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Author:

Mendoza, Alfonso Julio

Title:

Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM

File:

Download Investigation_of_the_Fracture_Behavior_of_cBN_Glass_Composites.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Soublet, Brandy A

Title:

MICROSTRUCTURE, CONNECTIVITY, AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR IN ALUMINA AND SIALON MICROSTRUCTURE COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

microstructure property relations
alumina
connectivity
ceramic processing
mechanical properties

File:

Download Soublet_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Heidecker, Matthew J

Title:

HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

exfoliated
intercalated
composite
modulated DSC
crystallization
ductility
mechanical properties
PC
PET
non-compatibilized
compatibilized
high-peformance nanocomposites
polymer nanocomposites
polymer physics
high temperature surfactants
imidazolium
quaternary ammonium surfactants
melt-blending
injection molding

File:

Download MJHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Marker, Cassie Lou

Title:

Development of a knowledge base of Ti-alloys from first-principles and thermodynamic modeling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Titanium
CALPHAD
DFT
Biomaterials
first-principles
thermodynamics
mechanical properties

File:

Download Cassie_Marker-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Outside Member
Michael Manley, Special Member