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Author:

Thrift, Alan Albright

Title:

Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine Cooling
Endwall Contouring
Film Cooling
First Stage Vane

File:

Download Thrift_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Isaacson, Aaron

Title:

A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

strain rate sensitivity
aerospace high hot hardness gear steels
instrumented impact testing

File:

Download Isaacson_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rau, Andrew Charles

Title:

Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

endoscopic surgery
endoscopic tools
NOTES
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
minimally invasive surgery
forceps
medical devices surgical tools

File:

Download AndrewRau-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hirsh, Andrew

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric T-Beam Actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

T-Beam
Actuator
Piezoelectric

File:

Download Hirsh_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Colletti, Alexander E.

Title:

IGNITION PROCESSES AND FLAME SPREADING IN A GRANULAR SOLID PROPELLANT BED

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

granular bed
flame spreading
interior ballistics
solid propellant

File:

Download colletti_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mensch, Amy

Title:

A Study on the Sooting Tendency of Jet Fuel Surrogates Using the Threshold Soot Index

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

surrogate
smoke point
TSI
JP-8

File:

Download MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Robert, Ashish

Title:

Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Homogeneous isotropic turbulence
Homogeneous shear turbulence
Polymer drag reduction
DNS

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_of_Ashish_Robert.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Adam

Title:

Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle
terrain-based
estimation
kalman filter
particle filter
localization

File:

Download Adam-Dean-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Choudhary, Abhinav Krishna

Title:

AUTOMATED CONCEPT GENERATION USING BRANCHED FUNCTIONAL MODELS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conceptual design
functional models
design tools
design repository

File:

Download Abhinav_thesis_07202010_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Cari Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cari R Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Anand Kumar

Title:

Blast Mitigation Studies for All Metal Plate and Honeycomb Sandwich Panels

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Blast
design
optimization
plate
shape
honeycomb sandwich
validation

File:

Download MS_Thesis-_Anand_Kumar_Singh.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bobuk, Aaron Michael

Title:

A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
product
family
trade studies
GVI
generational variety index
PFPF
product family penalty function
robot
robotic
ground
vehicle
ATSV
genetic algorithm
Simulink
Matlab
mathematical model
commonality
platform
optimization

File:

Download Aaron_Bobuk_M.S_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Kamat, Amar

Title:

APPLICATION OF REAXFF BASED REACTIVE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS TO SIMULATE LASER INDUCED INCANDESCENCE OF SOOT AND CHAR OXIDATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

laser induced incandescence
soot
reaxff
molecular dynamics
accommodation coefficients

File:

Download Kamat_Thesis_Feb7.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Adri Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vadvadgi, Aneesh Sridhar

Title:

CALCULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN GAS TURBINE ROTOR-STATOR CAVITIES USING CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine

File:

Download Calculation_of_Temperatures_in_Gas_Turbine_Rotor_Stator_Cavities_Using_Conjugate_Heat_Transfer.pdf

Committee Members:

Savash Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kankey, Andrew Thomas

Title:

A Method for Focusing Sound in Harbor Environments at Low Frequencies: Theory and Experiment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic array
harbor acoustics
underwater acoustics
sound focusing

File:

Download Kankey_Dissertation_11_19_08_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Hugo Koopmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
David Bradley, Committee Member
Kyle M Becker, Committee Member

Author:

Bommareddi, Anveshan

Title:

AN ENGINE OIL LIFE ALGORITHM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil change interval
algorithm
operating conditions
driving conditions
simulations

File:

Download Anveshan_Bommareddi_MS_Thesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lotfi Gaskarimahalle, Amir

Title:

VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Semi-active Control
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Variable Stiffness Systems
Input Shaping
Vibration Control

File:

Download AmirLotfi-Dissertation_7.29.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

TURHAN, AHMET

Title:

INDIVIDUAL AND COUPLED EFFECTS OF FLOW FIELD GEOMETRY, INTERFACE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON LIQUID WATER STORAGE AND FLOODING IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte
fuel cell
neutron imaging
liquid storage
two phase flow
flow field

File:

Download PhD_GRADUATE_SCHOOL_SUBMISSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Anquan

Title:

Investigation of Turbulence-Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Flames Using a Hybrid Finite Volume/Monte Carlo Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas radiative properties
flame
turbulence-radiation interactions
combustion
thermal radiation
composition PDF
Monte Carlo methods

File:

Download Anquan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Paul E Plassmann, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member