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Author:

Saengdeejing, Arkapol

Title:

A Computational Study of Superconducting Materials: A Case Study in Carbon-Doped MgB₂

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamic modeling
density functional theory
superconductor
CALPHAD
MgB₂

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Choperena Guerra, Andrea

Title:

Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Phenolic Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

temperature
poly(vinyl phenol)
ethyl phenol
polymer
phenolic polymers
spectroscopy
IR
infrared
heat
miscibility

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aravind, Vasudeva Rao

Title:

Probing local structure and dynamics of ferroelectric domain walls using nonlinear optics and scanning probe microscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoresponse force microscopy
scanning probe microscopy
optical second harmonic generation
multiferroic
ferroelectric
strontium titanate
lithium niobate

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member

Author:

Soublet, Brandy A

Title:

MICROSTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY, AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR IN ALUMINA AND SIALON MICROSTRUCTURE COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

microstructure property relations
alumina
connectivity
ceramic processing
mechanical properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hasek, Bradley

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC MODELING AND FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS OF THE CR-HF-Y TERNARY SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CALPHAD
SQS
Cr
Hf
Y

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bittel, Brad

Title:

STUDY OF DEFECT STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT IN BACK END OF LINE DIELECTRICS AND SIC MOSFETS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

magnetic resonance
EPR
low-k
BEOL
SiC

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Gauntt, Bryan Douglas

Title:

The nano-composite nature of vanadium oxide thin films used for infrared microbolometers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

vanadium oxide
thin films
nano-composites
microbolometer
infrared detection
transmission electron microscopy
microstructure

File:

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Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Ribic, Brandon David

Title:

MODELING OF PLASMA AND THERMO-FLUID TRANSPORT IN HYBRID WELDING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fluid flow
heat transfer
surface active elements
numerical modeling
laser-arc hybrid welding
plasma properties
keyhole mode welding

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Tarasankar Deb Roy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

Author:

Hedrick, Brittany Lynn

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF LASER FIRED CONTACTS, LASER DOPED EMITTERS, AND FIXED CHARGE PASSIVATION FOR IMPROVED SILICON SOLAR CELLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Doped Emitter
Silicon Solar Cells
Fixed Charge Passivation
Laser Fired Contacts

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph R Flemish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Erwin, Brian M

Title:

Temperature Dependence of the Length Scale for Cooperative Motion in Glass-Forming Liquids

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
dynamic scaling
indane
critical temperature

File:

Download BrianMErwin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Gabriel, Brian M.

Title:

SYNTHESIS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS OF TiN, CrN, AND NANOLAYER (Ti,Cr)N COATINGS DEPOSTIED BY CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION FOR HARD PARTICLE EROSION RESISTANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cathodic arc
erosion
titanium nitride
chromium nitride
hard particle impingement

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marx, Brian M.

Title:

Exploring the Mechanisms of Passivity on Iron: Experimental Methods for Characterizing and Developing Models to Describe Nano-oxide Growth

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Point Defect Model
XPS
Impedance
Iron Oxide
Iron
Passive layer

File:

Download BrianMarx-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Downey, Brian P

Title:

High Current Density Stability of Ohmic Contacts to Silicon Carbide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high current
electromigration
Pd
contact
ohmic
SiC
stability

File:

Download BPDowneyDissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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

Author:

DeForce, Brian

Title:

REVISITING THE CREVICE CORROSION OF STAINLESS STEEL AND ALUMINUM IN CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS – THE ROLE OF ELECTRODE POTENTIAL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

IR mechanism
304
chloride
stainless steel
aluminum
crevice corrosion
corrosion
localized corrosion

File:

Download DeForce_PhD_Dissertation_rev2.pdf

Committee Members:

Howard W Pickering, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Chu, Baojin

Title:

PVDF-based copolymers, terpolymers and their multi-component material systems for capacitor applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
blend
PVDF-based polymers
dielectric
energy density

File:

Download thesischu.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Unal, Burcu

Title:

Swelling and Mechanical Behavior of Ionizable Hydrogels Containing Highly Branched Polyamine Macromonomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

end-linking
hydrogel
swelling
gel electrolyte
pH-dependence
dendrimer
rhizobia

File:

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Committee Members:

Erin Clare Hedden, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Member

Author:

Roh, Bumwook

Title:

Defect Properties of Anodic Oxide Films on Titanium and Impact of Oxygen Vacancy on Oxygen Electrode Reaction

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PDM
Point Defect Model
Titanium
Anodic Oxide

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Bumwook_Roh.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Billman, Curtis A

Title:

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EPITAXIAL INTERFACE BETWEEN Ba0.7Sr0.3O AND SILICON

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

epitaxial interface
conductance technique
in situ probe station

File:

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Committee Members:

Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Fredrick Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Hogshead, Charles Gregory

Title:

Tunable Temperature-Responsive Tethered Polymer Gradients

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

atomic force microscopy
switchable adhesion
grafting density gradient
temperature-responsive
tethered polymer
human serum albumin

File:

Download Hogshead-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member