creator Gao, Yibo advisor Wu, Benxin Lasers can provide non-mechanical-contact, localized and concentrated energy input to materials with controlled durations and high spatial resolutions down to a few microns or less. Therefore, lasers have more and more applications in manufacturing and materials processing, such as laser micromachining (which is to create micro-scale features through laser-induced material removal) and laser sintering. Despite the previous research work in the literature, many laser-based manufacturing and materials processing areas still require lots of further research work. Specifically, the following topics will be investigated in the research work in this thesis: nanosecond-pulsed laser ablation of silicon carbide at an infrared wavelength, nanosecond laser-induced plasma deburring, two-step nanosecond laser surface texturing, and the fabrication of carbon nanotube (CNT)-ceramic composites through the laser sintering process. Submitted by Liana Khananashvili (khananashvili@iit.edu) on 2014-06-04T17:10:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Thesis - Yibo Gao.pdf: 8019558 bytes, checksum: 0ddc05927eb255dbd5a4f0f443af38e0 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-04T17:10:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thesis - Yibo Gao.pdf: 8019558 bytes, checksum: 0ddc05927eb255dbd5a4f0f443af38e0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12 PH.D in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, December 2013 2013 2013-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/3251 en Dissertation born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access MMAE / Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department