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Author:

Menon, Arvind Venugopal

Title:

Effect of m-Xylene on Soot Formation in High Pressure Diffusion Flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

high pressure flames
soot
lii
lif
pah
xylene

File:

Download Arvind_Menon_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Chowdhury, Arindrajit

Title:

CONFINED RAPID THERMOLYSIS/FTIR/TOF STUDIES OF ENERGETIC IONIC LIQUIDS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic liquids
Thermal decomposition
FTIR spectrometry
ToF mass spectrometry
kinetics

File:

Download Arin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Evans, Brian

Title:

Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator

File:

Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Shaffer, Christian Edward

Title:

Advanced Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Fuel and Water Management in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Membrane Electrode Assembly
Fuel Management
Water Management
Membrane

File:

Download ShafferC_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

C Y Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member

Author:

Trivedi, Deepak

Title:

Modeling, Optimal Design, Shape Estimation and Workspace Analysis of Soft Robotic Manipulators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

continuum mechanics
design optimization cosserat rod
soft robotic manipulators
pneumatic air muscles

File:

Download DeepakTrivediDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Banco, Gino G.

Title:

MULTI-SCALE FLUID MECHANICS OF NUTRIENT ABSORPTION IN THE SMALL INTESTINE ANALYZED WITH 2D AND 3D LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluid dynamics
fluid mechanics
small intestine
lattice boltzmann
computational fluid dynamics (cfd)

File:

Download Banco_Dissertation_eTD_22Oct10.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Keefe B Manning, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
James S Ultman, Committee Member

Author:

Pal, Gopalendu

Title:

SPECTRAL MODELING OF RADIATION IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

k-distribution methods
radiation transport equation
turbulence-radiation interactions
nonpremixed jet flames
spectral model

File:

Download Dissertation_Gopalendu_pal.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

Author:

Kommepalli, Hareesh Kumar Reddy

Title:

DESIGN, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tbeam
unimorph
piezoelectric actuators
uniflex
flextensional
MEMS

File:

Download Hareesh_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Hussaini, Irfan Saif

Title:

Experimental Study of Transient Dynamics of PEM Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

relative permeability of diffusion media
water management
transient dynamics
visualization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof C Y Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Sabourin, Justin Leo

Title:

High Temperature Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms of Tungsten Oxidation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rocket nozzles
thermogravimetry
kinetics
oxidation
tungsten
metal oxidation
graphite

File:

Download Written_Dissertation_-_Justin_Sabourin.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member