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Author:

Kudva, Gautam Narendra

Title:

A Study of Laser and Pressure-Driven Response Measurements for Solid Propellants at Low Pressure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

laser-driven
response measurements
solid propellants
pressure-driven

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Gi-Woo

Title:

DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Nadadur, Gopal

Title:

Using discrete choice analysis in designing for human variability

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

designing for human variability
regression with residual variance
discrete choice analysis
conjoint analysis
choice
preference
design decision-making

File:

Download Using_discrete_choice_analysis_in_designing_for_human_variability.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pal, Gopalendu

Title:

SPECTRAL MODELING OF RADIATION IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

k-distribution methods
radiation transport equation
turbulence-radiation interactions
nonpremixed jet flames
spectral model

File:

Download Dissertation_Gopalendu_pal.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

Author:

DeSmidt, Hans A.

Title:

ROBUST-ADAPTIVE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF ALLOY AND FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITE ROTORCRAFT DRIVELINES VIA MAGNETIC BEARINGS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptive Control
Magnetic Bearings
Driveline Active Vibration Contol
Helicopter Driveline
Flexible Matrix Composite
Periodic Time-Varying System

File:

Download thesis_desmidt.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alfred Scott Lewis, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

Author:

Kommepalli, Hareesh Kumar Reddy

Title:

DESIGN, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tbeam
unimorph
piezoelectric actuators
uniflex
flextensional
MEMS

File:

Download Hareesh_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, 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:

Huo, Hongfa

Title:

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector

File:

Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyung Ju

Title:

COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Bajpai, Hemant

Title:

A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR ASSESSING IMPACT OF INTERFACIAL MORPHOLOGY ON POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Catalyst Layer
Interface
Micro Porous Layer
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Water Management.

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
E C Kumbur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

YU, HONGBIAO

Title:

PIEZOELECTRIC NETWORKING FOR MODE DELOCALIZATION AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF NEARLY PERIODIC STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

VIBRATION CONTROL
PERIODIC STRUCTURE
VIBRATION LOCALIZATION
PIEZOELECTRIC

File:

Download Yu_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zhang, Huan

Title:

A DETERMINISTIC-STATISTICAL MODEL FOR TRIBO-CONTACTS IN BOUNDARY LUBRICATION WITH LUBRICANT/SURFACE PHYSICOCHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Boundary Lubrication
Contact Mechanics
Physicochemistry
Statistical Surface Model
Frictional Modeling

File:

Download ZH_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marc Carpino, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Richard Benson, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Haiyu

Title:

Passive, Iterative, and Repetitive Control for Flexible Distributed Parameter Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Feedforward control
flexible distributed parameter systems
vibration control
BIBO stability

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hsiao-Fang

Title:

A MODIFIED 3ω METHOD FOR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

3ω method
thermal conductivity
aluminum thin film
FIB Platinum

File:

Download HF_Lee_04242009.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aman Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hussaini, Irfan Saif

Title:

Experimental Study of Transient Dynamics of PEM Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

relative permeability of diffusion media
water management
transient dynamics
visualization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof C Y Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Jun Huang, 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:

D'Iorio, James Anthony

Title:

Vehicle Yaw Control Utilizing Hybrid Electric Drivetrains with Multiple Electric Motors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

dynamic yaw control
stability control
electric vehicle
hybrid
traction control
full-size vehicle testing
yaw moment

File:

Download JAD_MS_ETD_submission2.pdf

Committee Members:

Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joel Robert Anstrom, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tallman, James Albert

Title:

A Computational Study of Tip Desensitization in Axial Flow Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tip Treatment
Tip Desensitization
Leakage Vortex
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbine
Leakage Flow
Axial Flow Turbine

File:

Download James_Tallman_PhD_Thesis_2002.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
L Joel Peltier, Committee Member
Dr Edward Hall, Committee Member

Author:

Corl, Jonas Daniel

Title:

A COMPARISON OF HELICOPTER ACTIVE ROTOR GUST REJECTION AND VIBRATION ALLEVIATION METHODS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
swashplate
active rotor

File:

Download JonasCorlMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Martin, Jay Dean

Title:

A Methodology for Evaluating System-Level Uncertainty in the Conceptual Design of Complex Multidisciplinary Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conceptual design
uncertainty assessment
sensitivity analysis
kriging models

File:

Download JayDMartin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Traband, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member