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Author:

Mahan, Tobias

Title:

Design for Inspectability: Investigating the effect of Inspectability Constraints on Designs and Design Strategies

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Inspection
Inspectability
Design for X

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Major Field Member
Hui Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrea Arguelles, Outside Field Member
Jessica Menold, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhu, Wenbo

Title:

Atomistic-Level Investigation for Selected Metal-based Catalytic Reactions Utilizing the REAXFF Reactive Force Field

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Energy Production

File:

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Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Yetter, Major Field Member
Chunshan Song, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Chen, Xiaoling

Title:

Modeling and control of thermoacoustics in a one-dimensional combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermoacoustic Modeling
Model Identification
Optimal Control
Robust Control
Optimal Experimental Design

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Hosam Fathy, Special Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Tyler Dare, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Knisely, Brian

Title:

Integration of Infrared Thermography to Measure Part-to-Part Cooling Variations on Turbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

infrared
turbine
imaging
cooling
film cooling
instrumentation
blades
turbine blades
infrared imaging
infrared thermography
cooling variations

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Reid Berdanier, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Thole, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jose Palacios, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Deshong, Eric

Title:

Fault Characterization and Diagnostics Supporting Condition-Based Operation and Maintenance of Gas Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

gas turbine engine
axial turbine
machine learning
condition-based operation and maintenance
predictive maintenance
condition monitoring
efficiency
durability
turbine cooling
blade tip clearance

File:

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Committee Members:

Reid Berdanier, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Thole, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Michael Jonson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Doleiden, Daniel Gregory

Title:

Understanding the Limits of Combustion Instability Suppression Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

gas turbine engine
combustion
combustion instability
pilot flame

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarma Pisupati, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Jim Blust, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Xu, Haosen

Title:

Numerical and Theoretical Study of Wall-bounded Turbulence

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

computational fluid dynamics
wall-bounded turbulence
rough wall turbulent boundary layer
turbulent heat transfer
large eddy simulation
turbulence wall modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Major Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gonzalez, Cody

Title:

Analytical modeling and design optimization of lithium-ion battery smart actuators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Active materials
Analytical modeling
Multifunctional materials
Bioinspired smart materials
Lithium-ion batteries
Soft robotics
Finite element analysis
Compliant mechanisms

File:

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Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Christopher Rahn, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Frecker, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sinha, Swapnil

Title:

Understanding design for embedding considerations for material extrusion additive manufacturing for multifunctional polymer parts

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

3D Printing
Heat Transfer Simulation
Digital Design Automation
Process Insterruption
Polymer Tensile Strength
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Strength Prediction
Voxel
Design Optimization
Polymer Weld Theory
Polymer Rheology
Polymer Reptation

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lele, Aditya

Title:

STUDY OF REACTION DRIVEN PROCESSES USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS: APPLICATIONS OF REAXFF FOR COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY AND MATERIAL SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics
Combustion
2D-materials
Biofuels
CVD
Material synthesis
hBN
soot
pyrolysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Randy Vander Wal, Outside Unit & Field Member
Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Parekh, Mihir

Title:

Flowing Electrolyte Metal Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Dendrite
Solid Electrolyte Interphase
Flowing Electrolyte
Metal anodes
Creeping flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Christopher Rahn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Long-Qing Chen, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Mokhtari, Kasra

Title:

Incorporating Social Information into An Autonomous Vehicle's Decision-Making Process and Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Autonomous Vehicles
Navigation
Pedestrians
Path Planning
Risk-Aware Decision-Making

File:

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Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Alan Wagner, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Vikash Gayah, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ingram, Peter

Title:

Improvements to Temperature Predictions of Film Cooled Solids Using Iterative Conjugate Heat Transfer and Reduced Order Film Modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

film cooling
ICHT
ROFM

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Anil Kulkarni, Major Field Member
David Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Roy, Tanushree

Title:

Towards Safe and Secure Cyber-Physical-Social systems: Theory and Application to Smart City Transportation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

cyberattack
anomaly-resilience
distributed parameter systems
stealthy attack
transportation
smart city
socio-technical system
fault diagnostics
human-centric
Cumulative Prospect Theory
route choice
social data
traffic model

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amrita Basak, Outside Field Member
Satadru Dey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Unit Member
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Sean Brennan, Major Field Member

Author:

Longchamps, Ryan

Title:

Integrated Actuation and Thermal Management of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Battery
Thermal Management
Lithium-ion
Electric vehicles
Battery safety
Battery actuation
Thermal Modulation
Self-heating

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Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Stearns, Aaron J

Title:

Design of an Active Adaptable Acoustic Metamaterial Perforated Plate for Structural Vibration Reduction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

acoustic metamaterial
structural acoustics
vibration
piezoelectric
optimization
finite element method
Floquet-Bloch
vibration control
plate
shunted piezoelectric
adaptable
active

File:

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Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Major Field Member
Stephen Hambric, Outside Field Member
Robert Campbell, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Beck, Special Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kumru, Hanife Tugba

Title:

Numerical and Experimental Methods for the Design of Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

RFA
DNNs
Facet joint pain
bipolar
Temperature-controlled
FEA
MRI

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Reuben Kraft, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member

Author:

Roh, Byeong Min

Title:

A V-Model Framework to Support Qualification of Metal Additive Manufacturing Parts Made with Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

V-ModelOntology
Sensors
V-Model
Quality Assurance
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Ontology
Data-Driven Modeling
In-Situ Monitoring
Sensor Selection
Printable Zone
Ontology-Driven Physics-Informed Neural Network
Monitoring and Quality Networks
Complex Systems

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Paul Witherell, Special Member

Author:

Zerbe, Ellen

Title:

Investigating the Formation of Engineers and the Future Professoriate: Linking Writing Approaches and Attitudes to Doctoral Thriving, Persistence, and Attrition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Engineering Education
Graduate Students
Qualitative
Quantititative
Writing
Professional Skills
Thriving

File:

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Committee Members:

Chris McComb, Outside Field Member
Eric Marsh, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Menold, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Pan

Title:

Rapid maneuvers in insects and hummingbirds and their applications to robots

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

inverted landing
visual mediation
rotational maneuvers
neural delay
biomechanics
bio-inspired robotics
neural delays
biomechanics

File:

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Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Qian Wang, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Prabhu, Rohan

Title:

Encouraging Creativity through Design for Additive Manufacturing: An Investigation in Engineering Design Education

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
design for additive manufacturing
creativity
design education
engineering design
design tasks
motivation
complexity

File:

Download Prabhu_MEPhD_Dissertation_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Samuel Hunter, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Ganeshan, Karthik

Title:

Modeling and understanding surface/electrolyte interactions in MXene supercapacitors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Energy storage
Supercapacitors
ReaxFF
Atomic-scale simulations
Finite Element Method
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Rarefied flow
MXene
Birnessite
Nuclear Quantum Effects
Path-Integral Molecular Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
David Williams, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Akbarian, Dooman

Title:

Development and application of the ReaxFF reactive force field method to ferroelectrics and crosslinked polyethylene

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics
Ferroelectrics
Crosslinked polyethylene

File:

Download Ph.D._Dissertation_-_Dooman_Akbarian-Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Minor Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Yetter, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Damirchi, Behzad

Title:

Development and Application of the ReaxFF Reactive Force Field in Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF Reactive Force Field
Carbon Nanotube - Polymer Material
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Flattened Carbon Nanotube
Polyaramid-Carbon Nanotube

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Behzad_Damirchi_-_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Almadih, Mustafa

Title:

Acoustic Analysis and Detection of the Effects of Vapor-Liquid Interfacial Morphology on Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer for Different Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Pool Boiling
Acoustic Analysis
Digital Signal Processing Tools
Boiling Regimes Identification
Deep Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen M. Bajorek, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair