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Author:: Wang, Baoming
Title:: EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL STIMULI ON MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP AT THE NANOSCALE
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: MEMS
TEM
Stimuli
Microstructure
Nanoscale
Size Effect
Mechanical
Thermal
Electrical
Multiphysics
Coupling
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Baoming_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member

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Author:: Crouse, Michael Edward
Title:: STORED CHEMICAL ENERGY PROPULSION SYSTEM (SCEPS) REACTOR INJECTOR PERFORMANCE PREDICTION MODELING WITH EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Compressible Flow
Fanno Line Flow
Rayleigh Line Flow
Converging Nozzle
Diverging Nozzle
Friction
Heat Transfer
File:: Download Thesis_Crouse_Jr.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. Laura Pauley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Stephen Lynch, Committee Member

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Author:: Garimella, Venkata Ravi
Title:: An embedded element based human head model to investigate axonal injury
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: embedded element technique
finite element method
diffusion tractography
axonal strain
blast loading
volume redundancy
brain electrophysics
mass redundancy
stiffness redundancy
force redundancy
high quality hexahedral mesh
mesh superposition
traumatic brain injury
diffuse axonal injury
File:: Download Dissertation-Garimella.pdf
Committee Members:: Reuben H Kraft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Nanyin Zhang, Outside Member

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Author:: Yu, Zhaoxin
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ANODE MATERIALS AND SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTES FOR SODIUM-ION BATTERY
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Sodium ion battery
red phosphorus
solid state electrolyte
solid state battery
anode
File:: Download Ph.D_Thesis-Zhaoxin_Yu_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Member

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Author:: Stimpson, Curtis Kent
Title:: Cooling Performance of Additively Manufactured Microchannels and Film Cooling Holes
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Additive Manufacturing
Convection
Heat Transfer
Microchannel
Roughness
Film Cooling
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
File:: Download StimpsonPhDDissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member

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Author:: Ma, Xiaokun
Title:: Dynamics and Control of Energy Harvesting Devices
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Energy harvesting
Piezoelectric compliant mechanism
Quadratic mode shape
Uniform strain distribution
Shape memory alloy actuator
File:: Download Thesis_Xiaokun_Ma.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher D. Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member

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Author:: Treacy, Shawn Michael
Title:: STABILITY ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF FLUIDIC PITCH LINKS IN HELICOPTERS WITH ARTICULATED ROTORS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: fluidic pitch link
FPL
stability
articulated
helicopter
experiment
test
rotor
File:: Download ShawnTreacy-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

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Author:: Docimo, Donald John
Title:: Insights into the Behavior of Heterogeneous Thermostatically Controlled Loads and Battery Packs
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Heterogeneity
Battery Packs
Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs)
Controls
Model Reduction
Demand Response
Energy Systems
Model Predictive Control (MPC)
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Battery balancing
File:: Download DissertationFinalv2.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Outside Member

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Author:: Mousharraf, Adnan
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANODE AND CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM AND SODIUM ION BATTERIES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: lithium-ion battery
sodium-ion battery
graphite-silicon composite anode
silicon monoxide based composite anode
layered oxide cathode
File:: Download PhD_dissertation_of_Adnan_Mousharraf_.pdf
Committee Members:: Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Aman Haque, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member

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Author:: Ghanaatpishe, Mohammad
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMS FOR ROBUST ONLINE OPTIMAL PERIODIC CONTROL IN THE PRESENCE OF PLANT PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Adaptive Control
Drug Delivery
Insect Flight
Optimal Periodic Control
Optimization
Estimation
Tracking
File:: Download MohammadGhanaatpishe-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

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