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Author:

Kluthe, Nicholas Arthur

Title:

A Simulation Optimization Technique for Optimal Resource Allocation During Job Shop Ramp-Up

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

resource allocation
job shop
optimization
simulation
ramp-up

File:

Download Penn_State_Masters_Thesis_-_Nicholas_Kluthe_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Jean Medeiros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jayaraman, Srinivas

Title:

Performance Optimization of a Diesel Engine for Dual Fuel Combustion

Graduate Program:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Dual Fuel Combustion
RCCI
HCCI
Diesel engine
Dimethyl ether (DME)
propane
optimization
emissions
performance

File:

Download Srinivas_Jayaraman_-_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Hang

Title:

Optimization of Breaker Schedules for Stimulation of Tight Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

stimulation
breaker
fracturing fluid
optimization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

DeAngelo, Mark Patrick

Title:

Optimal Search Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

search
UAV
UAVs
UAS
optimal
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
camera
cameras
airplane
optimization
surveillance

File:

Download DeAngeloMSthesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Policelli, Michael J

Title:

Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Direct
Collocation
Nonlinear Programming
Vertical
Takeoff
Landing
VTVL
moon
lunar
trajectory
optimization
spacecraft

File:

Download 2014_Policelli_M.S._Thesis_Final_Version__August_3_.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cheruvu, Ramya

Title:

Optimization of Power Generation in Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

airborne wind energy systems
optimization

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pruvot, Antoine

Title:

Optimization of Natural Gas Distribution in Pipeline Networks

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

pipeline
pipe
economic surplus
natural gas
weymouth
flow
optimization
distribution
network

File:

Download Master_Thesis_-_Antoine_Pruvot.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Luis Ayala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chiara Lo Prete, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Yi

Title:

An Optimization Protocol Applicable To Water Flooding Flow Rates On Pattern Based Field Development Studies

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
water flooding
flow rates
well patteren

File:

Download thesis_Yi_ZHANG.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ferguson, Ian

Title:

Using Topology Optimization to Improve Design for Additive Manufacture

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
3d printing
FDM
DMLS
topology optimization
design
optimization

File:

Download Ferguson_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Cowan, Brett Michael

Title:

Magnetically Induced Actuation and Optimization of the Miura-ori Structure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Origami engineering
magnetic actuation
optimization
ATSV

File:

Download BMC_Completed_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor