Ph.D. Thesis Defense

July 08, 2025

1:00 p.m. ET

Doherty A310

"Uncovering the Driving Force of Thermal-Activated Grain Boundary Migration in Polycrystals"

CANDIDATE: Zipeng Xu

COMMITTEE: 
Professor Gregory S. Rohrer, Advisor, MSE
Professor Anthony D. Rollett, MSE
Professor Amanda R. Krause, MSE
Professor Robert M. Suter, Physics
Professor Fadi Abdeljawad, MSE, Lehigh Univ.

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