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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:

Rape, Aaron M

Title:

Copper Matrix Composites Fabricated via Field Assisted Sintering Technology for Thermal Management Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Transport
Copper-diamond
copper-tungsten
composite materials
SPS
FAST
Thermal Simulation

File:

Download Aaron_Rape_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Special Member

Author:

Beevers, David Bryan

Title:

Optimization of Hydrologically Linked Hydropower Systems with Multiple Owners through Water Payments

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
optimization
day-ahead
operations
scheduling
dynamic programming

File:

Download David_Beevers_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Horacio Perez Blanco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member