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Author:

Durrant, Chad Bredthauer

Title:

Characterization of Italian tile samples using comparative neutron activation analysis in the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

neutron activation analysis
comparative NAA

File:

Download Durrant_Thesis_Final_Draft2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Melia Johnsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rajan, Girish Kumar

Title:

Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dissipation/Decay
Capillary-Gravity
Surfactant
Marangoni/Elastic Waves
Resonance
Barotropic/Baroclinic Modes
Ocean Swell

File:

Download Rajan_Dissertation_Mech_Engr.pdf

Committee Members:

Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Harvey Segur, Special Member

Author:

De Rosa, Alexander John

Title:

The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion dynamics
combustion instability
combustion confinement
instability confinement

File:

Download DeRosa-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Mensch, Amy

Title:

Using Conjugate Heat Transfer to Assess the Cooling Performance on a Turbine Endwall

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine endwall
conjugate heat transfer
contoured endwall
film cooling
impingement cooling
thermal barrier coating

File:

Download Mensch_Dissertation-4-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Brent A Craven, Special Member

Author:

Sarkar, Soumalya

Title:

Hierarchical Symbolic Perception in Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic Dynamics
Data Driven
Hierarchical approach
Multi-scale analysis
Combustion Instability
Fault detection

File:

Download Dissertation_Soumalya_Sarkar_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Gibson, Jeffrey Reed

Title:

Geometric Effects on Static Turbine Rim Seals

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rim Seal
Hot Gas Ingress
Cavity
Flow field
Sealing Effectiveness

File:

Download Gibson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

Author:

Schroeder, Robert Paul

Title:

Influence of In-Hole Roughness and High Freestream Turbulence on Film Cooling From a Shaped Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
rough wall
gas turbine heat transfer
detached jet
shaped hole
viscous sublayer

File:

Download SchroederDissertFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Brent Craven, Committee Member
James Heidmann, Special Member