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Author:

Sharma, Ambuj

Title:

CONTROLLING DISPERSION AND ELECTRIC-FIELD-ASSISTED ALIGNMENT OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOFIBERS FOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EPOXY COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Carbon nanotube
alignment
nanocomposite
electric field
electrical conductivity
epoxy
dispersion

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_-_Ambuj_Sharma.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Venkatasubramanian, Chandrasekaran

Title:

PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND POST-DEPOSITION MODIFICATION OF PULSED-DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERED VANADIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS FOR MICROBOLOMETER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Pulsed dc sputtering
vanadium oxide
annealing
ion implantation
microbolometer
infrared imaging

File:

Download Venkatasubramanian_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

S Ashok, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Sethi, Guneet

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE-DIELECTRIC PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN ZIRCONIUM OXIDE, TANTALUM PENTOXIDE, AND OXIDE-POLYMER LAMINATE FILMS FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITOR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

monte carlo
energy density
dielectric breakdown
zirconium oxide
laminate composites
tantalum pentoxide
thin films
modeling
PVDF
polypropylene
capacitors
pulsed power

File:

Download Guneet_Sethi_PhD_Thesis_04_04_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Eugene Furman, Committee Member

Author:

Yuan, Hongyan

Title:

A SOLVENT-FREE COARSE-GRAINED MODEL FOR BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMIMETIC FLUID MEMBRANES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

lipid bilayer
fluid membranes
bending rigidity
coarse-grained
solvent-free
membrane models
molecular dynamics simulations
anisotropic interparticle interaction
liquid crystal

File:

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Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member

Author:

Koduru, Jaya Prakash

Title:

Ultrasonic guided wave phased arrays for defect detection in plate like structures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

piezocomposites
annular arrays
phased arrays
guided waves

File:

Download jayPhDthesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Guers, Manton John

Title:

IN-SITU MONITORING OF REMOTE SPECIMENS USING ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

structural health monitoring
remote monitoring
ultrasonic guided wave

File:

Download Manton_Guers_PhD_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bernhard R Tittmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

THEIN, MYO MIN

Title:

Biochips Employing Microelectrodes and Microtransducers for Characterization and Permeabilization of Cell Membrane at the Whole-Cell and Cellular Level

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

sonoporation
microelectrode
impedance
cell membrane
biochip
transducer

File:

Download MYO_THEIN-PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Yinong Yang, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Malvadkar, Niranjan Arvind

Title:

A Noncovalent Route for Preparing Hybrid Nanostructures Using Parylene Nanorods as Templates

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Titania
Parylene
Electroless Plating
Surface Functionalization
SERS
Noncovalent

File:

Download Niranjan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Melik C Demirel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melik C Demirel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Walter J Dressick, Committee Member

Author:

Chernyy, Nikolai Victor

Title:

Stimulus Artifact Subtraction for Concurrent Neural Recording and Polarizing Low-Frequency Electric Field Stimulation

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

artifact subtraction
feedback control
neural stimulation
neural recording
neural interface
epilepsy

File:

Download nchernyy-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Gluckman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Douglas Alloway, Committee Member
Steven Schiff, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Mst Kamrunnahar, Committee Member

Author:

Puthillath, Padmakumar

Title:

Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation across Waveguide Transitions Applied to Bonded Joint Inspection

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

skin-stringer joint
repair patch
Ultrasonic guided waves
adhesively bonded joints
waveguide transition

File:

Download Puthillath_PhD_Thesis_Final_29Sept2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Garg, Pranav

Title:

Investigating the properties of Silicon Nanowires synthesized via Grow-in-place Approach

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

VLS growth
Silicon nanowires
unintentional doping
AMOSFETs

File:

Download Pranav_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Joseph Fonash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Joseph Fonash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Sanjay Joshi, Committee Member
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Qi, Xue

Title:

ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES FOR DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION IN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Graphite epoxy laminate
Structural health monitoring
Finite element method
Guided waves
Composite
Ultrasonic NDE

File:

Download Xue_Qi_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Yun

Title:

Structural Tailoring and Actuation Studies for Low Power Ultrasonic De-icing of Aluminum and Composite Plates

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

aluminum
composite
de-icing
ultrasonic
Actuation
Tailoring

File:

Download Dissertation_Yun_Zhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Zheng, Yuebing

Title:

Molecular active plasmonics: Harnessing molecular machines for nanophotonic applications

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

nanophotonics
plasmonics
active plasmonics
molecular plasmonics
surface plasmon
metal nanoparticles
artificial molecular machines
rotaxane
azobenzene
nanophotonics

File:

Download Yuebing_Zheng_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member