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Author:

Stutzman, Amanda

Title:

Diffusion bonding of Nickel to Silicon Carbide, Silicon Nitride, and Yttria Stabilized Zirconia

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dissimilar joining
nickel
silicon carbide
silicon nitride
yttria stabilized zirconia
diffusion bonding

File:

Download AStutzman_MSThesis_20210830-reformatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy Michael Schreiber, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Matthew H Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Elbaar, Nadia A

Title:

High Temperature Electromotive Force Measurements of Al-rich Binary Ni-Al Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electromotive force
NiAl alloys
electrochemistry

File:

Download MSthesis_ElbaarNadia_20210407.pdf

Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Goodling, Amy

Title:

Stimuli-Responsive Complex Droplets and Polymeric Materials for Micro-optical Systems

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

soft materials
micro-optics
structural color
droplets
whispering gallery mode
microlenses
emulsions

File:

Download A_Goodling_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lauren Dell Zarzar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tsuji, Kosuke

Title:

Exploration of the Cold Sintering Process for the Functional Metal Oxide Electroceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Sintering
Ceramics
Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectrics

File:

Download PhD_dissartation_final_KT_20211104.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Tianyi

Title:

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: additive-mediated synthesis, doping and related applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
chemical vapor deposition
doping
van der Waals heterostructures

File:

Download Dissertation-Tianyi_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Roth, Joseph Dennis

Title:

Correlated Metals as Visible and Ultraviolet Transparent Conductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Transparent conductor
Correlated metal
Molecular beam epitaxy
Thin film
Perovskite oxide

File:

Download J_Roth_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Rongming Chu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Padmanabhan, Hari

Title:

Illuminating Spin-Lattice Coupling Pathways in Layered Magnets

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

magnetism
phonons
topological insulator
ultrafast optics
raman spectroscopy
nonequilibrium
electron-phonon coupling

File:

Download Hari_Padmanabhan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Special Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Rui

Title:

Phase-Field Modeling of Mobile Species Coupled with Reactions and Phase Microstructures

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field modeling
mobile species
charge
dielectric degradation
ferroelectric
alloy oxidation

File:

Download Rui_Wang-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hossain, Mohammad Delower

Title:

MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High entropy carbides
Valence electron concentration
Ultra-high temperature ceramics
Sputtering
Density functional theory

File:

Download MDHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Stefano Curtarolo, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Frantz, Elias B

Title:

Development of the Analytic Capabilities of Near-Zero Field Magnetoresistance Spectroscopy Through Experiment and Modeling of the Stochastic Quantum Liouville Equation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
EPR
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance
EDMR
Near-Zero Field Magnetoresistance
NZFMR
Spin Transport
Spin Transport Modeling
Stochastic Quantum Liouville Equation
Quantum Liouville Equation
Open Quantum Systems

File:

Download Elias_Frantz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Major Field Member
Patrick Lenahan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member
Arthur H. Edwards, Special Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiong, Yihuang

Title:

First-principles design of metal oxides for renewable energy applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Density functional theory
Photocatalyst
Hydrogen

File:

Download FIRST_PRINCIPLES_DESIGN_OF_METAL_OXIDES_FOR_RENEWABLE_ENERGY_APPLICATIONS.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lee, Sora

Title:

TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM ELECTRONICS FOR FLEXIBLE, BEOL, AND 3D APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Back end of line
Flexible electronics
Atomic layer deposition
Two-dimensional materials
Transition metal dichalcogenides
3D fabrication
Metal oxides
High-temperature-capable lift-off

File:

Download Sora_Lee_-_Ph.D._dissertation__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bansal, Anushka

Title:

METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF 3D AND 2D GROUP-III NITRIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

chemical vapor deposition
group III nitrides
2D materials
gallium nitride
boron nitride
2-dimensional gallium nitride
thin film deposition
semiconductor thin films

File:

Download Bansal_dissertation_08242021.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fry, Aubrey

Title:

Field Strength Effect on the Elastoplastic and Mechanical Properties of Single Modifier Aluminoborosilicate Glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Glass
field strength
mechanical properties
elastoplastic properties
crack resistance
structure
aluminoborosilicate
glasses
compositional design
strength
toughness
fracture toughness
Young's modulus

File:

Download Fry__Aubrey_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Simonson, Nicholas

Title:

Low-Temperature Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic-Grade Molybdenum Disulfide on Multicomponent Glass Substrates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D materials
MoS2
molybdenum disulfide
MOCVD
CVD
chemical vapor deposition
metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
electronic and photonic materials
materials synthesis
two-dimensional materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
glass
multicomponent glass
alkali aluminosilicate
alkaline earth boroaluminosilicate
low-temperature CVD
low-temperature synthesis
transparent electronics
flexible electronics

File:

Download Simonson_Nicholas_Dissertation_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Todd St.Clair, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cleri, Angela

Title:

Modulating Infrared Optical Response in CdO by Transport Properties and Heterostructure Design

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

plasmonics
cadmium oxide
infrared
optics
materials
transport properties
sputtering
thin film
defect chemistry
plasmon polariton
transparent conducting oxide
nanophotonics
hyperbolic
ion irradiation
high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
HiPIMS
physical vapor deposition
PVD
doping
metamaterials

File:

Download Cleri_Dissertation_20230601.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joshua Caldwell, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member

Author:

Leng, Haoyang

Title:

Fundamental Understanding of Crystallographic Texturing and Defect Engineering for High Power Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Crystallographic texturing
Defect engineering
High power
Piezoelectric

File:

Download PHD_dissertation-Haoyang_Leng.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shashank Priya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member

Author:

Bocklund, Brandon

Title:

Computational design of additively manufactured functionally graded materials by thermodynamic modeling with uncertainty quantification

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamics
CALPHAD
alloys
additive manufacturing
uncertainty quantification
functionally graded materials

File:

Download Bocklund-Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Richard Otis, Special Member

Author:

Peters, Travis

Title:

Extrinsic contributions in lead zirconate titanate films: From defects to devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics
films
clustering
domain mobility
grain boundaries
interfaces
Rayleigh Law
flexoelectric
barrier layer capacitors
microelectromechanical systems
sensing
biomedical monitoring

File:

Download Peters_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
Liam Collins, Special Member

Author:

He, Jingyang

Title:

Design and Discovery of High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Crystals for Laser Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nonlinear optics
second harmonic generation
nonlinear optical crystal
crystal synthesis

File:

Download JingyangHe_Ph.D._Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr