Browsing by Author "Arroyave, Raymundo"
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Bolon, Amy Marie (2016-12-05)Solid State Ionic (SSI) materials are key materials for devices where high ionic diffusivity and conductivity are crucial for their proper operation. The most common SSI materials for these applications are doped zirconia ...
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Friedman, Samuel Isaac (2019-05-02)Uncertainty propagation through coupled multiphysics systems is often intractable due to computational expense. In this work, we present a novel methodology to enable uncertainty analysis of expensive coupled systems. The ...
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Khatamsaz, Danial (2022-09-20)With the technological advancements made in recent years, more powerful computational machines are built. The ability to handle large computational problems, both in terms of storage requirements and processing time has ...
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Bradicich, Adelaide Maria (2023-04-21)The success of implementing energy-efficient neuromorphic computing architectures requires the development of devices with intrinsically biomimetic responses. When coupled with passive circuit elements, devices with nonlinear ...
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Burgos Beltran, Juan Carlos (2014-11-07)The catalytic growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is studied using reactive molecular dynamics (RMD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Computational calculations are performed in ...
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Brown, Timothy David (2019-07-09)Magneto-structural transformations are non-diffusive phase transformations manifesting coupled magnetothermal properties that can enable useful applications like sensing, thermomagnetic generation, and especially, efficient ...
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James, Jaylen R (2022-04-01)Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) and its subsequent propagation are powerful tools for estimating material property and performance distributions. As the paradigm of materials discovery within an Integrated Computational ...
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Braham, Erick James (2021-01-22)Establishing mechanistic and causal understanding of a material’s function requires the ability to solve the inverse problem of relating function to atomistic properties and to subsequently examine how synthetic processes ...
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Galicki, Daniel W (2014-10-01)Various proposed metallic nuclear fuel designs for fast reactors may require powder fabrication methods and the reactive nature of uranium metal creates unique challenges. Spherical powder is desired in some fuel concepts ...
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Martinez, Marco Concepcion (2023-01-06)SiC and SiC-based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) have been widely used in various applications. These material systems benefit from high temperature stability and exceptional toughness due to their ceramic compositions ...
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Woolum, Connor (2014-12-12)As part of a global effort to convert reactors that require highly enriched uranium to instead operate with low enriched uranium, monolithic fuel plates consisting of a U-Mo fuel meat with a zirconium foil barrier layer ...
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Xu, Lei (2019-11-20)Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs), as a subgroup of active materials, provide remarkable advantages working as solid-state actuators in terms of the trade-offs between structure overall weight and functionality, thus gaining ...
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First Principles Investigation of Structural, Mechanical and Thermodynamic Properties of MAX Phases Son, Woongrak (2018-07-26)MAX phases are layered carbides or nitrides with general formula of Mvn+1AXvn. In this work we present a first principles investigation of structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of MAX phases. Up to date ...
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Ojeda Mota, Oscar Ulises (2012-10-19)Energetic materials comprise a set of systems of tremendous technological importance. Besides helping shape landscapes to establish communications, they have been used to reach fuel reservoirs, deploy safety bags and prevent ...
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Jozaghi, Taymaz (2019-03-05)Improvement in COv2 emission and efficiency of power plants calls for an increase in the operating temperature of such plants. The structural alloys employed are already at their potential limit, which in turn necessitates ...
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Yang, Xinyu (2019-05-30)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous polymer networks (PPNs) are emerging porous materials that exhibit high crystallinity, large surface areas, and excellent tunability. With these features, MOFs and PPNs demonstrate ...
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Duong, Thien Chi (2015-12-08)The concept of Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering (ICMSE) has emerged due to the need to accelerate the process of materials research and development at a fraction of the cost. In this work, we ...
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Huerta-San Juan, Xavier Rene (2018-11-19)Thermal Expansion is a material property that must be accounted for when designing objects where the operating temperature is larger or smaller than the ambient temperature, i.e. cryogenic tanks, and in precision instruments ...
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Pavelka, Jacob Ian (2022-11-10)This thesis implements hybrid mechanistic-machine learning models to predict load-induced cracking in concrete beams without transverse (applied along the depth of the beam) reinforcement. Predicting load-induced cracking ...
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Arrieta, Marie (2012-10-19)The objective of this research was to design, assemble, and demonstrate the initial performance of a fluidized bed chemical vapor deposition (FB-CVD) system capable of producing thin, uniform zirconium nitride (ZrN) coatings ...