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Author:: Klein, Brittany Anne
Title:: Development of a Statistical Model of Reach Exertion Magnitude Perception for Use in Designing Truck Cabs
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: reach envelopes
spherical harmonics
anthropometry
design for human variability
truck cabs
ergonomics
File:: Download Klein_Brittany_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Montgomery, Timothy Ray
Title:: Computationally Efficient Deterministic Dynamic Programming for Optimal Supervisory Power Management of Power-split PHEVs
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Hybrid
Electric
Vehicle
HEV
PHEV
Dynamic
Programming
DDP
Optimal
Supervisory
Power
Management
File:: Download MontgomeryMastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Maciejewski, Daniel
Title:: Computation of Two-Phase Drag Reduction by Gas Injection
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: microbubble drag reduction
turbulent boundary layer
CFD
multiphase
two-phase
turbulence
File:: Download Maciejewski-Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Svingala, Forrest R
Title:: Laboratory-scale Blast Testing Of Polymers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: shock hugoniot
polymers
explosives
shock tube
gas gun
solids
shadowgraph
high-speed video
optical methods
File:: Download Svingala_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Mahdavi, Arash
Title:: Mechanics Of Low-dimensional Carbon Nanostructures: Atomistic, Continuum, And Multi-scale Approaches
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Finite Element
Nanomechanics
Carbon Nanotube
Multisclae
Nonlinear
Continuum Mechanics
File:: Download Thesis_Arash_Mahdavi.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

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Author:: Weismiller, Michael Raymond
Title:: Characterization of Ammonia Borane for Chemical Propulsion Applications
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Energetic materials
Novel propellants
Hydrogen storage
Hybrid rocket
Boron
File:: Download Weismiller-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Kumar, Sandeep
Title:: Fracture mechanics of nanoscale thin films
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Thin films
TEM
Fracture
mechanics
nanoscale
File:: Download Thesis_sandeep.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member

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Author:: Larson, Daniel Bruce
Title:: Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Novel Additives for Use in Hybrid Rocket Motors
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: hybrid
rocket
paraffin
regression rate
LiAlH4
lithium aluminum hydride
RDX
MWNT
multi-walled carbon nanotubes
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Larson.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Essel, Jonathan Thomas
Title:: Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: energetic materials
supercritical fluids
nanotechnology
RESS process
File:: Download Jonathan_Essel_Final_Thesis__all_color__with_vita.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

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Author:: Nayak, Sumanta Kumar
Title:: DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: honeycomb
homogenization
blast
optimization
sandwich plates
virtual testing
File:: Download Sumanta-PhD-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Ashok D Belegundu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

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