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," 1992.
- Raghu
Balasubramanian, "Mechanical Properties of CdTe and Real-Time, in-situ Observation of
Stress-Induced Dislocation Motion in Single Crystals," 1992.
- William Arnold,
"Numerical Modeling of Directional Solidification in a
Centrifuge," 1993.
- Rajaram
Shetty, "Directional Solidification of
Cadmium Telluride," 1993.
- Ramnath
Derebail, "Directional Solidification of
Indium Antimonide under High Gravity in Large
Centrifuges," 1994.
- Wei-jun
Yuan, "Influence of Vibration on Solidification," 1995.
- Dmitri
Popov, “Modeling of Detached
Solidification and Unsteady Eutectic Solidification," 1999.
- Peter Skudarnov,
“Flow Visualization and Numerical Modeling of the Gradient Freeze
Configuration during Centrifugation,” 1999.
- Fencui
Li, “The Influence of a Fluctuating Freezing Rate on Directional
Solidification of the MnBi/Bi Eutectic,”
2000.
- Yazhen
Wang, “Modeling and Ground-Based Experiments on Detached
Solidification," 2001
Master of Science Theses:
- Jian
Zhou, “Accelerated Crucible Rotation Technique and Current Interface
Demarcation during Directional Solidification of Te-Doped InSb,”
1992.
- John H. Rydzewski, “The Effect of Slight Deviations from
the Eutectic Composition on the Microstructure of MnBi/Bi,”
1993.
- John F. Simmons,
“Influence of Centrifugation on the Coagulation of
Polytetrafluoroethylene Colloidal
Dispersions,” 1996.
- 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,” 1998.
- Ramnarayanan
Ramanathan, “Directional Solidification of
the Al-Si Eutectic,” 1999.
- Craig Burkhard,
“Detached Solidification Experiments using Zone-Refined
Naphthalene," 2002.
- Jianbin
Wang, “Detached Solidification of Indium Antimonide
in Pyrolytic Boron Nitride,” 2002.
- Suresh Ramakrishnan,
“Development of a
Technique for the Determination of Influence of Oxygen on the Contact
Angle and Surface Tension of Indium Antimonide,”
2003.
- Siliu
Tan, “Diamond deposition on various substrates and its
characterization,” 2003.
- Arun
Kota, “Influence of Oxygen on the Contact Angle and Surface Tension
of Molten Indium Antimonide,” 2003.
- Kharthik
Jayaraman, “Coating of Graphite and Device
Structures by Chemical Vapor Transport (CVT) Technique,” 2003.
- Gaurav Anand, "Influence of Oxygen on the
Contact Angle and Surface Tension of Molten Indium Antimonide,"
2005.
Master of
Engineering Design Project:
Jeffrey Chung, "Scale-up of Diamond Deposition to Commercial
Size," 2000.
B.S. Honors Thesis:
Katie Flow, "Diamond Film Deposition," 2002.
International Center for
Gravity Materials Science and Applications
Professor Liya L. Regel
Professor William R.
Wilcox
Last revised 21 July 2005