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The following are recent PhD theses produced by members of the CODP group. They may be downloaded in PDF format. You can obtain the Acrobat Reader for PDF files from .



  • Yang Yang, PhD Thesis, March 2010

    "MODELING DISCHARGE AND SURFACE PROCESSES IN CAPACITIVELY COUPLED REACTORS"
    [copyright Y. Yang 2010](25 MB)



  • Ankur Agarwal, PhD Thesis, December 2007

    "CONTROLLING ACTIVATION ENERGY TO WAFERS AND WALLS IN PLASMA PROCESSING REACTORS FOR MICROELECTRONICS FABRICATION"
    [copyright A. Agarwal 2007](7.8 MB)



  • Ramesh Arakoni, PhD Thesis, September 2007

    "SIMULATION OF FLOWING PLASMA DISCHARGES WITH APPLICATIONS TO LASERS, FUEL CELLS, AND MICROTHRUSTERS"
    [copyright R. Arakoni 2007](17.8 MB)



  • Ananth Bhoj, PhD Thesis, December 2006

    "MULTISCALE SIMULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PULSED DISCHARGES USED IN POLYMER SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION"
    [copyright A. Bhoj 2006](10.4 MB)



  • Kapil Rajaraman, PhD Thesis, September 2005

    "RADIATION TRANSPORT IN LOW PRESSURE PLASMAS: LIGHTING AND SEMICONDUCTOR ETCHING PLASMAS"
    [copyright K. Rajaraman 2005](5.2 MB)



  • Vivek Vyas, PhD Thesis, April 2005

    "TRANSPORT IN LOW PRESSURE PLASMA REACTORS FOR MATERIALS PROCESSING"
    [copyright V. Vyas 2005](9.8 MB)



  • Arvind Sankaran, PhD Thesis, December 2003

    "SURFACE REACTION MECHANISMS FOR PLASMA PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORS"
    [copyright A. Sankaran 2003](7.7 MB)



  • Pramod Subramonium, PhD Thesis, September 2003

    "SIMULATION OF TRANSIENTS AND TRANSPORT IN PLASMA PROCESSING REACTORS"
    [copyright P. Subramonium 2003](3.2 MB)



  • Rajesh Dorai, PhD Thesis, December 2002.

    "MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA PROCESSING OF GASES AND SURFACES"
    [copyright R. Dorai 2002](4.0 MB)



  • Ronald Kinder, PhD Thesis, June 2001.

    "MODELING OF WAVE HEATED DISCHARGES USED IN PLASMA PROCESSING REACTORS"
    [copyright R. Kinder 2001](4.2 MB)



  • Junqing Lu, PhD Thesis, April 2001.

    "MODELING PLASMA EQUIPMENT AND FEATURE PROFILE IN IONIZED METAL PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION"
    [copyright J. Lu 2001](3.5 MB)



  • Da Zhang, PhD Thesis, September 2000.

    "SURFACE REACTION MECHANISMS IN PLASMA ETCHING PROCESSES"
    [copyright D. Zhang, 2000](1.1 MB)



  • XUDONG XU, PhD Thesis, October 1999.

    "DYNAMICS OF HIGH- AND LOW-PRESSURE PLASMA REMEDIATION"
    [copyright X. Xu, 1999](1.6 MB)



  • ROBERT J. HOEKSTRA, PhD Thesis, September 1998.

    "A MODEL OF ENERGY AND ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF FLUXES TO THE SUBSTRATE AND RESULTING SURFACE TOPOLOGY FOR PLASMA ETCHING SYSTEMS"
    [copyright R. J. Hoekstra, 1998](2.9 MB)


  • MICHAEL J. GRAPPERHAUS, PhD Thesis, January 1998.

    "MULTISCALE TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN LOW-PRESSURE PLASMAS"
    [copyright M. J. Grapperhaus, 1998] (1.7 MB)


  • FRED Y. HUANG, PhD Thesis, June 1997.

    "TRANSPORT AND AGGLOMERATION OF DUST CONTAMINANT PARTICLES IN REACTIVE ION ETCH REACTORS"
    [copyright F. Y. Huang, 1997] (1.9 MB)


  • HELEN H. HWANG, PhD Thesis, January 1997.

    "PARTICLES IN PLASMA PROCESSING REACTORS: MODELING NUCLEATION, TRANSPORT, AND INTERPARTICLE EFFECTS TO REDUCE WAFER CONTAMINATION"
    [copyright H. H. Hwang, 1997] (3.8 MB)


  • ANN C. GENTILE, PhD Thesis, March 1995.

    "KINETIC PROCESSES AND PLASMA REMEDIATION OF TOXIC GASES"
    [copyright A. C. Gentile, 1995] (730 kB)

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