2024

• Colton A. D'Ambra, Development of Versitile Stynthetic Methods for Silicone Materials, advised by Prof. Chris Bates and Prof. Craig Hawker
• Jason T. Dong, Molecular beam epitaxy of Group V-based materials with strong spin-orbitcoupling, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Aaron N. Engel, Spin-polarized electrons in topological materials and III-V photocathodes, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Andrew R. Ericks, Degradation of Barrier Coating Materials for Gas Turbine Engines, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Carolina H. Frey, Design of BCC-B2 Precipitation Strenghthened Nb Alloys, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Larry K. Heki, Design and Optimization of Phased-Array Metasurfaces for Applications in Light Emision and Quantum Optics, advised by Prof. Jon Schuller and Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Wangqian Miao, Moiré Effects on Electrons and Phonons in Low Dimensional Materials, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer and Prof. Xi Dai
• Howie Nguyen, Magnetic Resonance and SQUID Magnetometry Studies of Lithium Transistion Metal Oxide Cathodes, advised by Prof. Raphaële Clément
• Nathan C. Palmquist, Development of Long-Cavity III-Nitride Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Trevor J. Steiner, Integrated Quantum Photonics with III-V Semiconductors, advised by advised by Prof. John Bowers and Prof. Galan Moody 
• Hoang P. Truong, Quantifying the conformations of sequesnce-defined polymers through entropic elasticity measurements, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh

2023

• Yu Hao Chang, Fermi Level Engineering of Half-Metal Heusler Compounds, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Allison L. Chau, Design and Tribological Characterization of Stiuli-Responsove Hydrogels, advised by Prof. Angela Pitenis
• Paul G. Christodoulou, Role of Crystal Orientation and Void Location on Void Growth in Polycrystalline Metals, advised by Prof. Irene Beyerlein
• Lauren T.W. Fey, Phase-field dislocation dynamics modeling of multi-component alloys, advised by Prof. Irene Beyerlein
• Emily E. Foley, Correlating structure, properties, and performance in sodium metal fluoride battery cathodes, advised by Prof. Raphaële Clément
• My Linh T. Le, Leveraging electrostaic interactions in engineering advanced semiconducting polymers, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc and Prof. Rachel Segalman
• Caelin Muir, Trustworthy Maching Learning for Experimental Characterizations of Ceramic Matrix Compsites, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock and Prof. Samantha Daly
• Colleen Reynolds, Niobium and oxygen: A first principles study of phase behavior syability and solute behavior, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Ashley M. Roach, Void Strengthening and Growth in Structural Metals: A Mesoscale Perspective, advised by Prof. Daniel Gianola and Prof. Irene Beyerlein
• Amanda Ruschel, Strategies for Tailoring the Mechanical Response of Lattices and Foams, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Ryan S. Russell, Advanced optical characterization of complex oxide thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy, advised by Prof. John Harter
• Elias Sebti, Advancing Guidlines for Compositional Selection and Processing Conditions for Sold-State Battery Materials, advised by Prof. Raphaële Clément
• Joseph H. Wendorf, Microtexture and Dwell Fatigue in Titanium Alloys, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Wyatt Witzen, Mapping of crystallographic geometrically necessary dislocation densities using three-dimensional microstructural data with varied processing histories, advised by Prof. Irene Beyerlein
• Vincent C. Wu, Advancing the Design and Synthesis of Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes, advised by Prof. Raphaële Clément
• Wangzhou Wu, Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Perovskite BaSnO₃ and Antiperovskite SrSnO₃ Thin Films, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Kira E. Wyckoff, Refractory Oxide Anodes for Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri

2022

• Claire Albrecht, Dislocation Morphology and Mobility on the Slip Planes of Hexagonal Close-Packed Materials, advised by Prof. Irene Beyerlein
• Mayela Renata Aldaz Cervantes, Fundamentals of Titanium Interactions with Nitrogen and Oxygen, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Yi Chao Chow, Epitaxial Design and Characterization of III-Nitride Optoelectronic Devices, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Virginia Collier, Models of boron nitride fiber coating recession and its impact on ceramic matrix composite strength, advised by Prof. Matthew Belgey
• Connie Dong, Characterization and simulation of additively manufactured metallic cellular features and components, advised by Prof. Matthew Belgey
• Thomas Drtina, Investigating Concepts for Multilayered Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coating Systems for Porous Matrix Oxide Fiber Ceramic Composites, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Wan Ying Ho, Quantitative Analysis for Efficiency Studies in III-Nitride Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) using Electron Emission Spectroscopy (EES), advised by Prof. James Speck
• Collin S. Holgate, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Molten Silicate Attack on Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Hanbyeol Jeong, Characterization of Superconductivity in Compressively Strained SrTiO₃ Thin Films, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Jonas Kaufman, First-principles study of ion ordering and diffusion in layered oxides for Na- and K-ion batteries, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Brandon Leu, Role of neighborhood constraints on deformation twinning in magnesium, advised by Prof. Irene Beyerlein
• Panpan Li, Micro-LEDs with MOCVD-grown tunnel junctions and properties of efficient InGaN red Micro-LEDs, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Cheyenne Lynsky, Heteroepitaxial Design of Long-Wavelength III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Akhil Mauze, Plasma-assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Beta-Ga₂O₃: Growth, Doping, and Heterostructures, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Drew Melchert, Acoustic patterning of 3D printed composites for anisotropic conductivity and multifunctionality, advised by Prof. Dan Gianola
• Sara Messina, Influence of geometry and microstructure on the failure of additively manufactured millimeter-scale metal features, advised by Prof. Matthew Begley
• Yuzki Oey, Structural Effects and Compositional Tuning in Magnetocalorics and Kagome Superconductors, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Tyler Pardue, Investigating Symmetry Breaking in Strained Thin Films of SrTiO₃ and Cd₃As₂, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Kelly Peterson, Electronic Structure, Chemical Mechanism, and Morphology in Doping Organic Semiconductors, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Kai Shek Qwah, Theoretical and Experimental Studies of III-Nitride Devices, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Caroline E. Reilly, Device-Oriented Low Temperature Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of III-N Materials, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Veronica G. Reynolds, Optimizing Soft and Stretchable Electronics Made with Novel Polymers through Predictive Modeling, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Jeff Rossin, Additively Manufactured Alloy Characterization with Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock and Prof. Samantha Daly
• Avery F. Samuel, High Strain Rate Loading of Multi-phase Materials, advised by Prof. Frank Zok and Prof. Irene Beyerlein 
• Chen Shang, Robust High Temperature Operation of Quantum Dot Lasers Grown on Silicon, advised by Prof. John Bowers
• Samuel M. L. Teicher, Orbital design and electronic structure of topological metals, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Ryan White, MOCVD Growth Methods To Achieve High-Efficiency Long-Wavelength MicroLEDs Extending To Red Emission, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Eli Zoghlin, High-pressure bulk crystal growth for scattering studies of quantum magnets, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Christian J. Zollner, Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes Grown on Sapphire and Silicon Carbide Substrates, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura

2021

• Nathan Almirall, On the Role of Mn-Ni-Si Precipitation in Irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels: Implications to Life Extension and Advanced Damage Tolerant Alloys, advised by Prof. G. Robert Odette
• Abdullah Almogbel, AlGaN growth and processing for high-efficiency UV LED on SiC, advised by Prof. James Speck and Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Glenn Balbus, Investigating the role of grain boundary structure on the thermal and mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals, advised by Prof. Daniel Gianola
• Mikayla E. Barry, The Effects of Surface Chemistry on Polymer Hydration, Adsorption, and Fouling, advised by Prof. Rachel Segalman
• Mitchell Bordelon, Magnetic frustration and quantum disorder in lanthanide-based ALnX2 materials, advised by Prof. Stephen Wilson
• Rubayn Goh, Adaptive Survival Capsules for Developing Shark Embryos, advised by Prof. Rachel Segalman and Prof. Herbert Waite
• Manik Goyal, Molecular beam epitaxy and magnetotransport studies of thin films of the topological semimetal cadmium arsenide, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Brian Haidet, Heteroepitaxy and defect characterization in infrared III-V and IV-VI semiconductors, advised by Prof. Kunal Mukherjee
• Sarah Innes-Gold, Structure and interactions of hyaluronic acid, a model polyelectrolyte, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh
• Rhiannon Kennard, Growth and Strain of Hybrid Perovskite Films: Impacts on Stability and Light Emission, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Sanjeev Kolli, Hierarchical crystallographic transformations and thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of spinel electrode materials, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Sean P. Murray, CoNi-base superalloys with improved high temperature properties and 3D printability, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Andrew Rowberg, Defect Physics and Hydrogen Transport in Solid-State Hydrogen Electrolytes from First Principles, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle
• Salva Salmani-Rezaie, Atomic Scale Understanding of Ferroelectricity and Superconductivity in SrTiO3, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Jennifer Selvidge, Reliability of InAs quantum dot lasers grown on silicon: Physics, Limits and Solutions, advised by Prof. John Bowers and Prof. Kunal Mukherjee
• Omor Shoron, Novel Channel Materials for Field-Effect Devices: Barium Stannate and Cadmium Arsenide, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Bhavana Swaminathan, Microscale Characterization of Damage Accumulation in SiC/SiC Minicomposites via a Multi-Modal Approach, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock and Prof. Samantha Daly
• Matthew S. Wong, Development of Device Technology for Micro-Light-Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars

2020

• Arwa Saud Abbas, Optical Modeling, MOCVD Growth, and Development of Novel Fabrication Technologies for Semipolar GaN Flip-Chip Edge Emitting lasers Structures, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars and Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Mohammed Abo Alreesh, High-Temperature Growth of Bulk Gallium Nitride by the Sodium Flux Method, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Joshua Bocarsly, Linking crystal structure and magnetism in intermetallics, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Leanne Friedrich, Tailored composite microstructures via direct ink writing with acoustophoresis, advised by Prof. Matthew Begley
• Brandon Isaac, High Performance InP Photonic Integrated Circuits and Devices for Free Space Communications and Sensing, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Kelsey Jorgensen, Impurity Reduction Strategies for III-N Materials Grown by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Jared A. Kearns, Development of Semipolar III-Nitride Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Emily Levin, Microstructure, strain, and magnetostructural coupling in intermetallics, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Nicole Michenfelder-Schauser, Mono- and Multivalent Ion Conduction in Solid Polymer Electrolytes, advised by Prof. Rachel Segalman and Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Nathan Ogden, Miniaturizing Medicine - Strategies for Developing and Improving Point-Of-Care Biosensors, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh
• Andrew Polonsky, Three-Dimensional Characterization of Additively Manufactured Metals, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Caitlin Sample, Multidimensional Synthesis of Organic Materials, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker and Prof. Chris Bates
• Emily Schueller, Structural Underpinnings of Magnetic and Electronic Behavior in Transition Metal Oxides and Chalcogenides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Elayne M. Thomas, The Effect of (Counter-)ions on the Electronic and Crystalline Structure of Doped Polymeric Semiconductors, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc and Prof. Rachel Segalman
• Naveen Venkatesan, Charge-Carrier Dynamics and Structural Characterization of Layered Hybrid Halide Perovskites, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Julija Vinckeviciute, First-principles study of layered transition-metal oxides and sulfides for battery applications, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Jianfeng Wang, Development of III-Nitride Tunnel Junctions and p-n Diodes by Ammonia-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck

2019

• Kaveh Ahadi, Cooperative Orders in Complex Oxide Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Christian Bayless, Defect-Mediated Carrier Transport MEcanisms in Vertical GaN p-n Diodes, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Jonathon Bechtel, Ab Initio Statistical Mechanics of Halide Perovskites, co-advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven and Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Evan B. Callaway, Constituent Properties and their Effects on Tensile Response of Unidirectional SiC-SiC Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Richard C. Cramer, Extreme III-Nitride Alloys Grown via Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy advised by Prof. James Speck
• Thomas Cristiani, Characterizing the relationships between micro- and nano-scale structure and the interfacial and mechanical properties of biological and bio-inspired materials, advised by Prof. Jacob Israelachvili and Prof. Omar Saleh
• Neil Dolinski, Light-Mediated Control of Polymeric Materials, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Christopher Freeze, Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Wide-Band Gap Perovskite Oxides: (Ba, Sr)TiO3 and BaSnO3, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Harsha Gunda, Thermodynamic modeling of interstitials in titanium alloys, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Daniel Myers, Electron Emission Spectroscopy of III-N Semiconductor Devices, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Nathan Ogden, Miniaturizing Medicine Strategies for Developing and Improving Point-of-Care Biosensors, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh
• Anastasia Patterson, Role of Monomer Sequence in Polymer Coatings and Self-Assembly, advised by Prof. Rachel Segalman
• Daniel Pennachio, Extreme Epitaxial Growth of III-N Semiconductor Thin Films, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Robert Rhein, Thermodynamics and Creep Behavior of L12-containing Co-base Superalloys, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Colin Stewart, Accelerated Design and Characterization of Oxidation Resistant Co-Based Gamma/Gamma-Prime Superalloys, co-advised by Prof. Carlos Levi and Prof. Tresa Pollock
• William Summers, Degradation of rare-earth silicate environmental barrier coatings, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Emily Wonder, Characterization and Surface Functionalization of Self-Assembling Lipid- and Surfactant- Based Materials for Medical and Consumer Applications, advised by Prof. Cyrus Safinya
  

   

2018

• Abdullah Ibrahim Alhassan, Growth, Fabrication, and Characterization of High Performance Long Wavelength C-Plane III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes, co-advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars and Prof. James Speck
• Jacklyn Avallone, High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Copper - Niobium Multilayer Composites, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Tobias Brown-Heft, Engineering Magnetic and Topological Properties in Epitaxial Heusler Compounds, advised by Prof. Christopher Palmstrom
• Silvia Chan, First Developments of AlSiO Gate Dielectrics by MOCVD: A Pathway to Efficient GaN Electronics, co-advised by Prof. Umesh Mishra and Prof. Steven Denbaars
• Clayton Cozzan, Phosphors for laser lighting applications: structural evolution, dense monoliths, and thermally stable composites, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Andrew Espenlaub, Auger-Generated Hot Carrier Photocurrent in Forward Biased InGaN LEDs, co-advised by Prof. Jim Speck and Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Douglas Fabini, Main-group halide perovskites: Structural & dynamical insights for photovoltaic performance, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Michael Ford, Unipolar n- and p-channel organic field-effect transistors from solution-processable ambipolar semiconducting polymers, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Charles Forman, Achieving Continuous-Wave Lasing for Violet m-plane GaN-Based Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• John Goiri, First Principles Modeling of the Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties of Superalloys, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Brent Goodlet, Forward and Inverse Modeling Frameworks for Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials with Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Chelsea Gordon Lyons, Developing Methods for Discovering Non-Natural and pH Switching Aptamers, advised by Prof. HyongSok Tom Soh
• Sean David Harrington, Semiconducting Half-Heusler Based Compounds and Heterostructures Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. Christopher Palmstrøm
• Stefan Heinze, Phase Equilibria and Toughness of ZrO2-(Y/Yb)O1.5-TaO2.5 Thermal Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• David Hwang, Epitaxial Growth, Nanofabrication, and Mass Transfer of InGaN Micro-LEDs for Displays, advised by Prof. Steven Denbaars
• Marissa Lafata, Sustained Peak Low-Cycle Fatigue: The Role of Oxidation ResistantBond Coats, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Leo Lamontagne, Electronic Functionality in Complex Palladium Oxides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Ryan Latture, Classification, Design, and Mechanical Performance of Periodic Trusses, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Natalie Larson, X-Ray Computed Tomography of Microstructure Evolution during Polymer Impregnation and Pyrolysis Processing of Ceramic Matrix Composites, co-advised by Prof. Carlos Levi and Prof. Frank Zok
• Euhnee Lim, Processing, morphology, performance relationship in doped semiconducting polymers for organic thermoelectrics, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• John Hunter Martin, A Methodology and Analysis of Inoculation in Additive Aluminum Alloys, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Patrick Marshall, Correlation Effects and Emergent Phases in Oxide Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Justin Norman, Quantum Dot Lasers for Silicon Photonics, advised by Prof. John Bowers
• Erin Elizabeth Perry, Fermi Level Engineering of the Perovskite and Electron Transport Layer Interface through Charge Transfer Doping, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Christopher Pynn, Strain Engineering and Epitaxial Design of Semipolar InGaN-based Light-Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Rebecca Reitz, Fundamentals of Reactive Alloy Melt Infiltration for Robust SiC/SiC Ceramic Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Burhan Saifaddin, Development of Deep Ultraviolet (UV-C) Thin-Film Light-Emitting Diodes Grown on SiC, co-advised by Prof. Jim Speck and Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Wennie Wang, The Influence of High Doping on Electronic and Optical Properties in Tungsten Oxide, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle

2017

• Steven Brown, Morphology-dependent Optical Anisotropies in Organic Semiconductors, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Malinda Buffon, Heusler Materials for Thermoelectric Applications: Phase Separation, Atomic Site Disorder, and Interstitials, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Megan Butala, Alternative Chemistries and Architectures for Electrochemical Energy Storage, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Brian Evanko, Redox-Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitors: Electrolyte Design and Device Engineering, co-advised by Prof. Galen Stucky and Prof. Martin Moskovits(link is external)
• Faye Fong, Improved drug delivery technologies and real-time protein monitoring through advancements in directed evolution techniques and biosensor optimization, advised by Prof. Tom Soh
• Humberto Foronda, Validation of Vegard's Law for Lattice Matching InxAl1-xN to GaN & The MOCVD Growth of AlxGa1-xN/AlN for Deep UV LEDs, co-advised by Prof. James Speck and Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Michael Gotrik, In Vitro Directed Evolution of Fluorescence-Enhancing and Structure-Switching RNA Aptamers, advised by Prof Tom Soh
• Steven Griffiths, Bulk Group-III Nitride Crystal Growth in Supercritical Ammonia-Sodium Solutions, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Changmin Lee, III-nitride Laser Diode for Visible Light Communication, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• William Carl Lenthe, Twin Related Domains in Polycrystalline Nickel-Base Superalloys: 3D Structure and Fatigue, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Alan Liu, Quantum Dot Lasers Epitaxially Grown on Silicon, advised by Prof. John Bowers
• John Logan, Growth, Surface, and Electronic Properties of Predicted Topologically Non-Trivial Heusler Compounds, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Brenden McDearmon, Synthesis and Hierarchical Structure of Functional Organic Materials, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Asad Mughal, Novel Materials and Fabrication Techniques for Enhanced Current Spreading and Light Extraction in High Efficiency Light-emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Anirudh Raju Natarajan, Towards an Understanding of Precipitation and Solid-State Phase Transformations in Alloys, advised by Prof. Anton Van der Ven
• Ryan Frederick Need, Induced Magnetism and Symmetry Breaking within Strongly Correlated Oxide Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Stephen Wilson
• Kathryn O'Hara, Structural Ordering of Semiconducting Polymers and Small-molecules for Organic Electronics, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Andrew Pebley, Microplasma Jet Synthesis of Ni-Fe Oxide Films for Magnetic Exchange Bias and Electrocatalytic Studies, advised byProf. Tresa Pollock and Prof. Michael Gordon
• Santosh Raghavan, Improving Transport in Complex Oxide Heterostructures: High Density 2DELs and High Mobility Stannate, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer ​
• Anthony Rice, Semiconducting Half-Heusler Systems Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Tiberiu Stan, The Role of Oxides in Nanostructured Ferritic Alloys and Bilayers: Interfaces, Helium Partitioning and Bubble Formation, advised by Prof. Robert Odette
• Nathaniel Wilson, In-Situ Characterization of the Surfaces & Interfaces in Superconducting Coplanar Waveguides, RNiO3 heterostructures, and Self Assembled ErSb Nanostructures Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrom

2016

• Daniel Becerra, High Power High Efficiency Semipolar InGaN Light Emitting Devices for Solid State Lighting, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• John Berezney, Single Molecule Studies of Polyelectrolyte Structure, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh
• Lars Bjaalie, Understanding and Engineering Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in Complex Oxides, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle
• Michael Cantore, Laser Based Phosphor Converted Solid State White Light Emitters, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Chelsea Catania, Modifying Membrane Properties with Conjugated Oligoelectrolytes and Elucidating the Charge Transfer Mechanisms, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Varistha Chobpattana, Highly Scaled High Dielectric Constant Oxides on III-V CMOS with Low Interface Trap and Low Leakage Densities, advised by. Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Jason Douglas, Biphasic Thermoelectric Materials Derived from the Half-Heusler/Full-Heusler System Ti-Ni-Sn, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri and Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Micha Fireman, Vertical Unipolar Transport through Isotype III-Nitride Heterostructures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Matthew Gebbie, Tuning Electrostatic Interactions in Confined Soft Matter​, advised by Prof. Jacob Israelachvili
• Anne Glaudell, Understanding Charge Transport in Polymers for Thermoelectric Applications, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Brian Hoskins, Processing and Characterization of Titanium Dioxide Based Resistive Switches, advised by Prof. Dmitri Struckov and Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• David Jorgensen, Design and Characterization of High-strength Bond Coats for Improved Thermal Barrier Coating Durability, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock and Prof. Carlos Levi
• Nathan Kirchhofer, Enhancing Bioelectrochemical Conversion: Molecular Modifications for Amplified Transmembrane Electron Transfer, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Stacey Kowsz, Electrically Injected and Optically Pumped III-Nitride Devices for Polarized White Light Emission, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Leah Kuritzky, Epitaxy and Device Design for High Efficiency Blue LEDs and Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. James Speck and Prof. Claude Weisbuch
• Erin Kyle, Growth Development of III-Nitrides for Electronic Devices by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Bob Lansdorp, Pushing the Envelope of Magnetic Tweezer Resolution, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh
• John Leonard, III-Nitride Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Growth, Fabrication, and Design of Dual Dielectric DBR Nonpolar VCSELs, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Chandra Macauley, Phase Equilibria and Toughness of Zirconia-Based Thermal Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Peter Mage, Real-time Measurement, Analysis, and Control in Microfluidic Systems for Personalized Medicine and Designer Materials, advised by Prof. Tom Soh
• Thomas Malkowski, High-Temperature Growth of Gallium Nitride Using the Ammonothermal Method with Ammonium Chloride Mineralizer, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Anthony Megrant, Simulating Quantum Chemical Dynamics with Improved Superconducting Qubits, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Evgeny Mikheev, Tunable Dielectric Response, Resistive Switching, and Unconvention Transport in SrTiO3, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Victoria Miller, Texture Evolution During Thermomechanical Processing in Rare Earth Free Magnesium Alloys, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Thomas Nizolek, Plastic Anisotropy and Kink Band Formation in Fine Grained Copper-Niobium Multilayers Produced by Accumulative Roll Bonding, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Arash Pourhashemi, High Power Blue Laser Diodes on Semipolar (2021) GaN Substrates, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Luke Rettberg, Rejuvenation of Ni-Base Superalloys GTD444 and René N5, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Borzoyeh Shojaei, Antimonide-Based Compound Semiconductors for Quantum Computing, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Nicolas Treat, Using Photoredox Catalysis to Expand Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations and Radical Dehalogenations, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Paul Von Dollen, Sodium Flux Growth of Bulk Gallium Nitride, advised by Prof. James Speck and Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Cynthia Wang, Bioinspired Assembly of Functional Polymers into Well-Defined Materials, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Peter Wells, The Character, Stability and Consequences of Mn-Ni-Si Precipitates in Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels, advised by Prof. Robert Odette
• Kaylan Wessels, Elucidating the Mechanism of Bond Coat Cavitation under CMAS-infiltrated Thermal Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi and Prof. Matt Begley
• Benjamin Yonkee, Hybrid MOCVD/MBE III-Nitride Tunnel Junctions, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Jack Zhang, Characterizing Local Structure in Complex Oxides with Quantitative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer

2015

• David Browne, Growth and Carrier Transport Studies of III-Nitride Alloys by Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Tyler Cain, Thermoelectric Properties of Complex Oxide Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Kristin Denault, Phosphors for Solid-State Lighting: New Systems, Deeper Understanding, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Justin Iveland, Electron Emission Spectroscopy of InGaN/GaN Light Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Adam Kajdos, Modulation-Doped SrTiO3/SrTi1-xZrxO3 Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• John Love, Effects of Molecular Structure and Processing on Morphology and Performance of Small Molecule Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Bazan Guillermo and Prof. Thuc-Quyen Ngyuen
• Brian McSkimming, High Active Nitrogen Flux Growth of GaN/InGaN by Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Ludovico Megalini, III-Nitride Blue Laser Diode with Photoelectrochemically Etched Current Aperture, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Sahil Patel, Growth and Electonic Structure of Heusler Compounds for Use in Electron Spin Based Devices, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Christopher Proctor, Loss Mechanisms in Solution-Processed Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan and Prof. Thuc-Quyen Ngyuen
• Michael Rossol, Characterizing Structure and Properties of Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Gregory Su, Structure-Property Relationships in Semiconducting Polymers and Small Molecules Probed by Synchrotron X-ray Methods, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Michael Titus, High Temperature Deformation Mechanisms of L12-Containing Co-Based Superalloys, advised by Prof. Tresa Pollock
• Nathan Young, Improving Efficiency of III-N Quantum Well Based Optoelectronic Devices through Active Region Design and Growth Techniques, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars

2014

• Phillip Barton, Coupling Between Crystal Structure and Magnetism in Transition-Metal Oxides, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Jonathan Berger, Modeling Periodic Materials with Novel Properties, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• Michael Brady, Hierarchical Order in Organic Photovoltaic Thin Films: Effects of Miscibility and Crystallization in 1-, 2-, and 3- Component Heterojunctions, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Erin Donohue, Investigation of the Parameters Influencing Thermal Barrier Coating Toughness Through a Novel Measurement Technique, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Cyrus Dreyer, First-Principles Investigations of III-Nitride Bulk and Surface Properties, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle
• Nancy Eisenmenger, Experimental and Computational Investigations of Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells, adviesed by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Luke Gordon, Atomic-Scale Investigations of Current and Future Devices: From Nitride-Based Transistors to Quantum Computing, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle
• Daniel Haeger, UV Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Chance Holland, Ballistic Resistance of Ceramics and Ceramic-Metal Systems, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• Clayton Jackson, Emergent States and Magnetism in Perovskite Titanate Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Stephen Kaun, Growth Optimization of Metal-Polar III-Nitride High-Electron-Mobility Transistor Structures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Jason Kawasaki, Epitaxial Growth, Surface, and Electronic Properties of Unconventional Semiconductors: RE-V/III-V Nanocomposites and Semiconducting Half Heusler Alloys, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Moureen Kemei, Magnetostructural and Magnetodielectric Coupling in Spinel Oxides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Rachel Koltun, The Thermoelectric Properties of Rare Earths as Dopants in InGaAs Films, advised by Prof. John Bowers
• Bong-Jae Lee, Overcoming Limitations of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) in Therapeutic Applications by Copolymerization of Functional Epoxide Monomers, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Christopher Liman, Understanding Relationships Between Morphology and Charge Transfer States in Organic Photovoltaics, advised by Prof. Michael Chabinyc
• Oshin Nazarian, Deformation of Polymer Composites in Force Protection Systems, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Kenichi Ohno, Nanometer-Scale Engineering of Shallow Spins in Diamond, advised by Prof. Chris Palmstrøm
• Louis Perez, Structure-Processing Relationships in Solution Processable Polymer Thin Film Transistors and Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Justin Poelma, Patterning Surfaces using Block Copolymer Polymer Thin Films and Polymer Brushes Synthesized by a Light-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization Technique, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• David Poerschke, Thermochemical Design of Robust Environmental Barrier Systems for Ceramic Composites, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Varun Rajan, Failure of Ceramic Composites in Non-Uniform Stress Fields, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Arthur Reading, Aqueous Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Films for GaN Optoelectronic Devices, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• James Rogers, Structural Order in Additive Processed Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Alexander Sharenko, Processing-Property-Performance Relationships in Solution-Processed Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• John Shaw, Effects of Fiber Architecture on Damage and Failure in C/SiC Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Brian Stahl, Progress Toward a Quantitative Understanding of Solvent Vapor Annealing for Block Copolymer Lithography, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Wenbo Xu, Modeling of Oxidation Embrittlement of SiC/SiC Composites, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• Dezhi Yu, The Effects of Tau Proteins on Microtubule Mechanics and Molecular Motor Transport, advised by Prof. Megan Valentine

2013

• Juliana Bernalostos-Boy, A hierarchical polymeric composite for energy dissipation, advised by Prof. Galen Stucky
• Benjamin Bryant, m-Plane Homoepitaxy and Equilibrium Crystal Shapes of GaN by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Peter Burke, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth of Rare Earth Elements in III-V Semiconductors for Thermoelectrics, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Elizabeth Clark, Surface Engineering of Nickel Alloys to Form a Stable Alpha Alumina Barrier Layer at Temperatures Less Than or Equal to 1000 Degrees Celsius, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Samantha Cruz, Investigation of InGaN Grown via Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition in Various Crystallographic Orientations for Solar Cell Applications, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Andrew Dittmore, Single-Molecule Manipulation Measurements of Polymer/Solution Interactions, advised by Prof. Omar Saleh
• Matthew Hardy, Stress Engineering for Semipolar (2021) Blue and Green InGaN Based Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Jinhwa Heo, Facile Preparation of Mussel-inspired Adhesives: Synthesis, Tunable Adhesive Force, and Surface Coatings, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Casey Holder, Nonpolar GaN-based VCSELs, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Po Shan Hsu, Stress-Relaxation in III-Nitride Based Semipolar Lasers, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Jason Jewell, Embedded Photonic Crystals in Gallium Nitride: MOCVD Growth and LED Design, advised by Prof. Claude Weisbuch
• Ingrid Koslow, Strain Relaxation in Semipolar III-Nitrides for Light Emitting Diode Applications, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Pouya Moetakef, Emergent Phenomena in Mott/Band Insulator Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Chih-Chien Pan, High-Power, Low-Droop III-Nitrides Based Blue Light Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Nathan Pfaff, Thermal Performance of III-Nitride Light Emitting Diodes and Developments in Laser Based White Lighting, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Rajlakshmi Purkayastha, Micromechanical Modeling of Storage Particles in Lithium Ion Batteries, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• Arthur Scholz, Investigations of the Properties of Filled Elastomers During Cyclic Deformation Using Small Angle X-Ray Scattering, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Ravi Shivaraman, Atom Probe Tomography of III-Nitrides, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Alexander Sztein, Advancements in III-Nitride Materials for Thermoelectric Applications, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Tuon Ahn Truong, Terahertz Absorption in InGaAs Quantum Posts and Exciton Tuning in InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots by Electromagnetic Fields, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Elisa Zaleski, Mechanisms and Mitigation of CMAS Attack on Thermal Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi

2012

• Brett Compton, Impact Performance of Ceramics and Cermets, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Roger Diebold, The Effect of Chemical Functionality on Interfacial Dielectric Breakdown in Filled Silicone Elastomer Composites, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Nell Gamble, Damage Development and Deformation in an Armor Alumina, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Bang-Yu Hsu, Polymer Light Emitting Transistors: Control over Charge Injection, Recombination, and Morphology toward High Performance, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Chai-Yen Huang, Design, Growth and Fabrication of Nitride-based Semipolar (2021) Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Christophe Hurni, Characterization of Polar, Semi-Polar, and Non-Polar p-n Homo and Hetero-junctions grown by Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Taegon Kang, The Use of Facile and Efficient Chemistries for Functional Macromolecular Systems, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Jessica Krogstad, Phase Stability of Zirconia-Based Thermal Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Daniel Krogstad, Investigating the Structure-Property Relationships of Aqueous Self-Assembled Materials, advised by Prof. Matthew Tirrell
• Jordan Lang, Growth and Physics of III-N Based Solar Cells by Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• John Lyons, First-Principles Investigations of Conductivity Control in Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductors, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle
• Shawn Mack, Spin Engineering in Quantum Wells and Ferromagnetic Semiconductors, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Thiago Melo, Analysis of Gain and Absorption Spectra of GaN-based Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. Claude Weisbuch
• Seung Soo Oh, Advancements in Directed Evolution Techniques towards Nucleic Acid Materials with Complex Functionalities, advised by Prof. Tom Soh
• Siddha Pimputkar, Ammonothermal Growth of Gallium Nitride, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Neil Treat, Organic Solar Cells: Understanding the Miscibility and Diffusion within Polymer-Fullerene Bulk Heterojunctions, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Qimin Yan, Theoretical Study of Material and Device Properties of Group-III Nitrides, advised by Prof. Chris Van de Walle

2011

• Trevor Buehl, Semimetallic Nanorods Embedded in High-Index Semiconductors, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Roy Chung, Comprehensive Material Study of MOCVD Grown A1InN Development of Relaxed Template for Ultraviolet Diode Lasers, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Sarah Cowan, Charge Recombination and Transport Dynamics in Organic Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Michael Dimitriou, Perfluorocarbon Functionality in Polymers: Control of Material Properties and Performance, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Yoontae Hwang, High Dielectric Constant Gate Oxides for III-V CMOS, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Bharat Jalan, Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy for High Quality SrTiO3 Films, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Ji Sun Moon, Morphology Studies of Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Elizabeth Rangel, Light Extraction by Photonic Crystals in Vertical Thin-Film InGaN Light-Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Junwoo Son, Electrical Transport in Nanoscale Complex Oxide Thin Films: SrTiO3 and RNiO3, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer

2010

• Tammy Ben-Yaacov, MOCVD Growth and Characterization of n-Type Zinc Oxide Thin Films, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Nathan Bouxsein, The Structure-Function Properties of Self-Assembled Lipid- Short Nucleic Acid Complexes, advised by Prof. Cyrus Safinya
• Jimmy Granstrom, Multilayer Barrier Films Comprising Nitrogen Spacers Between Free-Standing Barrier Layers, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Kendra Grant, The Degradation of Environmental Barrier Coatings by Molten Silicates: Mechanisms and Mitigation, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• George Green, IV, Experimental Investigation of Pressure Responsive 'Smart' Materials Found in the Natural World, advised by Prof. Jacob Israelachvili
• Nalini Gupta, The Use of 'Click' Chemistry in Hydrogel Synthesis and Applications as Cell Scaffolds, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Alison Hatt, Influence of Strain on the Structural Instabilities and Functional Properties of Complex Oxides, advised by Prof. Nicola Spaldin
• Corey Hoven, Conjugated Polyelectrolytes in Optoelectronic Devices, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Alan Kleiman, Solar Hydrogen Production by Photo-oxidation of Water from Doped Iron Oxide Photoanodes, advised by Prof. Galen Stucky
• James LeBeau, Quantitative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Elison Matioli, Embedded Photonic Crystals for High-Efficiency GaN-Based Optoelectronic Devices, advised by Prof. Claude Weisbuch
• Brent Melot, Competing Magnetic Interactions in Complex Oxides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Mark Novak, Microstructure Development and High-Temperature Oxidation of Silicide Coatings for Refractory Niobium Alloys, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Eric Pressly, Structure-Property Relationships from Well-Defined Polymer Nanoparticles for PET Imaging Applications, advised by Prof. Craig Hawker
• Jacob Richardson, Low Temperature Aqueous Synthesis of Epitaxial ZnO Films, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• James Rondinelli, First-Principles Studies of Magnetic Complex Oxide Heterointerfaces, advised by Prof. Nicola Spaldin
• Chris Sarantos, Ultrafast Optical Beam Deflection in a III-V Semiconductor Waveguide for High Dynamic Range Picosecond Recording, advised by Prof. Nadir Dagli
• Daniel Shoemaker, Understanding Atomic Disorder in Polar and Magnetic Oxides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Natasha Vermaak, Thermostructural Design Tools for Hypersonic Vehicles, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Mark White, Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Characterization of Stannic Oxide, advised by Prof. James Speck

2009

• Matthew Chambers, Luminescence of High Temperature Materials for Thermometry and Crystallographic Studies, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Michael Crowell, Parametric Computational Studies in Dynamic Phenomena: Foreign Object Damage Mitigation in Aero-Turbine Thermal Barrier Coatings, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• Natalie DeMille, White Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Nonpolar and Semipolar Gallium Nitride Orientations, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Kathleen Feldman, Well-defined Polymeric Materials Incorporating Strong Hydrogen Bonding Groups, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Amorette Getty, Improvements to III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes through Characterization and Material Growth, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Asako Hirai, Structural and Morphological Investigation of Non-Basal-Plane GaN by Vapor Phase Epitaxy - with a Special Emphasis on Nonpolar M-Plane, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Crystal Merrill, Transition Metal Diphosphonate and Carboxyphosphonate Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Frameworks, advised by Prof. Anthony Cheetham
• Steven Nicholes, Large-Scale Photonic Integration for Advanced All-Optical Routing Functions, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Jeffrey Peet, Effect of Film Formation on the Electronic Properties of Solution Processed Polymer Optoelectronic Devices, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Efrain Rodriguez, Solid State Chemistry of Technetium and Rhenium Oxides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Nicholas Strandwitz, Catalysis with Nanostructured Solution-Processed Materials, advised by Prof. Galen Stucky
• Adele Tamboli, Photoelectrochemical Etching of GaN for High Quality Optical Devices, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Kenneth Vampola, Improvement of III-N Visible and Ultraviolet Light-emitting Diode Performance, Including Extraction Efficiency, Electrical Efficiency, Thermal Management and Efficiency Maintenance at High Current Densities, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Barry Zhong, Progress Toward Achieving High Power and High Efficiency Semipolar LEDs and their Characterization, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura

2008

• Jennifer Andrew, Ferroelectric Polymer-based Nanocomposites: Towards Multiferroic Materials, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Andrea Corrion, Ammonia Molecular Beam Epitaxy of (Al,Ga)N for AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Chad Gallinat, Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth and Properties of In-face InN, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Derrick Kamber, Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy of Aluminum Nitride, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Jonathan Klamkin, Coherent Integrated Receiver for Highly Linear Microwave Photonic Links, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Kelly McGroddy, Increased Light Extraction and Directional Emission Control in GaN Photonic Crystal Light Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Katharine Page, Local Structure Investigation of Bulk and Nanophase Perovskites, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Noah Philips, Microstructural Evolution and Ductile Phase Toughening in Brazed Joints, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Mathew Schmidt, AlGaN-Cladding-Free Nonpolar m-Plane GaN-Based Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Karen Sohn, Surface Effects on the Structure of Block Copolymer and Homopolymer Thin Films, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Jared Weaver, Design Strategies for Robust Oxide Fiber Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Jesse Williams, Nano-Dispersion Strengthened Gold Films for MEMS Electrical Contacts, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Jonathan Yuen, Quasi One-Dimensional Transport in Doped Polythiophenes and Polythiophene Thin Film Transistors, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Alexandra Zidovska, Phase and Shape Behavior Studies of Block Liposomes, a Newly Discovered Class of Liposomes and Structure-Function Investigations of Cholesterol Containing Cationic Lipid-DNA Complexes for Gene Delivery, advised by Prof. Cyrus Safinya
• Jeramy Zimmerman, Growth and Use of Epitaxially Grown ErAs Semimetal to Enhance III-V Schottky Diode and Tunnel Junction Performance, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard

2007

• Frederic Diana, Quantum Dots and Photonic Crystals for White Light Generation and Extraction in GaN-based LEDs, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Scott Fillery, Mechanics of Graded Glass Composites and ZnO Thin Films Grown at 90 Degrees C in Water, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Micah Hanson, Erbium-V Semimetal and III-V Semiconductor Composite Materials, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Jayna Jones, Structure and Interactions in Isotropic and Liquid Crystalline Neurofilament Networks, advised by Prof. Cyrus Safinya
• John Kaeding, The Heteroepitaxial Growth of Semipolar GaN for Light Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Kwang Choong Kim, Growth and Characterization of Defect Reduced Nonpolar Gallium Nitride-Based Devices by MOCVD, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Edward Letts, Physical Vapor Transport Growth of Aluminum Nitride, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Hisashi Masui, Optical Characterization of Nitride-based Light-emitting Diodes for Solid-state Lighting Applications, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Melvin McLaurin, Growth of Non-Polar and Semi-Polar GaN with Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Relationships Between Film Microstructure Reciprocal Lattice and Transport Properties, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Craig Moe, Growth and Fabrication of Deep Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes on Silicon Carbide Substrates, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Adam Monkowski, Microfabricated Structures and Devices Featuring Nanostructured Titania Thin Films, advised by Prof. Noel MacDonald
• Timothy Radsick, The Use of Functionalized Monoalkyl Phosphates and Phosphonates in the Colloidal Processing of Oxide Ceramic Powders, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jaehyuk Shin, Substrate Removed Gallium Arsenide/Aluminum Gallium Arsenide Optical Modulators, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Jason Stephens, Electro-optical Generation of Patterned Electron and Nuclear Spins in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Hybrids, advised by Prof. David Awschalom and Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Nicholas Stoltz, Single Photon Sources using Oxide Apertured Micropillars with Integrated Electrical Control for Novel Functionalities, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• James Swensen, Light Emission from an Ambipolar Semiconducting Polymer Field- Effect Transistor, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Joshua Zide, Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of III-V Semimetal/III-V Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Energy Conversion Applications, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard

2006

• Melody Agustin, Scanning Transmission Election Microscopy of Novel Gate Stacks, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Troy Baker, Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy of Semipolar Gallium Nitride, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Seth Boeshore, Aluminum Nitride Thin Films on Titanium: Piezoeletric Transduction on a Metal Substrate, advised by Prof. Noel MacDonald
• Jay Brown, Optical Characterization and Growth Investigation of Ga-Adsorbate  Mediated GaN/AIN Quantum Dot Heterostructures by Plasma-Assisted  Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck and Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Molly Gentleman, High Temperature Sensing of Thermal Barrier Materials by Luminescence, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Priya Gopal, Multifunctional Properties of Zinc Oxide: An Ab-Initio Study, advised by Prof. Nicola Spaldin
• Alexander Hexemer, Order and Disorder of Block Copolymers and Particles on Surfaces with Topology, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Eric Holowka, Charged Copolypeptide Vesicles with Controlled Size for Intracellular Drug Delivery, advised by Prof. Timothy Deming
• Michael Hribernik, Cleavage Oriented Iron Single Crystal Fracture Toughness, advised by Prof. Robert Odette
• Bilge Imer, Improved Quality Non-polar III-Nitride Heteroepitaxial Films and Devices, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Vanni Lughi, Aluminum Nitride Thin Films for MEMS Resonators: Growth and Characterization, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Vikram Khanna, Structure Property Relations in Glassy-Semicrystalline Block Copolymers, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Rafael Leckie, Fundamental Issues Regarding the Implementation of Gadolinium Zirconate in Thermal Barrier Systems, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Biao Liu, The Transition Between Wetting States and Novel Methods of Producing Superhydrophobic Surfaces, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jiwei Lu, Pyrochlore Bismuth Zinc Niobate Thin Films For Tunable Microwave Circuit Applications, advised by Prof. Susanne Stemmer
• Haksung Moon, Crack Interactions and Thermal Shock Properties of Ceramic Laminates, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Roberto Myers, Spin Engineering in Magnetic Quantum Well Structures, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Brian Naughton, Magnetic Nanoparticles for Power Electronics, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Michael Northen, A Micro/Nano-Fabricated Gecko-Inspired Reversible Adhesive, advised by Prof. Kimberly Turner
• Morgan Pattison, Fabrication and Characterization of Gallium Nitride Based Micro- Cavity Light Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Lisa Pattison, Self-Assembled Organic Semiconductors: Morphological and Transistor Property Relationships, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Felicia Pitek-Smith, A Study of the Zirconia-Yttria-Tantala System as a Potential Thermal Barrier Oxide, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• James Raring, Advanced InP Based Monolithic Integration Using Quantum Well Intermixing and MOCVD Regrowth, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren and Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Tobias Schaedler, Phase Evolution in the YO1.5-Ti02-Zr02 System and Effects on Ionic Conductivity and Toughness, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Rajat Sharma, A GaN-based Microcavity Emitter Fabricated Using Photoelectrochemical Etching, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Beverly Asoo Stonas, Using Surface Interactions to Tune Adhesion and Morphology in Polymer Systems, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Eric Toberer, Spontaneous Transformations in the Solid State: Towards Porous and Biphasic Materials, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Zhensong Wei, The Performance of Metallic Sandwich Panels Subject to Quasi-static and Dynamic Loads, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Michael Winter, Next Generation Thermal Barrier Coatings: Identification of Novel Materials with Low Thermal Conductivity, advised by Prof. David Clarke

2005

• Zuruzi Abu Samah, Integration of Nanostructured Titania into Microsystems, advised by Prof. Noel MacDonald
• Marco Aimi, Bulk Titanium Microelectromechanical Systems, advised by Prof. Noel MacDonald
• David Andeen, Hydrothermal Epitaxy and Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth of Zinc Oxide, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Enrico Bellomo, Aqueous Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Using Uncharged Rodlike Polypeptides Ploypeptide Vesicles by Conformation-Specific Assembly Ordered Chiral Macroporous Hybrid Silica-Polypeptide Composites, advised by Prof. Timothy Deming
• David Buell, Molecular Beam Epitaxy of InP-based Alloys for Long-Wavelength Vertical Cavity Lasers, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Garrett Cole, MEMS-Tunable Vertical-Cavity SOAs, advised by Prof. Noel MacDonald and Prof. John Bowers
• Steve Diamanti, Copolymers of Various Architectures Containing Ethylene and 5-Norbornen-2-yl Derivatives, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Edward Etzkorn, Cracking in GaN Films Grown by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Heather Evans, Structure-Function Investigations of DNA Condensing Agents with Application to Gene Delivery, advised by Prof. Cyrus Safinya
• Paul Forster, Exploration of New Transition Metal Based Porous Materials, advised by Prof. Anthony Cheetham
• Elaine Haberer, Development and Fabrication of Gallium Nitride-Based Microdisk Lasers Using Photoelectrochemical Etching, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Matthew Hammond, In-Plane Microdomain Order in Cylindrical Block Compolymer Thin Films, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Tadao Hashimoto, Bulk Growth of Group III Nitrides by the Chemical Vapor Reaction Process and the Ammonothermal Method, advised by Prof. Shuji Nakamura and Prof. James Speck
• Benjamin Haskell, Structure of Nonpolar Gallium Nitride Films Grown by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speckand Prof. Shuji Nakamura
• Christiane Poblenz, Growth of (In,Al)GaN Alloys by RF-Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Application in High Electron Mobility Transistor Structures, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Adam Pyzyna, Thermal Oxidation-induced Strain In Silicon Nanobeams, advised by Prof. David Clarke, 
• Noemi Rebollo, Phase Stability of Thermal Barrier Oxides Based on t'-zirconia with Trivalent Oxide Additions, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Aditi Risbud, Magnetism in Transition-Metal-Substituted Semiconducting Oxides, advised by Prof. Ram Seshadri
• Zhuo Zhang, Microfabrication of Ceramics by Colloidal Isopressing, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange

2004

• Matthew Alinger, On the Formation and Stability of Nanometer Scale Precipitates in Ferritic Alloys during Processing and High Temperature Service, advised by Prof. Robert Odette
• Jonathon Barton, The Integration of Mach-Zehnder Modulators with Sampled Grating DBR Lasers, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Daniel Driscoll, Metal/Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Ultrafast Photoconductors, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Sarah Estrada, GaAs-GaN Wafer Fusion and the n-AlGaAs/p-GaAs/n-GaN Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Hiroki Fujita, Development and Assessment of Two-Phase Porous Matrices for Use in All-Oxide Ceramic Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Yan Gao, Highly Selective PEC Etching of GaN Device Structures, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Brent Gaylord, Light Emitting Conjugated Polymers for Use in Biological Detection Platforms, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan
• Brian Gerardot, Growth, Spectroscopy, and Quantum Optics of Self-Assembled Quantum Dot Molecules, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Peter Hansen, Integration of High K and Polar Oxides with GaN, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Heng-kuang Lin, The Design, Growth, and Characterization of Antimonide-Based Composite-Channel Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Michael Mattoni, Effects of Matrix Porosity on the Mechanical Properties of Fiber- Reinforced Oxide Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Brendan Moran, Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of GaN on SiC for High Electron Mobility Transistors, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• John Nychka, Quantifying Outward Cation Diffusion in Thermally Grown Alumina Scales, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Mark Snyder, Processing and Properties of Prismatic Composites that Exhibit a Threshold Strength, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jing Tang, Investigations of Advanced Photochemical and Photovoltaic Material Structures, advised by Prof. Galen Stucky and Prof. Eric McFarland
• Haijiang Yu, Advanced Processing of GaN and GaN-based devices: Ultra-High Temperature Annealing and Implantation Incorporation, advised by Prof. James Speck and Prof. Umesh Mishra

2003

• Maxwell Andrews, Crosshatch Surface Morphology and Lateral Oxidation in Lattice-Mismatched Thin Films, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Jason Benkoski, Micromechanisms of the Fracture of Polymer Interfaces, advised by Prof. Edward Kramer
• Nicholas Bosco, Transient Liquid Phase Bonding as a Joining Technique for High-Temperature Power Electronics, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Michael Craven, a-Plane Oriented Gallium Nitride Thin Films: Heteroepitaxy, Quantum Wells, and Lateral Overgrowth, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Geoff Fair, Processing and Properties of Ceramic Composites with Three-Dimensional Architectures of Thin Compressive Layers, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Anja Haug, Constitutive Modeling, Fracture Mechanics and Finite Element Analysis for Ferroelectric Ceramics, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• Andrew Huntington, Development of Long-Wavelength Avalanche Photodiodes and Vertical-Cavity Lasers for Epitaxial Integration as a Vertical-Cavity Photon Number Amplifier, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Scott Jewhurst, Channel Stamping Lithography of Thin Film Materials, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Andrew Nowak, Resilient Self-Assembling Hydrogels from Block Copolypeptide Amphiphiles, advised by Prof. Timothy Deming
• Michael Pontin, The Threshold Strength of Laminar Ceramics Utilizing Molar Volume Changes and Porosity, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Matthew Robinson, New Materials for Organic Light-emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Guillermo Bazan and Prof. Alan Heeger
• Troy Taylor, Stoichiometry and Thermal Mismatch Effects on Sputtered Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films, advised by Prof. James Speck

2002

• Christopher Elsass, Optimization of AlGaN Growth by Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Its Effect on Electron Mobility in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Kais Hbaieb, Finite Element Simulations of Crack Propagation in Laminar Ceramic Composites, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange and Prof. Robert McMeeking
• David Kisailus, Novel Processing Methods for Gallium Nitride Nanocrystalline Powders and Thin Films, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Sascha Klein, Synthesis of Ti02 Photonic Band Gap Structures, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Tal Margalith, Development of Growth and Fabrication Technology for Gallium Nitride-Based Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren and Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Antonio Moreira dos Santos, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Manganates with Perovskite-Related Structure, advised by Prof. Anthony Cheetham
• Philip Tavernier, Piezoelectricity and Growth Polarization in III-V Nitrides, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Michael Wyrsta, Synthesis and Studies of Polypeptide Materials:  Self-Assembled Block Copolypeptide Amphiphiles, DNA Condensing Block Copolypeptides and Membrane Interactive Random Copolypeptides, advised by Prof. Timothy Deming

2001

• Jianjun Cheng, Synthesis and Studies of Polypeptide Materials: Enantioselective Polymerization of Gamma-Benzyl Glutamate-N-Carboxyanhydride and Synthesis of Optically Active Poly(beta-peptides), advised by Prof. Timothy Deming
• Gregory Goh, Hydrothermal Synthesis of I:V Perovskite Thin Films and Powders, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Eric Hall, Epitaxial Approaches to Long-Wavelength Vertical-Cavity Lasers, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Monica Hansen, Improved Characteristics of Indium Gallium Nitride-Based Laser Diodes, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Chongyang Luo, Thermal Conductivity Studies on GaN and Thermally Resistive Superlattice Structures by Thermal Wave Technique, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Nicholas Melosh, Mesoscopically Ordered Block Copolymer/Silica Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications, advised by Prof. Bradley Chmelka
• Masa Rao, Laminar Ceramics That Exhibit a Threshold Strength, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Scott Terry, Evolution of Microstructure During the Growth of Thermal Barrier Coatings by Electron-Beam Physical Vapor Deposition, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Gerhard Theurich, Development of a Spinor ab initio Pseudopotential Method and Its Application to Spintronic Materials, advised by Prof. Nicola Hill
• Deli Wang, Conjugated Polyelectrolyte as Novel Biosensors, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Benjamin Yu, Colloidal Isopressing: A New Shaping Method for Ceramic Suspensions, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange

2000

• Alexis Black Bjorlin, Fused Long-Wavelength Vertical-Cavity Lasers, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu and Prof. John Bowers
• Damon Brink, The Interplay of Microstructure, Geometry, and Stress State on the Mechanical Performance of MMC Joints, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi and Prof. Fred Leckie
• Paul Fini, Threading Dislocation Reduction in Gallium Nitride Thin Films on Sapphire via Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Rahul Gupta, Thin-film Forster-Transfer Based Conjugated Polymer Blend Lasers and Light Emitting Diodes, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Shelia Mathis Hurtt, Threading Dislocation Reduction in 111-V Films:  Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Methods, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Christoph Kadow, Self-assembled ErAs Islands in GaAs for Photomixer Devices, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Ryan Naone, Lateral Carrier Confinement in Vertical Cavity Lasers by Selective Intermixing, advised by Prof. Larry Coldren
• Winston Schoenfeld, Spectroscopy of the Electronic Structure of Coupled Quantum Dots Systems, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Nelle Slack, Structure and Function Studies of Cationic Lipid Non-Viral Gene Delivery Systems, advised by Prof. Cyrus Safinya

1999

• Branton Campbell, Structural Investigations of Zeolites ERS-7, Mordenite, and Sodalite Using a Combination of Powder Diffraction and Computer Simulation Techniques, advised by Prof. Anthony Cheetham
• David Carter, Deformation of a Beryllium-Aluminum Composite, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Stefani Chiras, Stress Redistribution and Damage in Interconnects Caused by Electromigration, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Matthew Fisher, Controlling the Rheological Behavior of Ceramic Slurries and Consolidated Bodies: Interpenetrating Networks and Ion Size Effects, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jun Gao, Polymer Photonic Devices with Frozen p-i-n Junction, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Robert Hanson, Mechanical Behavior in Ceramic Matrix Composites with Fugitive Fiber Coatings, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Benjamin Heying, Homoepitaxial Growth of GaN by RF-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Andrew Jackson, Low-Temperature-Grown GaAs Photomixers Designed for Increased Terahertz Output Power, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• David Kapolnek, Selective Epitaxy of GaN and Related Materials by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Kathleen McDonald, The Influence of Microstructural Damage on the Thermal Properties of Ceramic Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Michael McGehee, Lasers and Light-Emitting Diodes Made with Semiconducting Conjugated Polymers and Rare Earth Complexes, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Frank McNally, Processing and Epitaxial Growth in Liquid Precursor Derived Thin Film Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Deirdre Ragan, The Effect of Cation Dopants on Phase Transformations in Alumina, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Scott Schroeder, Deformation of Eutectic Tin-Lead Solder, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• G. Subramanian, Self-Assembly in Nanoscale and Mesoscale Regimes: Biomolecular Complexes and Photonic Crystals, advised by Prof. D.J. Pine
• Paul Vershese, Stress Effects on Electrostatic Potential Barriers in Piezoelectric Semiconductors, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Guanghai Xu, Interfacial Fracture and Moisture Effects in the SiO2/TiN/Al Multilayer System, advised by Prof. David Clarke

1998

• Mark Brada, Variational Calculations of Grain Boundary Wetting and Surface Energy Driven Grain Size Evolution, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Allen Chien, Hydrothermal Epitaxy of Perovskite Thin Films, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jeff Haslam, Strengthening of Porous Matrix Materials with Evaporation/ Condensation Sintering for Composite Materials Applications, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Katherine Hutchison, Conductive, Magnetic and Luminescent Materials Based on 1,3-Diphenyl-1,2,4-Benzotriazine, advised by Prof. Fred Wudl
• Casper Reaves, Self-Assembled InP Islands:  Growth and Use As Quantum Structures, advised by Prof. Steven DenBaars
• Xiaoming Xu, The Studies of a Semiconducting Polymer and a Natural Bipolymeric Thin Film, advised by Prof. Fred Wudl

1997 

• Amanda Baer, Microstructural Development of Melt-Grown Mullite Fibrils, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• George Franks, Jr., Mechanical Behavior of Saturated, Consolidated, Alumina Powder Compacts, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Steven Hwang, Polarization Switching Models in Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Ceramics, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• James Ibbetson, Electrical Characterization of Nonstoichiometric GaAs Grown at Low Temperature by Molecular Beam Epitaxy, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Matthew Lefevre, Formation of Microstructure and Ferroelectric Domains in Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Thin Films, advised by Prof. James Speck
• John McNulty, The Strength and Notch-Sensitivity of Ceramic Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Viktor Moravetski, Computational Study of Zeolite Precursors 
• James O'Shea, Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy Studies of Semiconductor Heterostructures, advised by Prof. Arthur Gossard
• Joel Philliber, Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Behavior of Beta-Titanium Alloys Reinforced with In-situ Grown TiB, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Andrew Polli, Production of Oxides Via Solution Precursors:  Metastable Phase Selection, Partitioning, and Thin Films, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Kevin Pond, Cross-sectional and Plan View Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of GaAs Heterostructures and Surfaces, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff
• Marilee Brewer Schultz, Physical Properties of Iron-Nitride Films Epitaxially Grown on Silicon (001) by Sputtering and Assessment of Giant Magnetic Moment in the Alpha"-Iron-Nitride Phase, advised by Prof. James Speck
• James Stolken, The Role of Oxygen in Nickel-Sapphire Interface Fracture, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Huinan Yu, Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers, advised by Prof. Fred Wudl

1996

• Martin Attfield, On the Nature of Extra-Framework Species in Zeolitic Redox Catalysts, advised by Prof. Anthony Cheetham
• Ying-Lan Chang, Hydrogen Ion Treatments: A New Approach to Surface Passivation, advised by Prof. James Merz
• Steven Connell, The Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of a Titanium Matrix Composite in the Presence of Holes and Notches, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Jun He, High Spatial Resolution Measurements of the Stress Distribution in Fiber Composites, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• John Heathcote, The Fracture Behavior of Intermetallic/Metallic Microlaminate Composites, advised by Prof. Robert Odette
• Craig Hillman, Processing and Cracking Behavior in Ceramic Laminates, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Matthew Kiser, Mechanical Response of Particulate and Microballoon Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites, advisde by Prof. Frank Zok
• Don Lipkin, Metal-Ceramic Fracture: Effects of Interfacial Adhesion, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Vaidyanathan Skrikant, Grain Boundary Studies in Tin Oxide Thin Films, advised by Prof. David Clarke
• Qingzhe Wen, Techniques for the Non-Destructive Characterization of Damage in Integrated Circuit Interconnects, advised by Prof. David Clarke

1995

• Willard Cutler, Processing and Mechanical Behavior of High Temperature Hybrid Laminated Composites, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jean-Marc Domergue, Relationships Between the Macroscopic Behavior of Ceramic Matrix Composites and their Constituent Properties, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• David Fenwick, Friction-Deposited Polymer Films as Orienting Substrates, advised by Prof. Paul Smith
• Devin Leonard, Self-assembled Quantum Dots of Indium Gallium Arsenide on Gallium Arsenide
• Erik Luther, Development and Characterization of Aqueous Silicon Nitride Slurries Possessing Short-Range, Repulsive Potentials, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Erik Mader, Kinetics of Irradiation Embrittlement and the Post-Irradiation Annealing of Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels, advised by Prof. Robert Odette
• Jonathan Owen, Rare-Earth Doped Barium Yttrium Fluoride:  Crystal Growth and Applications in Unconversion Lasers, advised by Prof. Anthony Cheetham
• Lorene Samoska, Long-Wavelength Infrared Absorption and Photoconductivity in Gallium Antimonide-Aluminum Antimonide Superlattices, advised by Prof. Herbert Kroemer
• Andreas Seifert, Microstructural Evolution of Epitaxial Lead Titanate Thin Films on (001) Strontium Titanate from Solution Precursors, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Michelle Turner, The Fracture Resistance of Metal Ceramic Interfaces:  A Novel Measurement Technique and Failure Mechanisms, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Donald Wissuchek, Microstructural Toughening Mechanisms in Lamellar Titanium Aluminides, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans

1994

• Archisman Bagchi, A Novel Adhesion Test for Thin Ductile Films on Substrates, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Carl Cady, Experimental Study of Damage in Ceramic Fiber-reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Scott Crudele, Processing and Microstructural Evolution of Alumina/Aluminum Alloy and Aluminum Nitride/Aluminum Alloy Composites by Directed Melt Oxidation, advised by Prof. Robert Mehrabian
• Constance Gettinger, The Structural and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers in Solution, advised by Prof. Alan Heeger
• Dominic Leung, The Fracture Behavior of Nanometer Scale Brittle/Ductile Multilayers, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Patrick Mather, Shear Flow Behavior of Tumbling and Flow-Aligning Nematic Liquid Crystals, advised by Prof. Glenn Fredrickson
• Eric Tarsa, Pulsed Laser Deposition of Epitaxial Oxide/Semiconductor Heterostructures, advised by Prof. James Speck
• Min-Zing Tseng, Fabrication, Characterization, and Studies of Physical Properties of High-Temperature-Superconductor and III-V Semiconductor Hybrid System, advised by Prof. Evelyn Hu
• Wen-Chiang Tu, Powder Processing of Fiber Reinforced Ceramics: Strengthening of the Powder Matrix without Shrinkage, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange

1993

• Mari Lou Balmer-Millar, Metastable Phase Selection, Partitioning and Microstructural Evolution in Zirconium Oxide-Metal Oxide Processed from Liquid Precursors, advised by Prof. Fred Lange, Co-Advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Albert Casagranda, The Effect of Shear on the Densification of Alumnia, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Janet Davis, Fiber Coatings for Brittle Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Craig Folsom, Mechanical Behavior of Brittle Multilayer Materials, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Craig Halvorson, Third Order Nonlinear Opitical Effects in Conjugated Polymers 
• Michael Nagorka, Processing, Microstructure, and Creep Behavior of Yttria and Zirconia Dispersion-Strengthened Copper From Rapidly Solidified Precursors, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Michael Shaw, The Fracture Behavior of Multilayered and Fibrous Ceramic/Metal Composites, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Daniel Tilly, Phase Equilibria and Microstructural Evolution of MoSi2-SiC In-Situ Composites by Melt Processing, advised by Prof. Carlos Levi
• Kaushik Vaidya, Growth of Perovskite and Magnitoblumbite Thin Films on Sapphire from Liquid Precursors, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Junde Xu, Modeling Powder Consolidation adn the Formation of Composite Materials, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking

1992

• Cedric Bhihe, Rough Fiber Pull-Out in Brittle Matrix Composites: Experiments and Simulations, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Jeanne Chang, Rhealogical and Consolidation Behavior of Dispersed Alumina Slurries with High Concentration of Electrolyte, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Liisa Kuhn, Constitutive Models for the Deformation of Bonded Powder Aggregates, advised by Prof. Robert McMeeking
• George Lanham, The Phase Development and Microstructure of Thin-Film Superconductors in the T1-Ba-Ca-Cu-O System 
• Olimpia Salas, advised by Prof. Robert Mehrabian
• David Walls, Fatigue Damage Mechanisms in Fiber Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites, advised by Prof. Frank Zok
• Zheng Xu, In Situ Processing of Quantum Structures Using Focused Ion Beam Implantation and Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth and Regrowth, advised by Prof. Pierre Petroff

1991

• Andrew Bartlett, Fracture of a Metal/Ceramic Couple: Tantalum (Titanium) Sapphire, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Brian Flinn, Fracture Resistance of Ductile Dispersion Toughened Aluminum Oxide Reinforced with Aluminum, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• David Lam, Processing Control and Mechanical Properties in Porous Ceramics, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Kelly Miller, Zirconia Thin Films from Acqueous Precursors: Processing, Microstructural Development, adn Epitaxial Growth, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Jeff Moulton, Structure/Property Relationships of Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) and Their Blends with Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene, advised by Prof. Paul Smith
• Elliott Slamovich, The Influence of Microstructure on the Sintering of Polycrystalline Ceramics, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange
• Olivier Sudre, The Effect of Inclusions on Densification, advised by Prof. Frederick Lange

1990

• Alejandro Andreatta
• Geoffrey Campbell, The Role of Interfaces in Whisker Toughness of Ceramics, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• James Harden, Interfacial Dynamics of Macromolecular Liquids
• Ivar Reimanis, Plasticity and the Fracture Resistance of Metal/Ceramic Interfaces, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans
• Kevin Trumble, Spinel Interphase Formation at Diffusion-Bonded Nickel/Alpha-Aluminum Oxide Interfaces, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans

1989

• Mu-San Hu, Mechanical Failure of Thin Films, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans

1988

• Michael David Drory, Decohesion of Thin Films, advised by Prof. Anthony Evans