

File:

Download PhD_thesis_patamas_bintachitt.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Lim, Peck Cheng

Title:

Development and Characterization of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells Using Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Membrane-Electrode Assembly
Anion-Exchange Membrane
Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell
Hydrogen
Ethanol

File:

Download PCLim_PSU_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Levi, Roni Daniel

Title:

SOLID SOLUTION TRENDS THAT IMPACT ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF SUBMICRON LAYERS IN DIELECTRIC CAPACITORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
dielectrics
barium titanate
solid solutions

File:

Download Roni_D_Levi_Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
L Q Chen, Committee Member
E C Dickey, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Pavlacka, Robert Joseph

Title:

Processing and Properties of Al2O3 Microstructure Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

texture
templated grain growth
non-catastrophic failure
fracture
alumina
microstructure composite
composite

File:

Download ThesisMasterFINALrevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Ulbricht, Ross

Title:

Growth of EuO Thin Films by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

epitaxy
semiconductor
magnetic
thin film
crystal
MBE
EuO
XRD
rheed

File:

Download RossUlbrichtMastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell G Schlom, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Nandan, Rituraj

Title:

Computational modeling of heat transfer and visco-plastic flow in Friction Stir Welding

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

torque
reliability
differential algorithm
viscoplastic flow
friction coeffiecient
finite volume method
parametric study
friction stir welding
aluminum alloys
heat generation
heat transfer
variable slip

File:

Download Rituraj-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

Author:

Peppernick, Samuel John

Title:

United Atoms to Superatoms and the Isoelectronic Principle

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Alchemy
Photoelectron Imaging
Superatoms
Isoelectronic
Superposition Principle

File:

Download SJP_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Sarah M

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SiNWs
nanowire solar cells
SiNW growth

File:

Download Synthesis_and_Characterization_of_SiNW_Arrays_for_Photovoltaic_Applications_Eichfeld_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Siwei

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED FLUORINATED POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oligomeric aniline blocks
block copolymer
fluorinated polymers

File:

Download master_thesis_of_Siwei_Liang_2008_version_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Feng, Weiming

Title:

PHASE-FIELD MODELS OF MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION AND NEW NUMERICAL STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase-field
microstructure
moving mesh
anisotropic mobility

File:

Download Dissertation_Weiming_Feng.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wei-En

Title:

IMPEDANCE/THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT AND MICROSTRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT INTERFACES IN DEGRADED PEROVSKITE DIELECTRICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermally stimulated depolarization current
Impedence
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

Download final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xi

Title:

SIZE EFFECTS IN ALLOY AND HETEROSTRUCTURED Si1-xGex NANOWIRES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowires
SiGe
size effect diffusion

File:

Download Xi_Zhang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Xiaoming

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSMEBLY OF DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS USING HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES AND SUPPORTED CATALYSTS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

DMFC
electrolyte membrane
supported catalyst

File:

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Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member