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Author:

Castro Baldivieso, Stephanie

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN MOLTEN SALT SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemical recovery
electromotive force measurements
Gd-Bi alloys
oxide reduction
recovery efficiency of rare earth elements
Gd-Bi kinetic properties

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member

Author:

Bachu, Saiphaneendra

Title:

Probing the Interfaces in Two-dimensional Heterostructures Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
vertical heterostructures
in-plane heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
cathodoluminescence

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Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gesualdi, Jarrod

Title:

Chemistry-structure-property relations in the AlCrFeMnNi alloy system

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemistry
metallurgy
corrosion
microstructure
thermodynamics

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Amanda Johnsen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Miao, Leixin

Title:

Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy for Nanostructure Interpretation in High-Entropy Oxides and Beyond

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Transmission Electron Mircoscopy
High Entropy Oxides
Ferroelectric
Domain Structure
Nanostructure
Image Processing
Ferrovalley Materials
Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Xu, Yifan

Title:

Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Block copolymer
Photonic band gap property
Nonlinear optical property
Responsive materials

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Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hou, Yuchen

Title:

Novel Bio-inspired Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Halide perovskite
Photovoltaic
Optoelectronic system
Biomolecular engineering
Bio-inspiration

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Shashank Priya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Han, Zhubing

Title:

Understanding the composition–structure–property relationships and enhancing the electromechanical responses in ferroelectric polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric polymers
Piezoelectric polymers
PVDF
Dielectrics

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Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Field Member
Qing Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Slapikas, Robert

Title:

Atomistic Simulations: Atomistic level investigation of the dissolution, precipitation, and surface diffusion dynamics at the aqueous metal interface for renewable energy applications and the oxidation of silicon carbide for aero-propulsion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Dnamics
Pt
Platinum nanoparticles
ultra-high temperature ceramics

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Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Special Signatory

Author:

Wang, Huaiyu

Title:

Phonons at Phase Boundaries in Electronic and Structural Transitions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Structural perturbation
Phonons
Ultrafast
X-ray Diffraction
Raman spectroscopy
Quantum Materials
Ferroelectric Nanotextures
Phase Transition

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Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Haidan Wen, Special Member

Author:

Shaffer, Derek

Title:

Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Precipitation Hardening
17-4 PH
Martensitic Stainless Steel
Solution Heat Treatment
Aging

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Outside Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Fazlioglu Yalcin, Benazir

Title:

Elucidating the Growth Kinetics of Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy: An Experimental and Computational Approach

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hybrid molecular beam epitaxy
thin films
oxide
ReaxFF
metal organics
thermogravimetric analysis
chalcogenide

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Mei, Wenwen

Title:

Zwitterion as Additives to Boost Dielectric Constant and Increase Conductivity for Single-ion Conducting Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ion-containing polymer
zwitterion
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy

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Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zorn, Jacob

Title:

Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase-field
thermodynamic
ferroelectric
landau theory
TDGL
Cahn-Hilliard
Allen-Cahn

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member

Author:

Jiang, Panwei

Title:

Multi-scale computational modeling of the effects of defects and microstructural anomalies on mechanical response of parts resulting from additive manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Crystal plasticity model
Fatigue Indicator Parameter
DAMASK
Microstructure-sensitive
Lattice strutcture
Gibson-Ashby model
Texture
Grain morphology

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Saurabh Basu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Major Field Member
Darren Pagan, Major Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit Member
Ed De Meter, Outside Field Member

Author:

Sengeh, Joseph

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Fibers
Carbon-Carbon Composites
Methane Storage
Carbon Precursors
Polymer Precursors
Oxidative Stability
Carbon Yield
Volumetric and Gravimetric Capacity

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Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Semih Eser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Cindy

Title:

Synthesis and Integration of 2D Materials and ALD Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D Materials
Atomic Layer Deposition
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Semiconductors
Dielectrics

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Outside Field Member

Author:

Iams, Andrew

Title:

Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

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:

Ding, Dazhong

Title:

Property degradation and microstructure damage of tungsten in ultra high temperature environments

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

tungsten
plasma
microstructure
fusion materials
ultrashort pulsed laser

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jean Paul Allain, Major Field Member
Sean Knecht, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Leigh Winfrey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Hall, Nicole

Title:

Discovering Photocatalytic Materials From First Principles

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Density-functional theory
Photocatalyst
DFT+U

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kotsonis, George

Title:

High-Entropy Oxides: Epitaxial Growth, Kinetic Dependencies, and Linear Optical Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Oxides
Entropy
Epitaxy

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Committee Members:

Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Campbell, Ian

Title:

Experimental and Computational Investigations of Platinum and Gallium Nitride Vapor Deposition Processes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

atomic layer deposition
chemical vapor deposition
platinum
gallium nitride
density functional theory
mesoporous nitrogen doped carbon
nuclei
particle
thin film

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Committee Members:

Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Han, Aijie

Title:

Using the semidilute unentangled concentration regime to determine the molecular weights of polyelectrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyelectrolyte solutions
polymer physics
rheology

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ralph Colby, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Urara Hasegawa, Major Field Member

Author:

Nieves Sanabria, Cesar

Title:

Dynamics of ion transport and charge compensation in thermally poled glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
ion migration
thermal poling
tsdc
comsol
dielectric breakdown
acid leaching
polymer coating
electrical properties

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member

Author:

Gerace, Katy

Title:

Exploring the fundamental contributions to the dielectric properties of LiNbO3 and NaNbO3 glass-ceramics with microwave frequency measurements

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
glass-ceramics
dielectric properties
microwave frequency

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member

Author:

Isaacson, Aaron

Title:

Microstructural Evolution Under Loss of Lubriction Conditions in Aerospace Gear Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace Gear Steel Failure
Friction
Surface Oxidation
Hot Hardness
Loss of Lubrication Gear Failure
Microstructural Evolution
Scuffing

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kuznetsova, Tatiana

Title:

Enhancing properties of perovskite ferroelectrics and correlated metals via precise stoichiometry control

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
Complex oxides
Transparent conductors
Thin films

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qi Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Dai, Cheng

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF CONTROLLING AND DESIGNING FERROELECTRIC TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND HIDDEN PHASES IN SUPERLATTICE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Topological phase
Hidden phase
Superlattice
Design strategy
Control

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Molina, Alex

Title:

Semiconductor Surface Passivation and Metallization for Schottky Diodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Schottky diodes
contacts
transition metals
semiconductor structures
gallium nitride
rhenium
molybdenum carbonitride
atomic layer deposition
energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray diffraction
hydrobromic acid
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
electron beam evaporation
sputtering
surface passivation
metallization

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Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rongming Chu, Outside Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Torsi, Riccardo

Title:

Engineering Defects, Dopants, and Layering in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D Materials
2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MoS2
Doping
Point Defects
Defect Engineering
Epitaxy
Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
CVD
Electronic and Photonic Materials
Surface Characterization
2D Semiconductors

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Outside Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Min, Lujin

Title:

Studies on Quantum Transport and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Quantum transport
Magnetism
Nonlinear Hall effect
High entropy material

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Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Sun, Hui

Title:

Computational materials design by thermodynamic modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CALPHAD
FGM
Thermodynamic modeling
Cr-Fe-Mo-Nb-Ni
Materials Design

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jingjing Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Fair, Ryan

Title:

EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Conjugated polymers
TEM
Persistence Length
Gel Permeation Chromatorgraphy
Light Scattering
GIWAXS
SANS
4D STEM
Organic Photovoltaic
Organic Field Effect Transistor
Organic Electronics

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Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Chen, Xin

Title:

MATERIALS DESIGN OF DIELECTRIC POLYMERS FOR ENERGY STORAGE, ELECTROCALORIC COOLING, AND ELECTRO-ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric polymer
PVDF-based polymers
Electrocaloric cooling
electromechanical coupling
capacitors
energy storage

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Qiming Zhang, Co-Chair of Committee
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qing Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Qiming Zhang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Lin, Yinan

Title:

Mixed Modifier Effect in Aluminosilicate Glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminosilicate-based glass
dissolution
dynamic
mixed modifier effect.
aluminosilicate glass
mixed modifier effect
mechanical
glass transition

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Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Goodling, Devin

Title:

Compositional Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties in Thin Film Zn1-xMgxO

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ZnO
ferroelectric
ZnMgO
RF sputtering

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Jon-Paul Maria, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rosoff-Verbit, Brett

Title:

Liberation of Graphene-like Nanoplatelets and Sub-micron Particles from Anthracite Coal through Chemically Aided Attrition Milling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Graphene
anthracite
coal
nanomaterial
nano
attrition
milling

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James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
John C Mauro, Committee Member

Author:

Peeke, Lachlan M

Title:

Printed Electronics Evolution: Analyzing Extrusion Methods, Force Modeling, and the Integration of 3D Printed Biosensors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

3D Printing
Electronics
Biosensor
Toolpath
Extrusion

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Luke Andrew Mc Clure Lyle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Yuxiang

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERACTION OF MULTI-FUNCTIONALIZED POROUS AROMATIC FRAMEWORKS WITH PURE SO2 AND GAS MIXTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Functionalized Porous Aromatic Frameworks
Acid Gas Adsorption
Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simmulations

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Susan Sinnott, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Outside Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hayden, John

Title:

Growth and Ferroelectric Properties of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride-Based Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
Wurtzite
Nitride
Thin Film
Sputtering

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Mena Garcia, Javier

Title:

Cold sintering of ceramic matrix composites for varistors and microwave dielectric substrates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cold sintering
ceramic matrix composite
microwave substrate
varistor

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Liu, Derrick Shao

Title:

Growth of the III-VI Two Dimensional Chalcogenide Layered Semiconductors for Electronic Device Applications by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Beam Epitaxy
thin film
2D materials
indium selenide
growth kinetics
chalcogens

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Ying Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Gong, Rushi

Title:

Investigation of Atomic Environments by Computational Thermodynamics: Applications in Intermetallic Catalysts and Molten Salts

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CALPHAD
Thermodynamics
First-principles calculations
Catalysts
Intermetallics
Molten salts
Short-range ordering
Software

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member

Author:

Iwabuchi, Yasuyuki

Title:

Single crystal growth of high entropy ternary phosphides and parent phases

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High entropy materials
Nonlinear optics
Single crystal growth
Phosphides
Second harmonic generation

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zhiqiang Mao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Yuwei

Title:

ReaxFF Studies of Sapphire Surface Properties for Applications in Epitaxy of Thin Films and Semiconductor Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular dynamics simulations
Sapphire surface
Thin film epitaxy
Atomic layer etching (ALE)
Hydroxylation
Fluorination
Surface chemistry
MoS2/α-Al2O3 interactions
H2O/α-Al2O3 interactions

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Lukas Muechler, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Debnath, Arindam

Title:

Accelerating High Entropy Alloy Design with Artificial Intelligence

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Entropy Alloys
Machine Learning
Artifical Intelligence
Generative Modeling
Inverse Design
Multi Task Learning

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Sharon Huang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Britt, Cole

Title:

Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach for Heterogeneous Microstructures of Martensitic Functional Gradients

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
functionally graded materials
CALPHAD
high-strength low-alloy steels
stainless steel

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jay Keist, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Baksa, Steven Michael

Title:

Modeling and optimization of wurtzite ferroelectrics in memory applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
heterostructures
device scaling
energy efficiency
Ferroelectrics
Heterostructures
Device scaling
Energy efficiency
Ceramics
Semiconductors
Thin films
First principles

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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Welch, Rebecca

Title:

Oxygen Triclusters in Aluminosilicate Glasses: A Computational Approach

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass structure
oxygen triclusters
molecular dynamics
modeling
aluminosilicate

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member

Author:

Al Hassanieh, Sultan

Title:

Influence of Sample Build Orientation and Thickness on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Stainless Steel 316L Fabricated by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Stainless Steel 316L
Additive Manufacturing
Lattice Structures
Mechanical Properties
Surface Roughness
Microstructure
Orientation Effects
Size Effects

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Committee Members:

Allison Michelle Beese, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Saurabh Basu, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Wesley Reinhart, Committee Member

Author:

Vera, Alexander

Title:

Synthesis of Air-Stable 2-Dimensional Heavy Metal Crystals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

monolayer Pb
spintronics
confinement heteroepitaxy
2D materials
superconductivity
CHet
2D-metals
2D-Pb
2D-Bi
2D alloys

File:

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Maxwell Wetherington, Major Field Member