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Author:

Mohanram, Aravind

Title:

Co-sintering of Integrated Ceramics: Fundamentals, Observations and Design Guidelines

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

LTCC
Cosintering
Viscosity

File:

Download Thesis_Aravind_08012005.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Cliva A Randall, Committee Member
Mike T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Erwin, Brian M

Title:

Temperature Dependence of the Length Scale for Cooperative Motion in Glass-Forming Liquids

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
dynamic scaling
indane
critical temperature

File:

Download BrianMErwin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Gaurav

Title:

Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanowire Arrays

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Manetic Nanowires
Electrodeposition
Nanotechnology
Nanoporous Alumina
Non-Biofouling
Uniform Array
Ternary Alloy

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Gaurav_Sharma.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Robinson, Joshua Alexander

Title:

Study of Palladium/Gallium Antimonide Rections and Ohmic Contacts to n-type Gallium Antimonide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ohmic Contact
Palladium
GaSb

File:

Download JARobinson_-_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

Rankinen, Jeffrey L

Title:

Microwave Characterization of Thin Film Titania

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film characterization
high frequency dielectric constant
titanium dioxide
titania
microwave thin film characterization
high frequency permittivity

File:

Download ThesisMaster_071905.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynn A Carpenter, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member

Author:

Berg, Lennart Paulmann

Title:

An Investigation of the Importance of Screening Effects in Polymer Solutions and Blends

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

intramolecular screening effects
thermodynamic modelling
concentration dependence of the interaction parame

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ramanathan Nagarajan, Committee Member

Author:

Bassiri Gharb, Nazanin

Title:

Dielectric and piezoelectric nonlinearities in oriented PYbN-PT thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
thin film
nonlinearities
extrinsic contributions
domain walls

File:

Download Thesis-Bassiri-Dec2005.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Dragan Damjanovic, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Rajneesh

Title:

ROLE OF COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY IN SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING OF ALPHA-ALUMINA

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Alpha
Alumina
Aluminium oxide
glycothermal
morphology
seeding
milling
attrition
chemically aided
CAM
CAChe
MOPAC
nanoalumina
nanparticle
surface energy

File:

Download RajneeshKumar-DoctoralThesis-MATSE-Summer2005.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member

Author:

Sweeney, Sean M.

Title:

Permeability, Drying, and Sintering of Pressure Filtered Ceramic Nanopowders

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

permeability
drying
sintering
zirconia
boehmite
silica
pressure filtration
adsorbed water
drying stress

File:

Download Thesis74.pdf

Committee Members:

David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Merrilea J Mayo, Committee Member
Randall M German, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Yosenick, Timothy James

Title:

Synthesis and Colloidal Properties of Anisotropic Hydrothermal Barium Titanate

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Titanate
hydrothermal synthesis
surface chemistry
colloidal properties

File:

Download Yosenick_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Kandil, Usama

Title:

NOVEL FUNCTIONAL ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE ELASTOMERS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Functional Polyolefins
Metallocene Catalysts
Chain Transfer
Reactive Approach
Reactive Rubber Particles

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_-_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

T C (Mike) Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Q Wang, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Golumbfskie, William Joseph

Title:

Modeling of the Al-rich Region of the Al-Co-Ni-Y System Via Computational and Experimental Methods for the Development of High Temperature Al-Based Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Alloy Development
Thermodynamic Modeling
First-Principles Calculations
Al-based Alloy

File:

Download Golumbfskie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maurice Francis Amateau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member

Author:

Zhong, Yu

Title:

Investigation in Mg-Al-Ca-Sr-Zn System by Computational Thermodynamics Approach Coupled with First-Principles Energetics and Experiments

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Thermodynamics
Mg Alloy
Creep Resistance
First-Principles

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Lu, Zijie

Title:

STATE OF WATER IN PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID MEMBRANES STUDIED BY MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membranes
Microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Water state
fuel cells

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhiming

Title:

Synthesis of Chain-end Functionalized Polyolefins and Fluoropolymers and Applications in Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyolefins
fluoropolymer
nanocomposite
metallocene catalyst

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member