Search

Author:

Farrell, Ronald Scott

Title:

A Platform-Based Methodology for the Redesign of Low Volume Highly Customized Products

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Virtual Product Platform
Mass Customization
Redesign
Web-Based Implementation
Engineer-to-Order
Valve Yokes

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member

Author:

Cirone, Samantha Ann

Title:

Design, Fabrication and Testing of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms with Curved Walls

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

stress relief
contact-aided compliant mechanism
cellular structure
micro fabrication
ceramic

File:

Download Samantha_Cirone_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bharti, Smita

Title:

Optimal Structural Design of a Morphing Aircraft Wing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Aircraft wing morphing
topology optimization
non-linear Finite Element Analysis
Genetic Algorithm
Cellular Mechanism
Cable Actuation

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Tian-Yau

Title:

ACTIVE CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC RADIATION VIA LEFT AND RIGHT EIGENVECTOR ASSIGNMENT

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Active Control
Structural Vibration
Acoustic Radiation
Piezoelectric Material
Modal Confinement
Eigenvector Assignment
Disturbance Rejection
Modal Radiation Reduction.

File:

Download Wu-PhD-Thesis_final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Vipul Vijay

Title:

Design, Analysis, and Applications of Cellular Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Contact-aided compliant mechanisms
topology optimization
meso-scaled structures
morphing aircraft skin
stress relief

File:

Download Vipul_Mehta_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

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

Author:

Hyland, Jennifer Elizabeth

Title:

Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for use as an Energy Absorbing Structure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

contact-aided compliant mechanism
cellular structure
microfabrication
laser micro-machining
energy absorption

File:

Download Jennifer_E_Hyland_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Jiening

Title:

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS USING SUPERELASTIC NITINOL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

compliant mechanism
nitinol
superelastic modelling
NOTES
flapping wing

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tummala, Yashwanth

Title:

Design and Optimization of Contact-aided Compliant Mechanisms with Nonlinear Stiffness

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Design optimization
compliant mechanisms
passive morphing
ornithopters
contact-aided compliant mechanisms

File:

Download Dissertation_Tummala_Final_Submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Kusiak, Benjamin Michael

Title:

Design of a Compliant Mechanism Radiofrequency Ablation Probe to Treat Pancreatic Carcinoma

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Radiofrequency Ablation
Pancreatic Carcinoma
Minimally Invasive

File:

Download Kusiak_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor