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Author:: Kirsch, Kathryn Louise
Title:: Exploring Microchannel Cooling Designs through the uses of Numerical Optimization and Additive Manufacturing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: heat transfer
optimization
additive manufacturing
internal cooling
adjoint method
File:: Download Kirsch_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

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Author:: Snyder, Jacob
Title:: Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: L-PBF
gas turbines
heat transfer
additive manufacturing
surface roughness
DMLS
SLM
fluid flow
film cooling
process parameters
File:: Download SnyderDissertation_FinalSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

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Author:: Ryan, Lauren
Title:: Utilization of Lattice Structures for Increased Interface Strength in Overmolded Silicone and Additively Manufactured Parts
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: additive manufacturing
3D printing
material extrusion
silicone
overmolded silicone
lattice
gyroid
octet
body-centered cubic
interface design
tensile testing
mechanical bond
File:: Download LaurenRyan_Thesis_Lattice_Interfaces_for_Silicone_Overmolded_AM_Parts.pdf
Committee Members:: Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Hanks, Bradley Wright
Title:: Design Optimization of Compliant Structures for Radiofrequency Ablation and Additive Manufacturing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: design optimization
compliant mechanism
additive manufacturing
lattice structures
radiofrequency ablation
File:: Download Hanks_-_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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