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Author:

Edelson, Ryan

Title:

Weave Topology Effects on Gas Turbine Cooling Technology

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Heat Transfer
Film Cooling
Ceramic Matrix Composites

File:

Download Edelson_MS_Thesis_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaep, Daniel

Title:

Acoustic Emission Damage Detection for Bonded Metal-Elastomer Components

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

acoustic emission
flaw detection
elastomers
damage detection
bonded components
sensor placement
elastomeric materials

File:

Download Jaep_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Clark Allen Moose, Special Signatory
Daning Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Suvarna, Shubham

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Thermally Modulated Li-ion Batteries for Electric Aircrafts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Thermal Modulation
Electric Aircrafts
Li-ion Batteries
Modelling
Simulation
Electrochemistry

File:

Download Thesis_SuvarnaShubham.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chao-Yang Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Cloward, Michael

Title:

Dynamic Overset CFD Analysis of Biomedical Microrobot Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Microrobotics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Overset Mesh
Biomedicine
Magnetic Actuation

File:

Download MBC_Thesis_Final_Rev1.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member
Catherine G P Berdanier, Committee Member

Author:

Kazandjian, Vahan

Title:

Template-Based Feature Map Creation Using GPS and 2D LIDAR Scan Intensity and Height Extrema

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Feature Templates
LIDAR
Autonomous Vehicles
Mapping
GPS
Lane Detection
Vehicle
Road Detection
Data Clustering
Sensor Fusion

File:

Download Vahan_Kazandjian_MS_Thesis_Template-Based_Feature_Map_Creation_Using_GPS_and_2D_LIDAR_Scan_Intensity_and_Height_Extrema.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Vickerson, Zachary

Title:

Impact of Saltation on the Modeling of Heat Transfer for High Reynolds Number Particle-Laden Flows

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

multiphase flow
heat transfer
particle transport
computational fluid dynamics

File:

Download Vickerson_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mike Manahan, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Badri, Amal

Title:

Synapse-Inspired Magneto-Responsive Material

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

magneto-responsive material
artificial synapses
iron oxide
sedimentation
learning
memory
chain formation
viscosity
synapses
conductance
cyclic magnetic field
continuous magnetic field

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Thole, Program Head/Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member
Joseph Najem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Elhagali, Ibrahim

Title:

Aerodynamic port-aligned fins to enhance thermal-hydraulic performance of jet impingement arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Jet impingement; Geometry optimization; Fountain flow; Thermal management

File:

Download Elhagali_Ibrahim_MSc_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew J Rau, Committee Member

Author:

Morse, Joshua

Title:

Tradeoffs of Electronics Liquid Cooling Design Features

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

electronics
liquid
cooling
cooled
chips
pin
fin
channel
price
manufacturing
header
design
heat
transfer
convection
conduction
power

File:

Download Joshua_Morse_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Thole, Program Head/Chair
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Leng, Rui

Title:

DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD ACTUATED MULTILAYERED POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Smart materials
Magneto-active elastomers
Magneto-active polymer-based materials
Shape memory polymers
Polymer actuation
Polymer Characterization
Additive manufacturing
Printability
Unimorph
Biomedical field

File:

Download Thesis_RuiLeng.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member