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Author:

Hsu, Shih Jung

Title:

Experimental Investigation of Insect Flight Aerodynamics and Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

MAGLEV
Speed Control
Insect Flight
Visual Control

File:

Download Shih-Jung_Hsu_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bhattacharjee, Debapriya

Title:

Periodic Cross-Flow Trajectory Optimization for an Experimentally-Parameterized Model of a Tethered Energy Harvester

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

periodic optimal control
airborne wind energy systems
buoyant air turbine
optimization

File:

Download Debapriya_Bhattacharjee_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Hosam Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fu, Yiwei

Title:

Modeling, Prediction and Control of Engineering Systems with Long Short-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence
Deep Learning
Robotics
Representation Learning
Autonomous Systems
Time Series

File:

Download YiweiFu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Thomas Wettergren, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Williams, Daniel

Title:

Investigating How the Double Support Period Affects Fall Risk in Bipedal Gait

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

bipedal gait
double support period
fall risk
gait simulation
hybrid zero dynamics
gait optimization

File:

Download Williams_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ng, Matthew

Title:

Optimization of Central Pattern Generator Parameters in a Simulated Undulatory Fish Robot

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

central pattern generation
reinforcement learning
physical simulator
optimization

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Patrick

Title:

HARDWARE DESIGN OF A MODULAR UNDULATORY ROBOTIC FISH WITH LINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Robotics
Biorobotrics
Fish
Locomotion

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tau, Seth

Title:

The Effects of Path-Planning Uncertainty on Intelligent Vehicle Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

path planning
intelligent vehicle
ground vehicle
mapping error
sensing error
maneuvering speed

File:

Download Seth_Tau_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alqahtani, Hassan

Title:

deep learning approach to real time health monitoring for fatigue damage detection and classification

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

DEEP LEARNING
REAL-TIME HEALTH MONITORING
FATIGUE DAMAGE
CLASSIFICATION
DAMAGE DETECTION

File:

Download HASSAN_THESIS-9-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Eric Russell Marsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Schmitthenner, Dave

Title:

The Relationship Between Stiffness and Walking

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Exoskeletons
Biomechanics
Nonlinear Control
System Identification
Gait

File:

Download Dave_Schmitthenner_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member
Andrew Michael Geronimo, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Xiaoling

Title:

Modeling and control of thermoacoustics in a one-dimensional combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermoacoustic Modeling
Model Identification
Optimal Control
Robust Control
Optimal Experimental Design

File:

Download Chen_PhD_Thesis_05302021.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Hosam Fathy, Special Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Tyler Dare, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mokhtari, Kasra

Title:

Incorporating Social Information into An Autonomous Vehicle's Decision-Making Process and Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Autonomous Vehicles
Navigation
Pedestrians
Path Planning
Risk-Aware Decision-Making

File:

Download Dissertation_KasraMokhtari_Summer2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alan Wagner, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alattar, Bader

Title:

Investigating Biologically Inspired Inverted Landing Strategies in a Nano-Quadcopter

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Biologically Inspired
Quadcopter
Crazyflie
Control
Reinforcement Learning
Blue Bottle Flies
Inverted Landing
Visual Cues
Optical Flow

File:

Download Video_3_1.mp4Download Video_3_2.mp4Download Video_3_3.mp4Download Video_3_4.mp4Download Video_3_5.mp4Download Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Pan

Title:

Rapid maneuvers in insects and hummingbirds and their applications to robots

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

inverted landing
visual mediation
rotational maneuvers
neural delay
biomechanics
bio-inspired robotics
neural delays
biomechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Pan_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Qian Wang, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair