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Author:

Hoskins, Andrew Howard

Title:

Development and Characterization of a Robotic Dynamic Activity Simulator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

cadaver walking simulation
dynamic gait simulation
foot and ankle biomechanics
robotics

File:

Download AHoskins_PhD_Diss_HiQ.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Khatkhate, Amol Madhav

Title:

Anomaly Detection in Electromechanical Systems using Symbolic Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

structural health monitoring
symbolic dynamics
diagnostics
prognostics
electromechanical systems
pattern identification

File:

Download AMK-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Jeffrey Louis Schiano, Committee Member
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Member
Eric Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Nichol, Corrie Ian

Title:

AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR OVERTURN MITIGATION VIA AN OPERATOR ALERTING SYSTEM AND ACTIVE INTERVENTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tractor Overturn
Agricultural Tractor
Vehicle Stability
Overturn Intervention
ATV Overturn

File:

Download CorrieNichol-Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis J Murphy, Committee Member
Richard Donovan Koubek, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Hailu, Haftay

Title:

DIMENSIONAL TRANFORMATION: A NOVEL METHOD FOR GAIN-SCHEDULING AND ROBUST CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

robust control
gain-scheduling
dimensional transformation
dimensional analysis

File:

Download Hailu_PhD_Dissertation2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mario Sznaier, Committee Member
Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Chattopadhyay, Ishanu

Title:

Quantitative Control of Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems: A Measure-theoretic Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Discrete Event Systems
Regular Languages
Language Measure
Optimal Control
Partial Observation

File:

Download armageddon.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Eric Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Philen, Michael Keith

Title:

DIRECTIONAL DECOUPLING OF PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET ACTUATORS FOR HIGH-PRECISION SHAPE AND VIBRATION CONTROL OF PLATE STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

adaptive mirror
shape control
vibration control
smart materials
directional decopuling
piezoceramics
plate

File:

Download PhilenThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

GUPTA, SHALABH

Title:

Behavioral Pattern Identification for Structural Health Monitoring in Complex Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Life Extending Control
Flexible Mechanical Couplings
Pulse Combustors
Stochastic Behavior
Life Estimation
Thermodynamic Formalism
Complex Systems
Symbolic Dynamics
Signal Processing
Pattern Identification
Structural Health Monitoring
Fatigue Damage
Anomaly Detection
Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis

File:

Download ShalabhGuptaThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Eric Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yun

Title:

Analysis of Transient Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
fuel cell
transient
dynamic response
computational model
energy conversion

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_Thesis-Yun_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member