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Author:: Sikarwar, Nidhi
Title:: The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.
File:: Download Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

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Author:: Bhattacharjee, Debapriya
Title:: Periodic Cross-Flow Trajectory Optimization for an Experimentally-Parameterized Model of a Tethered Energy Harvester
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: periodic optimal control
airborne wind energy systems
buoyant air turbine
optimization
File:: Download Debapriya_Bhattacharjee_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Hosam Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Ng, Matthew
Title:: Optimization of Central Pattern Generator Parameters in a Simulated Undulatory Fish Robot
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: central pattern generation
reinforcement learning
physical simulator
optimization
File:: Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Stearns, Aaron J
Title:: Design of an Active Adaptable Acoustic Metamaterial Perforated Plate for Structural Vibration Reduction
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: acoustic metamaterial
structural acoustics
vibration
piezoelectric
optimization
finite element method
Floquet-Bloch
vibration control
plate
shunted piezoelectric
adaptable
active
File:: Download AaronStearns-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Alok Sinha, Major Field Member
Stephen Hambric, Outside Field Member
Robert Campbell, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Beck, Special Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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