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Author:: Brosnan, Kristen H
Title:: PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATION OF TEXTURED 0.72Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.28PbTiO3 CERAMICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: PMN-PT
templated grain growth
ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics
ceramic
microstructure control
File:: Download PhDBrosnan.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

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Author:: Antolino, Nicholas Edward
Title:: LOST MOLD-RAPID INFILTRATION FORMING: STRENGTH CONTROL IN MESOSCALE 3Y-TZP CERAMICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: abnormal grain growth
grain size
rheology
brittle failure
processing
strength
forming
microfabrication
mesoscale
ceramic
TZP
zirconia
sintering
File:: Download Nick_Antolino_Full_Thesis_Revised.pdf
Committee Members:: James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

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Author:: Eitel, Richard Edward
Title:: NOVEL PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH PERFORMANCE PIEZOELECTRICS ON THE BASIS OF STRUCTURE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: piezoelectric
ferroelectric
bismuth
lead titanate
perovskite
ceramic
tolerance factor
Curie temperature
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

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Author:: Cirone, Samantha Ann
Title:: Design, Fabrication and Testing of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms with Curved Walls
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: stress relief
contact-aided compliant mechanism
cellular structure
micro fabrication
ceramic
File:: Download Samantha_Cirone_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Gephart, Sean Michael
Title:: FIELD ASSISTED SINTERING OF SILICON CARBIDE: EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, HEATING RATE, AND HOLDING TIME
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science
Keywords:: sintering
SiC
silicon carbide
ceramic
spark plasma sintering
field assisted sintering technology
SPS
FAST
File:: Download Final-SG-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jogender Singh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ivica Smid, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Poterala, Stephen F
Title:: Closing The Performance Gap Between <001>c Textured Pmn-pt ceramics And Single Crystals
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Textured ceramic
PMN-PT
piezoelectric
texture
ceramic
templated grain growth
File:: Download Poterala_Thesis_revision_1f.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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Author:: Gephart, Sean Michael
Title:: Field Assisted Sintering of Refractory Carbide Ceramics and Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: sintering
field assisted sintering
fast
spark plasma sintering
sps
silicon carbide
sic
boron carbide
b4c
cmc
ceramic
File:: Download SG-Dissertation-Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Groeneveld-Meijer, Willem
Title:: Powder Spreading Characteristics of Monomodal and Bimodal Spherical Alumina for Ceramic Matrix Composite Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: binder jet additive manufacturing
additive manufacturing
alumina powder
ceramic matrix composites
ceramic
composites
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Committee Members:: Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jeremy Schreiber, Special Signatory
Matt Lear, Special Signatory

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