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Author:

Robinson, Amy C

Title:

OPTIMIZING STRENGTH AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF A CAST TITANIUM ALLOY THROUGH HEAT TREATMENT AND MICROSTRUCTURE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fracture toughness
Ti-5111
titanium
cast
mechanical behavior

File:

Download ACRobinson_FullThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Mulhstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Ernest Czyryca, Committee Member

Author:

Roh, Bumwook

Title:

Defect Properties of Anodic Oxide Films on Titanium and Impact of Oxygen Vacancy on Oxygen Electrode Reaction

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PDM
Point Defect Model
Titanium
Anodic Oxide

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Bumwook_Roh.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Stringer, Craig Joseph

Title:

Structure-Property-Performance Relationships of New High Temperature Relaxors for Capacitor Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Relaxor ferroelectrics
High temperature capacitors
Vogel-Fulcher
Perovskite

File:

Download Stringer2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Dongwon

Title:

Thermodynamic properties of solid solutions from special quasirandom structures and CALPHAD modeling: Application to Al-Cu-Mg-Si and Hf-Si-O

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

special quasirandom structures
thermodynamic modeling
first-principles calculations
solid solution phases

File:

Download DongwonShin.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Creek, John Aubrey

Title:

Nanoscale Self-Assembly of Starch: Phase Relations, Formation, and Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

starch
amylose
phase separation
crystallization
spherulites
self-assembly

File:

Download JACThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Acord, Jeremy Daniel

Title:

IN SITU STRESS MEASUREMENTS DURING MOCVD GROWTH OF ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE ON SILICON CARBIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
III-V NITRIDES
STRESS MEASUREMENT
EPITAXY

File:

Download JD_Acord_Ph._D._Thesis_August_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Bao, Jianer

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ELECTROCATALYSIS OF THE HYDROGEN ELECTRODE REACTION AND OXYGEN ELECTRODE REACTION ON PLATINUM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

tunneling current
electrocatalysis
platinum
platinum oxide film
Fuel cells
quantum electrochemistry

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

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

Author:

Li, Kun

Title:

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK COPOLYMERS CONTAINING PHOTOACTIVE AND ELECTROACTIVE SEGMENTS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND SELF-ASSEMBLY STUDY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Block copolymers
self-assembly
conjugated polymers

File:

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Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Tian, Lili

Title:

NANOSCALE PROBING AND PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN WALLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
SPM
PFM
nanoscale
lithium niobate
lithium tantalate

File:

Download LiliThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

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:

Atorngitjawat, Pornpen

Title:

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF ION-CONTAINING AND INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN-BONDED POLYMER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
ion-containing polymers
hydrogen-bonded polymers
polymer dynamics
sulfonated PS ionomers
poly(2-vinylpyridine)-lithium perchlorate mixtures

File:

Download PhDThesis_Atorngitjawat.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Polcawich, Ronald Gene

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF RF MEMS SERIES SWITCHES USING LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT) THIN FILM ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
RF MEMS
Switch

File:

Download Thesis_PZT_RF_MEMS_Switch_RPolcawich_2007_07_19_final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Klein, Robert James

Title:

Dielectric Properties of Conductive Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric spectroscopy
conductivity
ionomer
ionic conductivity
electrode polarization
impedance
electrical properties of polymers

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Akarapu, Ravindra

Title:

EXTERNALLY IMPOSED THERMO-ELASTIC STRESS-STATES TO CONTROL OR DELAY FRACTURE DURING UNSUPPORTED CUTTING OF ALUMINA

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Modeling of laser cutting
Laser Cutting of ceramics
Active Stressing
Unsupported Cutting
Mitigate Damage

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
David John Green, Committee Member

Author:

Dou, Shichen

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Ion- containing Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyelectrolyte
SAXS
rheology
ionomers
synthesis

File:

Download Shichen_Dou_PhD_Thesis_December_21st_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member

Author:

LEE, SOON IL

Title:

Defect-Phase Equilibrium and Ferroelectric Phase Transition Behavior in Non-Stoichiometric BaTiO3 Under Various Equilibrium Conditions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

BaTiO3
defect chemistry
ferroelectric phase transition
phase equilibria
Landau theory
ferroelectric properties

File:

Download Thesis_final_version__soonil_lee_.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Soham

Title:

A study of contacts to p- and n-type silicon nanowires synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth process

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminide
silicide
nanowire
silicon
ohmic
contact
vapor-liquid-solid growth

File:

Download PhDThesis-SohamDey.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Shengjun

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ALKALI METAL IMPURIES ON THE PROCESSING OF AL AND MG ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mg alloys
High temperature embrittlement
alkali metal impurities
Al alloys
first-principles
Thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Luscher, Walter Gordon

Title:

Role of Composition and Oxygen Partial Pressure on Microstructural and Crystalline Phase Evolution in Aluminosilicate Derived Aggregates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Bauxite
Kaolinite
Diametral Compression
Petroleum Industry
Fossil Fuel Extraction

File:

Download PhD_Revised_Full_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Earl Scheetz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Guan, Xueyong

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CORROSION PROCESSES IN HIGH SUBCRITICAL AND SUPERCRITICAL AQUEOUS SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

supercritical water oxidation
high subcritical and supercritical aqueous systems
electrochemical noise analysis
electrochemical corrosion mechanism
chemical corrosion mechanism
pressure
volume of activation
corrosion rates
energy of activation of corrosion processes

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Yingzi

Title:

THE OXIDATION AND HYDRIDING OF ZIRCALOY FUEL CLADDING IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxidation/hydriding mechanism
Zircaloy-4
zirconium
passive film
point defect model

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
W Murray Small, Committee Member