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Author:

Wouden, Alex Michael

Title:

A Phase-Lag Approach to Incompressible CFD Simulations with Emphasis on the Unsteady Interaction of Hydroturbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
hydroturbine
CFD
chorochronic
phase-lag
incompressible
openfoam

File:

Download AlexMWouden-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Robinson, Michael David

Title:

An Investigation of Fatality-Reducing Pedestrian Avoidance Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Collision avoidance
pedestrian avoidance
vehicle modeling
Collision avoidance
pedestrian avoidance
vehicle modeling

File:

Download MichaelDRobinson-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barnett, Andrew Charles

Title:

Tissue cutting mechanics of dynamic needle insertion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tissue Cutting
Vibration Cutting
Cutting Geometry
Compliant Geometry

File:

Download abarnett_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Gouge, Michael Fielding

Title:

Advancement in Thermo-material Modeling of Direct Energy Deposition Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Cladding
Finite Element Modeling
Inconel 625
Heat transfer
Material property prediction
Microstructure prediction

File:

Download disertationMFG.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member

Author:

Yeon, Jejoon

Title:

Development of a ReaxFF reactive force field for silicon/oxygen/hydrogen/fluorine interactions and applications to hydroxylation and friction.

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

friction
tribology
tribochemistry
computational chemistry
reactive molecular dynamics
ReaxFF
MD

File:

Download 20160202_JejoonYeon_PhD_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Liming Chang, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Special Member

Author:

Dunbar, Alexander Jay

Title:

Analysis of the Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Process Through Experimental Measurement and Finite Element Modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Experimental design
powder bed
additive manufacturing
Ti-6Al-4V
Inconel

File:

Download dunbarThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member

Author:

Sim, Hyung Sub

Title:

Understanding the role of multifunctional nanoengineered particulate additives on supercritical pyrolysis and combustion of hydrocarbon fuels/propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical Pyrolysis
Supercritical Combustion
Particulate Fuel Additives
Graphene
Platinum Nanoparticles
Hydrocarbons

File:

Download Hyung_Sub_Sim_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_May_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Rothenberger, Michael J

Title:

Optimal Input Shaping for Fisher Identifiability of Control-Oriented Lithium-Ion Battery Models

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fisher identifiability optimization
battery parameter estimation
lithium-ion battery
optimal input shaping

File:

Download Rothenberger_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Member
Joel Robert Anstrom, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Proffitt, Richard P

Title:

Vision based map-to-image correspondence for attitude estimation in augmented reality applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Augmented reality
horizon matching
sequence matching
vision-based attitude estimation
sensor fusion
visual navigation

File:

Download Proffitt_dissertation_4_14_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Laurence Tutwiler, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member

Author:

Miura, Kentaro

Title:

Modeling, Design, and Experimental Validation of a Tailboom Vibration Absorber Using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Tubes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluidic flexible matrix composite
vibration control
helicopter tailboom
structural dynamics
design

File:

Download KMiura_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member