Browsing Graduate Theses by Title
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Fab cycle time improvement through inventory control : a wafer starts approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Intel's Colorado Springs wafer fabrication facility, known internally as F23, has undertaken several initiatives to reduce cycle time including High Precision Maintenance (HPM), content reduction through the application ... -
Fab trees for designing complex 3D printable materials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)With more 3D printable materials being invented, 3D printers nowadays could replicate not only geometries, but also appearance and physical properties. On the software side, the tight coupling between geometry and material ... -
Fables of undiscovered cities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)"Space... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds... To seek out new life; new civilizations... To boldly go where no one has gone ... -
Fabric formwork for concrete.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973) -
Fabricating silicon germanium waveguides by low pressure chemical vapor deposition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)Low loss optical waveguide structures combining the high bandwidth of light transmission and the economics of silicon substrates have been made possible by Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD). This work explores ... -
Fabrication and application of patterned magnetic media
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)In order to overcome the superparamagnetism in thin film magnetic recording media, a novel magnetic medium, called patterned medium, is studied here as a potential candidate for the future hard disk storage application. ... -
Fabrication and applications of in-fiber semiconductor and metal microspheres
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Currently, the synthesis of semiconducting or metal microspheres has occurred via top-down approaches, such as through ball milling or e-beam lithography, or via bottom-up approaches, such as colloidal chemistry. Top-down ... -
Fabrication and characterization of beta-prototype MIT Manus : an intelligent machine for upper-limb physical therapy
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Fabrication and characterization of conducting polymer microwires
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Flexible microwires fabricated from conducting polymers have a wide range of potential applications, including smart textiles that incorporate sensing, actuation, and data processing. The development of garments that ... -
Fabrication and characterization of nano-engineered membranes for oil-water separation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The focus of this thesis is the design and testing of membranes for separation of water-in- oil (w/o) emulsions. A polycarbonate membrane treated with octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) is used to filter a 3 wt% w/o emulsion. ... -
Fabrication and characterization of nanofluidic channels for studying molecular dynamics in confined environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis has characterized the applicability and limitation of PDMS micromolding and the substrate bonding techniques including both anodic (Si-glass) and thermal fusion (glass-glass) bonding, in fabricating sub-100-nm ... -
Fabrication and characterization of porous metal emitters for electrospray applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Electrospray thrusters provide small, precise thrust with high power efficiencies and variable specific impulses from less than 1000s to over 4000s. The miniaturization and clustering of many emitters together is essential ... -
Fabrication and characterization of sintered porous glass emitters for electrospray propulsion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Ionic electrospray thrusters are promising candidates for CubeSat propulsion systems in space, due to their low power requirement and small form factor. Current technology has demonstrated thrust levels of 10 - 40[mu]N, ... -
Fabrication and construction methods for low-cost, low-carbon structural components for housing in India
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)In Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs), material costs often constrain construction projects. There is research interest in reducing materials usage, and thus cost and carbon footprint, by redesigning reinforced ... -
Fabrication and electrical characterization of BESOI
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The fabrication and market analysis of lattice mismatched devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Lattice mismatched semiconductor substrates provide a platform for higher performance semiconductor devices. Through epitaxial growth on GaAs, the lattice constant of the film can be expanded resulting in a desired InxGalxAs ... -
Fabrication and material characterization of silver cantilevers via direct surface micromachining
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) rely heavily on the semiconductor industry's manufacturing paradigm. While the standardized process model allows semiconductor chips to benefit from economy of scale and be sold at low ... -
Fabrication and measurement of lateral-surface-superlattice devices
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Fabrication and measurement of linear arrays of quantum dots
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Fabrication and optimization of light emitting devices with core-shell quantum dots
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Quantum dot light emitting devices (QD-LEDs) are promising options for the next generation of solid state lighting, color displays, and other optoelectronic applications. Overcoating quantum dots (QDs) -- semiconducting ...
