Fultz, Brent T.

Committee Member — 145 thesises

• Tan, Hongjin — A Study of the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of LiₓFePO₄ as a Cathode Material for Li Batteries (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Liu, Xiao — A Study on Iron-Based Amorphous Alloys: Alloy Development, Thermodynamics and Soft Magnetism (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Villafuerte, Fernando Joaquin — Additive Manufacturing of Batteries and IR-Active Microparticles: Polyborane-Based Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries and Additively Manufactured, TiN-Coated Microbridges (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Weadock, Nicholas Joseph — Addressing Thermodynamic Inefficiencies of Hydrogen Storage in Transition Metal Hydrides (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Demers, Steven Brian — Advanced Density Functional Theory Methods tor Materials Science (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rogak, Steven Nicholas — Aerosol dynamics of agglomerates (1991, 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.))
• Murialdo, Maxwell Robert — Anomalous Thermodynamics of Nonideal Gas Physisorption on Nanostructured Carbons (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bernal-Choban, Camille Marie — Atomic Dynamics in Solids and Liquids from Inelastic Neutron Scattering (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• An, Qi — Atomistic Simulations of Material Properties under Extreme Conditions (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tiwary, Pratyush — Atomistic Simulations of Materials: Methods for Accurate Potentials and Realistic Time-Scales (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tozier, Dylan Douglas — Cathode Design for High Energy Molten Salt Lithium-Oxygen Batteries (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zevalkink, Alexandra — Chain-Forming Zintl Antimonidcs as Novel Thermoelectric Materials (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Peishi Stephen — Charge and Heat Transport in Non-Metallic Crystals Using First-Principles Boltzmann Transport Theory (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lucas, Matthew Steven — Cluster Expansion Applied to Inelastic Scattering Experiments (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leong, Peter Anthony — Computational Challenges in High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chen, Yalu — Computational Investigation of Nanoscale Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Mo — Crystal to Glass Transition and its Relation to Melting (1994, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kuo, Claire Taijung — Customized Porosity in Ceramic Composites via Freeze Casting (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanan, Jay Clarke — Damage Evolution in Uniaxial SiC Fiber Reinforced Ti Matrix Composites (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jennings, Andrew Tynes — Deformation Mechanisms in Nanoscale Single Crystalline Electroplated Copper Pillars (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Seung-Yub — Deformation Mechanisms of Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Kevin — Degradation Mechanisms of Oxide Ceramics Under Molten Regolith Electrolysis Conditions (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chari, Celia S. — Degradation of Ceramic Surfaces and its Mitigation: From Electric Propulsion to Cultural Heritage (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yu, Ted H. — Degradations and Improvements in PEM Fuel Cell Materials: A Computational Study (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mendoza-Cortes, Jose Luis — Design of Molecules and Materials for Applications in Clean Energy, Catalysis and Molecular Machines Through Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Douglas Clayton — Designing Bulk Metallic Glass Matrix Composites with High Toughness and Tensile Ductility (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Roberts, Scott Nolan — Developing and Characterizing Bulk Metallic Glasses for Extreme Applications (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Barnes, Taylor Arnold — Development and Application of Embedding Methods for the Simulation of Large Chemical Systems (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Donghua — Development of Novel Binary and Multi-Component Bulk Metallic Glasses (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lohwongwatana, Boonrat — Development, Characterization, and Applications of Gold and Platinum Bulk Metallic Glasses (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Guzman, Pedro — Developments in Mössbauer Spectrometry: From Instrumentation to High Pressure Studies on Spins and Phonons (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• So, Frank Cheung Tao — Diffusion Barriers for VLSI Applications (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Han, Si-ping — DNA Directed Self-Assembly of Carbon Nanotube Structures (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Armstrong, Stephen Lowell — Effects of Disorder on Quantum Phase Transitions and Quantum Dynamics (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Abramovitch, David Joshua — Electron-Phonon Interactions and Electronic Transport in Correlated Metals and Moiré Systems (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Graetz, Jason Allan — Electronic Environments and Electrochemical Properties in Lithium Storage Materials (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Yu-shu George — Electronic Properties of II-VI Superlattices and III-V Tunnel Structures (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miao, Shu — Electronic Structure and Bonding in Energy Storage Materials (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Muñoz, Jorge Alberto — Electronic Structure and Phonon Thermodynamics of Iron Alloys (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Corona, Sydney Lea — Emerging Evidence of a Second Glass Phase in Strong to Ultra-Fragile Bulk Metallic Glass-Forming Liquids (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Haw, Magnus Albert — Experimental and Numerical Studies of Cavities, Flows, and Waves in Arched Flux Ropes (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Zhou, Yi — Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Unstable Dynamics of Caltech’s Plasma Jet: X-Rays, Ultraviolet, and Visible Light (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Harmon, John Shelby, III — Experimental Studies of Elasticity, Plastic Flow, and Anelasticity in Metallic-Glass-Forming-Liquids (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hägeli Lohaus, Stefan P. — Experimental Study on the Thermodynamic Interactions of Phonons and Magnetism in Fe Systems (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Robbins, Andrew Beyer — Exploring Microscopic Thermal Transport Properties of Molecular Crystals with Simulations and Experiments (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hua, Chengyun — Exploring Thermal Phonon Transport from Atomic to Macroscopic Scales for Energy Conversion and Management (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gao, Yang — Extending the Capability of Classical Quantum Many-Body Methods (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hyde, Edward McKay — Fast, High-Order Methods for Scattering by Inhomogeneous Media (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Guofeng — First Principles Based Multiscale Modeling of Single Crystal Plasticity: Application to BCC Tantalum (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lu, I-Te — First-Principles Calculations of Electron-Defect Interactions and Defect-Limited Charge Transport (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Desai, Dhruv Chimanbhai — First-Principles Calculations of Magnetotransport and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Semiconductors and Topological Materials (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Suh, Jin-Yoo — Fracture Toughness Study on Bulk Metallic Glasses and Novel Joining Method Using Bulk Metallic Glass Solder (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wu, Chun-Wei Vince — Freeze Casting - from Battery Separators to Ceramic Scaffolds (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Arai, Noriaki — Freeze Casting of Ceramics: Pore Design from Solidification Principles (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Manley, Michael Edward — From Elementary Excitations to Microstructures: the Thermodynamics of Metals and Alloys Across Length Scales (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qian, Jin — From Quantum Mechanics to Experimental Observables: Computational Investigations of Energy-Related Heterogeneous Catalysts (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Fred Chae-Reem — High Temperature Electron-Phonon and Magnon-Phonon Interactions (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hatanpää, Benjamin Henrik James — High-Field Charge Transport and Fluctuation Phenomena in Semiconductors from First Principles (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Staneff, Geoffrey D. — High-Pressure Synthesis of Thermoelectric Materials (2005, 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.))
• Lai, Wei — Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Electrochemical Study of Mixed Conducting Ceria (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Maboudian, Roya — In-Situ Observation of Surface and Near-Surface Modification Using Scattering of Ballistic Phonons (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gorske, Sara Frances — In-Situ Synchrotron Studies of Microstructural Effects on Brittle Fracture (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ye, Yun — Interaction of Hydrogen with Novel Carbon Materials (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kaltenboeck, Georg — Investigation of Capacitive Discharge Heating of Metallic Glasses (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Oldham, Neal Curtis — Investigation of Spintronic Materials Systems: Deposition and Characterization (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Rogan, Robert Cashman — Investigation of the Multiscale Constitutive Behavior of Ferroelectric Materials Using Advanced Diffraction Techniques (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Taeyong — Investigation of Transport Phenomena of Thermal Acoustic Excitations in Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Materials Using Transient Grating Spectroscopy (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leenheer, Andrew Jay — Light to Electrons to Bonds: Imaging Water Splitting and Collecting Photoexcited Electrons (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tsai, Cho-Jen — Low energy ion-surface interaction and epitaxial growth in the SiGe system (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yang, Chih Meng — Manipulation of Si and Ge Crystallization (1997, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kislitsyn, Mikhail N. — Materials Chemistry of Superprotonic Solid Acids (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pearson, Douglas Harvey — Measurements of white lines in transition metals and alloys using electron energy loss spectrometry (1992, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schramm, Joseph Paul — Mechanical Performance of Amorphous Metallic Cellular Structures (2010, 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.))
• Kozachkov, Henry — Modifying Bulk Metallic Glasses: Composites and Configurational States (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Qi, Yue — Molecular dynamics (MD) studies on phase transformation and deformation behaviors in FCC metals and alloys (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lo, Davy — Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Sputtering (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Hyon-Jee — Molecular Dynamics Studies of Metallic Glasses (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lin, Jiao — Mössbauer Diffractometry: Principles, Practice, and an Application to a Study of Chemical Order in ⁵⁷Fe₃Al (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ding, Ding — Nanoscale Thermal Transport with Photons and Phonons (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swift, Geoffrey Allen — Neutron Diffraction Study of In Situ-Reinforced Silicon Nitride during Creep (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• White, Nicholas Conlan — Nonlinear Dynamics and Stability of Viscous Free-Surface Microcapillary Flows in V-Shaped Channels and on Curved Surfaces (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lydon, Joseph John II — Nonlinear Effects in Granular Crystals with Broken Periodicity (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hofmann, Carrie Elizabeth — Optics at the Nanoscale: Light Emission in Plasmonic Nanocavities (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Collins, Lincoln Nash — Optimal Design of Materials for Energy Conversion (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herren, Benjamin Riley — Oxidative and Internal Stress Effects of Dopants in Multilayer Yb₂Si₂O₇ Environmental Barrier Coatings (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dodd, Joanna Lynn — Phase Composition and Dynamical Studies of Lithium Iron Phosphate (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bajaj, Saurabh — Phase Diagrams and Defect Thermodynamics to Devise Doping Strategies in Lead Chalcogenide Thermoelectric Materials and its Alloys (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pomrehn, Gregory Schoelerman — Phase Stability and Defect Behavior in Complex Thermoelectric Zinc-Antimonides (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Smith, Hillary Leigh — Phase Transformations and Entropy of Non-Equilibrium Materials (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Shen, Yang — Phonon Anharmonicity at the Limits of Perturbation Theory (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Chen W. — Phonon Anharmonicity of Ionic Compounds and Metals (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Herriman, Jane Elizabeth — Phonon Thermodynamics and Elastic Behavior of GaN and GaAs at High Temperatures and Pressures (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ladygin, Vladimir Vladimirovich — Phonon-Phonon Interactions in Highly Anharmonic Systems (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ha, Quoc Bao Nguyen — Plasma Loop and Strapping Field Dynamics: Reproducing Solar Eruptions in the Laboratory (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tracy, Sally June — Polaron Hopping in Olivine Phosphates Studied by Nuclear Resonant Scattering (2016, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Heo, Jinseong — Probing Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Babilo, Peter — Processing and Characterization of Proton Conducting Yttrium Doped Barium Zirconate for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Maggie Elizabeth — Pulsed laser deposition : energetic growth effects in group iv semiconductor materials (1998, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Fakonas, James Spencer — Quantum Interference and Entanglement of Surface Plasmons (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Winterrose, Michael Lon — Quantum Mechanical Simulation and X-Ray Scattering Applied to Pressure-Induced Invar Anomaly in Magnetic Iron Alloy (2011, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jones, Todd Jarrott — Radiation-Induced Conductivity in Amorphous Carbon (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yeh, Xian-Li — Reaction of Hydrogen with Crystalline and Amorphous Alloys — Crystal to Amorphous Transformation Induced by Hydrogen (1987, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bukowsky, Courtney Roberta — Scalable Nanophotonic Light Management Design for Solar Cells (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kim, Dennis Sungtae — Silicon Revisited: Understanding Pure Phonon Anharmonicity and the Effects on Thermophysical Properties (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Duan, Gang — Simulations, Modeling, and Designs of Bulk Metallic Glasses (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Meng, Wen Jin — Solid State Amorphization Reactions in thin Film Diffusion Couples (1988, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kogan, Oleg Boris — Stochastic and Collective Properties of Nonlinear Oscillators (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Miles, Richard Henry — Structural and Optical Properties of Strained-Layer Superlattices (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lan, Tian — Studies of Phonon Anharmonicity in Solids (2014, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mukherjee, Sundeep — Study of Crystallization Behavior, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Bulk Metallic Glasses Using Noncontact Electrostatic Levitation Technique (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Garrett, Glenn Robert — Study of the Origins of Toughness in Amorphous Metals (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cowan, Lisa — Superprotonic Solid Acid Phase Transitions and Stability (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Boysen, Dane Andrew — Superprotonic Solid Acids: Structure, Properties, and Applications (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Usiskin, Robert Ezra — Surface Activity and Bulk Defect Chemistry of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Min, Kyu Sung — Synthesis and properties of light-emitting Si-based nanostructures (2000, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Stadie, Nicholas P. — Synthesis and Thermodynamic Studies of Physisorptive Energy Storage Materials (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Patrick, Valerie — Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetics of Mixed Copper-Aluminum and Iron-Aluminum Oxides for High-Temperature Desulfurization (1989, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wang, Ziyi — Temperature Dependence of Gas Physisorption Energy: Experimental and Computational Studies of Krypton on Porous Carbon (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kresch, Max G. — Temperature Dependence of Phonons in Elemental Cubic Metals Studied by Inelastic Scattering of Neutrons and X-Rays (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xu, Chen — The Catalytic and Mechanical Properties of Lithium Battery Electrodes (2017, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Papandrew, Alexander Blair — The Effects of High Pressure on the Vibrational and Magnetic Properties of Iron-Based Materials (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Good, Nathan Ray — The Influence of Texture on the Magnetoelastic Properties of Polycrystalline TbDy Alloys (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mudide, Shiva — The Limits of The Quasi-Harmonic Approximation: Anharmonicity in Germanium and the Entropy of Melting (2021, Senior thesis (Major))
• Bogdanoff, Peter David — The Phonon Entropy of Metals and Alloys: The Effects of Thermal and Chemical Disorder (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Delaire, Olivier — The Phonon Entropy of Transition Metals and Alloys: Effects of Impurities and of a Martensitic Phase Transition (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mauger, Lisa Mary — The Phonon Thermodynamics of Iron and Cementite (2015, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gallivan, Rebecca Anne — The Role of Boundaries and Other Microstructural Features on Emergent Mechanical and Mechanically-Coupled Phenomena at the Nanoscale (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saunders, Claire Nicole — Thermal Behavior of Cuprous Oxide: a Comprehensive Study of Three-Body Phonon Effects and Beyond (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moon, Jaeyun — Thermal Conduction in Amorphous Materials and the Role of Collective Excitations (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Abrecht, David Gregory — Thermodynamic Properties of Organometallic Dihydrogen Complexes for Hydrogen Storage Applications (2013, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Murphy, Caitlin Anne — Thermoelasticity of Hexagonal Close-Packed Iron from the Phonon Density of States (2012, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wiest, Aaron — Thermoplastic Forming and Related Studies of the Supercooled Liquid Region of Metallic Glasses (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Catherall, David Spencer — Threads in the Tapestry of Next Generation Nanodevices: Simulation and Thin Film Processing (2026, 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.))
• Quine, Cullen Mackenzie — Tunability of Gas Adsorption Enthalpies in Carbonaceous Materials for Energy-Related Applications (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hoff, Andrew Taylor — Understanding the Origin of Glass Forming Ability in Metallic Glasses (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Swan-Wood, Tabitha Liana — Vibrational Entropy Contributions to the Phase Stability of Iron- and Aluminum-Based Binary Alloys (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Waniuk, Theodore Andrew — Viscosity and Crystallization in a Series of Zr-based Bulk Amorphous Alloys (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))