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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

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:

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:

Shekhani, Husain Naseem

Title:

Characterization of the High Power Properties of Piezoelectric Ceramics using the Burst Method: Methodology, Analysis, and Experimental Approach

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
high power
PZT
ceramic
transducer

File:

Download dissertation-shekhani-2016-5-19.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Dissertation 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:

Coleman, Kathleen Patricia

Title:

Influences of Stress on the Performance of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
thin film
ferroelectric
PZT
stress
electromechanical

File:

Download KColeman_PhDThesis_August2020_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
Raul Bermejo, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chuang, Ya Wen

Title:

Exploring Magnetism in van der Waals 2D Materials and Heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

magnetism
2D Material
Van Der Waals Heterostructure
bilayer graphene
Landau level
WSe2
GaSe
MnSb1.8Bi0.2Te4
PZT
piezoelectric
strain

File:

Download Dissertation_Ya-Wen_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair