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Author:

Whalen, Andrew John

Title:

From Observation to Control of Nonlinear Neuronal Networks in Brain

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

spreading depression
suppression
confinement
electric field
modulation
spreading depolarization
network control
complex networks
nonlinear
symmetry
brain networks
network observation

File:

Download AndrewJWhalen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven Schiff, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Tim Sauer, Outside Member

Author:

Hudson, Robert Benjamin

Title:

Vibration of Carbon Nanotubes with Defects and Their Composites: Reduced-Order Model and Damping

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

carbon nanotube
defect
vibration
phonon
composite
order reduction

File:

Download Hudson_Robert_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Outside Member

Author:

Ghalyan, Najah

Title:

Sequential Machine Learning for Decision-Making in Mechanical Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

symbolic dynamics
Hidden Markov Models
ergodicity
measure-preserving transformations
image classification
fatigue damage
thermoacoustic instabilities
probabilistic finite state automata
time series
bag-of-words
support vector machines
generating partition
quantization
lossy source coding
sliding block source coding
clustering
dynamic programming
Viterbi algorithm
anomaly detection
change point detection
transient change detection
quickest change detection
data-driven modeling

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Najah_Ghalyan.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Outside Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Outside Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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