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Author:

Froede, Erick W

Title:

Computer Aided Design, Simulation and Transmission Error Analysis of a Face Gear Pair

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Face Gear
Pericyclic Mechanical Transmission
Transmission Error

File:

Download Erick_Froede_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Wesley Trethewey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Melville, Christopher Martin

Title:

Design and Experimental Testing of a Battery Balancing System for Lead-acid Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lead-Acid
Batteries
Balancing
BMS
VRLA
Degradation Modes

File:

Download MelvilleMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Beeney, Michael David

Title:

Lithium Ion Battery Modeling using Orthogonal Projections And Descriptor Form

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium Ion Battery
Orthogonal Projections
Descriptor Form

File:

Download Beeney_Michael_Thesis_2013_07_19_FINAL_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gaskin, Byron Jerrod

Title:

Coupled Flow-Biochemistry Simulations of Dynamic Systems of Blood Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

computational fluid dynamics
CFD
stokes flow
blood cells
6DOF
six degrees-of-freedom
biochemistry

File:

Download BJG_Thesis_MS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brent Craven, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mangus, Anthony Joseph

Title:

Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kalman Filter
Vehicle Localization
Estimation
GPS

File:

Download Mangus_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Pin Fin Surface Heat Transfer in Arrays of Oblong-shaped Pins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
gas turbine
internal cooling

File:

Download Kirsch_MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Whitfield, Christopher A

Title:

Effects of Blockages on the Effectiveness of Cylindrical Film Cooling Holes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine Heat Transfer
Film Cooling
TBC
Blockages
Thermal Barrier Coating

File:

Download Whitfield_MastersThesis_Dec2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Toh, Christine

Title:

Design Learning and Creativity in Engineering Education: The Impact of Product Interactions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Engineering design
creativity
product interactions
product dissection
virtual dissection
learning
self-efficacy
novelty

File:

Download ME_Thesis_Toh_FINAL_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Armold, Derrick Michael

Title:

Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Swirl Inducing Grain Geometry And/or Energetic Additives

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

swirl injection
3-D printing
regression rate
combustion efficiency
port modeling

File:

Download 1-Thesis_4-13-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wheeler, Joshua Edward

Title:

Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

spacer grid
rod bundle
two-phase flow
air-water
conductivity probe
laser Doppler anemometry
interfacial area concentration

File:

Download Wheeler_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor