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Author:: Robinson, Amy C
Title:: OPTIMIZING STRENGTH AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF A CAST TITANIUM ALLOY THROUGH HEAT TREATMENT AND MICROSTRUCTURE CONTROL
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: fracture toughness
Ti-5111
titanium
cast
mechanical behavior
File:: Download ACRobinson_FullThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Mulhstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Ernest Czyryca, Committee Member

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Author:: Kramer, Angela J
Title:: Modeling the Behavior of the Dielectric Properties in Low Formation Voltage Electrolytic Tantalum Capacitors
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: electric field
Poole-Frenkel effect
specific charge
dielectric
tantalum pentoxide
tantalum
electrolytic capacitors
Schottky emission
File:: Download Kramer-Thesis-12.pdf
Committee Members:: Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Mendoza, Alfonso Julio
Title:: Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM
File:: Download Investigation_of_the_Fracture_Behavior_of_cBN_Glass_Composites.pdf
Committee Members:: Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Stevenson, Adam Joseph
Title:: THE EFFECTS OF SINTERING AIDS ON DEFECTS, DENSIFICATION, AND SINGLE CRYSTAL CONVERSION OF TRANSPARENT ND:YAG CERAMICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: transparent ceramics
grain growth
sintering
ceramic processing
File:: Download Stevenson_Dissertation-FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member

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Author:: Tremper, Amber Leigh
Title:: TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: nanoindentation
platinum
File:: Download Thesis_ARomasco_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Abdullah, Aboubakr Moustafa
Title:: The USE OF MICROELECTRODES IN THE STUDY OF LOCALIZED CORROSION OF ALUMINUM 6111-LIKE ALLOYS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Corrosion
Crevice
Intergranular
mechanism
microelectrode
aluminum
aluminum alloys
potential drop
IR
chloride
nitric acid
pH
File:: Download bakr.pdf
Committee Members:: Howard W Pickering, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Shaw, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Elzbieta Sikora, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Catano-Barrera, Alma Maria
Title:: POLYMER SOLUTIONS AND SOLVENT-SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE STUDIES APPLIYING PC-SAFT
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: phase equilibria
supercritical carbon dioxide
polymer solutions
pc-saft
File:: Download Catano_Barrera_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Muller, Andrea Marie
Title:: IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDAMENTAL DEFORMATION AND FAILURE MECHANISMS IN ARMOR CERAMICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Spherical Indentation
Ceramic Armor
Spinel
AlON
AlN
File:: Download Muller_PhD_Dissertation_2011.pdf
Committee Members:: David John Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Soukiassian, Arsen
Title:: GROWTH OF NANOSCALE BaTiO3/SrTiO3 SUPERLATTICES BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ferroelectric thin films
ferroelectric superlattices
epitaxial growth
oxide MBE
ferroelectric phase transitions
UV Raman spectroscopy
File:: Download Thesis_updated5.pdf
Committee Members:: Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Al-Hinai, Ashraf Talib
Title:: SOME CHEMICAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING OF COPPER
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: hydrogen peroxide
bare metal
hydroxylamine
chemical mechanical polishing
cmp
bta
benzotriazole
copper
File:: Download ata107phd.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member

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