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Author:

Rajapurkar, Aditya Mohan

Title:

LOSS MECHANISMS IN PIEZOELECTRIC PZT CERAMICS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

mechanical quality factor
loss mechanisms
piezoelectric
ceramics
single crystals

File:

Download Aditya_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Zheqian

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC T-BEAM TRANSDUCERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

multifunctional transducers
PZT
piezoelectric
MEMS

File:

Download DESIGN_FABRICATION_AND_CHARACTERIZATION_OF_MICROMACHINED_PIEZOELECTRIC_T-BEAM_TRANSDUCERS.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Goldschmidt, Margalit Zipora

Title:

Unsteady Force Measurement Using Small Piezoelectric End Sensors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

unsteady
piezoelectric
dynamometry

File:

Download Goldschmidt-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lester Jonson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wyckoff, Nicholas Gregory

Title:

Systematic Characterization of PZT 5A Fibers with Parallel and Interdigitated Electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
fiber
parallel
interdigitated
electrodes
electromechanical
piezoelectric
permittivity

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Nicholas_Wyckoff.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Carroll, Travis John

Title:

ON THE IMPACT OF ELECTRODE GEOMETRY ON THE PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF PZT 5A FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
fiber
piezoelectric
interdigitated
parallel
electrodes
electromechanical
AFC

File:

Download Carroll_Travis_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Timothy Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Thakuria, Niharika

Title:

2D ELECTROSTRICTIVE FET BASED CIRCUITS: COMPACT MODELING AND DEVICE-CIRCUIT CO-DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

2D FET
bandgap modulation
memory
piezoelectric
SRAM
steep switching

File:

Download Niharika_Thakuria_MS_Thesis_August2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Sumeet Kr. Gupta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Swaroop Ghosh, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member

Author:

Drewniak, David

Title:

Study of Piezoelectricity Applications in Solid Propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

piezoelectric
energetic composite
PVDF
nanoaluminum

File:

Download Thesis____Study_of_Piezoelectricity_Applications_in_Solid_Propellants_--_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies