{"692455":{"#nid":"692455","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Zijun Gao","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZijun Gao\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBioE Ph.D. Proposal Presentation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeptember 22, 2026\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 10:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm ET\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Marcus Nanotechnology Building, Room 1116\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F92534368030\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cannouncements%40grad.gatech.edu%7C4a25c4d173964c99cb3b08df0e741f79%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639245564247849483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=eiZcWaBLKExSKZrgwKdRggVoqfb6XiiHFIm4Mqa3nqg%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92534368030\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Shu Jia, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wallace H. 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This proposal will develop an event-driven neuromorphic super-resolution microscopy framework that exploits the precise timing and threshold-crossing dynamics of event cameras as an additional source of spatial information for resolution enhancement. The work will first establish how controlled fluorescence changes are encoded into temporally evolving event responses and develop a physics-guided reconstruction algorithm based on this event-domain PSF evolution. The resulting reconstruction will then be implemented and optimized on an edge-computing platform to reduce processing latency and support real-time or near-real-time imaging. Finally, the system will be validated in progressively more demanding biological applications, including fixed subcellular structures, high-speed live-cell dynamics, and functional calcium imaging driven by intrinsic fluorescence changes under continuous illumination. 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Yet\r\nunderstanding and deploying differentially private computations raises several\r\nfundamental questions: How private is a given computation? Can we design\r\ncomputations with better privacy\u2013utility tradeoffs? And can we verify that a\r\nrealized computation actually satisfies its claimed privacy guarantee?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis\r\ndissertation approaches these questions by interpreting differential privacy\r\nthrough the lens of indistinguishability.\u003C\/strong\u003E\r\nRather than working with a single representation, I characterize this\r\nindistinguishability through different views and reductions that make the\r\nrelated privacy questions tractable. These characterizations lead to two\r\ncomplementary approaches. In the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Eblack-box approach\u003C\/strong\u003E, I reason from samples of a computation\u2019s observed\r\noutputs, using classification and hypothesis testing to estimate and audit its\r\nindistinguishability. This line of work develops from black-box estimation of\r\n(epsilon, delta)-privacy, to estimation\/auditing of the full f-DP curve, to\r\nsequential and one-run privacy auditing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\r\nsecond is an\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Eanalytical approach\u003C\/strong\u003E, which exploits\r\ndistributional structure in the observer\u2019s view to derive tractable\r\ncharacterizations of indistinguishability. I study computations whose\r\nobservable outputs are Gaussian and develop tools for characterizing their\r\ndifferential privacy guarantees, enabling both privacy analysis and mechanism\r\ndesign. 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In transportation, the continued electrification of vehicles motivates battery technologies with high specific energy density, including all-solid-state batteries employing high-capacity electrode materials such as silicon. In stationary applications, increasing energy demand and the need for efficient storage and utilization of thermal energy motivate technologies such as thermochemical energy stor- age, where salt-hydrate materials offer high volumetric energy density and long-duration storage with way economical cost compared with Li-ion batteries. Despite their distinct energy-storage mechanisms, these material systems share an important mechanics challenge. Many materials capable of storing large amounts of energy undergo substantial changes in chemical composition during operation, which are accompanied by correspondingly large deformations. The resulting stresses, damage, and evolution of the internal microstruc- ture can alter transport pathways and ultimately limit the cycling stability and realizable energy-storage performance of the material. Large deformations in energy-storage materials give rise to coupled physical phenomena that influence both mechanical integrity and transport behavior. In electrochemical batteries, for example, heterogeneous lithiation can produce non-uniform strain and stress fields, which in turn affect electrochemical reaction and transport through changes in local chemical potential and ion-transport pathways. In thermochemi- cal energy storage, hydration and dehydration involve coupled heat and mass transport through a porous microstructure whose evolving porosity and interparticle contact determine the effective thermal conductiv- ity of the material. These examples demonstrate that the macroscopic performance of high-energy-density storage materials cannot be understood solely from their intrinsic material properties. Instead, predictive continuum models must account for the evolution of internal microstructure, stress, and damage and their coupling with chemical and thermal transport. In this proposal, two different energy-storage material systems are investigated, namely amorphous silicon (a-Si) anodes for all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) and SrBr2 hydrates for thermochemical energy storage. ~(omitted due to words limit)~ A key unresolved challenge in these materials is predicting the evolution of microstructure during elec- trochemical and thermochemical cycling. To address this challenge, the present frameworks will be extended to incorporate evolving mechanical and thermo-chemical contact between particles, allowing new contacts to form and transport pathways to develop as the material undergoes large reaction-induced deformation. The resulting framework will therefore permit initially discrete particles to merge into connected material domains, while subsequent separation and fracture are captured through phase-field damage. In this manner, the evolving microstructure, including the formation and loss of contacts, changes in transport pathways, and development of damage, can be predicted directly during cycling. The framework will then be used to investigate how microstructural design parameters, including particle morphology and composition, binders, and prescribed defects, may be used to control stress redistribution and damage evolution. 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Radiation studies evaluate the impact of energetic particle exposure on ferroelectric and transistor characteristics, with neutron irradiation showing robust memory operation up to (10^15) n\/cm(^2) and gamma radiation upto 10 MRad. These studies establish the potential of BEOL FEFETs for reliable operation in harsh environments. Finally, BEOL-compatible 1T-1FeFET memory is extended to monolithic 3D integration through two-tier demonstrations, compact modeling, and parasitic-aware array analysis. Array-level studies further examine erase disturb, capacitive coupling, and sneak-current limitations and identify design strategies for scalable operation. 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Continued sea-level rise is expected to increase the risk of coastal flooding, yet the future contribution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to sea-level projections remains a significant source of uncertainty in sea-level projections. Coastal adaptation planning requires projections that connect future sea level to local flood conditions and the physical effects of potential adaptation measures over relevant policy and planning horizons. Against this background, this dissertation examines physical responses at two ends of the sea-level problem by asking: \u003Cem\u003E(1) How does spatiotemporal variability in ice-shelf basal melt propagate through Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics, and how much uncertainty does it contribute to sea level projections? (2) How do coastal communities adapt when sea-level rise, storm surge, tide, and rainfall interact with modifications to the coastal landscape during a tropical cyclone?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOcean variability changes melting at the base of Antarctic ice shelves. I generate basal-melt histories by applying empirical orthogonal function decomposition and Fourier phase randomization on an MPAS-Ocean simulation that resolves circulation beneath ice shelves, then propagate them through the MPAS-Albany Land Ice model. Across the 300-year ice-sheet ensembles, the prescribed mean melt pathway controls the trajectory of the Antarctic sea-level contribution, but the relative importance of variability depends on the time horizon of interest. During the first century, this divergence among ensemble members can be substantial relative to the weak cumulative ice sheet response; however, by year 300, alternative realizations produce an ensemble spread that is two to three orders of magnitude smaller than the corresponding mean sea-level contribution. Most spread develops in regions where the background melting is strong, and grounding lines are retreating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong coastlines, sea-level rise raises the background water level on which storms act to cause flooding. A coupled hydrodynamic-hydrologic flood modeling framework comprising GeoClaw and LISFLOOD-FP simulates compound flooding during Hurricane Matthew in Chatham County, Georgia, under different sea-level and landscape-intervention scenarios. For the modeled event, the combined coastal and rainfall forcing produces peak depths greater than those from either driver alone. Adaptation responses vary spatially: floodwalls can reduce flooding locally while increasing it elsewhere, and surface roughness effects depend on the extent of treatment, inundation depth, and sea level. Within the sampled Hurricane Matthew design, a machine-learning surrogate (U-Net) reproduces flood fields with mean errors near 0.01 m over inundated land cells, including scenarios containing intervention types withheld from training, targeted siting choices, and two-intervention portfolios, enabling rapid exploration of sea-level and adaptation scenarios.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcross both projects, imposed climate or weather forcing sets the broad response, while geometry and physical state shape its local magnitude and spatial pattern. 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As part of my doctoral work, I established a model for the driven system based off its similarities with a well-understood classical system in the mean field limit, and I used numerical simulations to predict the system\u0027s response to the magnetic driving. I performed experiments on a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate of rubidium-87 atoms, the results of which are described here and compared to those of the simulations. 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Graham\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E(Advisor: Prof. Lauren Garten)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWill defend a doctoral thesis entitled,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOxygen Stoichiometry and Phase Stability of Barium Nickelate Oxides for Energy and Catalytic Applications\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eon\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, September 11 at 12 p.m. (EDT)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKendeda Building Room 210\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eand\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtually via\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F95166629511%3Fpwd%3DH4WzTLwNQBvVFWkY1tIfjyZjwP30sd.1\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Cannouncements%40grad.gatech.edu%7C4c4b72174df146126a8208df085b812a%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639238861229082240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=qEJsBB7BRSRQnMRSlfC8ON%2F1XwJJh13nkXpoFKUD%2BdE%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZoom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022edfd4551704603ce99cd2f6950381e8e0\u0022\u003EProf. Lauren Garten - School of Materials Science and Engineering (advisor)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ef4e0dd7ea9de3677f1b0a2a63e521a7e\u0022\u003EProf. Angus Wilkinson - School of Materials Science and Engineering and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e5b0f143ede33564240c3d281816b689d\u0022\u003EProf. Mark Losego - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ecab81aca5ca2a7f936ae282b7a9f9f39\u0022\u003EProf. Faisal Alamgir - School of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ebff3459f77ea76227114755a93f01159\u0022\u003EProf. Marta Hatzell - School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERising global energy demands and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions underscore the need for multifunctional materials capable of enabling heterogeneous catalysis, carbon capture, and piezoelectric applications. Barium nickelate (BaNiO3-x, BNO) offers a unique platform for exploring these functionalities owing to the redox flexibility of nickel (Ni2+ to Ni4+). Changes in nickel oxidation state are accompanied by a series of phase transitions spanning stoichiometries from BaNiO2 in the \u003Cem\u003ECmcm\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Espace group to BaNiO3\u0026nbsp;in the \u003Cem\u003EP\u003C\/em\u003E63\/\u003Cem\u003Emmc\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Espace group. In addition to the centrosymmetric end members, BNO also forms in the non-centrosymmetric \u003Cem\u003EP\u003C\/em\u003E63\u003Cem\u003Emc\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003ER\u003C\/em\u003E32 space groups, enabling the potential for piezoelectric functionality. Despite differing stoichiometries and crystal symmetries, BNO polymorphs retain common structural motifs with minimal changes in lattice parameters. The combination of Ni redox flexibility and the high degree of structural similarity among phases enables enhanced oxygen exchange, critical for oxygen-mediated applications such as thermochemical fuel production and oxygen pumping. Collectively, the compositional, structural, and redox flexibility of BNO establishes it as a compelling platform for studying multifunctional behavior in complex oxides. Therefore, this dissertation investigates the synthesis, phase stability, and functional behavior of BNO, with emphasis on oxygen storage, carbon capture, and the stabilization of non-centrosymmetric phases for future piezoelectric applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis work first advances the phase-stoichiometry relationship in BNO through a systematic exploration of the effects of calcination temperature and atmosphere on phase formation, stoichiometry, and morphology of sol-gel derived powders. Precise control of processing conditions enabled the selective synthesis of BNO powders exhibiting predominantly the \u003Cem\u003EP\u003C\/em\u003E63\u003Cem\u003Emc\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EP\u003C\/em\u003E63\/\u003Cem\u003Emmc\u003C\/em\u003E, or rare and unindexed \u003Cem\u003Eh\u003C\/em\u003E-BaNiO2.36 phase. Temperature was the dominant factor in determining oxygen stoichiometry, with compositions varying from BaNiO2.76 at 800 \u00b0C to BaNiO2.25 at 1000 \u00b0C. Powder morphology was governed by both temperature and oxygen flow rate, as increasing temperature transformed porous sponge morphologies to dendritic structures while increasing oxygen flow promoted agglomeration. Ultimately, we established a framework for selectively controlling the phase formation, stoichiometry, and morphology of BNO to tailor the material for a wide application space.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBuilding upon the phase-stoichiometry relationship, pulsed laser deposition and epitaxial stabilization were used to synthesize metastable and non-centrosymmetric \u003Cem\u003ER\u003C\/em\u003E32 BNO thin films. Through the modulation of substrate setpoint temperature and deposition oxygen partial pressure, we established that \u003Cem\u003ER\u003C\/em\u003E32 BNO accommodates oxygen stoichiometries ranging from BaNiO2.26 to BaNiO2.14 through the stabilization of a mixture of Ni2+, Ni3+, and Ni4+ oxidation states. Variations in oxygen stoichiometry enabled the tuning of the electrical conductivity of \u003Cem\u003ER\u003C\/em\u003E32 BNO from 0.137 to 0.161 S\/m. Taken collectively, these findings establish a foundation for future studies of piezoelectricity in BNO.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe redox flexibility of Ni and the structural similarity among BNO polymorphs motivated an investigation of its redox mechanisms and oxygen storage capacity. This work reveals that oxygen exchange in BNO proceeds through reversible exsolution and reincorporation of NiO, rather than solely through the Ni4+\/Ni2+ redox couple. Here, we establish the oxygen storage capacity of BNO at 5,027 \u00b5mol O\/gabsorbent, exceeding the theoretical capacity associated with the BaNiO2 to BaNiO3 transition by 14%, with the excess capacity arising from reversible NiO exsolution and reincorporation. These findings establish BNO as a new benchmark oxygen storage material and identify reversible metal oxide exsolution as a promising strategy for enhancing the oxygen storage performance of next-generation oxygen storage materials.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, reversible NiO exsolution was leveraged for high-temperature carbon capture. Through the exsolution of NiO and formation of the Ba-rich \u003Cem\u003Eh\u003C\/em\u003E-BaNiO2.36 phase, BNO exhibited substantial CO2 uptake via the formation of BaCO3. The thermal stability of BaCO3 enables carbon capture up to 1100 \u00b0C, enabling carbon capture at temperatures relevant to industrial exhaust streams while minimizing the need for extensive flue gas cooling. 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