MSE Doctoral Dissertations - 2015
Matthew Curnan
Investigating Transition and Rare Earth Metal Oxide Relative Energetics Predictions for Improving Materials Selection Processes in Clean Energy Applications Using First-Principles Methods
Advisor: John Kitchin
William Frazier
A Potts Model Investigation of Complexion Transitions and Abnormal Grain Growth
Advisor: Anthony Rollett
Yeon Joo (Chloe) Jeong
Growth and Stability of Nanocrystalline Metal Domains within Nanoporous Carbon Nanotube Aerogels
Advisor: Mohammad F. Islam
Michael Kurniawan
Low Cost Soft Magnets for Giant Magnetoimpedance‐based Sensors
Advisor: Michael McHenry
Clare Mahoney
Elucidating the Parameters Governing Thermal Transport In Polymer Nanocomposites
Advisor: Michael Bockstaller
Ratiporn "Noey" Munprom
Effects of crystal orientation and ferroelastic domain structure on the photochemical reactivity of BiVO4 and related compounds
Advisors: Gregory Rohrer, Paul Salvador
Lily T. Nguyen
Quantification of microstructural evolution using moment invariants
Advisor: Marc De Graef
Michael Schmitt
Physicochemical Properties of ‘Particle Brush’ Materials: Using Polymer Graft Modification to Tailor Particle Interactions
Advisor: Michael Bockstaller
Clayton Stein
The role of twin boundaries in fatigue microcrack initiation in an advanced nickel-based alloy
Advisor: Anthony Rollett
Vignesh Sundar
Templated Growth of Magnetic Recording Media
Advisor: David Laughlin
Haosheng Wu
Multifunctional Substrates for Fabrication of Large-area Compliant Electronics
Advisor: Christopher Bettinger