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2006
- Anderson, Arthur. "A Study in the Effects of Stress Induced Gate Oxide Degradation in U-Shaped Trench MOSFET Devices." (Adviser: Awadelkarim)
- Blickley, Elizabeth. "An Innovative Piezoelectric Force Sensor to Determine the Integrity of Electrical Sockets." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- Bohenick, Mark. "Acoustic Characterization of Laser Interaction with Materials." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- Clair, Shaun. "Testing and Analysis Methodology of a Loudspeaker." (Adviser: Barber)
- Downey, Brian. "Electrical Characterization of Noble-Gas Implant-Induced Silicon Dioxide." (Adviser: Costanzo)
- Fina, Thomas. "Flaw Sizing Through Surface Wave EMAT Parallel Scanning and Image Processing." (Adviser: Rose)
- Fontana, Christopher. "Ultrasonic Flow Meter Conceptual Development." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- Gueci, Steven. "A Study on Silver Nanoparticles’ Near-Fields and These Fields’ Effects on Photochemical Reactions." (Adviser: Fonash)
- Hollinger, Adam. "Evaluation of Heat Transfer in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells." (Adviser: Thynell)
- Horning, Peter. "Physical Limits of Nanocrystal Flash Memory." (Adviser: Lenahan)
- Lau, Kent. "Mimicking the Calls of Male Mediterranean Fruit Flies Using an Amplitude Modulated Thermoacoustic Sound Source." (Adviser: Garrett)
- Lewellen, Matthew. "Fabrication and Testing of Cellular Cores for Flexible Skins of Morphing Aircraft Structures." (Adviser: Gandhi)
- Lucas, Ian. "Air Coupled Ultrasound Techniques and Applications." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- McVey, Ryan. "The Simulation of Energy Transfer During the Laser Deposition Process." (Adviser: Todd)
- Petrilli, John. "Pulsed DC Sputtering of Vanadium Oxide Thin Films." (Adviser: Horn)
- Ross, Benjamin. "Design of a Nano-Engineered Elliptical Polarization Rejection Filter for Optics." (Adviser: Lakhtakia)
- Royal, Matthew. "Arbitrary Femtosecond Optical Pulse Shaping with a Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator." (Adviser: Kavehrad)
- Sandler, Rose. "Quantification of CO2 Poisoning in Low Temperature Methanol Alkaline Fuel Cells." (Adviser: Urquidi-Macdonald)
- Searfass, Clifford. "Design and Construction of High Frequency Piezoelectric Transformers." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- Shah, Kedar. "Development of Combined Electrical and Mechanical Nanoindentation." (Adviser: Friedman)
- Shah, Monish. "Non-Destructive Evaluation of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- Stimely, Laura. "Measurement of Strain/Displacement Due to Application of Ultrasound." (Adviser: Tittmann)
2005
- Belot, Gaelle. "Measurement of Residual Stress in Thin Films." (Adviser: Horn)
- Bernstein, David. "Task Dynamics of Aiming at a Target: Goal Equivalent Manifolds, Stability and Control." (Adviser: Cusumano)
- Brugan, Paul. "Controlled Fracture of Ceramics Using a Dual-Beam Laser System." (Adviser: Segall)
- De Biasi, Stefan. "Electroless Copper Deposition on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." (Adviser: Smid)
- Fidler, Shelby. "Interference Patterns and Matching Circuit Design for Ultrasound Enhanced Drug Delivery and Testing." (Adviser: Smith)
- Hawk, Gavin. "Surface Roughness Effects on Nucleate Pool Boiling." (Adviser: Hochreiter)
- Love, Kimberly. "Failure Rates of Rectangular Arrays Used in Noninvasive Insulin Delivery." (Adviser: Smith)
- McSweeney, Thea. "Effect on Non-Newtonian Rheology in Cardiovascular Flow Fields." (Adviser: Fontaine)
- Meeker, John. "Thermal Stress Intensity Factors Due to an Arbitrary Thermal Shock by an Inverse Method." (Adviser: Segall)
- Melnychuk, Ryan. "Laser Beam Absorption in Metallic Powder Beds." (Adviser: Todd)
- Murtha, Brian. "Modeling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Multi-Layered Structures." (Adviser: Kulkarni)
- Pfaff, Ryan. "Fiber Reinforced Elastomers: Fatigue and Microbuckling Behavior." (Adviser: Bakis)
- Piccione, Brian. "Application of Atomic Force Microscopy to the Study of Bio-Cells." (Adviser: Tittmann)
- Pursel, Sean. "Investigation of Polymeric Sculptured Thin Films." (Adviser: Horn)
- Robinson, Alexander. "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Impinging Nitrogen Atomization." (Adviser: Micci)
- Schober, Jed. "Design and Analysis of a Flexing Bicycle Suspension Device." (Adviser: Bakis)
- Shapiro, Brett. "Semi-Active Damping Using a Fiber Wound Elastic Tube." (Adviser: Rahn)
- Stefanski, Matthew. "A Study on Chiral Reflector-Based Microcavity Light Emitting Devices." (Adviser: Xu)
- Styer, Rocky. "A Technical Evaluation of a Cylindrical Rotary Stirling Engine." (Adviser: Perez-Blanco)
- Thein, Myo. "Modification of the Selectivity of Gold Nanowire Based Mercury Sensors by Self-Assembled-Monolayer Functionalization." (Adviser: Fonash)
- Tremblay, Gabrielle. "Fluid Mechanics Videos for Use in Undergraduate Education." (Adviser: Settles)
- Valinoto, Tamara. "Comparison of the Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Cryo-Treated and Untreated Aluminum Alloys Under Simulated Wire-Rope Conditions." (Adviser: Segall)
- Weaver, Katherine. "Theoretical Modeling and Simulation of Contact Lithography with Broadband Illumination and Immersion." (Adviser: Lakhtakia)
- Wright, Karen. "Development of a Web-Based System for Mass Customization." (Adviser: Simpson)
2004
- Gallo, Christina M. "The Direct Oxidation of Sulfur Containing Fuels in a Solid State Oxide Fuel Cell." (Adviser: Gallo)
- Glick, Gary M. "Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened in Shear with FRP." (Adviser: Glick)
- Hecht, Jesse R. "Optimal Orbit Capture of a Satellite about an Asteroid Using the Genetic Algorithm." (Adviser: Hecht)
- Jay, Keri A. "Noninvasive Insulin Delivery." (Adviser: Jay)
- Kemmerer, Jeremy P. "A Generic Bluetooth Wireless Interface for Short Range Sensing." (Adviser: Kemmerer)
- Maillis, Georgios. "Spin Lattice Relaxation Time Determination Using Acoustical Waves." (Adviser: Maillis)
- O'Brien, Christopher J. "A Void-Columnar Porous Silicon Thin-Film Humidity Sensor for Breath Detection of Neonatal Infants." (Adviser: O'Brien)
- Oliver, Kara A. "Design of a High Temperature Transducer for Surface Warping Detection." (Adviser: Oliver)
- Pickett, Matthew D. "A Model of the Spectral Response Exhibited by Gyrotropic Chiral Sculpture Thin Films Excited by Obliquely Incident Planewaves." (Adviser: Pickett)
- Seliga, James L. "Miniaturized High-Temperature Transducers for Ultrasonic Corrosion Monitoring in a Hostile Environment." (Adviser: Seliga)
- Smithling, Bradley C. "Electro Kinetic Studies of Silicon High Temperature Aqueous Solutions." (Adviser: Smithling)
- Sterbinsky, George E. "High Relative Permittivity Materials for Use in Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Devices." (Adviser: Sterbinsky)
- Strandwitz, Nicholas C. "Design and Fabrication of a Capacitive Micro-Machined Ultrasonic Transducer (cMUT)." (Adviser: Strandwitz)
- Thoryk, Jeremy S. "Time Dependent Deformation of Strength Differential Metallic Alloys." (Adviser: Thoryk)
- Vigna, Peter J. "EAP Assistance in Prosthetics." (Adviser: Vigna)
- Voss, Lars F. "Hysterisis in HfO2 MOS Devices." (Adviser: Voss)
- Witkin, Lisa R. "Wavelet Analysis of Heart Rate Variability." (Adviser: Witkin)
