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2009

Abhilasha Bhardwaj
The Composition Dependence of the Photochemical Reactivity of SrxBa1-xTiO3
Advisor: Gregory Rohrer

Hui Du
Processing, Microstructure, and Microwave Dielectric Properties of Tunable (Ba,Sr)TiO3 Thin Films
Advisors: Paul Salvador & Marek Skowronski

Sarthak Havelia
Epitaxial Stabilization of Kinetically Frustrated Metastable Materials
Advisor: Paul Salvador

Piyamanee Komolwit
The Effect of Cobalt and Carbon on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Martensitic Precipitation Strengthened Stainless Steels
Advisor: Warren Garrison

Jianguo Long
FeCoB and FeZrSi-based Nanocomposite Soft Magnetic Alloys and Application
Advisors: Michael McHenry and David Laughlin

Paul Ohodnicki
Crystallization and Magnetic Field Processing of Co-Rich Co,Fe-Based Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Soft Magnetic Alloys
Advisors: Michael McHenry and David Laughlin

Charudatta Phatak
On the Use of Phase Reconstructed Vector Field Electron Tomography for the 3-D Study of Magnetic Materials
Advisor: Marc De Graef

Nicolaus Rock
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Electrocatalysts and Supports for Use in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

Hua Yuan
Study of Composite Thin Films for Applications in High Density Data Storage
Advisor: David Laughlin

Wei Wang
Silicon Based Nanocomposites as Lithium-ion Battery Anodes
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

2008

David C. Berry
Ultrahigh Density Magnetic Recording Media: The A1 to L10 Phase Transformation in FePt and Related Ternary Alloy Films
Advisor: Katayun Barmak

Sukwon Choi
Observations and Simulations of Resistance Switching Behavior
Advisor:  Paul Salvador

Rodrigo Corbari
On a New Ironmaking Process to Produce Hydrogen and Reduce Energy Consumption
Advisor: Richard J. Fruehan

Patrick J. Fisher
Thin Film Growth and Structure Design in the BaO-SrO-TiO2 System
Advisor:  Paul Salvador and Marek Skowronski

Pranita Kulkarni
Electrical and Optical Properties of Carbon Films
Advisor: Lisa Porter

Jaewon Lee
Evolution of Extended Defects in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Single Crystals
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Sukbin Lee
Microstructure-Property Relationships in Digitally Generated Three-Dimensional Two-Phase Liquid Phase Sintered Materials
Advisor: Anthony D. Rollett

Chao-Voon Samuel Lim
Length Scale Effect on the Microstructural Evolution of Cu Layers in a Roll-bonded CuNb Composite
Advisor: Anthony D. Rollett

Jeremiah MacSleyne
Moment Invariants for 2-D and 3-D Characterization of the Morphology of g Precipitates in Nickel-Base Superalloys
Advisor:  Marc De Graef

Herbert M. Miller III
Influences of Processing and Composition on the Grain Boundary Character Distribution
Advisor: Gregory S. Rohrer

Saurav Nigam
Carrier Lifetimes in Silicon Carbide
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Nitin M. Patel
Structure Property Relationships of Nitride Superlattice Hard Coatings Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Advisor: Paul Salvador

Christopher G. Roberts
Grain Growth and the Zener Pinning Phenomenon: A Computational and Experimental Investigation
Advisor: Anthony D. Rollett

Bryan A. Webler
A Study of the Processes During High Temperature Oxidation That Control Surface Hot Shortness in Copper-Containing Low-Carbon Steels
Advisor:  Sridhar Seetharaman

Xuan Zhang
Extended Defects in 4H-SiC Homeoepitaxial Layers
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

2007

Eric D. Schmidt
The Kinetics, Morphology, and Mechanism of Austentite Formation During Thermal Processing of Iron Alloys
Advisor: Sridhar Seetharaman

Jason Gruber
Interface Texture Development During Grain Growth
Advisors: Anthony Rollett and Gregory Rohrer

Sabuj Halder
Simulation of Reduction of Iron-Oxide-Carbon Composite Pellets in a Rotary Hearth Furnace
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

George Shannon
Oxide Inclusion Behavior at the Steel/Slag Interface
Advisor: Sridhar Seetharaman

Sirisha Kuchimanchi
Effect of Ga and Refractory Metal Substitution in 3:29 Intermetallic Permanent Magnets
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Wanlin Wang
The Heat Transfer Phenomenon Across Moldflux to Copper Mold in Continuous Casting
Advisor: Alan W. Cramb

Sungwook Huh
Deep Level Defects in SiC Crystals Grown by Halide CVD Method
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Nan Boonyachut
The Cellular Transformation in Cu-Ti Age-Hardening Alloys
Advisor: David Laughlin

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2006

Paolo Nolli
Initial Solidification Phenomena: Factors Affecting Heat Transfer in Strip Casting
Advisor: Alan W. Cramb

Sungwook Huh
Deep Level Defects in SiC Crystals Grown by Halide CVD Method
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Sai Prasanth Venkateswaran
Domain Structure Investigations in Multiferroic Heusler Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy.
Advisor: Marc De Graef

Tricia Bennett
Abnormal Grain Growth in Fe-1%Si.
Advisor: Anthony Rollett

Daniel Ewing
Inhomogeneities and Their Effect on the Electrical Characteristics of Schottky Contacts to n-type 4H-SiC.
Advisor: Lisa Porter

Balasubramaniam R. Kavaipatti
Phase Competition and Thin Film Growth of Layered Ferroelectrics and Related Perovskite Phases.
Advisor: Paul Salvador

Changyong Um
Fe-based Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Nanocomposite Materials.
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Martin E. Valdez
Controlled Undercooling of Liquid Iron: Effect of Substrate Composition and Under-cooling.
Advisors: Sridhar Seetharaman and Alan W. Cramb

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2005

Pallava Kaushik
Mixed Burden Softening and Melting Phenomena
Advisor: Richard J. Fruehan

Andrew J. Francis
Heteroepitaxial Growth of Chiral and Achiral Metal Thin Films on Ceramic Substrates
Advisor: Paul Salvador

Il Sohn
The Role of Volatiles in the Reduction of Iron Oxide
Advisor: Richard J. Fruehan

Mohammed Alvi
Recrystallization Kinetics and Microstructural Evolution in Warm Rolled Aluminum Alloys
Advisor: A.D. Rollett

Ying Pang
Relation Between Grain Boundary Segregation and Plane Orientation in Nb-doped TiO2
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Mitra Taheri
In-Situ Quantification of the Effect of Solute on the Mobility, Character and Driving Pressure of Grain Boundaries During Recrystallization in Al Alloys
Advisor: Anthony Rollett

Rajasekaran Swaminathan
Influence of Surface Structure on the Magnetic Properties of RF Plasma Synthesized NiZn Ferrite Nanoparticles
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Qiang Li
The Influence of Stoichiometry on Electrical Properties of Silicon Carbide in Physical Vapor Transport Process
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Daiwon Choi
Synthesis, Structure and Electrochemical Characterization of Transition Metal Nitride Supercapacitors Derived by a Two-Step Transition Metal Halide Approach
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

Feroz A. Mohammad
Study of Morphology, Mechanisms and Interlayers in Ohmic Contacts to Silicon Carbide
Advisor: Lisa Porter

Tomoko Sano
Interface Anisotropy and its Effect on Microstructural Evolution During Coarsening
Advisor: Gregory Rohrer

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2004

Chando Park
Microfabrication and Characterization of Fe304 Based Magnetic Tunnel Junction
Advisor: Jiang-Gang Zhu and Robert White

Kumar Srinivasan
L10 Fe-Pt on Nanocrystalline HITPERM Soft Magnetic Underlayers for Perpendicular Recording Media
Advisor: David Laughlin

Hun Jae Chung
Effect of Doping on Silicon Carbide Crystals
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Siddhartha Misra
Hydrogen and Nitrogen Control in Taping and Ladle Operations
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Shakul Tandon
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Shape Effects on Magnetic Nano-particles using Simulation Assisted Lorentz Microscopy
Advisor: Marc De Graef

Neill McDonald
Peritectic Solidification in Ferrous Alloys
Advisor: Sridhar Seetharaman

Changsoo Kim
"Microstructural-Mechanical property Relationships in WC-Co Composites"
Advisor: G. Rohrer

Wayne Archibald
"Microstructural Characterization of Al Thin Films and Foils: Grain Boundary Topology, Properties and Statistics"
Advisor: K. Barmak

Jeffrey P. Maranchi
"Fundamental Experimental Studies of Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Anodes for Lithium-Ion Applications"
Advisor: P. Kumta

Hwan Soo Lee
"Sputtered Magnetic Tape Media Fabrication and Recording Performance"
Advisor: J. Bain and D. Laughlin

Zan Shi
"A Study of Selected interfacial Phenomena in Metallic Alloys"
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Lisha Wang
"Atomic Ordering, Magnetic Domain Structure and Magnetic Properties of L10 Type Ferromagnets"
Advisor: D. Laughlin

Zhaohui Fan
"The Study of Crystallization of Phase Change Materials and Their Applications for Data Storage"
Advisor: D. Laughlin

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2003

Otavio Fortini
"Renewable Energy Steelmaking - A New Process for Ironmaking"
Advisor: R. J. Fruehan

Yan Wang
"Inclusion Evolution iin Molten and Solidifying Steel"
Advisor: S. Seetharaman

Kai-Chieh Chang
"Microstructural and Chemical Study of SiO2/SiC Interfaces and Correlations with Electrical Properties of SiC MOS Diodes and SiC Mosfets"
Advisor: L. Porter

Bassem El-Dasher
"Dislocation-Grain Boundary Interactions in Columnar Aluminum"
Advisor: B. Adams and A Rollett

Tom Kuhr
"Processing Induced Extended Defects in Silicon Carbide"
Advisor: M. Skowronski

Kritstada Prapakorn
"The Solidification Behaviour of Calcium Aluminate Slags"
Advisor: A. W. Cramb

Adam Badri
"Initial Solidification Phenomena in Continuous Casting"
Advisor: A. W. Cramb

Il Seok Kim
"Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Electrochemically Active Nanocomposites."
Advisor: P. Kumta

Jennifer Giacondi
"Effect of Dipolar Field, Surface Termination and Crystal Orientation on the Photochemical Reactivity of Transition Metal Oxides" Advisor: G. Rohrer

Paolo Nogueira
"Burden Softening and Melting in a Blast Furnace"
Advisor: R. J. Fruehan

Suk-Joon Son
"Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Ferite Particle"
Advisor: M. McHenry

Frank Johnson
"High-temperature and frequency-dependent properties and structural evolution of HITPERM, an FeCo-base nanocomposite soft ferromagnetic material".
Advisor: M. McHenry

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2002

Taehoon Jang
"Investigation of Thermally Stable Ohmic Contact Formation and Degradation Mechanisms on n-type and p-type SiC"
Advisor: Lisa Porter

Seoyong Ha
"Plastic Deformation of Silicon Carbide Crystals during Sublimation Bulk Growth"
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Aytekin Hitit
"Precipitation Reactions in a Martensitic Precipitation Strengthened Stainless Steel and the Effects of Nickel and Silicon on Precipitation Reactions and Toughness"
Advisor: Warren Garrison

Andrew Westmeyer
"Microstructure of Mixed Group III-Nitride Epitaxial Layers"
Advisor: Subhash Mahajan

Chih-Ling Lee
"A Study of the biasing of Spin Valve Read Heads for Magnetic Recording"
Advisors: M. McHenry and J. Bain

Melik Demirel
"Linking Experimental Characterization and Computational Modeling in Microstructural Evolution".
Advisor: Anthony Rollett

Soonuk Cheong
"Microstructure and Property Relationships in Cold-Rolled Motor Lamination Steel".
Advisor: Anthony Rollett

Mawin Supradist
"Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of the Thermal Behacior of a Mold Powder used in the Continuous Casting Process" Advisor: Alan W. Cramb

Ali Gungor
" Cu and Cu Alloy Thin Films: Evolution of Resistivity and Microstructure
Advisor: Katayum Barmak

Paretosh Misra
"The Role of Heat Transfer in Strip Casting"
Advisor: Alan W. Cramb

James Kerr
"Foamability of Stainless Steelmaking Slags in an EAF"
Advisor: R. J. Fruehan

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2001

Ellen Cerreta
Creep Induced Substructures in Titanium Aluminide
Aadvisors: Tresa Pollock and Subhash Mahajan

Christopher Manning
The Behavior of Phosphorus in DRI/HBI During Electric Furnace Steelmaking
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Edward Sanchez
The Formation of Threading Defects in Sublimation Grown Silicon Carbide
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Yu-Nu Hsu
New Materials for Extremely High Magnetic Recording Density
Advisors: David Laughlin and David Lambeth

Yoon-Suck Choi
"Surface Roughening of 6022-T4 Al Sheets Deformed in Plane-Strain Tension"
Advisor: Henry Piehler

Nattapong Phininchka
"The Effect of Surface Tension, Superheat and Surface Films on the Rate of the Heat Transfer from an Iron Droplet to a Water Cooled Mold"
Advisor: Alan Cramb

David M. Saylor
"The Character of Interfacial Energies in Magnesia"
Advisor: G. R. Rohrer

Amy Hsaio
The Crystallization Kinetics of Fe-Zr Based Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Soft Magnetic Alloys"
Advisor: M. McHenry

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2000

Nicholas E. Biery
Local Deformation and Bulk Properties in Gamma-TiAl Based Alloys
Advisors:Tresa Pollock and Marc De Graef

Vinent Chevrier
Droplet and Bubble Separation at the Interface Between a Liquid Metal and a Liquid Slag
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Lisa Eastep
The Effect of Post Combustion and Post Combustion Gases in the Electric Arc Furnace
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Luana Iorio
The Effect of Increasing Carbon Level on Titanium Carbosulfides and Their Influence on Toughness in Ultra-High Strength Steels
Advisor: Warren Garrison

Ding-Chung Lu
The Dislocation Substructures and Mechanical Properties of RuAl-based Intermetallic Compounds
Advisor: Tresa Pollock

Catherine Molloseau
Waste Oxide Recycling During Oxygen Steelmaking
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Vijay Narayanan
Epitaxial Growth of Gallium Phosphide on Selected Silicon Surfaces
Advisor: Subhash Mahajan

Carl Orrling
Crystallization Phenomena in Slags
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Ravi Rastogi
Formation of Oxide Deposits During Liquid Steel Processing
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Hyunjong Shim
Study of Wetting and Adsorption Transitions in Ga-based Alloys
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Willaim Slye
The Determination of the Activities of Silicon and Aluminum in Iron-Chromium Melts
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Zafer Turgut
Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Coated FeCo-FeCoV Nanoparticles as Precursors for Compacted Nanocrystalline Bulk Magnets Advisor: Michael McHenry

Matthew Willard
Structural And Magnetic Characterization of HITPERM Soft Magnetic Materials for High Temperature Applications
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Chun-Te Wu
The Mesoscale Interface Mapping System (MIMS) with Application to Grain Boundary Characterizatio
Advisor: C.L. Bauer

Chih-Chao Yang
Extraction of Grain Boundary Energies and Mobilities from Triple Junction Geometry
Advisor: A.D. Rollet

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1999

Chun-Chieh Chang
Particulate Sol-Gel (PSG) Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of LiMO2 (M = Ni, Ni0.75 Co0.25)
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

Yongsug Chung
Surface and Interfacial Phenomena of Liquid Iron Alloys
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Paul S. Lee
Relation of Surface Roughness to Inhomogeneity of Texture and Microstructure in 6xxx Aluminum Alloy Sheet
Advisor: Anthony Rollett

Jennifer P. Lowekamp
The Anisotropy of the Surface Energy and Photochemical Activity of Rutile
Advisor: Gregory Rohrer

Kenneth Scott Weil
Synthesis, Structure and Properties of a Novel Family of Layered Transition Nitride Compounds
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

Shiela Woodard
Transverse Creep in SiC-Reinforced Orthohombic Composites
Advisor: Tresa Pollock

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1998

David B. Allen
The Effect of Hydrogen on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-24Al-11Nb
Advisor: Anthony Thompson

Glenn William Jarvis
The Effect of Engineered Surface Texture on Sheet Aluminum Formability
Advisor: Henry Piehler

Jin Yong Kim
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Microstructural Design of Glass and Ceramic Composites
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

Alexander Ilyich Landa
Theoretical Study of High Temperature Behavior of Pb and Pb-Base Alloy Surfaces
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Xiaoding Ma
Spreading of Perfluoropolyalkylether Films on Amorphous Carbon Surfaces
Advisor: Lloyd Bauer

Eric A. Ott
Mechanisms of Creep Deformation in Gamma-based Titanium Aluminide Alloys
Advisor: Tresa Pollock

Balamuralikrish Ramalingam
Studies of Bonding and Void Nucleation at Inclusion-Matrix Interfaces in Steel
Advisor: Warren Garrison

Kenichi Shimizu
Evaporation Phenomena of Fluorine-Containing Slag Melts
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Minseub Shin
Growth and Characterization of Group III Ternary Nitrides
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Richard H. Smith
Post Smelting FeO Reduction and Desulurization
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Richard Louis Smith
The Structural Evolution of Molybdenum Oxide Surfaces During Partial Oxidation Reactions
Advisor: Gregory Rohrer

James Stepanek
Initial Solidification In Continuous Casting
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Zhangmin Wang
Wetting and Energetics of Metal/SiC and Metal/Graphite Interfaces
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

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1997

Li-Lien Lee
Improving Cobalt Alloy Thin Film Media Through Novel Engineering of Underlayers
Advisor: David Laughlin

Jennifer Ann Dooley
Micromagetic Characterization and Property Modeling of Rare Earth-Transition Metal Magnets
Adviso:r Marc De Graef

Dakshinamurthy V. Kolluru
The Creep Deformation of Directionally Solidified NiAl-Cr and iAl-Cr(Mo) Eutectics
Advisor: Tresa Pollock

Scott R. Story
Post Combustion Reactions and Modeling
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

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1996

Kezhong Li
The Influence of Hydrogen on Gamma Titanium Aluminide Microstructures
Advisor: Anthony Thompson

Daniel A. Goldstein
Nitrogen Reactions in the EAF and OSM
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Wei-Chun Cheng
Compositionally-Induced Surface Phase Transitions in Alloys
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Jason R. Jenny
Optical and Electrical Characterization of Vanadium-Doped SiC
Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Roberta A. Sutton
Irradiation Defects in Oxide Superconductors: Their Role in Flux Pinning
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Heather R. Uljon
Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Vacuum Degassing
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Mandyam Sriram
A Study of the THIO-SOL-GEL Synthesis of Titanium Disulfide and its Structural and Electrochemical Characterization
Advisor: Prashant Kumta

David P. De Lo
Physical and Analytical Modeling of the Early Stages of Consolidationof Ti-6Al-4V Powder Compacts
Advisor: Henry Piehler

Werner Hans Hort
Coarsening of Misfitting Coherent Precipitates Under Applied Stress
Advisor: Bill Johnson

Shih-Hsien Liu
Measurement of FeO Activity in Bath Smelting Slags

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1995

Yong Chang Feng
High Density Magnetic Recording Media: Processing, Structure and Properties, Advisor: David Laughlin

Desiderio Kovar
Role of Microstructure in the Mechanical Reliability of Alumina Ceramics, Advisor: Michael Readey

Weier Lu
STM Image Contrast Interpretation and its Role in Determining the Structure of Transition Metal Oxide Surfaces, Advisor: Gregory Rohrer

Robert S. McFadden
Ordering Defects in InGaAs and InGaP Epitaxial Layers, Advisor: Subhash Mahajan

Yongjo Park
Growth of Semi-Insulating GaAs by Intentional Introduction of Al-0 Complexes During Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy, Advisor: Marek Skowronski

Xavier Pierron
A Study of the Hydrogen Effects on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties of (a2+B2) Ti-25Al-10Nb-3V-1Mo Titanium Aluminide Alloy, Advisor: Anthony Thompson

Penny K. Iwamasa
Improved Hot Metal Desulfurization, Advisor: Richard Fruehan

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1994

Beth Baumert
Structural, Chemical, and Electronic Properties of Superconducting Thin Films and Junctions, Advisor: Michael McHenry

Mirolsawa Bilaniuk
Crystallography, Bonding and Energy of DCH Crystalline Polymer/Nanocrystalline Metal Interfaces, Advisor: Jim Howe

Francois Dary
A Study of the Effects of Microstructure on the Strength and Ductility of the Ti3 Al-Based Titanium Aluminide, Ti-25Al-10Nb-3V-1Mo, Advisor: Anthony Thompson

Utpal Gangopadhyay
Control of Metal/Graphite Interfacial Energy Through Interfacial Segregation of Alloying Additions
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Harold Lessure
Magnetic Study of Critical Current Density and Flux Pinning in Unirradiated and Neutron Oxide Superconuctors
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Arianna T. Morales
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Manganese Smelting in Steelmaking
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Perikles D. Nicolaou
Fabrication of Continuous Fiber Metal Matrix Composites Using the Foil/Fiber/Foil Technique
Advisor: Henry Piehler

Brett A. Philips
Role of Surface Reconstruction in Atomic Ordering in (001) Mixed III-V Epitaxial Layers
Advisor: Subhash Mahajan

Prabodh Ratnaparkhi
Structure of Diffusion-Bonded Al/SiC and Al-X/SiC Interfaces
Advisor: Jim Howe

Sunil Roy
Electromagnetic Levitation and Confinement of Molten Metals
Advisor: Alan Cramb

Alok Sharan
Interfacial Tensions in Fe-Ni and Fe-Cr Alloys
Aadvsior: Alan Cramb

Andrzej Wojcieszynski
Particle Spacing and Grain Size Effects on Fracture Toughness
Advisor: Warren Garrison

Xiaodong Zhang
Modeling of Gas Stirring in an Electric Arc Furnace and of Fluid Flow in the Two-zone Smelter
Advisor: Richard Fruehan

Gayathri Krishna Rao
A Study of Interphase Boundary Composition in Solid Metallic Systems
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Vijay Balakrishna
Evaluation of (Cd, Zn)Te Bulk Crystals and Epitaxial Layers
Advisor: Subhash Mahajan

Robert Franklin Buck
Influence of Precipitate Dispersion on Secondary Creep Rate in Martensitic Steel
Advisor: Warren Garrison

Keun-Soo Lee
Phase Separation in In1-xGaxAs and ZnTexSe1-x Epitaxial Layers
Advisor: Subhash Mahajan

Douglas M. Symons
An Investigation into the Effects of Hydrogen on the Fracture and Deformation Behavior of Alloy X-750
Advisor: Anthony Thompson

Stephen L. Feldbauer
Slag Entrainment in the Mold of a Continuous Caster
Advisor: Alan Cramb

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1993

Yuan-Chang Chang
Crystal Structure and Nucleation Behavior of [111] Precipitates in an Al-3.9Cu-0.5Mg-0.5Ag (wt%) Alloy
Advisor: Jim Howe

Byung-Ki Cheong
Cubic to Tetragonal Crystal Lattice Reconstruction During Ordering or Decomposition
Advisor: David Laughlin.

Joo-Youl Huh
Coherent Phase Equilibria in Crystalline Solids
Advisor: Bill Johnson

Warren H. Hunt, Jr.
Microstructural Damage Processes in an Aluminum Matrix-Silicon Particle Composite Model System
Advisor: Anthony Thompson

Pang-Jen Kung
The Combined Roles of Anisotropy and Microstructural Inhomogeneity in Determining the Effective Pinning Energy in High-Temperature Superconductors
Advisor: Michael McHenry

Yinshi Liu
Surface Phase Transitions Induced by Surface Segregation in Cu-Ag Alloys
Advisor: Paul Wynblatt

Jeffrey P. Simmons
Analysis of Coupled Barrierless First Order AlÆLi2 Ordering and Phase Separation Reactions Important in Al-Li Age Hardening Alloys
Advisor: David Laughlin

Charles H. Ward
Microstructural Effects on the Deformation and Fracture of the Alloy Ti-25Al-10Nb-3V-1Mo
Advisor: Tony Thompson

Daniel M. Watkins
Multi-axial Compaction of Powder Compacts at Elevated Temperatures
Advisor: Henry Piehler

Yuting Zhang
Slag Foaming in the Bath-Smelting Process
Advisor: Richard Fruehan.

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1992

Diane Elizabeth Albert
Effects of Microstructure on Creep of Ti-24Al-11Ni Polycrystals
Advisor: Anthony Thompson.

Zongyu Li
Degradation and Subsequent Healing by Electromigration in Al - 1% Si Thin Film Conductors
Advisor: Lloyd Bauer.

James Lawrence Maloney III
The Effect of Primary Void Nuclei on Fracture Initiation Toughness of Ultra High Strength Steel
Advisor: Warren Garrison.

Yuven Mou
The O-Lattice Modelling of Bcc: HCP Interfacial Structure and the Structure of Massive: Matrix Interfaces in a Ag-26% Al Alloy
Advisor: Hubert Aaronson.

Steven J. Rozenveld
Michigan Measurement of Residual Stresses in an Al-Si-C Composite Using Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
Advisor: James Howe.

Balu Sarma
Reduction of FeO From Smelting Slags by Solid Carbon
Advisor: Alan Cramb and Richard Fruehan.

Takashi Tanaka
Nucleation and Growth Kinetics of Proeutectoid Ferrite at Austenite Grain Boundaries in Fe-C-X, - X2 Alloys
Advisor: Hubert Aaronson.

Bunsen Yin Pun Wong
The Effects of Cr-Underlayers on the Structure and Properties of Co Ni Cr Magnetic Thin Films
Advisor: David Laughlin.

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