Theses Completed
International Center for Gravity
Materials Science and Applications
Doctoral
Dissertations:
- Wen-Ming
Chang, "Ground-based Experiments and Theory in Preparation for
Floating Zone Melting of Cadmium Telluride in Space”
- Raghu
Balasubramanian, "Mechanical Properties of CdTe and Real-Time, in-situ Observation of
Stress-Induced Dislocation Motion in Single Crystals”
- William Arnold,
"Numerical Modeling of Directional Solidification in a Centrifuge”
- Rajaram
Shetty, "Directional Solidification of
Cadmium Telluride”
- Ramnath
Derebail, "Directional Solidification of
Indium Antimonide under High Gravity in Large
Centrifuges”
- Wei-jun
Yuan, "Influence of Vibration on Solidification”
- Dmitri Popov, “Modeling of
Detached Solidification and Unsteady Eutectic Solidification”
- Peter Skudarnov,
“Flow Visualization and Numerical Modeling of the Gradient Freeze
Configuration during Centrifugation”
- Fencui
Li, “The Influence of a Fluctuating Freezing Rate on Directional
Solidification of the MnBi/Bi Eutectic”
- Yazhen
Wang, “Modeling and Ground-Based Experiments on Detached Solidification”
Master of Science Theses:
- Jian
Zhou, “Accelerated Crucible Rotation Technique and Current Interface
Demarcation during Directional Solidification of Te-Doped InSb”
- John H. Rydzewski, “The Effect of Slight Deviations from the
Eutectic Composition on the Microstructure of MnBi/Bi”
- John F. Simmons,
“Influence of Centrifugation on the Coagulation of Polytetrafluoroethylene Colloidal Dispersions”
- Illa
Moskowitz, “The Influence of Centrifugation on
the Temperature Distribution in a Gradient Freeze Furnace and Growth of
Te-doped InSb with Current Interface Demarcation”
- Ramnarayanan
Ramanathan, “Directional Solidification of the
Al-Si Eutectic”
- Craig Burkhard,
“Detached Solidification Experiments using Zone-Refined Naphthalene”
- Jianbin
Wang, “Detached Solidification of Indium Antimonide
in Pyrolytic Boron Nitride”
- Suresh Ramakrishnan,
“Development of a Technique
for the Determination of Influence of Oxygen on the Contact Angle and
Surface Tension of Indium Antimonide”
- Siliu
Tan, “Diamond deposition on various substrates and its characterization”
- Arun
Kota, “Influence of Oxygen on the Contact Angle and Surface Tension of Molten
Indium Antimonide”
- Kharthik
Jayaraman, “Coating of Graphite and Device Structures
by Chemical Vapor Transport (CVT) Technique”
- Gaurav Anand, "Influence of Oxygen on the
Contact Angle and Surface Tension of Molten Indium Antimonide”
Master of Engineering Design
Project:
Jeffrey Chung, "Scale-up of Diamond Deposition to Commercial Size”
B.S. Honors Thesis:
Katie Flow, "Diamond Film Deposition”
International Center for
Gravity Materials Science and Applications
Professor Liya L. Regel
Last revised 7 July 2010