Graduate Theses Supervised by Richard Alkire

Ph.D. Theses:

49. Joshua Grey, 2004,

48. Timothy Drews, 2004, “Multiscale Simulations of Nanofabricated Structures: Application to Copper Electrodeposition for Electronic Devices”

47. Lei Zhu, 2002, “Study of Corrosion Pits in Chloride Solution”

46. Eric G. Webb, 2001, “Experimental and Numerical Studies of Single MnS Inclusions in Stainless Steel during Initiation of Pitting Corrosion Study of Corrosion Pits in Chloride Solution”

45. Timothy Pricer, 2000, "Monte Carlo Simulations of the Electrodeposition of Copper from a Sulfate Solution in the Presence of Additives"

44. M. W. B. Balmas, 1998, "Lateral Interactions of Corroding Pits"

43. M. Verhoff, 1998, "Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Stability of Pitting Corrosion on Pure Aluminum in Basic Chloride Solution"

42. E. Eliadis, 1997, "Copper Electrodeposition in the Presence of Organic Surfactants"

41. J. O. Park, 1997, "Local Environment in Pitting Corrosion of Aluminum"

40. D. Papapanayiotou, 1997, "In Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Electrodeposition: Additive Adsorption on Copper"

39. D. Chung, 1996, "Localized Adsorption of Organic Additives During Copper Electrodeposition"

38. W. U. Schmidt, 1995, "In Situ Studies of Copper Electrodeposition in the Presence of Organic Additives Using Atomic Force Microscopy"

37. R. Mohr Rynders, 1993, "In Situ Studies on Corrosion and Electrodeposition Using Atomic Force Microscopy"

36. C-H. Paik, 1993, "Pitting Corrosion at Al3Fe Inclusions: Effect of Local Chemical Environment and Transport Phenomena"

35. E. Mannheim, 1993, "Modeling of Charge Carrier Transport in Photoetching of Gallium Arsenide"

34. D. Buzza, 1992, "Laser Initiated Corrosion Pits on Aluminum"

33. M. Georgiadou, 1990, "Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Chemical Pattern Etching"

32. H. Deligianni, 1988, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Electrochemical Pattern Etching"

31. J. Folta, 1988, "Reaction and Transport of Multiple Species during Plasma Etching"

30. K. Wong, 1988, "Study of Single Corrosion Pits on Aluminum in Chloride Media"

29. J. Harb, 1988, "Current Distribution Phenomena During Pitting Corrosion"

28. M. Greenlaw, 1987, "Mass Transfer Studies of Slot Jets Impinging into Square Trenches"

27. S. E. Lott, 1987, "Experimental and Theoretical Study of Inclusions During Initiation of Crevice Corrosion"

26. O. Araujo, 1987, "Indirect Electro-organic Synthesis"

25. R. LaRoche, 1987, "Electrolytic Process Optimization Using Simultaneous-Modular Flowsheeting Techniques"

24. S. A. Soon, 1986, "Simultaneous Modeling and Optimization of a Cascade of Electrochemical Reactors"

23. K. M. Takahashi, 1986, "Homogeneous Catalysis in Flow-By Porous Electrodes containing Gas-Liquid Flow"

22. D. J. Economou, 1986, "Modeling and Analysis of Plasma-Assisted Etching Reactor Phenomena"

21. S. A. Perusich, 1985, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Localized Ultrasonically-Induced Cavitation Effects on Electrochemical Passivity"

20. A. C. Cangellari, 1985, "The Effect of Corrosion Inhibitors on the Anodic Dissolution of Fe and Cu in the Presence of Fluid Flow"

19. K. E. Hebert, 1985, "Studies on the Control of Metal Passivation in the Electrochemical Tunnel Etching of Aluminum"

18. J. D. Lisius, 1985, "Electrochemical Synthesis of Propylene Oxide with Alternating and Direct Current"

17. E. K. Yung, 1984, "Engineering Analysis of Laboratory Data In Electro-Organic Synthesis"

16. J. B. Ju, 1984, "High Speed Impinging Jet Plating: Slot Jet and Through-Hole Plating"

15. J. M. Fenton, 1984, "Investigation of Flow by Porous Electrodes with Two Phase Electrolyzers"

14. G. D. Cera, 1983, "Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of an Electroorganic Process Flowsheet"

13. O. A. Moreno, 1983, "The Effects of Fluid Flow on the Pitting Corrosion of Pure Iron in Acidic Chloride Media"

12. D. B. Reiser, 1983, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Electrode Shape Change Taking Place During Pitting Corrosion of Iron"

11. P.-Y. Lu, 1982, "Mass Transfer in a Parallel Plate Electrolyzers with Liquid-Liquid Flow"

10. R. S. Eisinger, 1981, "Electrosorption of Organic Compounds in a Flow-Through Porous Electrode"

9. T.-J. Chen, 1981, "Selective Jet Plating"

8. K. R. Weisbrod, 1981, "Flow Effects Upon the Repassivation of Iron and Cobalt in Neutral and Acidic Solutions"

7. D. W. Siitari, 1979, "Experimental and Theoretical Modeling Studies of the Initiation of Crevice Corrosion"

6. R. M. Gould, 1979, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Multiple Reactions in Flow-Through Porous Electrodes"

5. B. E. Gracon, 1977, "Experimental Studies of Flow-Through Porous Electrodes"

4. R. D. Varjian, 1976, "The Current Distribution Along Stationary and Moving Resistive Wire Electrodes"

3. A. A. Mirarefi, 1976, "Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Multiple Reactions in a Tubular Electrode Under Steady Laminar Flow"

2. P. K. Ng, 1976, "Electrochemical Packed Bed Reactors"

1. B. G. Place, 1974, "Transient Behavior in Porous Electrodes During Reactant Depletion"

M.S. Theses:

81. Mohan Karulkar, 2004, "Multiscale Simulation of Copper Electrodeposition Along a Resistive Substrate"

80. Xiaohai Li, MS, 2004, "Simulation of Electrochemical Surface Roughness Evolution in Moving Boundary Systems"

79. William Mager, 2004, "Multiscale Simulation of the Initial Stages of Corrosion in Crevices, Pits and Inclusions"

78. Rusli, Effendi, 2003, "Nonlinear Control of a Coupled Kinetic Monte Carlo-Finite Difference Simulation"

77. Yan Qin, 2002, "Copper Electrodeposition in a Model Additive System: Procedures for Obtaining Reproducible Data for Flat and Trench Geometries"

76. Petersen Hasjim, 2002, “Characterization of an Impinging Jet Electrode and its Application to Copper Electrodeposition”

75. Timothy Drews, 2001, “Multi-Scale Simulations of Copper Electrodeposition from a Multiple Additive System”

74. Jason Ganley, 2001, “Mechanisms of Copper Electrodeposition in a Multiple Additive System”

73. Joshua Gray 2000 Studies of Single Pit Growth on Pure Aluminum in Akaline 1M NaCl Solutions

72. Lei Zhu 1999 Laser Initiation of Pitting Corrosion on Pure Nickel

71. Mickel Knight 1999 Effect of Applied Potential on Pit Growth Parameters Including In Situ pH for Single Pits on 304 Stainless Steel

70. Eric Webb 1998 Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the Role of MnS on Pit Initiation of 304 Stainless Steel

69. John Kautz 1998 Experimental and Computational Investigation of an Atomic Force Microscope Cell

68. Timothy Pricer 1998 Scaling Analysis of Copper Electrodeposition

67. Colin Edwards 1997 Influence of Current Density Upon Additive Agent Behavior During Acid Copper Electrodeposition

66. E. Eliadis 1994 Structure and Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiols on Copper

65. M. Balmas 1994 Photoelectrochemical Studies of Passive Films

64. M. Verhoff 1994 The Effect of Thiosulfate on the Pitting Corrosion of 304 Stainless Steel

63. D. Chung 1993 Influence of Organic Additives on Surface Processes During Copper Electrodeposition

62. J. Park 1993 Role of Thiosulfate in Pitting of Stainless Steel in Neutral Chloride Solution

61. D. Papapanayiotou 1992 The Effect of Benzotriazole on the Electrolytic Pattern Etching of Copper

60. C-H. Paik 1990 Influence of Al3Fe Intermetallic Inclusions of Depassivation of Al-6061 Alloys

59. R. Mohr Rynders 1991 Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Local Mass Transport Rates in Small Cavities

58. D. Buzza 1989 Initiation of Single Corrosion Pits and Arrays of Corrosion Pits with Focused Laser Illumination

57. E. Mannheim 1989 Theoretical Investigation of Laser Assisted Wet Etching of GaAs

56. J-L. Look 1988 Development of Silicon/Chlorine Plasma Etching System for Fundamental Studies on Shape Evolution

55. S. Kawi 1988 Techniques of Measurement and Evolution of Surface Roughness in Plasma Etching

54. M. Georgiadou 1987 Anisotropic Chemical Etching of Copper in Acidic Cupric Chloride Solutions

53. M. Feldman 1988 Single Corrosion Pits Initiated by Lasers

52. K. Chronis 1987 Etch Uniformity in a Parallel-Plate Plasma Reactor

51. M. Ross 1986 Mass Transport to Arrays of Circuit Board Through-Holes Due to an Impinging Circular Jet Flow

50. S. Hahn 1986 Effect of a Charged Dielectric Mask on Plasma Etching of Photoresist in a Parallel-Plate Reactor.

49. H. Deligianni 1985 Shape Change and Mass Transfer Effects During Electrochemical Etching of Copper for Pattern Definition

48. J. Folta 1985 Transient Clearing of Photoresist from an Array of Parallel Wafers in a Barrel Plasma Reactor

47. J. Harb 1985 Effect of Fluid Flow on Pitting Corrosion of Stainless Steel

46. K. Wong 1985 Study of Single Corrosion Pits on Stainless Steel in Acidic Chloride Media

45. R. LaRoche1 1985 Optimization of Electrochemical Process Flowsheets

44. O. Araujo 1985 Characterization of a Bench Scale Continuous Flow Electrochemical Reactor

43. M. Greenlaw 1985 Mass Transfer in Square Trenches under the Influence of Submerged Impinging Slot Jets

42. S. E. Lott 1984 The Initiation of Crevice Corrosion on Grade 304 Stainless Steel

41. R. K. Schroeder 1984 Effect of Fluid Flow on Mass Transport in Small Cavities

40. S. A. Soon1 1984 Optimization of Electrolytic Cells Involving Flow-Through Porous Electrodes

39. D. Economou 1983 Mass Transfer in Gas-Liquid Flow-Through Channel Electrolyzers

38. T. Tomasson 1983 The Critical Geometry for the Crevice Corrosion of Aluminum in Aqueous Chloride Solution

37. C. Y. Mak 1983 Study of Single Corrosion Sites on Iron Initiated by Focused Laser Illumination

36. K. M. Takahashi 1983 Mass Transfer Studies on Porous Electrodes with Gas-Liquid Flow

35. S. A. Perusich 1982 Effects of Ultrasonically-Induced Cavitation in a Focused Field on ELectrochemical Passivity

34. J. Salinas 1982 Experimental Studies of Metal Salt Films During Corrosion Repassivation

33. J. M. Fenton 1982 Experimental Studies of Flow-By Porous Electrodes with Two-Phase Electrolyzers

32. J. D. Lisius 1982 Engineering Model of Propylene Oxide Synthesis in an Electrochemical Reactor

31. A. C. Cangellari 1982 Theoretical Analysis of Corrosion Repassivation in the Presence of Fluid Flow

30. T. E. Dinan 1981 The Electrochemical Synthesis of Propylene Oxide

29. R. K. Ulrich 1981 Techniques for Initiation and Study of Single Pits and Locally Active Areas on Passive Iron

28. J. B. Ju 1981 High-Speed Selective Slot Electroplating

27. G. D. Cera1 1981 Optimization of Electrolytic Cells Having Large Numbers of Variables

26 K. R. Hebert 1981 The Initiation of Crevice Corrosion of Aluminum in Aqueous Chloride Solution

25. E. K. Yung 1981 Engineering Studies on Paired Electro-organic Synthesis in a Continuous-Flow Parallel-Plate Cell

24. J. E. Tsai 1981 Electrosynthesis of Propylene Oxide with Alternating Current

23. A. Mostafavi 1980 Experimental Studies on Flow-By Porous Electrodes

22. D. B. Reiser 1979 Electrode Shape Change During Electrodeposition of Copper

21. O. A. Moreno 1979 Experimental Studies on Differential Concentration Corrosion Cells

20. L. W. Wiechmann 1979 An Ellipsometric Study of Salt Film Formation During Passivation

19. K. R. Weisbrod 1978 Experimental Studies on the Effect of Fluid Flow Upon Repassivation of Corroding Iron and Cobalt

18. P.-Y. Lu 1978 The Effect of Electrolytic Gas Evolution Upon Current Distribution During Electrodeposition

17. T.-J. Chen 1978 Selective Jet Plating

16. T. A. Bergh 1978 Application of a Finite Element to Transient Electrode Shape Change

15. T. J. Hagerty 1977 An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of a Resistive Wire Electrode

14. R. E. Newman 1976 Modeling Experiments for Flow-Through Porous Electrodes with an Organic Electrochemical Reaction

13. D. W. Siitari 1976 Analysis of the Cathodic Reaction Distribution in a Localized Corrosion Cell

12. M. L. Bolind 1976 Development of an Experimental System for the Study of Differential Aeration Corrosion

11. R. M Gould 1976 A Theoretical Analysis of Multiple Reaction Sequences in a Flow-Through Porous Electrode

10. D. W. Ernsberger 1975 Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Dissolution Kinetics of an Artificial Pit

9. B. E. Garcon 1974 Experimental Studies on Flow-Through Porous Electrodes

8. G. W. Cadwalladar 1974, "Experimental Studies on Bipolar Porous Electrodes"

7. R. D. Varjian 1973, "A Theoretical Analysis of a Resistive Wire Electrode"

6. G. L. Nicolaides 1973, "Differential Aeration Corrosion of a Passivating Metal Under a Barrier Film of Locally Variable Thickness"

5. A. A. Mirarefi 1973, "The Current Density Inside a Tubular Electrode Under Laminar Flow"

4. R. T. Plichta 1973,  "Natural Convection within Porous Electrodes During Electrolysis"

3. P. P. Ng, 1973, "Solid State Galvanic Cells for the Measurements of the Gibbs Energy of Metal Fluoride Reactions"

2. P.-K. Ng, 1972, "Packed Bed Electrochemical Reactors"

1. B. G. Place, 1971, "Reactant Depletion in Porous Electrodes"

In Progress:

Feng Xue (PhD)

Yan Qin (PhD)

Effendi Rusli (PhD)

Xiaohai Li (PhD)

Mohan Karulkar (PhD)

Jennifer Younker (PhD)

Dima Lubomirsky (PhD)

Ryan Stephens (MS)

Matthew Willis (MS)

David Zwicky (MS)

Chelsea Monty (MS)