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Author:: Mallapragada, Goutham
Title:: A language theoretic framework for decision and control of autonomous systems
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Robotics
Language Measure
Discrete-Event Systems
Path Planning
Navigation
Symbolic Dynamics
Pattern Recognition
File:: Download Goutham-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Ishanu Chattopadhyay, Committee Member

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Author:: Neely, Gaelyn L
Title:: HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: heat transfer
friction factor
internal flow
ribs
File:: Download Gaelyn_Neely_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:: DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Hyung Ju
Title:: COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Corl, Jonas Daniel
Title:: A COMPARISON OF HELICOPTER ACTIVE ROTOR GUST REJECTION AND VIBRATION ALLEVIATION METHODS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter
swashplate
active rotor
File:: Download JonasCorlMSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Koncoski, Jeremy J
Title:: A REDUCED ORDER MODEL OF PROPELLER UNSTEADY FORCES FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: propeller
unsteady force
model
CFD
computational fluid dynamics
File:: Download koncoski_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Slade, Jeffrey Lawrence
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OFF-ROAD RIGID RING MODEL FOR TRUCK TIRES USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Rigid ring model off-road truck tire finite elemen
File:: Download Jeff_Slade_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Stine, Jason S.
Title:: Analyzing Highway Median Safety Through Vehicle Dynamics Simulations
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Vehicle dynamics
Median safety
Vehicle rollover
Cross-median collisions
File:: Download Stine_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Guo, Jianping
Title:: Three-Dimensional Wrapping of Stiff Elastic Belts around Rollers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: elastica
elastic belts
Helical wrapping
File:: Download Jianping_Guo.PDF
Committee Members:: Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Jian
Title:: IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: supersonic combustion
Scramjet
CFD
air throttling
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Jian_Li_March_27.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

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