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Author:

Yasar, Murat

Title:

HYBRID SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

supervisory control
discrete event systems
aircraft propulsion
c4isr

File:

Download MuratYasar_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Quintangeli, Michael Vincent

Title:

AN ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE FOR POWERING ROTOR LOAD MONITORING SENSORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rotor
electromechanical
electromagnetic
pitch link
helicopter
energy harvesting
rod end
HUMS

File:

Download THESIS_Quintangeli.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yu, Nan

Title:

Yaw-Control Enhancement for Buses by Active Front-Wheel Steering

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Bus
Heavy Vehicle
Yaw Control
Front-Wheel Steering

File:

Download Thesis_NanYu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Committee Member
John M Mason, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Sen, Nilanjan

Title:

Inviscid Unsteady Aerodynamic Model of Airfoils Moving Near Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamic model
Conformal mapping
Potential Method
Clap-and-fling

File:

Download Nilanjan_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kwon, Ou Jung

Title:

Probing Anode Degradation in Automotive Li-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal effect at low temperature
Li-ion battery
Electric vehicle
Rapid charge
Lithium deposition
Anode degradation

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_OuJung_Kwon_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Diglio, Paul Jonathan

Title:

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF ROLLED CYLINDRICAL PVDF ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

blocking force
Braille display
displacement
EAP
semi-automated manufacturing process
rolled actuators

File:

Download Paul_Diglio_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Montanye, Pamela L.

Title:

Shipboard Helicopter Gust Response Alleviation Using Active Trailing Edge Flaps

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
rotorcraft
trailing edge flap
active rotor
flight dynamics
gust
gust response
shipboard
dynamic interface

File:

Download PamMontanyeMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Anusonti-Inthra, Phuriwat

Title:

SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF HELICOPTER VIBRATION USING CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS AND DAMPING DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

controllable damper
controllable stiffness
semi-active control
helicopter vibration reduction

File:

Download Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

THE OPTICAL AND DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) BASED ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electro-optic effect
long-period grating
capacitors
poly(vinylidene fluoride)

File:

Download Qin_Chen-Dissertation_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Goldman, Robert W

Title:

Development of a Rollover-Warning Device for Road Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle dynamics
fuzzy inference systems
fuzzy logic
neural networks
artificial neural networks
rollover
sensitivity analysis

File:

Download RWGoldman_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moustafa El Gindy, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ageliki Elefteriadou, Committee Member