Atwater, Harry Albert

Committee Member — 180 thesises

• Peng, Siying — 2D and 3D Photonic Crystals: Synthesis, Characterization and Topological Phenomenon (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nikzad, Shouleh — A Study of Ion Beam Sputtering of Compound Materials with Laser Spectroscopy (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tan, Hongjin — A Study of the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of LiₓFePO₄ as a Cathode Material for Li Batteries (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saadi, Fadl Hussein — Acid-Stable Electrocatalysts for the Solar Production of Fuels (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sherrott, Michelle Caroline — Active Infrared Nanophotonics in van der Waals Materials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Diest, Kenneth Alexander — Active Metal-Insulator-Metal Plasmonic Devices (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dicken, Matthew James — Active Oxide Nanophotonics (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deceglie, Michael Gardner — Advanced Silicon Solar Cell Device Physics and Design (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucas, Éowyn — Advancement of Asymmetric Bipolar Membranes for Tailoring Chemical Environments in Electrochemical Systems (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holunga, Dean Marcu — Aerosol Technologies for Fabrication, Collection, and Deposition of Engineered Nanoparticles (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bhardwaj, Ashish Ishwar Singh — All-Optical Logic Circuits Based on the Polarization Properties of Non-Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Veazey, Christopher Thomas — Amorphous Metallic Foam: Synthesis and Mechanical Properties (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shaner, Matthew Reed — An Experimental and Technoeconomic Study of Silicon Microwire Arrays for Fuel Production Using Solar Energy (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Melissa — Atomically Thin Spatial Light Modulators with Excitonic Nanomaterials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhang, Qingsong — Atomistic Simulation of Barium Titanate (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Seah, Samuel Kai Wen — Black Phosphorus Nanodevices for Active Polarization Control (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brain, Ruth Amy — Capillary-Driven Reflow of Thin Cu Films with Submicron, High Aspect Ratio Features (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Akbari, Hamidreza — Characterization and Tuning of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Traub, Matthew C. — Chemical Functionalization and Electronic Passivation of Gallium Arsenide Surfaces (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Knapp, David — Chemistry and Electronics of the Ge(111) Surface (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Ana Maii — Classical and Quantum Effects in Plasmonic Metals (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• McHaffie, Daniel Brendan — Computational and Data-Driven Discovery of Li Solid-State Electrolytes: From Representation to Experimental Realization (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yalu — Computational Investigation of Nanoscale Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ruglovsky, Jennifer Lynn — Correlating Microscopic Ferroelectric Properties and Macroscopic Thin Film Device Performance (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burgos, Stanley P. — Coupled Plasmonic Systems and Devices: Applications in Visible Metamaterials, Nanophotonic Circuits, and CMOS Imaging (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tolstova, Yulia — Cu₂O Heterojunction Photovoltaics (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Darvish, Davis Solomon — Cu₂O Substrates and Epitaxial Cu₂O/ZnO Thin Film Heterostructures for Solar Energy Conversion (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Casperson, Julie Diane — Design and Characterization of Layered Tunnel Barriers for Nonvolatile Memory Applications (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Warmann, Emily Cathryn — Design Strategies for Ultra-High Efficiency Photovoltaics (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chernow, Victoria Fay — Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of 3D Nanolattice Photonic Crystals for Bandgap and Refractive Index Engineering (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Douglas Clayton — Designing Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites with High Toughness and Tensile Ductility (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Nimlos, Danika Katherine — Development and Characterization of a Table-Top Laser-Produced Plasma Source for In-Situ and Time-Resolved Soft X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shing, Amanda M. — Development of Zn-IV-Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Melnik, M. Susan — Diamond surfaces : interactions with hydrogen and halogens (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kwon, Hyounghan — Dielectric Metasurfaces for Integrated Imaging Devices and Active Optical Elements (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kamali, Seyedeh Mahsa — Dielectric Metasurfaces from Fundamentals to Applications (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ragan, Regina — Direct Energy Bandgap Group IV Alloys and Nanostructures (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, Lun-Tseng — Dynamics, Noise Properties, and Spectral Characteristics of Semiconductor Lasers with External Coupling (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Coronel, Naomi Cristina — Earth-Abundant Zinc-IV-Nitride Semiconductors (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Alonzo, Alicia Cristina — Effects of geometry on the wet thermal oxidation of aluminum arsenide (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thureja, Prachi — Electrically Reconfigurable Optical Metasurfaces for Universal Wavefront Shaping (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sisler, Jared — Electrically Tunable Optical Active Metasurfaces in Space and Time (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Whitney, William Schuyler — Electrically-Tunable Light-Matter Interactions in Quantum Materials (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Biswas, Souvik — Electro-Optic Excitations in van der Waals Materials for Active Nanophotonics (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kafaie Shirmanesh, Ghazaleh — Electro-Optically Tunable Metasurfaces for a Comprehensive Control of Properties of Light (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Evoen, Vanessa — Electrocatalysis in Solid Acid Fuel Cell Electrodes (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miller, Gerald Matthew — Electron Transport in Silicon Nanocrystal Devices: From Memory Applications to Silicon Photonics (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miao, Shu — Electronic Structure and Bonding in Energy Storage Materials (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Seyoon — Electronically Tunable Light Modulation with Graphene and Noble Metal Plasmonics (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, David Ross — Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance at the Superionic Phase Transitions of Mixed Ion-Electron Conducting Materials (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Su, Magel Powei — Exploring Thermal Photonics for Sustainability: From Selective Solar Absorbers to Terrestrial Radiative Cooling (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dionne, Jennifer Anne — Flatland Photonics: Circumventing Diffraction with Planar Plasmonic Architectures (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maune, Brett Michael — Fluidic and Polymeric Integration and Functionalization of Optical Microresonators (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qian, Jin — From Quantum Mechanics to Experimental Observables: Computational Investigations of Energy-Related Heterogeneous Catalysts (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Flowers, Cristofer Addison — Full Spectrum Ultrahigh Efficiency Photovoltaics: System Design, Integration, and Characterization (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Howard ZeHua — GaAs/AlₓGa₁₋ₓAs Quantum Well Lasers Grown on GaAs and Si by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (1990, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brouillet, Jeremy Jean — Graphene-Mediated Light-Matter Interaction (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chow, David Hsingkuo — Growth, Characterization, and Simulation of Novel Semiconductor Tunnel Structures (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maier, Stefan Alexander — Guiding of Electromagnetic Energy in Subwavelength Periodic Metal Structures (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Christopher Tien — Heteroepitaxy of Group IV and Group III-V semiconductor alloys for photovoltaic applications (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bauser, Haley Coddington — High Contrast Nanophotonics for Scalable Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Needell, David Robert — High-Efficiency Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Photovoltaic Applications (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Verlage, Erik A. — High-Efficiency Solar Fuel Devices: Protection and Light Management Utilizing TiO2 (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kucharczyk, Christopher James — High-throughput Characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Materials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Holt, Jason Knowles — Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon and Silicon Nitride for Photovoltaics: Experiments, Simulations, and Applications (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wray, Parker Ryan — How to Make Small Things Do Big Things: Exploring Engineered Disorder for Massively Scalable Metasurfaces and Metamaterials (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Briggs, Ryan Morrow — Hybrid Silicon Nanophotonic Devices: Enhancing Light Emission, Modulation, and Confinement (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Purewal, Justin — Hydrogen Adsorption by Alkali Metal Graphite Intercalation Compounds (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Sung Joon — I. Ion-Solid Interactions with Markers. II. Oxidation Phenomena in Silicides and Aluminides (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Green, William M. J. — InGaAsP-InP Semiconductor Microcavity Geometries for Annular Bragg Reflection, Optical Switching, and Sensing (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Kiyoul — Integrated Ultra-High-Q Nonlinear Photonic Platform for On-Chip Optoelectronic Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glaudell, Rebecca Denise — Interface Optimization for Improved Photovoltaic Devices (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Foo, Ian M. — Inverse-Designed Volumetric Metaoptics for Multifunctional Nanophotonics (2027, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Xiao-chang — Investigation of New Devices and Characterization Techniques in the III-V Semiconductor System (1999, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lie, Yu-Chun Donald — Ion implantation in epitaxial GexSi1-x on Si(100) (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yalamanchili, Sisir — Light Management in Photovoltaics and Photoelectrochemical Cells using Tapered Micro and Nano Structures (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Yonghwi — Light Modulation with Vanadium Dioxide-Based Optical Devices (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leenheer, Andrew Jay — Light to Electrons to Bonds: Imaging Water Splitting and Collecting Photoexcited Electrons (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ferry, Vivian Eleanor — Light Trapping in Plasmonic Solar Cells (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Narang, Prineha — Light-Matter Interactions in Semiconductors and Metals: From Nitride Optoelectronics to Quantum Plasmonics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsai, Cho-Jen — Low energy ion-surface interaction and epitaxial growth in the SiGe system (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tanabe, Katsuaki — Low-Cost High-Efficiency Solar Cells with Wafer Bonding and Plasmonic Technologies (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Richardson, Christine Esber — Low-Temperature Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition of Epitaxial Films for Large-Grained Polycrystalline Photovoltaic Devices (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beardslee, Joseph Allen — Magnetic Alignment of High-Aspect Ratio Microwires into Vertical Arrays (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Chih Meng — Manipulation of Si and Ge Crystallization (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zahler, James Michael — Materials Integrations for High-Performance Photovoltaics by Wafer Bonding (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fountaine, Katherine Theresa — Mesoscale Optoelectronic Design of Wire-Based Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Devices (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lai, Yu-Hung — Microresonator Brillouin Laser Gyroscope (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hashim, Imran — Microstructural and magnetic properties of polycrystalline and epitaxial permalloy (Ni80Fe20) multilayered thin films (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bossuyt, Sven Cecile Rene — Microstructure and Crystallization Behavior in Bulk Glass Forming Alloys (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gallivan, Martha Anne — Modeling and Control of Epitaxial Thin Film Growth (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qi, Yue — Molecular dynamics (MD) studies on phase transformation and deformation behaviors in FCC metals and alloys (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weitekamp, Raymond Andrew — Multifunctional Materials: Bottom-Up and Top-Down (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Archer, Melissa Jane — Multijunction Solar Cells on Epitaxial Templates (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Baspinar, Ayse Bilgehan — Multilayer Meta-Optics for Next-Generation Multifunctional Photonics (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shayegan, Komron Joseph — Nanophotonic Engineering of Thermal Emitters (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Callahan, Dennis Michael — Nanophotonic Light Trapping In Thin Solar Cells (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Ramon — Nanophotonic Lightsail Optomechanics for Long-Range Optical Manipulation and Interstellar Exploration (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fleischman, Dagny — Nanophotonic Structures: Fundamentals and Applications in Narrowband Transmission Color Filtering (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ding, Ding — Nanoscale Thermal Transport with Photons and Phonons (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hodas, Nathan Oken — Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanoscale Systems (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Jiang — Nonlinear Optics in Planar Silica-on-Silicon Disk Resonators (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kippenberg, Tobias Jan August — Nonlinear Optics in Ultra-High-Q Whispering-Gallery Optical Microcavities (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• He, Gang — Novel group IV alloy semiconductor materials (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Laura — Novel Light Emitting Mechanisms Originating from Graphene Plasmons Near and Far from Equilibrium (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Böhme, Annette Ellen — Observation of the Microenvironment Around CO₂ Reduction Electrodes via Fluorescent Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscopy (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Deshpande, Vikram Vijay — One-Dimensional Physics of Interacting Electrons and Phonons in Carbon Nanotubes (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kosten, Emily Dell — Optical Designs for Improved Solar Cell Performance (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cai, Ming — Optical Fiber Taper Coupled Glass Microsphere Resonators (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Papadakis, Georgia Theano — Optical Response in Planar Heterostructures: From Artificial Magnetism to Angstrom-Scale Metamaterials (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Carrie Elizabeth — Optics at the Nanoscale: Light Emission in Plasmonic Nanocavities (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Darbe, Sunita — Optics for High-Efficiency Full Spectrum Photovoltaics (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Phelan, Megan Elisabeth — Optimization of Photovoltaic Performance for Luminescent Solar Concentrator Systems (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lloyd, John Vickery — Optoelectronic Design and Prototyping of Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Joeson — Optoelectronic Physics and Engineering of Atomically Thin Photovoltaics (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cui, Xiquan — Optofluidic Microscopy and Wavefront Microscopy: Innovations in Biological Imaging (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Neugebauer, Charles F. — Parallel Analog Computation with Charge Coupled Devices (1993, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Nathan Hoover — Passive and Active Control of Radiative Heat Flow (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Emmer, Hal S. — Paths Towards High Efficiency Silicon Photovoltaics (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dodd, Joanna Lynn — Phase Composition and Dynamical Studies of Lithium Iron Phosphate (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maiolo, James Reynold, III — Photoelectrochemistry of Microstructured Silicon Materials for Solar Energy Applications (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Eisler, Carissa Nicole — Photonic and Device Design Principles for Ultrahigh-Efficiency (>50%), Spectrum-Splitting Photovoltaics (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Vučković, Jelena — Photonic Crystal Structures for Efficient Localization or Extraction of Light (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ostby, Eric Paul — Photonic Whispering-Gallery Resonators in New Environments (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Loke, Samuel Pei Hao — Photovoltaic Technologies Developed for Space-Based Solar Power (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yuan, Zhiquan — Physics and Applications of Optical Nonlinearity in High-Q Microresonators (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Biteen, Julie Suzanne — Plasmon-Enhanced Silicon Nanocrystal Luminescence for Optoelectronic Applications (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jang, Min Seok — Plasmonics and Electron Optics in Graphene (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sweatlock, Luke A. — Plasmonics: Numerical Methods and Device Applications (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Virgil, Kyle Allan — Polarization-Resolved, Oblique Incidence Terahertz Spectroscopy of Highly Uniform 2D Hybrid Perovskite Films (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Claudine Minnie — Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Films for Photovoltaics (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Areum — Probing Active Nanophotonic Materials Phenomena Under Electrostatic Modulation (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jahelka, Phillip Robert — Progress in Low-Cost Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Maggie Elizabeth — Pulsed laser deposition : energetic growth effects in group iv semiconductor materials (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brewer, Rhett Ty — Quantitative Biaxial Texture Analysis with Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction for Ion Beam-Assisted Deposition of MgO and Heteroepitaxy of Perovskite Ferroelectrics (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fakonas, James Spencer — Quantum Interference and Entanglement of Surface Plasmons (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kayes, Brendan Melville — Radial pn Junction, Wire Array Solar Cells (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bosco, Jeffrey Paul — Rational Design of Zinc Phosphide Heterojunction Photovoltaics (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Crowley, Jason Michael — Resolution of the Band Gap Prediction Problem for Materials Design (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pryce, Imogen Mary — Resonant Metallic Nanostructures for Active Metamaterials and Photovoltaics (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mauser, Kelly Ann Weekley — Resonant Thermoelectric Nanophotonics: Applications in Spectral and Thermal Sensing (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bukowsky, Courtney Roberta — Scalable Nanophotonic Light Management Design for Solar Cells (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Santori, Elizabeth Anne — Si Microwire Array Photoanodes for Artificial Photosynthetic Devices (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Putnam, Morgan Charles — Si Microwire-Array Solar Cells (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shearn, Michael Joseph, II — Silicon Integrated Optics: Fabrication and Characterization (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Warren, Emily Lowell — Silicon Microwire Arrays for Photoelectrochemical and Photovoltaic Applications (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kelzenberg, Michael David — Silicon Microwire Photovoltaics (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Feng, Tao — Silicon Nanocrystal Charging Dynamics and Memory Device Applications (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Walters, Robert Joseph — Silicon Nanocrystals for Silicon Photonics (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tham, Douglas Weng Wah — Silicon Nanostructure Photovoltaics (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hartman, John Walter — Simulation of Surface and Material Damage During Fast Ion Penetration (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Batara, Nicolas Anthony — Spontaneous Pattern Formation in Photoelectrodeposited Semiconductor Films (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jeon, Seokmin — Structure, Chemistry, and Energetics of Organic and Inorganic Adsorbates on Ga-rich GaAs and GaP(00l) Surfaces (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Iton, Zachery William Benjamin — Superionic Conduction of Next-Generation Mobile Ions in Solids Enabled by Coordinating Ligands (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sun, Xiankai — Supermode Si/III-V Lasers and Circular Bragg Lasers (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wong, Selmer Siu Man — Surface Chemical Analysis Using Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectrometry During Molecular Beam Epitaxy (1996, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ostraat, Michele Louisa — Synthesis and Characterization of Aerosol Silicon Nanoparticle Nonvolatile Floating Gate Memory Devices (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Wei-Hsiang — Synthesis of 2D Quantum Materials for Nanoelectronic and Nanophotonic Applications (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mason, Maribeth Swiatek — Synthesis of Large-Grained Polycrystalline Silicon by Hot-Wire Chemical Vapor Deposition for Thin Film Photovoltaic Applications (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shcheglov, Kirill Vadim — Synthesis, optical and electronic properties of group IV semiconductor nanocrystals (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boer, Elizabeth A. — Synthesis, Passivation and Charging of Silicon Nanocrystals (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Glade, Stephen Clarke — The Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8 glass-forming alloy : thermophysical properties, crystallization, and the effect of small alloying additions on the thermal stability (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boukai, Akram Issam — Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth and Silicon Nanowires (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wiest, Aaron — Thermoplastic Forming and Related Studies of the Supercooled Liquid Region of Metallic Glasses (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Langeland, Krista S. — Thin-Film Silicon Photovoltaics: Characterization of Thin-Film Deposition and Analysis of Enhanced Light Trapping from Scattering Nanoparticle Arrays (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Omelchenko, Stefan Thomas — Towards a Net-zero Carbon Energy System: High Efficiency Photovoltaics and Electrocatalysts (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Wen-Hui (Sophia) — Towards High Solar to Fuel Efficiency: From Photonic Design, Interface Study, to Device Integration (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tokpanov, Yury — Towards Next Generation of Optoelectronics: from Quantum Plasmonics and 2D Materials to Advanced Optimization Techniques of Nanophotonic Devices (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Anjum, Sara — Towards Sustainable, Scalable, Low-Cost InP Space Solar Power (2026, Engineer's thesis)
• Hunt, Cynthia Lee — Transition-Edge Superconducting Antenna-Coupled Bolometer (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Went, Cora Margaret — Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Ultrathin Solar Cells (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Min, Bumki — Ultrahigh–Q Microtoroid On-Chip Resonators for Low Threshold Microlasers (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Tong — Ultralow-Loss Silica Resonators and Waveguides on a Silicon Chip (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Welch, Alexandra Justine — Understanding and Optimizing the Local Catalyst Environment in CO₂ Reduction Electrodes (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mitskovets, Anna — Using DNA Origami to Create Hybrid Nanophotonic Architectures for Single-Photon Emitters (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Huang, Jingqing — Wavelength-Scale Confinement of Light and Its Applications in On-Chip Photonic Devices (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Turner-Evans, Daniel B. — Wire Array Photovoltaics (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Spurgeon, Joshua Michael — Wire Array Solar Cells: Fabrication and Photoelectrochemical Studies (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wilson, Samantha Stricklin — Zn-VI/Cu2O Heterojunctions for Earth-Abundant Photovoltaics (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kimball, Gregory Michael — Zn₃P₂ and Cu₂O Substrates for Solar Energy Conversion (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))