2012 Doctoral Dissertations
Benjamin Anglin
Investigation and Characterization of Thermoelastic Eigenstresses Near Microstructural Features and the Application to Tin Whisker Growth
Advisor: Anthony Rollett
Patrick Callahan
Quantitative Characterization and Comparison of Precipitate and Grain Shape in Ni-based Superalloys using Moment Invariants
Advisor: Marc DeGraef
Kelvin Cheung
The Effect of Mold Flux on Reheat Scale Austentic Stainless Steel Slabs
Advisor: Chris Pistorius
Hyeon Jeong Cho
Rate Determining Steps of the Oxidation of Natural Magnetite Concentrates and Magnetite Pellets
Advisor: Chris Pistorius
Lin Hu
Crystal Plasticity Based Constitutive Modeling of Plastic Deformation Under Complex Strain Paths in AA 5754
Advisor: Anthony Rollett
Nicholas Jones
A Study of the Oxidation of Fe1-xCox Alloys and their resulting Magnetic Properties
Advisor: Michael McHenry
Debashis Kar
Correlating Grain Boundary Properties to Distributions During Anisotropic Grain Growth - An Interface Field Study in Two and Three Dimensions
Advisor: Gregory Rohrer & Anthony Rollett
Samuel Kernion
High Flux Density and Mechanically Processed (Co, Fe)-based Nanocrystalline Alloys for High Frequency Power Conversion
Advisor: Michael McHenry
Jonathan LeDonne
Characterization of Bulk Lamellar Accumulative Roll Bonded (ARB) Cu-Nb Composities Across the Length Scale
Advisor: Anthony Rollett
Li Li
Photocatalytic Activity of Heterostructed Powers: Nanostructured TiO2 Shell Surrounding Microcrystalline Cores
Advisor: Greg Rohrer & Paul Salvador
Wen Li
Activation of Stainless Steel Corrosion in Acid Solutions by Thiocyanate
Advisor: Chris Pistorius
Fang Liu
Microstructural and Compositional Investigations of InGaN/GaN and AlGaN/GaN Structures for Light Emitting Diodes
Advisor: Lisa Porter
Yimeng Lu
Identification and Characterization of Localized Conductivity Changes in Resistive Switching Devices
Advisor: Marek Skowronski & Paul Salvador
Aymeric Moinet
The Free Meniscus Problem in the Continuous Casting of Steel: A Computational Model of Cast Surface
Advisor: Alan Cramb
Satyajeet Ojha
Fabrication of Transparent Composites With High Inorganic Concentration: An Enthalpic Approach
Advisor: Michael Bockstaller
Debdutta Roy
Effect of Silicon on the Desulfurization of Al-killed Steels
Advisor: Richard Fruehan & Chris Pistorius
Andrew Schultz
The Growth and Photochemical Activity of Hematite Films on Perovskite Substrates
Advisor: Greg Rohrer & Paul Salvador
Joseph Tucker
Sythetic Microstructure-Based Lifing of Ni-Based Superalloys
Advisor: Anthony Rollett
Yiling Zhang
Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity of Ti02/BiFeO3 Heterostructures
Advisor: Greg Rohrer & Paul Salvador