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Author:: Monge-Concepcion, Ivan
Title:: The Effect of Vane Trailing Edge Flow on Inter-Stage Turbine Sealing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: turbomachinery
turbine
rim seals
hot gas ingestion
experimental
vane trailing edge flow
engine relevant
File:: Download Monge-Concepcion_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Thole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Reid Berdanier, Major Field Member

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Author:: Lundh, James Spencer
Title:: Thermomechanical analysis of emerging microsystems using Raman spectroscopy
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Raman spectroscopy
temperature
stress
thermal transport
thermal management
wide bandgap semiconductors
ultrawide bandgap semiconductors
gallium nitride
aluminum gallium nitride
aluminum nitride
gallium oxide
diamond
lead zirconate titanate
2D materials
semiconductor devices
HEMT
FET
MODFET
pMUT
MEMS
RF electronics
power electronics
optical metrology
2DRT
nanoparticle Raman
thermoreflectance thermal imaging
infrared thermography
File:: Download Lundh__JS_PSU-Mech-Eng_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sukwon Choi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Md Haque, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Knisely, Brian
Title:: Integration of Infrared Thermography to Measure Part-to-Part Cooling Variations on Turbine Blades
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: infrared
turbine
imaging
cooling
film cooling
instrumentation
blades
turbine blades
infrared imaging
infrared thermography
cooling variations
File:: Download Knisely_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Reid Berdanier, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Thole, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Palacios, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Deshong, Eric
Title:: Fault Characterization and Diagnostics Supporting Condition-Based Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbine Engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: gas turbine engine
axial turbine
machine learning
condition-based operation and maintenance
predictive maintenance
condition monitoring
efficiency
durability
turbine cooling
blade tip clearance
File:: Download DeShong_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Reid Berdanier, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Thole, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Michael Jonson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Doleiden, Daniel Gregory
Title:: Understanding the Limits of Combustion Instability Suppression Mechanisms
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: gas turbine engine
combustion
combustion instability
pilot flame
File:: Download Dissertation_Daniel_Doleiden.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacqueline O'Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarma Pisupati, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Jim Blust, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Xu, Haosen
Title:: Numerical and Theoretical Study of Wall-bounded Turbulence
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: computational fluid dynamics
wall-bounded turbulence
rough wall turbulent boundary layer
turbulent heat transfer
large eddy simulation
turbulence wall modeling
File:: Download XuThesis10_5.pdf
Committee Members:: Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Major Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Siroka, Shawn
Title:: Advanced Heat Flux Gauges Applied to Test Turbines Operating in Steady Facilites
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Heat Flux
Turbomachinery
Sensors
Gas Turbine Engines
Heat Transfer
File:: Download Siroka_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Reid Berdanier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Major Field Member
Karen Thole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Ingram, Peter
Title:: Improvements to Temperature Predictions of Film Cooled Solids Using Iterative Conjugate Heat Transfer and Reduced Order Film Modeling
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: film cooling
ICHT
ROFM
File:: Download IngramPT_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Anil Kulkarni, Major Field Member
David Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

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Author:: Veley, Emma
Title:: Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Internal Cooling Channels and Film Cooling Holes for Cooling Effectiveness
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Gas Turbine
Film Cooling
Heat Transfer
Fluids
Infrared Thermography
Additive Manufacturing
File:: Download Veley_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amrita Basak, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Thole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member

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Author:: Wildgoose, Alexander
Title:: Exploring Additive Manufacturing for Cooling Designs
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Additive Manufacturing
Heat transfer
Cooling
Turbomachinery
Roughness
Direct Metal Laser Sintering
File:: Download Wildgoose_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Edward Reutzel, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Thole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member

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