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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:

Kim, DongEung

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC MODELING AND PREDICTION OF ELASTIC AND THERMAL EXPANSION PROPERTIES OF NI-BASE SUPERALLOYS: APPLICATION TO NI-AL-PT-CR-HF SYSTEM WITH γ AND γ' PHASES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamic modeling
Ni-base superalloys
elastic property
thermal expansion property

File:

Download DongEung_Kim-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Bao, Jianer

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ELECTROCATALYSIS OF THE HYDROGEN ELECTRODE REACTION AND OXYGEN ELECTRODE REACTION ON PLATINUM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

tunneling current
electrocatalysis
platinum
platinum oxide film
Fuel cells
quantum electrochemistry

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Ganeshan, Swetha

Title:

A first-principles study of elastic and diffusion properties of Magnesium based alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

diffusion coefficients
First-principles
elastic properties
Magnesium

File:

Download Ganeshan_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Guan, Xueyong

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CORROSION PROCESSES IN HIGH SUBCRITICAL AND SUPERCRITICAL AQUEOUS SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

supercritical water oxidation
high subcritical and supercritical aqueous systems
electrochemical noise analysis
electrochemical corrosion mechanism
chemical corrosion mechanism
pressure
volume of activation
corrosion rates
energy of activation of corrosion processes

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Yingzi

Title:

THE OXIDATION AND HYDRIDING OF ZIRCALOY FUEL CLADDING IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxidation/hydriding mechanism
Zircaloy-4
zirconium
passive film
point defect model

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
W Murray Small, Committee Member