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Doctoral Theses

A total amount of 38 Doctoral Theses have been defended between the years 2007 and 2019.

2020

David Linder: Towards computational materials design and upscaling of alternative binder cemented carbides. PhD thesis KTH, February 2020.

2019

Mohammadali Asgharzadeh: Strain Gradient Plasticity Modelling of Precipitation Strengthening. PhD thesis KTH, January 2019.

2018

  1. Thomas Barkar: Modelling phase separation in Fe-Cr alloys: A continuum approach. PhD thesis KTH, October 2018.
  2. Weisen Zheng, Thermodynamic and kinetic investigation of systems related to lightweight steels, PhD thesis 2018.
  3. Ye Tian, Martensitic transformation in stainless steel, June 2018.
  4. Fei Huyan, “Computational Materials Design of Medium Mn Steels”, June 2018
  5. Lindsay Leach, “Modeling Bainite Formation in Steels”, June 2018
  6. Hossein Ehteshami, Finite temperature properties of elements and alloy phases from first principles, Doctoral Thesis, Aprill 2018.

2017

  1. Bigdeli, Sedigheh, Developing the third generation of Calphad databases: what can ab-initio contribute?, October 2017
  2. Martin Walbrühl, PhD thesis, ICME guided development of cemented carbides with alternative binder systems, KTH, Stockholm, October 2017
  3. Zhou Li, First step to a genomic CALPHAD database for cemented carbides: C-Co-Cr alloys, KTH, Stockholm, 09 June 2017
  4. Jiaquing Yin, “Formation of bainite in steels”, 2017, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  5. Taoran Ma, “Powder-metallurgical processing and phase separation in ternary transition metal carbides”, 2017, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  6. Zhou Li, “First step to a genomic CALPHAD database for cemented carbides – C-Co-Cr alloys”, 2017, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH

2016

David Dilner, “Profitability = f(G): Computational Thermodynamics, Materials design and Process Optimization”, 2016, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH

2015

  1. Oleg Gorbatov, “Theoretical investigation of copper precipitation in steel”, 2015, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  2. Yunguo Li, “Ab initio based modeling of defects and disorder in industrial materials”, 2015, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  3. Bonnie Lindahl, “Thermodynamic investigation of systems related to TWIP steels”, 2015, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  4. Weiwei Sun, “Ab initio study of transition metal carbides and actinide compounds”, 2015, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  5. Erik Olsson, “Micromechanics of powder compaction”, 2015, Solid Mechanics, KTH

2014

  1. Jing Zhou, “An atom-probe tomography study of phase separation in Fe-Cr based steels, 2014, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  2. Daniel Andersson, “Material characterization of powder materials using inverse modeling”, 2014, Solid Mechanics, KTH
  3. Abdul Malik Tahir, “Alloy element redistribution during sintering of powder metallurgy steels”, 2014, Mechanics, KTH

2013

  1. Johan Pilhagen, “The fracture mechanisms in duplex stainless steels at sub-zero temperatures”, 2013, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH*
  2. Peter Kolmskog, “Does bainite form with or without diffusion? - The experimental and theoretical evidence”, 2013, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  3. Amer Malik, “Phase change with stress effects and flow”, 2013, Mechanics, KTH
  4. Ida Borgh, “Aspects of Structural Evolution in Cemented Carbide - Carbide Size, Shape and Stability”, 2013, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH

2012

  1. Albin Stormvinter, “Low Temperature Austenite Decomposition in Carbon Steels”, 2012, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  2. Wei Xiong, “Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigation of the Fe-Cr-Ni System Driven by Engineering Applications”, 2012, KTH
  3. Hemantha Kumar Yeddu, “Martensitic Transformations in Steels – A 3D Phase-field Study”, 2012, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  4. Vsevolod I. Razumovskiy, “Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of Fe-Cr and TiC-ZrC alloys from density functional theory”, 2012, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  5. Ansar Masood, “Functional Metallic Glasses”, 2012, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH
  6. Sandeep Nagar, “Multifunctional magnetic materials prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, 2012, Materials Science and Engineering, KTH*

2011

K. Mannesson, “WC grain growth during sintering of cemented carbides”, Doctoral thesis, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (2011).

2010

  1. J. Jeppsson, “Simulation of Phase Transformations and coarsening: Computational tools for alloy development”, Doctoral thesis, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (2011).
  2. K. Asp Grönhagen, “Phase-field modeling of surface-energy driven processes”, Doctoral thesis, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (2010).
  3. Y. Wu, “Functional Metal Oxide Materials Deposited by Inkjet Printing Technique”, Doctoral thesis, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (2010).

2009

M. Kapilashrami, “Defect Induced Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in ZnO and MgO Thin Films and Device Development”, Doctoral Thesis, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (2009).