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Author:

Klein, Brittany Anne

Title:

Development of a Statistical Model of Reach Exertion Magnitude Perception for Use in Designing Truck Cabs

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

reach envelopes
spherical harmonics
anthropometry
design for human variability
truck cabs
ergonomics

File:

Download Klein_Brittany_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Montgomery, Timothy Ray

Title:

Computationally Efficient Deterministic Dynamic Programming for Optimal Supervisory Power Management of Power-split PHEVs

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hybrid
Electric
Vehicle
HEV
PHEV
Dynamic
Programming
DDP
Optimal
Supervisory
Power
Management

File:

Download MontgomeryMastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Maciejewski, Daniel

Title:

Computation of Two-Phase Drag Reduction by Gas Injection

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

microbubble drag reduction
turbulent boundary layer
CFD
multiphase
two-phase
turbulence

File:

Download Maciejewski-Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Svingala, Forrest R

Title:

Laboratory-scale Blast Testing Of Polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

shock hugoniot
polymers
explosives
shock tube
gas gun
solids
shadowgraph
high-speed video
optical methods

File:

Download Svingala_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, 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:

Weismiller, Michael Raymond

Title:

Characterization of Ammonia Borane for Chemical Propulsion Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic materials
Novel propellants
Hydrogen storage
Hybrid rocket
Boron

File:

Download Weismiller-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Kumar, Sandeep

Title:

Fracture mechanics of nanoscale thin films

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thin films
TEM
Fracture
mechanics
nanoscale

File:

Download Thesis_sandeep.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member

Author:

Larson, Daniel Bruce

Title:

Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Novel Additives for Use in Hybrid Rocket Motors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hybrid
rocket
paraffin
regression rate
LiAlH4
lithium aluminum hydride
RDX
MWNT
multi-walled carbon nanotubes

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Larson.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Essel, Jonathan Thomas

Title:

Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

energetic materials
supercritical fluids
nanotechnology
RESS process

File:

Download Jonathan_Essel_Final_Thesis__all_color__with_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Nayak, Sumanta Kumar

Title:

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

honeycomb
homogenization
blast
optimization
sandwich plates
virtual testing

File:

Download Sumanta-PhD-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee 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:

Joshi, Kaushik

Title:

Development and application of Reaxff reactive force field for hydrocarbon cracking on an aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
reactive force field
hydrocarbon cracking

File:

Download Kaushik_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Peluso, Stephen

Title:

An Experimental Study of Flame Response Mechanisms in a Lean-premixed Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
flame response
flame dynamics
flame transfer function
flame response mechanisms
gas turbine

File:

Download Stephen_Peluso.pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

Vemulapalli, Pramod Krishna

Title:

Extrema Features for Global-localization and Pattern Matching of Time-series Data

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

extrema features
subsequence matching
time series features

File:

Download PramodPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Dr Robert T Collins, Committee Member

Author:

Elies, Daniel Jason

Title:

Autoignition of Hydrogen and Syngas with Air in a Turbulent Flow Reactor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

autoignition
flow reactor
syngas
hydrogen
premixed
ignition delay

File:

Download 1-Elies2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Hyland, Jennifer Elizabeth

Title:

Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for use as an Energy Absorbing Structure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

contact-aided compliant mechanism
cellular structure
microfabrication
laser micro-machining
energy absorption

File:

Download Jennifer_E_Hyland_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hanson, David Royal

Title:

Cavitation Inception for Non-elliptically Loaded Fins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Cavitation
Vortex Lattice Theory
Tip Vortex Cavitation
Particle Image Velocimetry
Acoustic Measurements

File:

Download DavidHansonThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Campo, Elizabeth Theresa

Title:

The Effect of Vocal Fold Geometry on the Fluid Structure Acoustic Interactions in an Experimental Model of the Human Airway

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
aeroacoustics
biofluids
phonation
voice production
vocal fold geometry

File:

Download Campo_MSThesis_FINAL_12_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ataei-esfahani, Armin

Title:

Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nonlinear systems
randomized algorithms
robust control
uncertain systems
sum of squares method
ellipsoid method

File:

Download Armin_Ataei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Nandy, Ashis

Title:

Modeling Gas Purge and Three-phase Transients in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PEM Fuel Cell
Three-phase transients
Cold start
Gas purge
Catalyst layer

File:

Download Ashis_Nandy_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Gou, Jun

Title:

modeling and analysis of lead-acid batteries with hybrid lead and carbon negative electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
lead-acid batteries
carbon electrodes
hybrid electrodes
gassing
current partitioning

File:

Download Jun_Gou_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Xin

Title:

Situation Awareness and Adaptive Decision-Making in Autonomous Systems via Symbolic Learning

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

situation awareness
decision making
autonomous system
machine learning
autonomous navigation
sensor fusion

File:

Download Dissertation_XinJin_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Special Member

Author:

Iyer, Venkatesh Ramasubramanian

Title:

Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Soot
diffusion flames
surrogate fuels
Threshold Soot Index
smoke point
aromatic compounds.

File:

Download Thesis_Venkatesh_Iyer.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Litzinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Zheng, Lijuan

Title:

Computational Exploration of High Power Operation in Porous Flow Field Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells with a Validated Model

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
porous flow field
multi-phase model
high power density operation
anode dry-out
net water drag

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_03_05_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew M Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Hedan

Title:

Effects of turbulence-chemistry interactions in direct-injection compression-ignition engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbulence-chemistry interactions
probability density function
diesel engine
NOx
n-heptane

File:

Download thesis_Hedan_fina.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Bhattacharjee, Subhasish

Title:

Pdf Modeling of High-pressure Turbulent Spray Combustion under Diesel-engine-like Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulence
Combustion
TCI
WSR
PDF

File:

Download Subhasish-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Jiening

Title:

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS USING SUPERELASTIC NITINOL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

compliant mechanism
nitinol
superelastic modelling
NOTES
flapping wing

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cortopassi, Andrew Claude

Title:

Erosion of Carbon-cloth Phenolic Nozzles in Rocket Motors with Aluminized Solid Propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nozzle erosion
carbon-cloth phenolic
real-time X-ray radiograph

File:

Download Cortopassi_Dec_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Deborah Levin, Committee Member

Author:

Gott, Kevin Nathaniel

Title:

A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Physical Vapor Deposition
CFD
DSMC
Multi-physics Modeling
Vacuum
Coatings

File:

Download KGott_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Martin, Heath Thomas

Title:

Assessment of the Performance of Ablative Insulators under Realistic Solid Rocket Motor Operating Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

solid rocket motor
ablation
ablative
heat flux measurement
thermal radiation
radiometer
x-ray radiography

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Deborah Levin, Committee Member

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:

Howlett, Giles Ford

Title:

A Systematic Study Of Stabilization Methods For Mechanically Milled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anode Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon Anode
Silicon
Silicon Carbon Nanocomposite
Lithium Ion Battery
Anode

File:

Download Howlett-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boger, David

Title:

A Continuous Adjoint Approach to Design Optimization in Multiphase Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

continuous adjoint
multiphase flow
cavitation
shape optimization
barotropic model
transport-equation-based model

File:

Download Boger_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric G Paterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Luigi Martinelli, Special Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Deakyne, Theodore R

Title:

Study of the Relationship between Machine Compliance and Grinding Forces in Cylindrical Grinding

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

grinding force
grinding modelling
specific energy
machine compliance
time constant
Contact
grinding vibration
superabrasives

File:

Download TheodoreRSDeakyneDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Russell Marsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member

Author:

Young, Ryan Michael

Title:

Shear stress and particle removal measurements of a round turbulent air jet impinging normally upon a planar wall

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil-film interferometry
particle removal
particle resuspension
shear stress

File:

Download Thesis_rmy_20130318_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Manahan, Mike Peter

Title:

Engineered Interfacial and Structural Porous Media Architecture for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
diffusion media
laser
electrochemical energy
interface
interfacial modification
hydrogen

File:

Download MANAHAN_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew M Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Orawannukul, Poravee

Title:

An experimental study of forced flame response in technically premixed flame in a lean premixed gas turbine combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Forced flame response
technically premixed flames
combustion instabilities
flame transfer function

File:

Download Poravee_Orawannukul.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kim, Sung-yup

Title:

Development Of A Reaxff Reactive Force Field For Titanium Dioxide/ Water Systems And Its Applications To Etching, Nanoparticles With Organic Solvents And Ion Adsorptions On Nanocrystalline Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Reactive force field
titanium dioxide
nanoparticle

File:

Download Ph_D_Thesis_Sung-Yup_13Mar13.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Sawlsville, Julie A

Title:

Battery Safety: A systematic study of battery performance under extreme conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium Ion Battery
Safety
Short Circuit
Constant Voltage
Inrush Current
Limiting Current
Automotive
GATE Program
ECEC

File:

Download Thesis_version_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yadav, Mohan Singh

Title:

Interfacial Area Transport Across Vertical Elbows In Air-water Two-phase Flows

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Interfacial Area Transport
Two-Phase Flows
Experiments
Flow Restrictions

File:

Download 1-Dissertation_Yadav.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seungjin Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Special Member

Author:

Abdullah, Arif Md

Title:

Investigation of Needle-tissue Friction Force and Geometric modeling of Hypodermic Needle

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Needle-Tissue Friction
Brachytherapy
Surface Texture
Hypodermic Needle
Needle Modeling
Patient Pain
Needle Tip Volume

File:

Download 1-Arif_Abdullah_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Norman, Joshua Michael

Title:

Understanding the Influence of Parameter Modulation in Machining-based Processing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

orthogonal
cutting
machining
modulation
MAM
specific energy

File:

Download UnderstandingTheInfluenceOfParameterModulationInMachiningBasedProcessing_Norman.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Christopher Saldana, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wolfgang, Christopher William

Title:

Development of a Radial Composite Heat Sink for Use in Enclosed Engine and Thermal Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Nanofiber
Heat Sink
Thermal Conductivity
Radial Composite
Heat Transfer
Thermal Dispersion

File:

Download cwwThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Edward Masters, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Harsh, Saurabh

Title:

State space modeling and adaptive dual control for Type 1 Diabetes: Evaluation using FDA approved simulator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Type 1 Diabetes
Extended Kalman filter
Adaptive dual control
State space modeling
Data driven modeling

File:

Download Thesis-4-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Qian Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Zhiyu

Title:

Inverted Annular Film Boiling Model Analysis

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
two-phase heat transfer
inverted annular film boiling
heat transfer
two-phase heat transfer
inverted annular film boiling
heat transfer
two-phase heat transfer
inverted annular film boiling

File:

Download Zhiyu_Li_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rittenhouse, Benjamin David

Title:

Optimal Sliding Mode Gaussian Control of Hydro Power Plants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydro
hydropower
control
OSG
sliding mode control
LQG
Optimal Sliding Mode Gaussian

File:

Download Rittenhouse_Benjamin_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shen, Zheng

Title:

Control-Oriented Modeling, State-Of-Charge, State-Of-Health, And Parameter Estimation Of Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Battery
Ritz Method
State-Of-Charge (SOC)
State-Of-Health (SOH)
Parameter Estimation
Solid Phase Diffusivity

File:

Download ZhengDissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Bunce, Nicholas Allen

Title:

Flame transfer function measurements and mechanisms in a single-nozzle combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion
gas turbine
flame response
swirling

File:

Download NicholasBunce-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Szedlmayer, Michael Thomas

Title:

An Experimental Study of the Velocity-Forced Flame Response of Lean-Fremixed Multi-Nozzle Can Combustor for Gas Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
natural gas turbine
acoustics
thermodynamics
vortex formation

File:

Download Szedlmayer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Horatio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shiqing

Title:

experimental studies on condensed-phase interactions of hypergolic propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic propellant; Monomethylhydrazine; Tetramethylethylened

File:

Download Shiqing_Wangs_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Brown, Alexander Allen

Title:

Model-based Inclusion of Previewed Information for Lateral Vehicle State and Environment Estimation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION
PREVIEW ESTIMATION
STATE ESTIMATION
VEHICLE DYNAMICS
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

File:

Download Brown-Dissertation_Final_ETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Special Member
Richard Laurence Tutwiler, Special Member

Author:

Swanson, Kevin Scott

Title:

Identification of Stability Thresholds in Time-delayed Vehicle Teleoperation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle teleoperation
time delay
stability
feedback
driver phase margin

File:

Download SwansonThesisFinal_FormatFix.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Froede, Erick W

Title:

Computer Aided Design, Simulation and Transmission Error Analysis of a Face Gear Pair

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Face Gear
Pericyclic Mechanical Transmission
Transmission Error

File:

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Committee Members:

Martin Wesley Trethewey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Melville, Christopher Martin

Title:

Design and Experimental Testing of a Battery Balancing System for Lead-acid Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lead-Acid
Batteries
Balancing
BMS
VRLA
Degradation Modes

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Beeney, Michael David

Title:

Lithium Ion Battery Modeling using Orthogonal Projections And Descriptor Form

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium Ion Battery
Orthogonal Projections
Descriptor Form

File:

Download Beeney_Michael_Thesis_2013_07_19_FINAL_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gaskin, Byron Jerrod

Title:

Coupled Flow-Biochemistry Simulations of Dynamic Systems of Blood Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

computational fluid dynamics
CFD
stokes flow
blood cells
6DOF
six degrees-of-freedom
biochemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brent Craven, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mangus, Anthony Joseph

Title:

Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kalman Filter
Vehicle Localization
Estimation
GPS

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, 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:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Feldick, Andrew Mark

Title:

Coupled Nonequilibrium Flow, Energy And Radiation Transport For Hypersonic Planetary Entry

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Radiation
Hypersonic Flow
Hypersonic
RTE
Monte Carlo

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah Levin, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Prasad, Githin K

Title:

Control Oriented Modeling and State of Health Estimation for Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion batteries
modeling
state of health
estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_GithinPrasad.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member

Author:

Tummala, Yashwanth

Title:

Design and Optimization of Contact-aided Compliant Mechanisms with Nonlinear Stiffness

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Design optimization
compliant mechanisms
passive morphing
ornithopters
contact-aided compliant mechanisms

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Shi, Ying

Title:

modeling, real-time degradation identification, and remediation of lead-acid battries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
battery system management
degradation diagnosis
desulfation

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Roy, Somesh Prasad

Title:

Aerosol-dynamics-based soot modeling of flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot modeling
discrete sectional model
method of moments
aerosol dynamics
laminar flame
direct numerical simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Xinyu

Title:

Transported Probability Density Function Methods for Coal Combustion: Toward High Temperature Oxy-coal for Direct Power Extraction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxy-coal combustion
combustion modeling
probability density function method
spectral photon Monte Carlo
finite-rate chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Tianren

Title:

development of high-energy cathode materials for lithium-sulfur batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rechargeable batteries
lithium sulfur batteries
porous carbon
adsorption
nanostructures

File:

Download TianrenXu_dessertation_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

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:

Zhao, Wei

Title:

Modeling of Large-format Li-ion Cell Performance and Safety

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion cell
battery
modeling
safety

File:

Download PHD_thesis__Wei_Zhao_.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Scarborough, Lloyd Harmon

Title:

Dynamics of Fluidic Devices with Applications to Rotor Pitch Links

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vibration isolation
pitch link loads
fluidic pitch link
rotorcraft vibration
helicopter vibration
rotorcraft performance

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member

Author:

Heidarinejad, Mohammad

Title:

Relative Significance of Heat Transfer Processes to Quantify Tradeoffs Between Complexity and Accuracy of Energy Simulations With a Building Energy Use Patterns Classification

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Building energy simulation
building energy use patterns classification
campus buildings
LEED certified buildings
OpenStudio

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Jelena Srebric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jelena Srebric, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Lewis, Bryan John

Title:

Improving Unsteady Hydroturbine Performance During Off-design Operation by Injecting Water from the Trailing Edge of the Wicket Gates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydroturbines
momentumless wakes
circulation control
rotor-stator interactions
unsteady fluid interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brent A Craven, Committee Member
Eric G Paterson, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Toh, Christine

Title:

Design Learning and Creativity in Engineering Education: The Impact of Product Interactions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Engineering design
creativity
product interactions
product dissection
virtual dissection
learning
self-efficacy
novelty

File:

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Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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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:

Armold, Derrick Michael

Title:

Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Swirl Inducing Grain Geometry And/or Energetic Additives

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

swirl injection
3-D printing
regression rate
combustion efficiency
port modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kumbhakarna, Neeraj Ratnakar

Title:

Combustion analysis of RDX propellant and novel high-nitrogen propellant ingredients

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

RDX
TAGzT
combustion model
confined rapid thermolysis
GA
molecular modeling
reaction mechanism

File:

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Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Prof Adri Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, 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:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Aglione, Daniel Lewis

Title:

Design, Modeling, and Simulation of Battery Pack Suspensions for Off-road Electric Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Suspension
modeling
vibration
shock
battery pack
vehicle

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kusiak, Benjamin Michael

Title:

Design of a Compliant Mechanism Radiofrequency Ablation Probe to Treat Pancreatic Carcinoma

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Radiofrequency Ablation
Pancreatic Carcinoma
Minimally Invasive

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kunte, Harshad Sitaram

Title:

Development Of Control Oriented Electrical And Thermal Models Of An Electric Transit Bus Battery System

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Battery Systems
Thermal
Transit Buses
Modeling
Control

File:

Download Thesis_MS_MechanicalEngineering_HarshadKunte_Summer2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Macdonald, Michael J

Title:

Semi-automated CT image segmentation program for the easy calculation of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and brain tissue

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Medical image segmentation
CT imaging
Particle filter
Pixel classification
Edge tracing
Hydrocephalus

File:

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Committee Members:

Steven Schiff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gorman, Nicolas Stephen

Title:

Experimental Study of Downward Facing Boiling under IVR-ERVC Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

IVR
ERVC
Boiling
Two-phase
heat transfer
nucleate boiling

File:

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Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gita Talmage, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Golkaram, Mahdi

Title:

Application of Reactive Molecular Dynamics in Biomaterial Science and Computational Biology

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Reactive Molecular Dynamics
Computational Biology
Protein Denaturation
Graphene Oxide Toxicity

File:

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Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Corbin, David Jeffrey

Title:

Road-side Obstacle Detection and Threat Assessment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Obstacle detection
hazard analysis
downward-facing LIDAR

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Briggs, Kathryn Launa

Title:

a coupled mobile base manipulation system for robotic refueling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

inverse kinematics
robotic refueling
mobile base
robotic manipulator

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gracik, Stefan M

Title:

The Effect of Urban Density on Building HVAC Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

urban
density
cfd
openfoam
energyplus
energy efficiency
hvac
outdoor cfd
urban heat island

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Jelena Srebric, 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:

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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:

Rygg, Alex Dale

Title:

The Hydrodynamics and Transport Phenomena of Olfaction in the Hammerhead Shark (sphyrna tudes): Implications for Bio-inspired Chemical Sensing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Olfaction
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Mass Transport
Chemical Sensing
Hammerhead Shark

File:

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Committee Members:

Brent Craven, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brent Craven, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Homich, Andrew Joseph

Title:

Robot for Observational Gait Assessment and Rehabilitation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Robot
Robotics
Parallel Bars
Physical Therapy
Observational Gait Assessment
Rehabilitation
Complementary Filter
Walking

File:

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Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Everett Carl Hills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kriczky, Dennis Andrew

Title:

3D Spatial Reconstruction of Thermal Characteristics in Directed Energy Deposition through Optical Thermal Imaging

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermal metrics
thermal imaging
directed energy deposition
3D spatial reconstruction
Ti-6Al-4V

File:

Download DennisKriczkyThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward William Reutzel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Verners, Osvalds

Title:

Molecular dynamics analysis of oxidation, segregation and stress corrosion failures of refractory alloys

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxidation
segregation
stress corrosion cracking
hydrogen embrittlement
alloys

File:

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Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Bin

Title:

Modeling, Design, and Experimental Testing of Integrated Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vibration Control
Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite
Passive Vibration Suppression
Harmonic Resonance
Damping Treatment

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Special Member

Author:

Haupt, Daniel Reuben

Title:

Advancing Digital Design Through Openly Available Digital Human Models

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Digital Human Modeling
Anthropometry
digital design

File:

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Committee Members:

Matt Parkison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saksena, Pulkit

Title:

Study of Condensed Phase Reactions Between Hypergolic Propellants using Microreactors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic
Propellants
Combustion
Microfluidic
Microreactor

File:

Download Dissertation_PulkitSaksena.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Devries, Charlotte De

Title:

Quantifying the variability of glenoid geometry in intact and osteoarthritic shoulders

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Glenoid
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Implant Design
Principal Component Analysis
Design for Human Variability

File:

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Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
April D Armstrong, Special Member

Author:

Hatzell, Marta Catherine

Title:

Electrochemical Energy Generation from Natural and Synthetic Salinity Gradients using Reverse Electrodialysis and Capacitive Mixing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Salinity Gradient Energy
Reverse Electrodialysis
Capacitive Mixing
Electrochemical Conversion
Hydrogen
Capacitor

File:

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Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Crivaro, Adrienne Marie

Title:

Modeling and validation of a compliant bistable mechanism actuated by magneto active elastomers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

origami
active material
bistable mechanism

File:

Download 1-Crivaro_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Celik, Huseyin

Title:

Predictive gait simulations for investigation of musculoskeletal structure and locomotor function

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Predictive gait simulations
modeling
musculoskeletal structure
locomotor function
sprinting
plantarflexor moment arm

File:

Download dissertation_HC_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Borsuk, Alex James

Title:

An Experimental Study of Flame Response in a Technically-premixed Multi-nozzle Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion
dynamics
instability
gas
turbine

File:

Download Alex_Borsuk_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sheridan, Robert Michael

Title:

MODELING MAGNETO-ACTIVE ELASTOMERS USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Magnetoactive elastomer
finite element method
action origami

File:

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Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor