Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering

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Author:: Littmann, Tyler
Title:: Cold spray deposition behavior, characterization, and erosion performance of polyetheretherketone-nickel composites using ball milling for deposition on fiber reinforced plastics
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Cold Spray
Erosion Resistance
Composite Coatings
Ball Milling
File:: Download VLCOE_MS_Thesis_Final_-_LITTMANN.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member

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Author:: Liao, Jie
Title:: OPTIMIZING BATTERY SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE IN HARSH CONDITIONS THROUGH ELECTROLYTE ENGINEERING AND CELL DESIGN
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: lithium ion battery
extremely fast charging
high temperature stability
lithium metal battery safety
lithium deposition
lithium plating
electrolyte decomposition
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Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Chao-Yang Wang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qing Wang, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member

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Author:: Knoepfel, Abbey
Title:: Development of Sensors for the Improvement of Precision Livestock Farming of Ruminants
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Zinc oxide
Biosensor
Gas Sensors
Electrochemical system
Metal oxide semiconductors
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Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Shashank Priya, Special Member
Nutifafa Yao Doumon, Major Field Member
Bed Poudel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bo Cheng, Outside Unit & Field Member
James Adair, Major Field Member

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Author:: Skidmore, Chloe
Title:: Structure Property Relationships and Energy Release in Thermite Reactive Nanolaminates
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: energetic materials
thermite
nanocomposites
physical vapor deposition
reactive nanolaminates
File:: Download Chloe_Skidmore_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Darren Pagan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Richard Yetter, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Kirchner, Katelyn
Title:: Fluctuations in Bulk and Thin Film Glasses
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Statistical mechanics
Glass
Thin film silica
Structure
Fluctuations
Ion exchange
File:: Download PhDThesis_Katelyn_Kirchner_final.pdf
Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Sushmit Goyal, Special Member

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Author:: Foster, Linsea
Title:: Surface engineering of metal, graphite, and metal-graphite composites for improved strength and various material properties
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Cold sintering
Surface engineering
Powder metal
Powder carbon
Green machining
Soft magnetic composites
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Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael Lanagan, Major Field Member
Randy Vander Wal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daudi Waryoba, Special Member
Daudi Waryoba, Special Member

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Author:: Son, Yeongwoo
Title:: COMPOSITIONALLY COMPLEX PEROVSKITE OXIDES: DIELECTRIC, FERROELECTRIC, ELECTROCALORIC, AND ENERGY STORAGE PROPERTIES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: High entropy perovskite oxide
Pulsed laser deposition
ferroelectricity
dielectric relaxation
relaxor ferroelectric
polarization stability
electrocaloric effects
energy storage
antiferroelectric
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Yeongwoo_Son.pdf
Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member

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Author:: Le, Linh
Title:: MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT TO ENABLE HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY AND LONG-CYCLING LI METAL BATTERIES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Electrolytes
Li Protection
Lithium Batteries
Fast-charging
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Committee Members:: John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Donghai Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member

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Author:: Clark, Jacob
Title:: Schottky Contact Metallizations for GaN
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: GaN
Gallium Nitride
Atomic Layer Deposition
Schottky Barrier
Physical Vapor Deposition
Molybdenum Carbonitride
Schottky Diode
Contacts
Metal Nitrides
Metallization
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Committee Members:: Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Rongming Chu, Committee Member

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