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Author:

Isaacson, Aaron

Title:

A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

strain rate sensitivity
aerospace high hot hardness gear steels
instrumented impact testing

File:

Download Isaacson_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rau, Andrew Charles

Title:

Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

endoscopic surgery
endoscopic tools
NOTES
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
minimally invasive surgery
forceps
medical devices surgical tools

File:

Download AndrewRau-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hirsh, Andrew

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric T-Beam Actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

T-Beam
Actuator
Piezoelectric

File:

Download Hirsh_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Colletti, Alexander E.

Title:

IGNITION PROCESSES AND FLAME SPREADING IN A GRANULAR SOLID PROPELLANT BED

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

granular bed
flame spreading
interior ballistics
solid propellant

File:

Download colletti_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mensch, Amy

Title:

A Study on the Sooting Tendency of Jet Fuel Surrogates Using the Threshold Soot Index

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

surrogate
smoke point
TSI
JP-8

File:

Download MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Choudhary, Abhinav Krishna

Title:

AUTOMATED CONCEPT GENERATION USING BRANCHED FUNCTIONAL MODELS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conceptual design
functional models
design tools
design repository

File:

Download Abhinav_thesis_07202010_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Cari Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cari R Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Singh, Anand Kumar

Title:

Blast Mitigation Studies for All Metal Plate and Honeycomb Sandwich Panels

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Blast
design
optimization
plate
shape
honeycomb sandwich
validation

File:

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Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bobuk, Aaron Michael

Title:

A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
product
family
trade studies
GVI
generational variety index
PFPF
product family penalty function
robot
robotic
ground
vehicle
ATSV
genetic algorithm
Simulink
Matlab
mathematical model
commonality
platform
optimization

File:

Download Aaron_Bobuk_M.S_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kamat, Amar

Title:

APPLICATION OF REAXFF BASED REACTIVE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS TO SIMULATE LASER INDUCED INCANDESCENCE OF SOOT AND CHAR OXIDATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

laser induced incandescence
soot
reaxff
molecular dynamics
accommodation coefficients

File:

Download Kamat_Thesis_Feb7.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Adri Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vadvadgi, Aneesh Sridhar

Title:

CALCULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN GAS TURBINE ROTOR-STATOR CAVITIES USING CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine

File:

Download Calculation_of_Temperatures_in_Gas_Turbine_Rotor_Stator_Cavities_Using_Conjugate_Heat_Transfer.pdf

Committee Members:

Savash Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bommareddi, Anveshan

Title:

AN ENGINE OIL LIFE ALGORITHM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil change interval
algorithm
operating conditions
driving conditions
simulations

File:

Download Anveshan_Bommareddi_MS_Thesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bansal, Ankit

Title:

CORRELATED-k METHOD FOR SOLVING ATOMIC RADIATION PROBLEM IN HYPERSONIC NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypersonic
shock-layer
nonequilibrium
radiation
k-distribution
spectral models
plasma

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Krishnasamy Bharathi, Arvind

Title:

ANALYSIS OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE USING THE ReaxFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nanowire
Zinc Oxide
ReaxFF

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jones, Brian Keith

Title:

Flame Response Mechanisms and their Interaction in a Lean Premixed Swirl-Stabilized Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

premixed
flame
instabilities
lean
combustion
gas turbine

File:

Download Brian_Jones_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fritz, Bryan

Title:

Development of a Pressure Sensing System for a Left Ventricular Assist Device

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

inlet pressure
blood pressure
non-invasive
LVAD

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Bryan_Fritz.pdfDownload Fritz_-_Revised_Chapter_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Drs Gerson Rosenberg/Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerson Rosenberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shoffner, Brent William

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL USED TO ANALYZE COUPLING REACTIONS BETWEEN A TRACTOR’S FIFTHWHEEL AND A SEMITRAILER’S KINGPIN

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

FEA
kingpin
Fifthwheel
Coupling

File:

Download Shoffner_Thesis_Master_File.pdf

Committee Members:

Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kuo, Bo-Han

Title:

A Study on the Electrolytic Decomposition of HAN-Based Propellants for Microthruster Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

HAN-based propellants
Electrolytic Decomposition
Microthruster
Ignition

File:

Download Thesis__Bo-Han_Kuo.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Prabhakar, Bhaskar

Title:

Effect of common rail pressure on the relationship between BSFC and BSPM at NOx parity.

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

injection timing
NOx
BSPM
BSFC
rail pressure

File:

Download Bhaskar_Prabhakar_MS_thesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chacko, Charles Christopher

Title:

Characteristic Behavior of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells during Cold Start

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

cold start
polymer electrolyte fuel cells
high frequency resistance

File:

Download CChacko_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garneau, Christopher John

Title:

Investigation of Accommodation for Products Designed for Human Variability

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

accommodation
probability
preference
dfhv
dimensional optimization
anthropometry
design decision-making
visualization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor