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Author:

Nandi, Tarak Nath

Title:

EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fluid Mechanics
CFD
turbulence
transition
atmospheric boundary layer
actuator line method
RANS
LES
Wind Energy

File:

Download Penn_State_University_Dissertation_forSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Outside Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Special Member

Author:

Mendoza Galvis, Sergio Andres

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE VALUE OF INFORMATION IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY STATE AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion batteries
identifiability
parameter identification
SOC estimation
optimal experiments
Fisher Analysis

File:

Download SMendoza-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Member

Author:

Xie, Jinyu

Title:

INTELLIGENT ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS INCORPORATED WITH MEAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR TYPE-1 DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Diabetes
Type 1
Meal Detection
Estimation
Recommender System
Adaptive Control
System Identification
Insulin
Exercise
Kalman Filter

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation-Jinyu-Xie-03-09-2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Peter Molenaar, Outside Member

Author:

Miller, Simon W

Title:

Design as a Sequential Decision Process: A Method for Reducing Set Space Using Models to Bound Objectives

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
decision-making
sequential decision
bounding model
interval dominance
discriminatory
model
set-based design
fidelity

File:

Download SimonWMiller-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy W Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Michael A Yukish, Committee Member
Gordon Warn, Outside Member
Mark Traband, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Ji

Title:

Computationally Efficient Online Model-Based Control and Estimation for Lithium-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion batteries
Battery mangement systems
Differential Flatness
Control
Estimation

File:

Download JiLiu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam K. Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam K. Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Member
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Member

Author:

Menold, Jessica D

Title:

Prototype for X (PFX): A Prototyping Framework to Support Product Design

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Prototype
Design Theory and Methods
Human Centered Design
Design Thinking
Design For X

File:

Download JessicaMenold_Dissertation_ETD_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn Jablokow, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scarlett Miller, Committee Member
Meg Small, Committee Member
Aaron Knochel, Outside Member
Timothy Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jablokow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Mamun, Abdullah-Al

Title:

OPTIMAL CONTROL OF DATACENTER ENERGY STORAGE FOR DEMAND RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Battery
Lithium-ion
Stochastic control
Genetic algorithm
Optimal control
Particle filter
Physics-based modeling
datacenter
energy management

File:

Download AMamun_dissertation_committee.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Horacio Perez-Blanco, Committee Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Outside Member

Author:

Virani, Nurali

Title:

Learning Data-driven Models for Decision-making in Intelligent Physical Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

data-driven modeling
statistical learning
density estimation
context learning
context-aware decision-making
pattern classification
multi-modal sensor fusion
sequential hypothesis testing
sequential learning
dynamic sensor selection
intelligent systems

File:

Download Nurali_Virani_Dissertation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Ji-Woong Lee, Special Member

Author:

Shekhawat, Yajuvendra Singh

Title:

Large-Eddy Simulations of Motored Flow and Combustion in a Homogeneous-Charge Spark-Ignition Engine

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Spark-ignition engines
Cycle-to-cycle variations
Large-eddy simulations
Thickened flame model

File:

Download Yajuvendra_Shekhawat-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Turns, Committee Member
Robert Santoro, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Outside Member

Author:

Garg, Mayank

Title:

SAFE TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY SYSTEMS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LONG LIFE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

​Lithium-ion battery
Battery management system Battery pack capacity Mismatch Hybrid electric vehicle
Battery aging model Battery pack current distribution
Lithium-ion battery
Battery management system
Battery pack capacity mismatch
Hybrid electric vehicle
Battery aging model
Battery pack current distribution

File:

Download Mayank_-_Dissertation_ME_PhD_updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher D. Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Hosam Fathy, Committee Member
Srinivas Tadigadapa, Outside Member