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1. ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION

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Author:
Varadarajan Srinivasan, Krishna Prasad
Title:
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
RADAR-based sensing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Headway estimation
Available free space in ego-lane
free space estimation for fuel economy
sensor fusion
File:
Download Krishna_Prasad_Varadarajan_Srinivasan_Masters_Thesis_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Experimental and Theoretical Study of Oscillatory Two-Phase Flows with Heat and Mass Transfer

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Author:
Beck, Faith Rose
Title:
Experimental and Theoretical Study of Oscillatory Two-Phase Flows with Heat and Mass Transfer
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
oscillatory reflood
liquid carryover
stability analysis
heat and mass transfer
thermal-hydraulics
liquid entrainment
File:
Download Faith_Dissertation2018.pdf
Committee Members:
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Diane Marie Henderson, Outside Member
Horacio Perez-Blanco, Special Member
Gita Talmage, Special Member
Steven M. Bajorek, Outside Member

3. Multi-Scale Investigations in Soot Formation and Chemical Vapor Deposition

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Author:
Jain, Abhishek
Title:
Multi-Scale Investigations in Soot Formation and Chemical Vapor Deposition
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Multi-scale
Soot formation
Chemical Vapor Deposition
simulation
nanomaterials
File:
Download AJ-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

5. COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, AND FABRICATION OF PERICYCLIC MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION WITH STRAIGHT BEVEL GEARS

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Author:
Mathur, Tanmay Dutt
Title:
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, AND FABRICATION OF PERICYCLIC MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION WITH STRAIGHT BEVEL GEARS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
LTCA
EHL
Internal bevel gear
Pericyclic drive
FSM
File:
Download Mathur-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward C. Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C. Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Liming Chang, Committee Member
Robert C. Bill, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

7. Simulation of Needle Insertion Procedures

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Author:
Pepley, David
Title:
Simulation of Needle Insertion Procedures
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Healthcare
Surgical Simulation
Central Venous Catheterization
Surgical Training
Needle Insertion
Percutaneous Procedures
Haptics
File:
Download Pepley_Dissertation_Rev2.pdf
Committee Members:
Jason Zachary Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Outside Member

8. Characterization of Polyoxymethylene as a High-Density Fuel For Use in Hybrid Rocket Applications

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Author:
Talamantes, Gerardo
Title:
Characterization of Polyoxymethylene as a High-Density Fuel For Use in Hybrid Rocket Applications
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Solid Fuels
Polyoxymethylene
Diffusion Flame
Opposed Flow Burner
Hybrid Rockets
High-Density Fuel
POM
combustion
File:
Download Talamantes_Thesis_May_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

9. Analysis of Inter-scale Turbulence-Chemistry Dynamics with Reduced Physics Simulations for Application to Large-Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion

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Author:
Lucena Kreppel Paes, Paulo
Title:
Analysis of Inter-scale Turbulence-Chemistry Dynamics with Reduced Physics Simulations for Application to Large-Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Premixed turbulent combustion
Large-eddy simulation
Vortex-flame interaction
SGS modeling
Fourier transform
File:
Download PauloPaes-Dissertation-Submit.pdf
Committee Members:
Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member
Peter Hamlington, Special Member
James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuan Xuan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

11. Mechanics and Engineering of Atmospheric Water Harvesting

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Author:
Sun, Nan
Title:
Mechanics and Engineering of Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
atmospheric water harvesting
dew harvesting
fog harvesting
particle deposition
Namib Desert beetle
File:
Download Nan_Sun_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Member

12. FUNDAMENTAL STUDY ON 3D SAND PRINTED MOLDS: METAL FLOW AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

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Author:
Bate, Casey
Title:
FUNDAMENTAL STUDY ON 3D SAND PRINTED MOLDS: METAL FLOW AND THERMAL PROPERTIES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Succinonitrile
Casting Hydrodynamics
Water Modeling
Metal Analog
3D Sand Printing
Mold Constant
File:
Download FUNDAMENTAL_STUDY_ON_3D_SAND_PRINTED_MOLDS_METAL_FLOW_AND_THERMAL_PROPERTIES.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Guha Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Tim Simpson, Committee Member
Dr. Robert Voigt, Committee Member

13. Modeling Micro- and Macro-Scale Two-Phase Flow in 3D Flow Channels of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

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Author:
Kim, Jinyong
Title:
Modeling Micro- and Macro-Scale Two-Phase Flow in 3D Flow Channels of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fuel Cell
3D fine mesh
Flow-field
Water management
High current density
Mass transport
Two-phase flow
Modeling
PEMFC
File:
Download JinyongKim_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao-Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

14. ANALYSIS OF METHODS FOR PREDICTING ACCURATE ACCOMMODATION IN PASSENGER VEHICLES

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Author:
Watson, Jonathan
Title:
ANALYSIS OF METHODS FOR PREDICTING ACCURATE ACCOMMODATION IN PASSENGER VEHICLES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Human Factors
Ergonomics
Design for Human Variability
Multivariate Design Methods
File:
Download ANALYSIS_OF_METHODS_FOR_PREDICTING_ACCURATE_ACCOMMODATION_IN_PASSENGER_VEHICLES.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

17. Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process

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Author:
Snyder, Jacob
Title:
Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
L-PBF
gas turbines
heat transfer
additive manufacturing
surface roughness
DMLS
SLM
fluid flow
film cooling
process parameters
File:
Download SnyderDissertation_FinalSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:
Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

18. Investigation into the Effects of Obstacle Dimensional Uncertainty on Path Planning Cost Metrics in a Mesh-Free Environment

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Author:
Tau, Seth
Title:
Investigation into the Effects of Obstacle Dimensional Uncertainty on Path Planning Cost Metrics in a Mesh-Free Environment
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
uncertainty
path-planning
File:
Download Seth_Tau_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

19. FORMULATION AND COMPARISON OF TWO REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE GEAR SHIFT ALGORITHMS FOR CONNECTED/AUTOMATED HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES

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Author:
Xu, Chu
Title:
FORMULATION AND COMPARISON OF TWO REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE GEAR SHIFT ALGORITHMS FOR CONNECTED/AUTOMATED HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
DP
neural network
rain flow counting
gear shift optimization
rain flow counting
File:
Download Master_Thesis_CHUXU_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. Map-based Vehicle State Estimation Using A Spatiotemporal Preview Filter

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Author:
Leary, Robert D
Title:
Map-based Vehicle State Estimation Using A Spatiotemporal Preview Filter
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
autonomous
vehicle
localization
perception
camera
pose estimation
mapping
lidar
state estimation
File:
Download Leary-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Outside Member