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

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Open Access
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

682. Dynamic Analysis of Aerospace Gearboxes Featuring Hybrid Steel-Composite Gears

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Open Access
Author:
Gauntt, Sean
Title:
Dynamic Analysis of Aerospace Gearboxes Featuring Hybrid Steel-Composite Gears
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Steel-Composite Gears
Hybrid Gears
Hybrid Gear Drivetrains
Drivetrain Models
Transmission Error
Optimization
File:
Download SeanGauntt-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Campbell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Outside Member
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

684. Virtual Part Qualification with Thermal, Mechanical, and Microstructural Modeling of Additive Manufacturing

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Open Access
Author:
Irwin, Jeffrey
Title:
Virtual Part Qualification with Thermal, Mechanical, and Microstructural Modeling of Additive Manufacturing
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive manufacturing
Laser processes
Numerical methods
Modeling and simulation
Finite element analysis
File:
Download irwin_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member
Abdalla Ramadan Nassar, Outside Member
Pan Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

685. Dominant Interscale Dynamics in Premixed Turbulent Combustion for Application to Large-Eddy Simulation

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Open Access
Author:
Shah, Yash Girish
Title:
Dominant Interscale Dynamics in Premixed Turbulent Combustion for Application to Large-Eddy Simulation
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Large-Eddy Simulation
Premixed Turbulent Flames
Chemical Reaction Rates
Interscale Interactions
Direct Numerical Simulation
Combustion Modeling
File:
Download Shah_ME_Thesis_final-12Apr21.pdf
Committee Members:
Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuan Xuan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

686. Modular CAM Program Development for Single Point Diamond Turning of Freeform Optics

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Open Access
Author:
Timothy, Zachary
Title:
Modular CAM Program Development for Single Point Diamond Turning of Freeform Optics
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Diamond Turning
Freeform Optics
Precision Engineering
CAM Program
File:
Download Zachary_Timothy_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member

687. The Relationship Between Stiffness and Walking

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Open Access
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

688. Ventilated Supercavity Physics

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Author:
Hansford, Samuel E
Title:
Ventilated Supercavity Physics
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Supercavitation
File:

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Committee Members:
Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rhett William Jefferies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Outside Member

689. Control Systems and Human Factors for the Prevention of Tractor Overturn

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Author:
Ochoa Lleras, Nicolas
Title:
Control Systems and Human Factors for the Prevention of Tractor Overturn
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Control systems
Tractor
Rollover
ADAS
Human Factors
Simulated environments
File:
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Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Dennis Murphy, Committee Member
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

690. Development of materials for all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries

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Restricted
Author:
Wang, Daiwei
Title:
Development of materials for all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Lithium-sulfur battery
All-solid-state battery
Lithium thiophosphate electrolytes
File:

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Committee Members:
Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

691. Chemical kinetic investigation of the thermal decomposition of energetic materials: ammonia borane, ammonium perchlorate & hmx-tagzt

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Open Access
Author:
Chatterjee, Tanusree
Title:
Chemical kinetic investigation of the thermal decomposition of energetic materials: ammonia borane, ammonium perchlorate & hmx-tagzt
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Ammonia borane
Quantum mechanics
Hydrogen release
Reaction pathway
perchloric acid
oxygen release
numerical simulation
HMX
TAGzT
TGA
FTIR
thermal decomposition
nitramine-based energetic materials
File:
Download Tanusree_Chatterjee_Dissertation_final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adri van Duin, Committee Member
Jacqueline O’Connor, Committee Member
Joseph F. Horn, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

692. Mixed finite elements for solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier–Stokes equation

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Xi
Title:
Mixed finite elements for solving the time-dependent incompressible Navier–Stokes equation
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
incompressible Navier-Stokes equation
mixed finite element
pressure robustness
implicit Runge-Kutta methods
energy stability
structure preserving
File:
Download Dissertation_Xi_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:
John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Member
Anna L Mazzucato, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

693. Using First-Principles Calculations and Molecular Dynamics to Investigate the Properties of Cesium-Based Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Almishal, Saeed
Title:
Using First-Principles Calculations and Molecular Dynamics to Investigate the Properties of Cesium-Based Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
First-principles calculations
Density Functional Theory
Molecular Dynamics
Cs-based halide perovskite
Ge-based halide perovskite
structural properties
phase transformation
photovoltaic perovskites
electronic properties
File:
Download Saeed_Almishal_s_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Ola Hamada Rashwan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Abdallah Ramini, Committee Member
Rick Ciocci, Special Signatory

694. SELF BALANCING OF BATTERY CELLS AND PV ARRAYS – A REAL-TIME PHYSICAL VALIDATION

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Open Access
Author:
Dinesh Nair, Manasi
Title:
SELF BALANCING OF BATTERY CELLS AND PV ARRAYS – A REAL-TIME PHYSICAL VALIDATION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Battery
PV array
Self-balancing
Battery balancing
File:
Download SELF_BALANCING_OF_BATTERY_CELLS_AND_PV_ARRAYS__A_REAL_TIME_PHYSICAL_VALIDATION.pdf
Committee Members:
Herschel C Pangborn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

695. Functional Modelling and Simulations of Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System

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Open Access
Author:
Agrawal, Suyash
Title:
Functional Modelling and Simulations of Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System
Flapping Wing Flight
Flapping Wing Simulation
Hummingbird Hovering
File:
Download Master_s_thesis_Suyash_Agrawal_V7.pdf
Committee Members:
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

696. Investigating Biologically Inspired Inverted Landing Strategies in a Nano-Quadcopter

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Open Access
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

697. MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS AND META-BIOMATERIALS FABRICATED VIA ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

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Open Access
Author:
Tilton, Maryam
Title:
MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS AND META-BIOMATERIALS FABRICATED VIA ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive manufacturing
Biomechanics
Mechanical behavior
Fracture fixation implants
Large bone defects
metamaterials
File:
Download MaryamTilton_Dissertation_08-13-2020.pdf
Committee Members:
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
April D Armstrong, Outside Member
Michael W. Hast, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

698. Computational Mechanics Study of A Kinematically Constrained Wrist Arthroplasty Implant

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Open Access
Author:
Osedeme, Janose
Title:
Computational Mechanics Study of A Kinematically Constrained Wrist Arthroplasty Implant
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Total Wrist Arthroplasty
Wrist Kinematics
Biomechanics
Wrist Implant
File:
Download Janose_s_Final_Thesis_Document_Sunday_08-03-20.pdf
Committee Members:
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amit Banerjee, Committee Member
Richard Christopher Ciocci, Program Head/Chair
Hwa Bok Wee, Committee Member

699. Quench Detection Logic for High Temperature Superconducting Magnets Based on Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing

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Open Access
Author:
Velez, Chris
Title:
Quench Detection Logic for High Temperature Superconducting Magnets Based on Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
high temperature superconductors
optical fiber sensors
distributed sensing
Rayleigh-scattering interrogated optical fibers
Magnet quench detection
structural health monitoring
superconducting magnets
incipient fault detection
Monotonic
time-validation
data analysis
File:
Download Velez_Thesis_CV.pdf
Committee Members:
Justin Schwartz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member

700. 3D Full-field Bone Biomechanics Study: Effects of Diseases and Treatments

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Yuxiao
Title:
3D Full-field Bone Biomechanics Study: Effects of Diseases and Treatments
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Biomechanics
Atomic Force Microscopy
Digital Volume Correlation
Dental implant
Glenohumeral joint
Rheumatoid arthritis
File:
Download Dissertation_Yuxiao_Zhou.pdf
Committee Members:
Jing Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
April D Armstrong, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair