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Author:

Neese, Bret P.

Title:

Investigations of Structure-Property Relationships to Enhance the Multifunctional Properties of PVDF-based Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
ferroelectric
piezoelectric
electrocaloric effect
PVDF
capacitor

File:

Download Neese_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Chu, Baojin

Title:

PVDF-based copolymers, terpolymers and their multi-component material systems for capacitor applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
blend
PVDF-based polymers
dielectric
energy density

File:

Download thesischu.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhan, Chun

Title:

FEMTOSECOND LASER INSCRIBED FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Fiber Bragg grating
sensor
harsh environment
femtosecond laser

File:

Download dissertation_chunzhan2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Caiyan

Title:

Fundamental Studies of Molecular Depth Profiling with ToF-SIMS and Cluster Ions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ToF-SIMS
molecular depth profiling
cluster ions

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Luo, Cheng

Title:

Active Energy Harvesting for Piezoelectric Dynamic Systems

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Full-bridge Converter
Piezoelectric
Energy Harvesting
Adaptive Control

File:

Download ChengLuo-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Heath Hofmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heath F Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
John Douglas Mitchell, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Jeong, Dae Yong

Title:

ELECTRO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN RELAXOR FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS AND THE DEVICE APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

tunable device
relaxor ferroelectric
electro-optic

File:

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Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Amar S Bhalla, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Huidong

Title:

ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE MECHANICS FOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

FEM
structural health monitoring
nondestructive evaluation
composite material
guided wave
ultrasonics
SAFE
global matrix method
normal mode expansion

File:

Download Huidong_Gao_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Elavambedu Prakasam, Haripriya

Title:

Towards Highly Efficient Water Photoelectrolysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Anodization
Iron (III) Oxide
Hematite
Ethylene Glycol
Water Photolysis
Metal oxide semiconductors

File:

Download EPHP_PSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Haifeng

Title:

NONLINEAR NANOPROBES FOR CHARACTERIZING ULTRAFAST OPTICAL NEAR FIELD

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoprobes
Nonlinear optics
Ultrafast optics
Pulse measurement

File:

Download Dissertation_HaifengLi_EE.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Jonathan Edward

Title:

A Quantitative Analysis of Tunable Long Period Grating Technology and Its Application

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

long period grating
high index overlay
ITO
tunable filter

File:

Download Jonathan_Lee_-_PhD_Thesis__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
C Russell Philbrick, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Basham, James Ian

Title:

BROADENING SPECTRAL RESPONSE IN SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS VIA FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Forster
DSSC
Dye sensitized solar cell
resonance energy transfer
FRET

File:

Download J.I.Basham_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Jinjie

Title:

BIOFUNCTIONALIZED NANO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-SYSTEMS (BIO-NEMS): ACOUSTIC TWEEZERS—APPLYING ACOUSTICS IN MICROFLUIDICS AND ACTIVE PLASMONICS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

acoustic tweezers
microfluidics
plasmonics
BioNEMS
surface acoustic wave

File:

Download Dissertation_Jinjie_Shi_ESM_August_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Claude, Jason W.

Title:

Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

vinylidene fluoride
fluoropolymer
energy storage
electrical breakdown
capacitor
dielectric

File:

Download Claude_Jason_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Junhong

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

actuator
polymer
charge dynamics
ionic liquids
ionomer

File:

Download junhong_lin_dissertation_Aug_2011-_07263.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Masser, Kevin Allen

Title:

Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Blends Exhibiting Minimized Self Associations and Liquid Crystalline Polymers Of Unique Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Blends
Dielectric Spectroscopy
Polymer Physics
Ion Dynamics
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Infrared Spectroscopy
Fragility

File:

Download Kevin_Masser_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James P Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Kebin

Title:

SUPERCONTINUUM IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

supercontinuum
confocal imaging
optical trapping
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging

File:

Download Kebin_thesis_v7.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Kailiang

Title:

Approaches to Achieve Smarter Electroactive Materials and Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Polymer
Polymer Actuators
Energy Harvesting
Shape Memory Polymer
Self-healing.

File:

Download KailiangThesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Tian, Lili

Title:

NANOSCALE PROBING AND PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN WALLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
SPM
PFM
nanoscale
lithium niobate
lithium tantalate

File:

Download LiliThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Biegalski, Michael David

Title:

EPITAXIALY STRAINED STRONTIUM TITANATE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Film
Strontium Titante
Strain
Ferroelectric
Relaxor
Epitaxy

File:

Download Mike_Ph.D._THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Nitesh

Title:

Electrical properties of superconducting and hybrid superconductor-ferromagnet nanowires

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

superconductivity
nanowires
electrodeposition
ferromagnets
superconductor-ferromagnet
one-dimensional

File:

Download Nitesh_Kumar-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member