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Author:: Asay, David Benjamin
Title:: EFFECTS OF VAPOR-PHASE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUENTS ON MACRO- TO NANO-TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: friction
adhesion
wear
silicon
MEMS
vapor phase
lubrication
adsorption
water
File:: Download Asay_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

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Author:: Hong, Eunki
Title:: Surface Micromachined Peristaltic Pumps Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Film
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: surface micromachining
micropump
interdigitated electrode
diaphragm actuator
MEMS
PZT
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
S V Krishnaswamy, Committee Member

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Author:: Kommepalli, Hareesh Kumar Reddy
Title:: DESIGN, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Tbeam
unimorph
piezoelectric actuators
uniflex
flextensional
MEMS
File:: Download Hareesh_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member

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Author:: Duarte, Nicolas Benjamin
Title:: Thermopower Measurement of Gold Nanowire Systems Using A Micromachined Workbench
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: nanowire
MEMS
thermopower
thermoelectricity
thermotunnel
nanowire system
SThM
gold
File:: Download DuarteThesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

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Author:: Bintachitt, Patamas
Title:: Local Origin of Macroscopic Properties and Patterning in PbZr(1-x)Ti(x)O(3) Films
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectric
Thin Films
Piezoelectric Force Microscopy (PFM)
MEMS
Lead Zirconate Titanate PZT
File:: Download PhD_thesis_patamas_bintachitt.pdf
Committee Members:: Prof Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

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Author:: Meirom, Roi Arie
Title:: VELOCITY DEPENDENCE OF FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH MECHANISMS IN NANOCRYSTALLINE PLATINUM
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Nanomaterials
Fatigue
MEMS
Platinum
Thin Films
File:: Download Meirom_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Gross, Steven Joseph
Title:: MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: MEMS
PZT
microfabrication
etching
cantilevers
xenon difluoride
ion beam etching
piezoelectric
actuators
unimorph
bimorph
File:: Download SJG-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: He, Suhao
Title:: MODELING OF FROST HEAVE DURING FREEZING IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: degradation
Stefan problem
porous media flow
polymer electrolyte fuel cells
unfrozen water flow
frost heave modeling
MEMS
sensor
temperature measurement
File:: Download SuhaoHE_PHD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Committee Member

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Author:: Ziegler, Todd Damian
Title:: Dynamic Variation in a Resonating MEMS Shear Stress Sensor
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: MEMS
resonator
dynamics
variation
shear stress
File:: Download tziegler_masters_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Lester Jonson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Walker, Thomas R.
Title:: EXPLORING NANOSTRUCTURES FOR APPLICATIONS IN HUMIDITY SENSING AND ACTIVE PLASMONICS
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science
Keywords:: NEMS
humidity sensing
active plasmonics
MEMS
File:: Download TRW-draft-thesis-23oct.pdf
Committee Members:: Jun Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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