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Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Design of Near-Zero Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity Films Demonstrated Using Atomic Layer Deposition, Sasha Novia Berriel

Mitigation of Reliability Risks Associated with Accelerated Thermal Cycling and High Current Density Electromigration in Ball Grid Array Solder Joints, Vishnu R. Shukla

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

XPS Study of Calcium Lanthanum Sulfide Ceramics, Brian E. Butkus

A Thermal, Mechanical, and Materials Framework for a Shape Memory Alloy Heat Engine for Thermal Management and Energy Recovery, Maria Chikhareva

Electroanalytical Investigations of MicroRNA-conjugated Cerium Oxide based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Chaimae El Ghzaoui

Wet Chemical Synthesis of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle and Biological Application, Yifei Fu

Green Integration of Wafer-scale Two-dimensional MoS2 on Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polymers Towards Transient Electronics, Md Golam Kaium

The Role of Oxygen Impurities in γ-phase Calcium Lanthanum Sulfide for Infrared Applications, Alexandros Kostogiannes

Functionalization of 1D and 2D Nanostructures and Their Applications, Yuen Yee Li Sip

Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Bimetallic Structures, Asif Mahmud

Development of High Current Electromigration Test System for Evaluation of Novel Solder Structures, Nicholas Pareis

Nanostructured Alloy Thin Film Fabrication and Application for Zinc-Air Battery and Lithium-Ion Battery, Guanzhi Wang

Engineering Interfaces in Porous Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries and Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction, Wei Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

A Biodegradable Mg Alloy for Orthopedic Applications, Nadia Aboutalebianaraki

From Field to Failure: Detecting and Understanding Reliability Defects in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, Dylan Colvin

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and ab initio Study of the Electrochemomechanical Effect of Lithium Penetration in Electrolytes for All-solid-state Batteries, Megan Diaz

Processing-Microstructure-Property Correlation for 316L Stainless Steel Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Nathalia Diaz Vallejo

Turn-On Fluorescence of H-Aggregate Nanoparticles for Selective Protein Detection, Arianna Dicce

The Effect of Heat Transfer on Microstructural Development For Inconel718 Nickel-Based Superalloy in Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Erica Drobner

Designing Physical and Chemical Confinement in Lithium Sulfur Battery Cathode for Suppression of Shuttle Effect, Saisaban Fahad

Characterization of Hot Electrons Generated in Plasmonic Nanostructured Sensors, Corbin Feit

Synchronous Raman Microspectroscopy and Laser Beam Induced Current Measurements as a Metrology Tool for Solar Cells and Optoelectronic Devices, Jeya Prakash Ganesan

Improving the Performance and Durability of Metal Contacts in Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using Advanced Characterization, Nafis Iqbal

Designing the Electrochemical Interface to Enable Lithium Metal Batteries, Supriya Koul

Ceria Defect Engineering Using Thin-Films/ALD and Biological applications, Udit Kumar

Surface-engineered Catalysts for Water Splitting and Zinc-air Battery, Zhao Li

Davydov-split Aggregates of Cyanine Dyes for Bovine Serum Albumin Detection, Yiping Ma

High Performance and Low Cost Passivating, Carrier-Selective Contacts for Silicon Photovoltaics, Jannatul Ferdous Mousumi

High Voltage Aqueous Electrolyte Based Structural Supercapacitors for Electric Vehicles, Deepak Pandey

J- and H-Aggregates of Cyanine Dyes for Dopamine Detection., Nitin Ramesh Reddy

Engineering the Electrode Properties for Developing High Performance Supercapacitors, Kowsik Sambath Kumar

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Atomic-Scale Simulation of Dissipation and Adhesion during Interactions between Mineral Surfaces, Baochi Doan

Solidification Cracking in Binary Al-Cu Alloys Additively Manufactured through Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Keegan Muller

Surface Engineering of Cerium Oxide Nanocyrstal Dispersions: Colloidal Properties, Ageing Effects, & Electroanalysis, Craig Neal

Microstructural Development of Inconel 625 Nickel-Based Superalloy as Function of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Parameters, Sofia Nucci

Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics and Organization Modulated by Macromolecular Crowding, Cation Interaction, and Nanomaterials, Jinho Park

Structural Dynamics and Encapsulation Properties of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles, Sachit Shah

Using Peptide Design to Engineer Polyelectrolyte Complex Biomaterials, Sara Tabandeh

Processing of 3D Porous Biomaterial Scaffolds to Enhance The In Vitro Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment, Zi Wang

Ultra-stable, Highly Luminescent Perovskite-polymer Composites for Solid State Lighting and Display Applications, Caicai Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Reliability of Through Glass Vias and Solder Joints for Three Dimensional Multi Functional Integrated Systems, Omar Ahmed

Integrating Graphene into Polymer Derived Ceramics Towards the Development of New Thermoelectric Materials, Elizabeth Barrios

Diffusion of Fission Products in Nuclear Graphite, Kevin Graydon

Atomic Layer Deposition of Oxide Materials for Passivated Carrier Selective Contact Solar Cells, Geoffrey Gregory

Development of Facile Microfabrication Technologies for the Fabrication and Characterization of Multimodal Impedimetric, Plasmonic, and Electrophysiological Biosensors, Cacie Hart

Designing Metal Nanocatalysts and Tuning their Microenvironment for Gas-involving Electrocatalysis, Lin Hu

Parametric Investigation and Optimization for Inconel 718 Nickel-Based Superalloy in Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Thinh Huynh

Understanding Solidification Behavior of Selected Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys Additively Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Holden Hyer

Investigation of Via Extrusion and The Effect of Cap Layer for 3D Integrated Circuits, Golareh Jalilvand

Cerium Oxide based Nanocomposites for Supercapacitors, Aadithya Jeyaranjan

Additive Manufacturing of Copper-based Alloy by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Binghao Lu

Mechanical Behavior Assessment of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Asif Mahmud

Optimization Studies for the Gas Atomization and Selective Laser Melting Processes of Al10SiMg alloy, Sharon Park

Non-Linear Inverse Liquid-Solid Chromatography as a Methodology to Characterize Drug Concentration Losses to Polymeric Materials used in Body-on-a-Chip Devices for Drug Discovery, Mark Schnepper

Development of 3D Porous Chitosan-Based Platform for In Vitro Culture, Kailei Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Fabrication and Characterization of Nonlinear Optical Ceramics for Random Quasi-Phase-Matching, Xuan Chen

Nanoscale Spectroscopy in Energy and Catalytic Applications, Yi Ding

Development of S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) Impregnated Medical Grade Polyvinyl Chloride for Antimicrobial Medical Device Interfaces, Corbin Feit

Theoretical and Experimental Study for Tailoring the Electromagnetic Properties of Conductive Materials, Jeffrey Jennings

Interfacial Behavior in Polymer Derived Ceramics and Salt Water Purification Via 2D MOS2, Hao Li

Fundamental Core Effects in Co-Cr-Fe-Ni Based High Entropy Alloys, Abhishek Mehta

Analysis of Residual Stress and Damage Mechanisms of Thermal Barrier Coatings Deposited via PS-PVD and EB-PVD, Linda Rossmann

Development of In Vitro Point of Care Diagnostics (IVPCD) Based on Aptamers integrated Biosensors, Nileshi Saraf

Lithium Polysulfide Battery with Improved Capacity and Cycle Performance using Carbon Black Coated Free-standing Carbon Cloth, Zhen Wei

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Influence of Chitosan-Alginate Scaffold Stiffness on Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Differentiation, Isabel Arias Ponce

Cell Printing: An Effective Advancement for the Creation of um Size Patterns for Integration into Microfluidic BioMEMs Devices, Megan Aubin

Regolith-Based Construction Materials for Lunar and Martian Colonies, Kevin Grossman

Assessment of Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Phases Observed in Low-Enriched Uranium Monolithic Fuel Plates After Fabrication, Ryan Newell

The Formation and Characterization of Mesoscopic J- and H-aggregates with Controlled Morphologies by the Co- and Templated Assembly of Cyanine Dyes, Samuel Rhodes

Simultaneous Measurement of Isotope-free Tracer and Interdiffusion Coefficients in Sandwich Type Diffusion Couples, Esin Schulz

Graphene Induced Formation of Nanostructures in Composites, Chen Shen

Advanced Nanoscale Characterization of Plants and Plant-derived Materials for Sustainable Agriculture and Renewable Energy, Mikhael Soliman

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Study of Surface Passivation Behavior of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Haider Ali

The Study of Physiochemical Properties of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles and its Application in Biosensors, Swetha Barkam

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Metallic Composite with Focus on Processing and the Resultant Properties, Md Muktadir Billah

Polyelectrolyte and hydrogel stabilized liquid crystal droplets for the detection of bile acids, Jinan Deng

Redox-Active Solid State Materials and its Biomedical and Biosensing Applications, Ankur Gupta

Interaction Between Carbon Nanotubes and Metals (Al, Cu) and the Effects on Resultant Properties of the Hybrid Materials, Jingyin Jiang

Electrode Integration of Nanostructured Metal and Metal Oxide Materials Based on in-situ Growth Methods for Environmental Sensors, Xiaochen Wang

Printable Carbon Nanotube Based Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Strain Sensing and Self-heating, Xin Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Synthesis and Characterization of Stable and Metastable Phases in Ni- and Fe-Based Alloy Systems by Mechanical Alloying, Ahmed Al-Joubori

A Study of Crystallization Behavior in Phase Separated Chalcogenide Glasses, Andrew Buff

Electrical properties of polymer-derived silicoaluminum carboxide ceramics (SiAlCO) and their applications in micro-sensors, Yejie Cao

Quantification of the Effect of Degassing on the Microstructure, Chemistry and Estimated Strength of Nanocrystalline AA5083 Powder, Clara Hofmeister

Design of surface chemical reactivity and optical properties in glasses, Antoine Lepicard

Nanoengineered Energy Harvesting and Storage Devices, Chao Li

Fabrication and Investigation of an enzyme-free, Nanoparticle-based Biosensor for Hydrogen Peroxide determination, Craig Neal

Phase transformation and growth kinetics in reaction zone between uranium alloy and zirconium diffusion barrier, Young Joo Park

Development of enzyme-free hydrogen peroxide biosensor using cerium oxide and mechanistic study using in-situ spectro-electrochemistry, Shashank Saraf

Advanced Metrology and Diagnostic Loss Analytics for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics., Eric Schneller

Stress-induced Phase Change Sintering: A Novel Approach to the Fabrication of Barium Chloride Transparent Ceramic Scintillators, William Shoulders

Interdiffusion, Crystallography and Mechanical Properties of Nickel Manganese Gallium Alloys, Le Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution in the U-10 wt.% Mo Alloy with Various Zr Additions at 900C and 650C, Nicholas Eriksson

Catalytic Role of Boron Nitride in the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate, Kevin Grossman

Adsorption Behaviour of Polyacrylic Acid on Cerium Oxide Nanostructures: Experimental and Predictive Model, Ali Haghighat Mesbahi

Porosity Removal of CM247 Ni-base Superalloy using Thermal Heat Treatment without Applied Pressure, Chad Heinrich

The Influence of Alloying Additions on Diffusion and Strengthening of Magnesium, Catherine Kammerer

Reactive Sputter Deposition of Lithium Phosphorus Oxynitride Thin Films, A Li Battery Solid State Electrolyte, Prabhu Doss Mani

Nanoarchitectured Energy Storage Devices, Zenan Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Microstructure and Chemistry Evaluation of Direct Metal Laser Sintered 15-5 PH Stainless Steel, Kevin Coffy