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Author:

Mcknight, Brendan Robert

Title:

Advanced Hybrid Rocket Motor Propulsion Unit For CubeSats

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
CubeSat
hybrid rocket motor
regression rate
combustion efficiency

File:

Download 1-McKnight_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tsolas, Nicholas

Title:

Flow reactor studies of non-equilibrium plasma assisted combustion kinetics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

flow reactor
plasma-assisted combustion
non-equilibrium plasmas
low temperature combustion

File:

Download Nicholas_Tsolas_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_July_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Randy Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

Togai, Kuninori

Title:

Kinetic Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Plasma-assisted Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

plasma-assisted combustion
low-temperature combustion
chemical kinetics
plasma chemistry
nonequilibrium plasma

File:

Download Dissertation_Togai.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

O'meara, Bridget C

Title:

An experimental study of the effect of a pilot flame on technically pre-mixed, self-excited combustion instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
combustion dynamics
pilot flame
technically pre-mixed
self-excited instabilities

File:

Download BridgetOMeara_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Sim, Hyung Sub

Title:

Understanding the role of multifunctional nanoengineered particulate additives on supercritical pyrolysis and combustion of hydrocarbon fuels/propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical Pyrolysis
Supercritical Combustion
Particulate Fuel Additives
Graphene
Platinum Nanoparticles
Hydrocarbons

File:

Download Hyung_Sub_Sim_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_May_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Nardozzo, Paige Kristeen

Title:

Diffusion Flame Studies of Solid Fuels with Nitrous Oxide

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
Diffusion Flame
Hybrid Rockets
Solid Fuel
Nitrous Oxide

File:

Download Nardozzo_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hong, Sung Wook

Title:

ATOMISTIC-SCALE INVESTIGATION OF THE GROWTH KINETICS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE LAYERS ON ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES AND GERMANIUM-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS USING THE REAXFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Aluminum oxide layer
Aluminum nanoparticles
Ge slab

File:

Download Dissertation_SHong_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adri C.T. van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri C.T. van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

Author:

Vamos, Michael Anthony

Title:

MICROWAVE PLASMA TORCH FOR ALUMINUM COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum
combustion
plasma
torch
ignition
microwave
metal combustion
plasma assisted combustion
igniter
coaxial
spectroscopy
temperature fitting
spectrometer calibration
air
steam
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Vamos_Thesis_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member

Author:

Jain, Abhishek

Title:

Multi-Scale Investigations in Soot Formation and Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-scale
Soot formation
Chemical Vapor Deposition
simulation
nanomaterials

File:

Download AJ-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Derk, Gregory

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE BURNING-RATES OF JA2 AND NITROMETHANE PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nitromethane
JA2
supercritical combustion
high-pressure combustion
monopropellant

File:

Download GregDerk_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member