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Ph.D. Graduates from 1992 to present

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

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

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 Oxides, 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

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

Cerreta, Ellen
Creep Induced Substructures in Titanium Aluminide, advisors – Tresa Pollock and Subhash Mahajan

Manning, Christopher
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

Hsu, Yu-Nu
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

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

Chevrier, Vincent

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

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

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

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

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

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

Orrling, Carl
Crystallization Phenomena in Slags, Advisor:  Alan Cramb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1999

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

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

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

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

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

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1998

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stepanek, James
Initial Solidification In Continuous Casting, Advisor:  Alan Cramb

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

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1997

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

Dooley, Jennifer Ann
Micromagetic Characterization and Property Modeling of Rare Earth-Transition Metal Magnets - advisor Marc De Graef

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

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

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1996

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1995

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

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

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

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

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

Pierron, Xavier
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

Iwamasa, Penny K.
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, advsior - 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

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

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

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

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

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

Feldbauer, Stephen L.
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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