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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:

Breneman, Duane L

Title:

Effects of Rust Deposition at the Axial Seal Pin Between Two Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

seal pin
leakage flow
secondary flow
rust particle deposition
gas turbine
rotating orifice

File:

Download Duane_Breneman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Musgrove, Grant Omer

Title:

Computational Predictions and Experimental Measurements of the Performance of a Louver Particle Separator for Use in Gas Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

louver
particle
sand
separator
turbine

File:

Download Grant_Musgrove_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Neely, Gaelyn L

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
friction factor
internal flow
ribs

File:

Download Gaelyn_Neely_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

ESTABLISHING A METHODOLOGY FOR RESOLVING CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM COMPLEX GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rib turbulators
internal cooling
gas turbine heat transfer
ribbed channels

File:

Download Ostanek_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Kandler A.

Title:

Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion
battery
hybrid electric vehicle
model order reduction
diffusion systems
state of charge estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_KandlerSmith2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Deshmukh, Kshitij

Title:

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND RADIATION MONTE CARLO FOR TURBULENCE−RADIATION INTERACTIONS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Spherical Harmonics Method
Turbulence--Radiation Interactions
Combustion systems
Direct Numerical Simulation
Photon Monte Carlo methods

File:

Download Kshitij_Deshmukh_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert J Levin, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

KIM, KYU TAE

Title:

Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen
combustion instability
flame transfer function
partially premixed
swirl stabilized

File:

Download KTKim.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Kyu Taek

Title:

Study of multiphase water transport and removal phenomena from fuel cell during gas purge

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
water management
gas purge
evaporation
gas diffusion media
neutron radiography

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Lawson, Michael J

Title:

A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE AIRFLOW AND ODORANT TRANSPORT PHENOMENA OF CANINE OLFACTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
flow visualization
canine olfaction

File:

Download dissertation.Michael_Lawson.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Ranjan S.

Title:

Detailed Modeling of Soot Formation and Turbulence--Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Jet Flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
Turbulent Flames
Radiation
Soot Formation
PDF Methods
Turbulence-Radiation Interactions
Turbulence-Chemistry Interactions
Method of Moments

File:

Download Ranjan_Mehta_Dissertation_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Lawson, Seth A

Title:

Simulations of Multi-Phase Particle Deposition on Film-Cooled Turbine Sections

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

adiabatic effectiveness
heat transfer
gas turbine
particle deposition

File:

Download Slawson_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Weaver, Stephen A

Title:

Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop Augmentation In Micro Channels With Pin Fins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

None

File:

Download Stephen_Weaver_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lapapong, Sittikorn

Title:

Vehicle Rollover Prediction for Banked Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rollover Prediction
Vehicle Rollover
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicle
Zero-Moment Point

File:

Download SittikornLapapong_PhDThesis_2010_11_20.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Suyi

Title:

A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fluidic flexible matrix composite
honeycomb structures
sandwich beam
variable stiffness

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Suyi_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sarkar, Soumik

Title:

AUTONOMOUS PERCEPTION AND DECISION MAKING IN CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Machine learning
Fault diagnosis
Gas turbine engine
Network science

File:

Download soumik_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

Flowfield Interactions in Low Aspect Ratio Pin-fin Arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
turbulence
heat exchangers
pin-fins

File:

Download Ostanek_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Mahdavi, Arash

Title:

Mechanics Of Low-dimensional Carbon Nanostructures: Atomistic, Continuum, And Multi-scale Approaches

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element
Nanomechanics
Carbon Nanotube
Multisclae
Nonlinear
Continuum Mechanics

File:

Download Thesis_Arash_Mahdavi.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

Author:

Nadadur, Gopal

Title:

Anthropometry-based Sustainable Design for Multiple Global Populations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Anthropometry
Global Design
User Populations
Design Strategies
Design for Human Variability
Sustainable Design

File:

Download Dissertation_Gopal_Nadadur.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Jeremy J Michalek, Special Member
Arvind Rangaswamy, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Garrett Powell

Title:

Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Particles at Ultra-high Pressures and Heating Rates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum combustion
nickel coating
ballistic compressor
particle ignition
thermobaric weapon modeling

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Pauley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Eberly, Molly Kate

Title:

Time-resolved Studies of High Density Ratio Film-cooling Flows

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Film-Cooling
High Density Ratio
Heat Transfer
Turbomachinery

File:

Download Eberly_FullThesis_d10.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Pin Fin Surface Heat Transfer in Arrays of Oblong-shaped Pins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
gas turbine
internal cooling

File:

Download Kirsch_MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Whitfield, Christopher A

Title:

Effects of Blockages on the Effectiveness of Cylindrical Film Cooling Holes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine Heat Transfer
Film Cooling
TBC
Blockages
Thermal Barrier Coating

File:

Download Whitfield_MastersThesis_Dec2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ji, Yan

Title:

Low-temperature Operation of Li-ion Batteries for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium
battery
electrochemistry
modeling
low temperature
electric vehicles

File:

Download YanJi_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

Author:

Barrientos, Eduardo Jose

Title:

Impact of Oxygenated Fuels on Sooting Tendency and Soot Oxidative Reactivity with Application to Biofuels

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Oxygenated Fuels
Sooting Tendency
Soot Oxidative Reactivity
Smoke Point
Diffusion Flames
PM emissions

File:

Download Barrientos_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Wheeler, Joshua Edward

Title:

Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

spacer grid
rod bundle
two-phase flow
air-water
conductivity probe
laser Doppler anemometry
interfacial area concentration

File:

Download Wheeler_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vishwakarma, Vinod

Title:

Reduced order modeling, statistical analysis and system identification for a bladed rotor with geometric mistuning

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbine
mistuning
system identification
reduced order modeling
force response
random permutation
monte carlo

File:

Download thesis_vinod.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Rajan, Girish Kumar

Title:

Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dissipation/Decay
Capillary-Gravity
Surfactant
Marangoni/Elastic Waves
Resonance
Barotropic/Baroclinic Modes
Ocean Swell

File:

Download Rajan_Dissertation_Mech_Engr.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Harvey Segur, Special Member

Author:

De Rosa, Alexander John

Title:

The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion dynamics
combustion instability
combustion confinement
instability confinement

File:

Download DeRosa-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Mensch, Amy

Title:

Using Conjugate Heat Transfer to Assess the Cooling Performance on a Turbine Endwall

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine endwall
conjugate heat transfer
contoured endwall
film cooling
impingement cooling
thermal barrier coating

File:

Download Mensch_Dissertation-4-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Brent A Craven, Special Member

Author:

Sarkar, Soumalya

Title:

Hierarchical Symbolic Perception in Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic Dynamics
Data Driven
Hierarchical approach
Multi-scale analysis
Combustion Instability
Fault detection

File:

Download Dissertation_Soumalya_Sarkar_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Gibson, Jeffrey Reed

Title:

Geometric Effects on Static Turbine Rim Seals

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rim Seal
Hot Gas Ingress
Cavity
Flow field
Sealing Effectiveness

File:

Download Gibson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

Author:

Schroeder, Robert Paul

Title:

Influence of In-Hole Roughness and High Freestream Turbulence on Film Cooling From a Shaped Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
rough wall
gas turbine heat transfer
detached jet
shaped hole
viscous sublayer

File:

Download SchroederDissertFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Brent Craven, Committee Member
James Heidmann, Special Member

Author:

Haussener, Tyler Kress

Title:

Determining the Effects of Increased Volume Fraction of Barium Hexaferrite as a Magnetic Filler in Magneto-Active Elastomers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Ferrite
X-ray Diffraction
Magneto-active elastomers
Vibrating Sample Magnetometry
Magneto-rheological elastomers
Magnetic Materials

File:

Download Haussener_Tyler_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

KANTAREDDY, SAI NITHIN REDDY

Title:

Designing for Metal Additive Manufacturing: Design Challenges with Three Industry Relevant Components

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laser-based powder bed fusion
Additive Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Topology Optimization
Lightweighting
Lattice Structures
Design Workflow

File:

Download Thesis-nithin-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Arora, Prashant

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR TO EVALUATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Driving Simulator
Autonomous Environments
Scenario Authoring

File:

Download Thesis_PrashantArora_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Kenneth Phillip

Title:

Sealing Effectiveness of a Turbine Rim Seal at Engine-Relevant Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbomachinery
turbine
rim seals
hot gas ingestion
experimental
engine relevant

File:

Download Dissertation_Ken_Clark.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

Author:

Pradeep Kumar, Arjun

Title:

EFFICIENT COMPUTATION OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM NON-LINEAR VIBRATIONAL SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

frequency sweep
interpolation
Padé’s interpolation technique
nonlinear systems
structural acoustics
structural dynamics
finite element method

File:

Download Thesis_ARJUN_PradeepKumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Papavizas, Nicholas Carroll

Title:

Modeling Dynamic Instability of Off-Highway Mining Dump Trucks

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Haul Trucks
Off-Highway Vehicles
Vibrations
Dynamic Instability
Mining Trucks
Vehicle Dynamics
Stability
Power Hop
OHVs

File:

Download Papavizas_Thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Stimpson, Curtis Kent

Title:

Cooling Performance of Additively Manufactured Microchannels and Film Cooling Holes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Convection
Heat Transfer
Microchannel
Roughness
Film Cooling
Laser Powder Bed Fusion

File:

Download StimpsonPhDDissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member

Author:

Ghanaatpishe, Mohammad

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMS FOR ROBUST ONLINE OPTIMAL PERIODIC CONTROL IN THE PRESENCE OF PLANT PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptive Control
Drug Delivery
Insect Flight
Optimal Periodic Control
Optimization
Estimation
Tracking

File:

Download MohammadGhanaatpishe-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Exploring Microchannel Cooling Designs through the uses of Numerical Optimization and Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
optimization
additive manufacturing
internal cooling
adjoint method

File:

Download Kirsch_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Shrager, Adam Cole

Title:

Effect of Effusion Cooling Pattern Near the Dilution Hole for a Double-Walled Combustor Liner

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustor
Combustor Liner
Gas Turbine Engine
Effusion Cooling
Dilution Hole
Heat Transfer
Flowfield Visualization
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Shrager_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Elahi, Syed Samiul

Title:

Heat Transfer Measurement of Junction Flow With Variable Reynolds Number and Freestream Turbulence

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Junction flow
Reynolds number
Turbulence
Unsteady heat flux
Junction flow
Horseshoe vortex
Reynolds number
Freestream turbulence
Heat transfer

File:

Download M.S._Thesis-Syed_Elahi-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Haydt, Shane Elliott

Title:

A Detailed Investigation of the Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Related to Injection from a Compound Angled Shaped Film Cooling Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
heat transfer
fluid dynamics
gas turbines
turbomachinery
heat transfer augmentation
particle image velocimetry
ir thermography

File:

Download Shane_Haydt_-_Dissertation_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Boschitsch, Birgitt Modzelewski

Title:

Biologically Inspired Self-Healing Liquid Membranes for Unusual Particle Filtration

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

membrane
filtration
biologically inspired materials
reverse filter
self-healing

File:

Download Boschitsch_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, 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

Author:

Margevicius, Madeline Alma

Title:

SENSITIZING ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING PIEZOELECTRICITY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectric
Fluoropolymer
Combustion

File:

Download Margevicius_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Watson, Jonathan

Title:

ANALYSIS OF METHODS FOR PREDICTING ACCURATE ACCOMMODATION IN PASSENGER VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Human Factors
Ergonomics
Design for Human Variability
Multivariate Design Methods

File:

Download ANALYSIS_OF_METHODS_FOR_PREDICTING_ACCURATE_ACCOMMODATION_IN_PASSENGER_VEHICLES.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Snyder, Jacob

Title:

Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

L-PBF
gas turbines
heat transfer
additive manufacturing
surface roughness
DMLS
SLM
fluid flow
film cooling
process parameters

File:

Download SnyderDissertation_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Wahba, Mohamed

Title:

Factors affecting the repeatability of the fuel consumption of a heavy-duty truck on urban and highway roads

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

V2I
Truck platoon

File:

Download MohamedWahba-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lange, Eric

Title:

A FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF FREESTREAM TURBULENCE PARAMETERS ON THE TIME-MEAN AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF JUNCTION FLOW

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Junction Flow
Fluid Dynamics
Time-resolved
Vortex
SPIV
Freestream Turbulence
Turbulence Length Scale

File:

Download EricLange_-_Dissertation_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Rhett William Jefferies, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member

Author:

Monaco, Christopher D

Title:

Ego-Motion Estimation Using Doppler and Spatial Data in SONAR, RADAR, or Camera Images

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ego-motion estimation
doppler
sonar
radar
camera
autonomous
automotive
underwater
motion estimation
localization
perception
odometry
dead-reckoning
vehicle
spatial
doppler velocity log
navigation

File:

Download Monaco_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Russell Charles Burkhardt, Outside Member
Kurt A Hacker, Special Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nabil, Mahdi

Title:

Computational Investigation of High-Flux Heating of Supercritical Fluids in Microscale Geometries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical fluid
Carbon dioxide
Microchannels
Heat exchanger
Large eddy simulation
Mixed convection
Supercritical Fluid
Carbon Dioxide
Micro-pin-fins
Heat Exchanger
Large Eddy Simulation
Mixed Convection

File:

Download PhDDissertation_MNabil.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rocca Bejar, Daniela

Title:

Heating Response Study of Aluminum Nanoparticles with Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

reaxff
Energetic materials
Molecular dynamics
Nanoparticle combustion

File:

Download DRB_MS_thesis_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Shabnam, Sharmin

Title:

ReaxFF reactive force field investigations in combustion and nascent soot formation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Combustion
Soot Formation
Pyrolysis and Oxidation
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Inert Dilution
Nickel
Fuel Mixtures

File:

Download Dissertation_Sharmin_MAY2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Feiyan

Title:

Improvements to Turbulence Models for Better Simulations of Film Cooling Flow Field and Heat Transfer

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine
Film Cooling
Heat Transfer
Turbulent Flow
Detached Eddy Simulation

File:

Download Feiyan_Thesis_Writing_Mar_04_r1.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

Finite Element Analysis and A Two-Stage Design Optimization Procedure of Multifield Origami-Inspired Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

finite element analysis
design optimization
multifield origami
smart materials

File:

Download Dissertation_Wei_Zhang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paris R von Lockette, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Saltzman, David

Title:

An experimental investigation of the heat transfer and fluid mechanics of metal additively manufactured compact heat exchanger fins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Metal additive manufacturing
heat exchanger
offset strip fin
LDV

File:

Download Dissertation_Saltzman_Revised_FormatReviewed_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kazmouz, Samuel

Title:

Large-Eddy Simulations of Motored Flow and Combustion in a Stratified-Charge Direct-Injection Spark-Ignition Engine

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Internal Combustion Engines
Large-Eddy Simulation
Cycle-to-Cycle Variations
Stratified-Charge Combustion
Gasoline-Direct-Injection Engine

File:

Download SamuelJKazmouz-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Outside Member
Stephen R Turns, Special Member
Robert John Santoro, Special Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Strollo, John

Title:

The Effects of Hydrogen on Steady-State and Transient Combustion Characteristics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermoacoustic instability
transient operation
hydrogen enrichment
thermo-acoustic instability
transient operation
hydrogen enrichment

File:

Download John_Strollo_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Huelsmann, Nathan

Title:

Effects of Jet Impingement on Convective Heat Transfer and Discharge Coefficients in Effusion Holes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine
Combustor Liner
Effusion
Impingement
Convective Heat Transfer

File:

Download Nathan_Huelsmann_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Nelson, Jacob

Title:

An Automated Data Collection System to Capture the Co-evolution of Physical Prototypes and Designer Knowledge

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

prototyping
engineering design
design data collection
prototypes

File:

Download thesis_Nelson_JT_final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Carson Mccomb, Committee Member
Jessica Dolores Menold, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Su, Kangning

Title:

Imaging-based numerical study of biomechanics and bone density distribution in human alveolar bone

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Bone remodeling
CT imaging
Finite element
dental implant
Bone density

File:

Download Dissertation_Kangning_Su_20210125.pdf

Committee Members:

Jing Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gruning, Veronica

Title:

Maximization of Traversal Speeds for Off-Road Mobility by Modification of Point-to-Point Paths

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

robotics
path planning

File:

Download Gruning_MS_FA20.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member

Author:

Ryan, Lauren

Title:

Utilization of Lattice Structures for Increased Interface Strength in Overmolded Silicone and Additively Manufactured Parts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
3D printing
material extrusion
silicone
overmolded silicone
lattice
gyroid
octet
body-centered cubic
interface design
tensile testing
mechanical bond

File:

Download LaurenRyan_Thesis_Lattice_Interfaces_for_Silicone_Overmolded_AM_Parts.pdf

Committee Members:

Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wassel, Cody

Title:

An Investigation of the Short-Term Hot Hardness Performance of Aerospace Case-Hardening Bearing and Gear Steels

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hardness
steel
gears
bearings
high temperature
loss of lubrication
empirical model

File:

Download Wassel_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Lee Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aaron Craig Isaacson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Guha Manogharan, Special Signatory

Author:

Wu, Songlin

Title:

Class B Vehicle Packaging: Designing Bus Cab Layout for U.S. Bus Drivers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

anthropometry
body dimension
human variability
vehicle packaging
Class-B vehicle
bus
steering wheel
H point
seat
eye
vision
comfort
Cascade Model
Manikin
Population Model
Hybrid Model
VFT
posture
accommodation

File:

Download WU_MS_THESIS_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Kidd, James

Title:

Low Temperature Post-Processing of Additively Manufactured 316 Stainless Steel

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrical Annealing
Additive Manufacturing
Processing
Low Temperature
Stainless Steel
Electron Wind Force
Strain induced
grain growth
Current Density

File:

Download Kidd_Thesis_05.pdf

Committee Members:

Aman Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hanks, Bradley Wright

Title:

Design Optimization of Compliant Structures for Radiofrequency Ablation and Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design optimization
compliant mechanism
additive manufacturing
lattice structures
radiofrequency ablation

File:

Download Hanks_-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Foster, Garett

Title:

Burning Velocity and Temperature Field Measurements of Aluminum-Air Flames at Elevated Pressure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Metal combustion
Aluminum combustion
Aluminum particles
Burning velocity
Pressurized combustion
Aluminum flame
Dust flame

File:

Download GarettF_Thesis_full_formated_revE2.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Burke, Christopher

Title:

Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction

File:

Download Thesis_BurkeCN_FormatReviewed.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Islam, Md Zahabul

Title:

Multi-stimuli Effects on Thin Films and Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Structure-property
External stimuli
Nanoscale
Micro Electro-Mechanical System
Additive manufacturing
Electron wind force
Two-dimensional materials
Crystallinity
In-situ transmission electron microscope
Advanced manufacturing

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Zahabul_Islam.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Daudi Rigenda Waryoba, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hendrick, Christopher

Title:

Applications of Pilot Modelling to Rotorcraft Flight Simulation Development

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Pilot Model
Motion Cueing
Rotorcraft

File:

Download Hendrick_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walters, Gage

Title:

Application of Generalized Polynomial Chaos to Flow-Induced Vibration and Sound

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

uncertainty quantification
generalized polynomial chaos
probability transformation
numerical integration
turbulence ingestion
boundary layer forced structure

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Gage_Walters.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Lee Campbell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David M Williams, Committee Member
Sheri Lynn Martinelli, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Outside Member
Andrew S Wixom, Special Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zafar, Suhaib

Title:

MULT-SCALE MODELLING AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALSYIS OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE (TMD) GROWTH IN AN MOCVD CHAMBER

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
2D materials
TMDs
MOCVD
Growth Kinetics

File:

Download MS_thesis_Suhaib.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cory, Trevor

Title:

Dust Feed and Weave Topology Effects in Gas Turbine Cooling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine
deposition
ceramic matrix composite
internal flow
heat transfer
weave surface
dust feed
effusion flow

File:

Download Cory_Thesis_Dec_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Creer, Riley

Title:

Impact of Dilution Jets on Combustor Liner Static Pressure and Effusion Cooling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustor liner
Dilution jet
Effusion Cooling

File:

Download Creer_MSThesis_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Patki, Priyanka Abhay

Title:

Mixture theory based poroelasticity for biopolymer degradation and fluid transport in brain

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element Method
Poroelasticity
Mixture theory
Fluid-structure interactions

File:

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Committee Members:

Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Outside Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Greer, Christopher

Title:

Chemical Combustion Power Systems For Extreme Environment Planetary Landers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium combustion
Venus lander
In-situ resource utilization
Venus heat engine
Rankine cycle
Mercury Rankine Cycle

File:

Download CGreer_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Michael P. Manahan, Committee Member
James Kasting, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Timothy, Zachary

Title:

Modular CAM Program Development for Single Point Diamond Turning of Freeform Optics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Diamond Turning
Freeform Optics
Precision Engineering
CAM Program

File:

Download Zachary_Timothy_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member

Author:

Agrawal, Suyash

Title:

Functional Modelling and Simulations of Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System
Flapping Wing Flight
Flapping Wing Simulation
Hummingbird Hovering

File:

Download Master_s_thesis_Suyash_Agrawal_V7.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair