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Author:: Bhatia, Krishan Kumar
Title:: STUDY OF A METHANOL REFORMING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: fuel cell
hybrid vehicle
reforming
CO poisoning
File:: Download Krishan_Kumar_Bhatia_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: Smith, Kevin
Title:: Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: wave breaking
tumblehome
oscillating cylinder
prescribed motion
RANS
CFD
VOF
6DOF
seakeeping
wave impact
wave model
free surface
sponge layer
numerical beach
dissipation zone
box barge
mesh motion
deep water
shallow water
non reflecting boundary condition
openfoam
finite volume method
wave dissipation
impact load scaling
File:: Download KevinSmithMSThesisPSUETDr2.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Mukherjee, Kushal
Title:: SUPERVISORY DECISION AND CONTROL OF LARGE-SCALE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: multi-agent systems
sensor networks
pattern classification
symbolic dynamics
sonar image
statistical mechanics
task allocation
optimization
File:: Download Mukherjee_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas A Wettergren, Committee Member

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Author:: Tajiri, Kazuya
Title:: Startup Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells under Subzero Temperatures
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: polymer electrolyte fuel cell
cold start
automotive
File:: Download dissertation_kazuya_tajiri.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

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Author:: Deshmukh, Kshitij
Title:: DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND RADIATION MONTE CARLO FOR TURBULENCE−RADIATION INTERACTIONS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Spherical Harmonics Method
Turbulence--Radiation Interactions
Combustion systems
Direct Numerical Simulation
Photon Monte Carlo methods
File:: Download Kshitij_Deshmukh_Dissertation_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert J Levin, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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Author:: Jerath, Kshitij
Title:: Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: traffic jams
traffic
self-organized
self organization
adaptive cruise control
congestion
multi-agent systems
File:: Download Thesis_20100412_v6.3.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: KIM, KYU TAE
Title:: Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: hydrogen
combustion instability
flame transfer function
partially premixed
swirl stabilized
File:: Download KTKim.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member

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Author:: Manjrekar, Ketki
Title:: Creation of Optimal Product Families to Accommodate Human Variability using Principal Components Analysis
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Principal components analysis
commonality
distinctiveness
product platform
product family
design for human variability
accommodation
File:: Download MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cho, Kyu Taek
Title:: Study of multiphase water transport and removal phenomena from fuel cell during gas purge
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: polymer electrolyte fuel cell
water management
gas purge
evaporation
gas diffusion media
neutron radiography
File:: Download dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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Author:: Slingerland, Laura A.
Title:: A Product Family Optimization Approach Using Multidimensional Data Visualization
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: multiobjective optimization
product platform
product family
commonality
visualization
File:: Download Thesis_Laura_A_Slingerland.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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