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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:

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:

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:

Download AndrewFeldick-Dissertation_Final.pdf

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:

Download Dissertation_Tummala_Final_Submitted.pdf

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:

Download YingShi_dissertation.pdf

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