I am sincerely thankful to my friends, Daniel Norlen, Almila and Yigit Yazicioglu, Stefan Pettersson, Andrea Irrera, Lauren Shor, Carl Imhauser, Dave Lenhert, Ahmet Yozgatligil, Stacie Ringleb, Jhonatan Thomas, Simon Chung, Murat Aktas, Chris Kennedy, John Thinnes and many others for their love and respect. Their presence and our talks have reduced the nostalgia of my family. Very special thanks go to Wilma and Carlo Geneletti, Gaurav Bajpai and Nick Gialias for their kind love and friendship, which enriched my life outside the laboratory. Chou of University of Delaware, are also acknowledged. This work was supported by the DoDĥ iv Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program administered by the Office of Naval Research under Grant N Many constructive discussions with other MURI team members, notable with Drs Danforth, Safari and Jafari of Rutgers University and Dr. Ralph Wachter, for the funding provided during the course of the study and for the interest they had always shown in the developments of the project.
I also would like to thank Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Office of Naval Research (ONR), especially Dr. Palmese for his availability and quiet support. Wei Sun who has shown great interest in the project and with whom I really wish to collaborate in the future Dr. I would like to extend my appreciation to the other members of my doctoral committee: Dr. They have guided me in the most difficult parts of the project, both reassuring me as well as urging me to keep focus. Alan Lau, who have been very supporting respectively in the first and in the last part of this research. I would also like to thank especially Dr. Choi, who has been a kind listener and an important source of suggestions his dedication to students and his driving personality have always been encouraging. His enthusiasm in his job and his love for research has always been stimulating even in the hardest moments. Selçuk I Güçeri not only as a mentor and supervisor in the technical area, but also for his friendship, support and encouragement during all these years. All Rights Reservedģ ii Dedications To my wonderful parents: my mother Vittoria and my father Alberto with love.Ĥ iii Acknowledgement Many people have to be acknowledged for the completion of this thesis. 1 Fused Deposition of Ceramics: A Comprehensive Experimental, Analytical and Computational Study of Material Behavior, Fabrication Process and Equipment Design A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Drexel University by Anna Bellini in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy September 2002Ģ Copyright 2002 Anna Bellini.
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