Brake, Matthew RW2023-01-032023-01-032022-122022-12-02December 2Ahadzie, Senyo Evan. "Thermal Spray Coating Characterization via Higher Dimensional Surfaces." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114187">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114187</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114187Thermal spray coatings are microscale coatings used to improve the surface properties of surfaces they are applied to. Statistical quantification can improve understanding of a thermal coating's microstructure; however, doing so in an automatic and autonomous manner from image data is non-trivial. A new methodology is developed to characterize thermal spray coatings from serial sectioning images (or other analogous image data) using manifold surfaces in higher dimensions, as well as associated operators on such data.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Thermal spray coatingimage processingthermal spray coating characterizationdifferential geometrymesh processingThesis2023-01-03