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Author:

Richardson, Marcus

Title:

A Reduced Order Model of Residual Moisture on Vertical Surfaces Resulting from the Condensation Process

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Dropwise Condensation
Surface Tension
Zonal Modeling
Humid Air
Modelica
Hydrophilic
Aircraft Insulation

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mohammed El Husaini, Mohammed

Title:

Measurement and Validation of User-Perceived Comfort of an Ankle Exoskeleton

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Pneumatic
Exoskeleton
Ankle
1 DOF
Actuated
Comfort
VAS
Visual Analogue Scale
Likert
Survey
Perception
Impedance Control
Stiffness
Gait
Walking
Repeatability
Modeling
Subjective Feelings
Validation
Measurement
Rehabilitation

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Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Katie Fitzsimons, Committee Member

Author:

Sill, Patrick

Title:

Effects of Inclined Inlet and Outlet Ports in Jet Arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Jet Impingement
Thermal Management
Heat Transfer
Jet Array

File:

Download Gresh-Sill_Thesis_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Vahid Motevalli, Program Head/Chair
Brian Allen Maicke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member
Rick Ciocci, Committee Member

Author:

Mitrovich, Juliette

Title:

Database-Mediated Network Friction Utilization Analysis to Improve Road Safety

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Friction Utilization
Friction Map
Traffic Simulation
Road Safety
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
CAVs
Chassis Simulation
AVs
Mapping
Co-simulation
CAV Simulation Tool

File:

Download MITROVICH_MastersThesis_JM_final_2023_03_14.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Satadru Dey, Committee Member

Author:

Galvin, Samson

Title:

Design of the Novel Single Incision, Free Motion Laparoscopic Surgical System, and Laparoscopic Training System

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Keywords: Laparoscopic Surgery
Minimally Invasive
Permanent Magnet
Cable System

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scarlett Rae Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Moroney, Sheila

Title:

In-Situ Process Monitoring of Directed Energy Deposition Powder Flow to Detect Anomalies

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Directed Energy Deposition
In-Process Monitoring
Powder Flow Rate
Anomaly Detection

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Edward William Reutzel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amrita Basak, Committee Member

Author:

Chai, Nicholas

Title:

High-Pressure Combustion of HAN-Based Monopropellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
HAN
High-Pressure Combustion
High Pressure
HAN-MeOH
13M HAN
Critical Combustion
Real Gas Model
Closed Bomb Testing

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member

Author:

Kelley, Seth

Title:

Calendering Machine Control for Intermittently Coated Li-Ion Battery Electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Lithium-ion batteries
Discrete control
Calendering process
Calendering electrodes
Battery manufacturing

File:

Download CalenderingMachineControlForIntermittentlyCoatedLiIonBatteryElectrodes_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Chris Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Najem, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Cormack, Kelsey

Title:

Impacts of Part-to-Part Variability on Gas Turbine Blade Cooling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Film cooling
Gas turbine heat transfer
Additive manufacturing
IR thermography

File:

Download McCormack_Thesis_2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reid A Berdanier, Committee Member

Author:

Pagan, Michael

Title:

Analytical Methods for High-Speed Ground Vehicle Path Planning Through Obstacle Fields

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Bounded A*
Path planning
High speed
ground vehicle
off-road
obstacle field
analytical method
point-to-point path
arc centroid
kinematic admissibility
dynamic admissibility
friction-limited traversal
golden ratio
computationally efficient
geometric solution
centroid envelope
acceleration limits
Halton
Voronoi
Dubins

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herschel C Pangborn, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor