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Author:

Longchamps, Ryan

Title:

Integrated Actuation and Thermal Management of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Battery
Thermal Management
Lithium-ion
Electric vehicles
Battery safety
Battery actuation
Thermal Modulation
Self-heating

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Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Rai, George

Title:

Elastic Network Vibration Isolators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Vibration Isolation
Vibration Control
Structural Dynamics
Band Gap Isolation

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Hambric, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Najem, Major Field Member
Chris Rahn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward Smith, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Karmarkar, Ashwini

Title:

Interactions between coherent and turbulent oscillations and their impact on the dynamics of flames and flow fields

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Combustion Instability
hydrodynamic instability
turbulent flames
turbulence

File:

Download Karmarkar_Dissertation_Document_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Santosh Hemchandra, Special Member
Margaret Byron, Major Field Member
Jeff Harris, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair

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

Author:

Sattarzadeh, Sara

Title:

Towards Safer Batteries: A System Theoretic Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Lithium-ion Battery
Control
fault detection
Estimation
Sensor Placement
Optimal Charging

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Herschel Pangborn, Major Field Member
Satadru Dey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Unit & Field Member
Katie Fitzsimons, Major Field Member

Author:

Kumru, Hanife Tugba

Title:

Numerical and Experimental Methods for the Design of Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

RFA
DNNs
Facet joint pain
bipolar
Temperature-controlled
FEA
MRI

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Reuben Kraft, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member

Author:

Roh, Byeong Min

Title:

A V-Model Framework to Support Qualification of Metal Additive Manufacturing Parts Made with Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

V-ModelOntology
Sensors
V-Model
Quality Assurance
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Ontology
Data-Driven Modeling
In-Situ Monitoring
Sensor Selection
Printable Zone
Ontology-Driven Physics-Informed Neural Network
Monitoring and Quality Networks
Complex Systems

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Paul Witherell, Special Member

Author:

Kim, Dohwan

Title:

Bubble Trapping in Two-Phase Wakes from a Liquid-Gas Flow around a Cylinder

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Two-Phase Flow
Particle Tracking Velocimetry
Particle Image Velocimetry
Bubbly Flow
Bubble Trapping
High-Speed Visualization
Flow around a Cylinder

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Kim_Submission_11042022.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Major Field Member
Matthew Rau, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Altland, Samuel

Title:

A Distributed Element Roughness Model Based on the Double Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

DERM
Surface Roughness
CFD
Roughness Modeling

File:

Download Sam_Altland_Thesis_5.23.22.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cellini, Benjamin

Title:

The mechanics and control of active vision in fly flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Neuromechanics
Sensorimotor control
Drosophila
Active vision
Multisensory integration

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Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies