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Author:

Gott, Kevin Nathaniel

Title:

A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Physical Vapor Deposition
CFD
DSMC
Multi-physics Modeling
Vacuum
Coatings

File:

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Committee Members:

Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Rajan, Girish Kumar

Title:

Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dissipation/Decay
Capillary-Gravity
Surfactant
Marangoni/Elastic Waves
Resonance
Barotropic/Baroclinic Modes
Ocean Swell

File:

Download Rajan_Dissertation_Mech_Engr.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Harvey Segur, Special Member

Author:

Okita, Noriaki

Title:

Development of a novel foot slip sensor algorithm

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

slip sensor
gait cycle detection
walking robot
stick-slip
stochastic state estimation
anomaly detection

File:

Download Nori_Okita_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member

Author:

Gordin, Mikhail

Title:

Surface Control in Pursuit of Next-generation Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

battery
energy storage
lithium-ion
lithium-sulfur
sodium-ion
electrolyte
solid-electrolyte interphase
surface analysis

File:

Download Mikhail_L_Gordin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Cheruvu, Ramya

Title:

Optimization of Power Generation in Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

airborne wind energy systems
optimization

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ligouri, Anthony Thomas

Title:

Alterations in Amputee Gait Mechanics Produced by Varied Stiffness and Damping in a Shock Absorbing Prosthetic Pylon

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

prosthetics
energy harvesting
amputee
gait
energy scavenging

File:

Download Anthony_Ligouri_Final_MastersThesis_20150719_corrections2.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Foroutan, Hosein

Title:

Simulation, Analysis, and Mitigation of Vortex Rope Formation in the Draft Tube of Hydraulic Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vortex Rope
Draft Tube
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbulence Modeling
Hydaulic Turbine
Hydropower
Renewable Energy

File:

Download HoseinForoutan-PhDThesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Eric Paterson, Special Member

Author:

Riley, Michael Patrick

Title:

Spacer Grid Induced Heat Transfer Enhancement In A Rod Bundle Under Reflood Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Reflood
Dispersed Flow Film Boiling
Spacer Grid
Heat Transfer Enhancement
Two-Phase Flow
Loss of Coolant Accident

File:

Download Michael_Rileys_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Stephen Bajorek, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Parimi, Venkata

Title:

Characterization of Porous Silicon for Micropyrotechnic Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoenergetic materials
Micropyrotechnics
Porous silicon
Combustion

File:

Download Parimi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Steven Wesley

Title:

Energetic Intermetallic Materials Formed by Cold Spray

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Spray
Intermetallic
Energetic Material
Nickel
Aluminum
Combustion Synthesis
Additive Manufacturing

File:

Download SWD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

Yi, Ran

Title:

Development Of High-energy Silicon-based Anode Materials For Lithium-ion Storage

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion batteries
anodes
silicon
composite
hybrid capacitors

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_of_Ran_Yi.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Sigamani, Nirmal Shankar

Title:

Effect of carbon nanofillers on the microstructure and electromechanical properties of electroactive polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Graphene Oxide
reduced graphene
carbon nanotubes
electroactive strain
electromechanical
hybrid SWNT-GO
chemical modification

File:

Download Dissertation_Post-defense_submitted_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member

Author:

Stankiewicz, Paul Geoffrey

Title:

Vehicle Control for Collision Avoidance and Rollover Prevention using the Zero-moment Point

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle rollover
predictive control
collision avoidance
zero-moment point

File:

Download Stankiewicz-MSthesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

De Rosa, Alexander John

Title:

The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion dynamics
combustion instability
combustion confinement
instability confinement

File:

Download DeRosa-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Mensch, Amy

Title:

Using Conjugate Heat Transfer to Assess the Cooling Performance on a Turbine Endwall

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine endwall
conjugate heat transfer
contoured endwall
film cooling
impingement cooling
thermal barrier coating

File:

Download Mensch_Dissertation-4-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Brent A Craven, Special Member

Author:

Heigel, Jarred Christopher

Title:

Thermo-mechanical Model Development and Experimental Validation for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
laser cladding
distortion
convection
finite element analysis
residual stress
in situ measurement

File:

Download HeigelDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

Author:

Chen, Shuru

Title:

Development of Cathode Materials and Electrolytes for High-energy Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-Sulfur
Batteries
Electrolyte
Cathode
Dimethyl Disulfide
Silicon anode

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_of_Shuru_Chen_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Ben Atitallah, Hassene

Title:

Characterization and modeling of active fiber composites

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectricity
composites
Temperature dependence
AFC
Viscoelasticity

File:

Download Full_dissertation_v3_with_CV1.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Reigh, Kyle Michael

Title:

Towards Closed-loop Optogenetic Control of Parkinson's Disease

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

optogenetics
parkinson's

File:

Download Reigh_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boyd, Devon Kylee

Title:

Using Multivariate Analysis to Select Accommodation Boundary Manikins from a Population Database

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Digital Human Models
Anthropometry
Multivariate Analysis

File:

Download Boyd-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor