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Author:

Hong, Eunki

Title:

Surface Micromachined Peristaltic Pumps Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Film

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

surface micromachining
micropump
interdigitated electrode
diaphragm actuator
MEMS
PZT

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
S V Krishnaswamy, Committee Member

Author:

Medina, Francelys A

Title:

IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES OF SILICA-TITANIA GLASSES AND GLASS-CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric properties
glass
glass-ceramic
impedance spectroscopy
silica-titania

File:

Download fam116_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member

Author:

Griggio, Flavio

Title:

Local Piezoelectric Behavior in PZT-Based Thin Films for Ultrasound Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin films
ultrasound transducer
piezo-force microscopy

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Flavio_Griggio.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Castro Marcano, Fidel

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE GASES IN AMORPHOUS POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

molecular modeling
polymer phase equilibria
PC-SAFT
Sanchez-Lacombe
gas adsorption
hydrogen storage

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Fidel_Castro.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Fuqiang

Title:

Optimizing membrane electrode assembly of direct methanol fuel cells for portable power

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

catalyst layer
membrane electrode assembly
Direct methanol fuel cell
optimization
portable power

File:

Download Fuqiang_Liu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Wilks, Garth Barrett

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF REINFORCEMENT HOMOGENEITY ON THE DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE OF A DISCONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Homogeneity
Deformation
Fracture
Aluminum
Metal Matrix Composite
DRA
Clustering

File:

Download Garth_Wilks_Dissertation_v1.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Jonathan E Spowart, Committee Member

Author:

Scopelianos, George Evan

Title:

Fabrication of Nanostructured Copper Oxide via Anodization in Organic Electrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

foil
copper oxide
potentiostatic
anodization
anodic oxidation
electrochemistry
nanotube
nanowire
nanostructure
photoelectrochemical
photocurrent
solar cell
water splitting
metal oxide
electrolyte
ethylene glycol
dimethyl sulfoxide
aqueous

File:

Download GES_M.S._Thesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hayes, Gregory Richard

Title:

Mesoscale Fabrication and Design

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

colloidal processing
powder processing
drying
microfabrication
mesoscale fabrication
colloidal chemistry

File:

Download GHayes_Final_Thesis_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member

Author:

Larsen, Gregory Steven

Title:

SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON GAS ADSORPTION IN NOVEL MICROPOROUS POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
Simulations
Adsorption

File:

Download Larsen_Dissertation_Final1.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Gaurav

Title:

Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanowire Arrays

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Manetic Nanowires
Electrodeposition
Nanotechnology
Nanoporous Alumina
Non-Biofouling
Uniform Array
Ternary Alloy

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Gaurav_Sharma.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Sheng, Guang

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS, DOMAIN STABILITIES AND STRUCTURES IN FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film
ferroelectric
phase-field
domain stability

File:

Download Guang_Sheng_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Hunter David

Title:

MORPHOLOGY AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF ION-CONTAINING TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ion-containing polymers
block copolymers

File:

Download Hunter_Moore_-_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schulze, Heidi M

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL MANGANITE THIN FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION
MICROBOLOMETER
THIN FILM
SPINEL
INFRARED DETECTION

File:

Download Thesis-HSchulze-sm.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Patil, Harshad Pandharinath

Title:

INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPERFECTIONS ON THE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF MAIN-CHAIN SMECTIC ELASTOMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Smectic CA
Damping

File:

Download Dissertation-Harshad-P.-Patil.pdf

Committee Members:

Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Deng, Hongqi

Title:

STUDY OF THE INTERFACE BEHAVIOR IN DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED LaB6-ZrB2 EUTECTICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

directionally solidified eutectic
interface

File:

Download ThesisHDeng.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyeong Jae

Title:

HIGH PERMITTIVITY RELAXOR-LEAD TITANATE PIEZOELECTRICS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

pmn-pt
composite
high frequency
transducer
piezoelectric properties
thickness

File:

Download HJLee.pdf

Committee Members:

Shujun Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas R Shrout, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Noh, Hyeran

Title:

Volumetric Interpretation of Protein Adsorption

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Biomaterial
Surface Chemistry
Competitive Adsorption
Protein
Biocompatibility

File:

Download Hyeran_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Hui

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF MG BASED ALLOYS BY CALPHAD APPROACH COUPLED WITH FIRST-PRINCIPLES: APPLICATION TO MG-AL-CA-CE-SI SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mg alloys
Intermetallics
First-principles
Calculation of phase diagram

File:

Download Hui_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Zi Kui Liu And Dr Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Ogihara, Hideki

Title:

STRUCTURE - PROPERTY - COMPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BaTiO3 - BiScO3 CERAMIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

non-lead materials
tolerance factor
perovskite structure
relaxors
dielectrics
ferroelectrics
bismuth
scandium
barium titanate
permittivity
high energy density capacitor materials
dielectric relaxation

File:

Download MS_thesis_Hideki_Ogihara_200807.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Hsiao-an Sammy

Title:

DESIGN OF SHALLOW AND THERMALLY STABLE CONTACTS ON ANTIMONIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

metal/semiconductor contact
ohmic contact
Schottky barrier height
gate metallization
shallow reaction
thermal stability
aging
wet processing
surface passivation
antimonide based compound semiconductors
InGaSb
InAs
AlGaAsSb
HBT
HEMT
I-V characteristics
cross-sectional TEM

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member