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121. Three-Dimensional Wrapping of Stiff Elastic Belts around Rollers

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Author:
Guo, Jianping
Title:
Three-Dimensional Wrapping of Stiff Elastic Belts around Rollers
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
elastica
elastic belts
Helical wrapping
File:
Download Jianping_Guo.PDF
Committee Members:
Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

122. DESIGN AND MODELING OF A MOTION AMPLIFIER USING AN AXIALLY-DRIVEN BUCKLING BEAM

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Author:
Jiang, Jie
Title:
DESIGN AND MODELING OF A MOTION AMPLIFIER USING AN AXIALLY-DRIVEN BUCKLING BEAM
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
active material actuator
motion amplifier
buckling beam
elastica theory
File:
Download Jie_Jiang_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

123. IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING

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Author:
Li, Jian
Title:
IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
supersonic combustion
Scramjet
CFD
air throttling
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Jian_Li_March_27.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

125. Material Property Identification of Polymer Thin Films under the Indentation Test

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Author:
Wang, Jianjun
Title:
Material Property Identification of Polymer Thin Films under the Indentation Test
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer
constitutive equation
nanoindentation
material property
thin film
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Marc Carpino, Committee Member
Timothy C Ovaert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Donna M Conway Jr., Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

126. Development of a new high specific power piezoelectric actuator

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Author:
Loverich, Jacob Joseph
Title:
Development of a new high specific power piezoelectric actuator
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
piezoelectric
actuator
active material
feed screw
motion accumulation
File:
Download Loverich.thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

127. Combustion and Self-Assembly of Nanoenergetic Materials

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Author:
Malchi, Jonathan Yaniv
Title:
Combustion and Self-Assembly of Nanoenergetic Materials
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
thermite
self-assembly
combustion
File:
Download Combustion_and_Self-Assembly_of_Nanoenergetic_Materials.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Steven Son, Committee Member
Timothy Foley, Committee Member

129. Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries

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Author:
Smith, Kandler A.
Title:
Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
lithium ion
battery
hybrid electric vehicle
model order reduction
diffusion systems
state of charge estimation
File:
Download Dissertation_KandlerSmith2006.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

131. STUDY OF A METHANOL REFORMING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM

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Author:
Bhatia, Krishan Kumar
Title:
STUDY OF A METHANOL REFORMING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
fuel cell
hybrid vehicle
reforming
CO poisoning
File:
Download Krishan_Kumar_Bhatia_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

132. Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll

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Author:
Smith, Kevin
Title:
Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
wave breaking
tumblehome
oscillating cylinder
prescribed motion
RANS
CFD
VOF
6DOF
seakeeping
wave impact
wave model
free surface
sponge layer
numerical beach
dissipation zone
box barge
mesh motion
deep water
shallow water
non reflecting boundary condition
openfoam
finite volume method
wave dissipation
impact load scaling
File:
Download KevinSmithMSThesisPSUETDr2.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

133. SUPERVISORY DECISION AND CONTROL OF LARGE-SCALE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

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Author:
Mukherjee, Kushal
Title:
SUPERVISORY DECISION AND CONTROL OF LARGE-SCALE MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
multi-agent systems
sensor networks
pattern classification
symbolic dynamics
sonar image
statistical mechanics
task allocation
optimization
File:
Download Mukherjee_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas A Wettergren, Committee Member

134. Startup Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells under Subzero Temperatures

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Author:
Tajiri, Kazuya
Title:
Startup Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells under Subzero Temperatures
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
cold start
automotive
File:
Download dissertation_kazuya_tajiri.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

135. DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND RADIATION MONTE CARLO FOR TURBULENCE−RADIATION INTERACTIONS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

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Author:
Deshmukh, Kshitij
Title:
DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND RADIATION MONTE CARLO FOR TURBULENCE−RADIATION INTERACTIONS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Spherical Harmonics Method
Turbulence--Radiation Interactions
Combustion systems
Direct Numerical Simulation
Photon Monte Carlo methods
File:
Download Kshitij_Deshmukh_Dissertation_2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert J Levin, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

136. Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways

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Author:
Jerath, Kshitij
Title:
Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
traffic jams
traffic
self-organized
self organization
adaptive cruise control
congestion
multi-agent systems
File:
Download Thesis_20100412_v6.3.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

137. Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines

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Author:
KIM, KYU TAE
Title:
Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
hydrogen
combustion instability
flame transfer function
partially premixed
swirl stabilized
File:
Download KTKim.pdf
Committee Members:
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member

138. Creation of Optimal Product Families to Accommodate Human Variability using Principal Components Analysis

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Author:
Manjrekar, Ketki
Title:
Creation of Optimal Product Families to Accommodate Human Variability using Principal Components Analysis
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Principal components analysis
commonality
distinctiveness
product platform
product family
design for human variability
accommodation
File:
Download MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

139. Study of multiphase water transport and removal phenomena from fuel cell during gas purge

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Author:
Cho, Kyu Taek
Title:
Study of multiphase water transport and removal phenomena from fuel cell during gas purge
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
water management
gas purge
evaporation
gas diffusion media
neutron radiography
File:
Download dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

140. A Product Family Optimization Approach Using Multidimensional Data Visualization

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Author:
Slingerland, Laura A.
Title:
A Product Family Optimization Approach Using Multidimensional Data Visualization
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
multiobjective optimization
product platform
product family
commonality
visualization
File:
Download Thesis_Laura_A_Slingerland.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor