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1. A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing

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Author:
Isaacson, Aaron
Title:
A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
strain rate sensitivity
aerospace high hot hardness gear steels
instrumented impact testing
File:
Download Isaacson_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES

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Author:
Lotfi Gaskarimahalle, Amir
Title:
VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Semi-active Control
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Variable Stiffness Systems
Input Shaping
Vibration Control
File:
Download AmirLotfi-Dissertation_7.29.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

5. INDIVIDUAL AND COUPLED EFFECTS OF FLOW FIELD GEOMETRY, INTERFACE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON LIQUID WATER STORAGE AND FLOODING IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

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Author:
TURHAN, AHMET
Title:
INDIVIDUAL AND COUPLED EFFECTS OF FLOW FIELD GEOMETRY, INTERFACE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES ON LIQUID WATER STORAGE AND FLOODING IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolyte
fuel cell
neutron imaging
liquid storage
two phase flow
flow field
File:
Download PhD_GRADUATE_SCHOOL_SUBMISSION.pdf
Committee Members:
Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

6. Collaboration and Pattern Recognition in Distributed Sensor Networks: A statistical mechanics based approach

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Open Access
Author:
Srivastav, Abhishek
Title:
Collaboration and Pattern Recognition in Distributed Sensor Networks: A statistical mechanics based approach
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Symbolic dynamics
Statistical mechanics
Information gain
Markov random fields
Sensor networks
Anomaly detection
Probabilisitc finite state automata
File:
Download AbhishekSrivastav_PhDDissertation_11222009.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member

8. ANALYSIS OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES

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Open Access
Author:
Liu, Ailin
Title:
ANALYSIS OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
multiscale model
interfacial friction
carbon nanotube
polymeric composite
damping
File:
Download AilinLiu_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

9. Mechanical and Electrical Characterization of Glassy Carbon Nanofibers

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Author:
Samuel, Benedict
Title:
Mechanical and Electrical Characterization of Glassy Carbon Nanofibers
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
glassy carbon
MEMS mechanical testing
carbon nanofiber
carbon nanowire
File:
Download Thesis-BAS391-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aman Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member