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Author:

Borz, Meghan Justine

Title:

GAS JET STUDIES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF ADVANCED INJECTION SCHEDULES AND BOWL DESIGN IN DIESEL ENGINES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas jet
compression ignition
schlieren
jet-tip penetration
multiple injections
pilot injection
post injection
split injection
laser induced fluorescence
jet-jet interaction
piston geometry

File:

Download BorzThesisFinal_160627v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Monaco, Christopher D

Title:

Detecting the Instability of Oncoming Vehicles Using Optical Flow and Map-Based Context

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

optical flow
visual odometry
instability
vehicles
map
stereo camera
vehicle detection
unscented kalman filter
navigation
advanced driver assistance systems
stereo image processing
kalman filters
road vehicles
optical flow vectors
perception
gps-denied
automotive safety
vehicle instability
vehicle state estimation
egomotion estimation
ego-vehicle
collision avoidance
stereo vision

File:

Download Detecting_the_Instability_of_Oncoming_Vehicles_Using_Optical_Flow_and_Map-Based_Context.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kurt A Hacker, Committee Member
Kurt A Hacker, Committee Member

Author:

Arora, Prashant

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR TO EVALUATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Driving Simulator
Autonomous Environments
Scenario Authoring

File:

Download Thesis_PrashantArora_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Islam, Md Mahbubul

Title:

Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lithium Secondary Batteries - Interfaces and Electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

eReaxFF
ReaxFF
Reactive molecular dynamics
Solid eletrolyte interphase
Lithium-sulfur battery
Lithium-ion battery

File:

Download dissertation_Mahbub.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Sohag, Faruk Ahmed

Title:

On the Enhancement of Downward Facing Boiling Heat Transfer Using Micro-Porous Coating

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Downward-facing boiling
Micro-porous coating
Cold Spray
CHF limit
Nucleate boiling
Film boiling
Stability
Two-phase flow
IVR

File:

Download Faruk_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Horacio Perez-Blanco, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Outside Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

Clark, Kenneth Phillip

Title:

Sealing Effectiveness of a Turbine Rim Seal at Engine-Relevant Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbomachinery
turbine
rim seals
hot gas ingestion
experimental
engine relevant

File:

Download Dissertation_Ken_Clark.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

Author:

Jha, Devesh Kumar

Title:

Learning and Decision Optimization in Data-Driven Autonomous Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Markov Modeling
Combustion Instability
Decision Making
Motion Planning

File:

Download Devesh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Jan Severin Reimann, Outside Member
Abhishek Srivastav, Special Member

Author:

Samarasinghe, Ramal Janith

Title:

The Structure and Velocity-Forced Response of Swirl-Stabilized Flames in a Lean-Premixed, Multi-Nozzle Can Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine
Combustion Instability
Combustion Dynamics
Flame Structure
Flame Response
Tomographic Imaging

File:

Download JanithSamarasinghe-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Jacqueline O'Connor, Committee Member
Dr. Daniel Haworth, Committee Member
Dr. Michael Micci, Outside Member

Author:

Yoon, Kichul

Title:

Applications of the ReaxFF reactive force field towards chemomechanical and electrocatalytic systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
reactive force field
irradiation of graphene
bombardment of graphene
defects in graphene
fracture of graphene
penetration of graphene
bismuth force field
nanopores
mechanical failure

File:

Download Kichul_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adri van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member