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Author:: Monge-Concepcion, Ivan
Title:: The Effect of Vane Trailing Edge Flow on Inter-Stage Turbine Sealing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: turbomachinery
turbine
rim seals
hot gas ingestion
experimental
vane trailing edge flow
engine relevant
File:: Download Monge-Concepcion_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Thole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Reid Berdanier, Major Field Member

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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:: Download Tobias_Jacob_Mahan_Design_for_Inspectability_Final_Revision.pdf
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

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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:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Wenbo_Zhu_final_version.pdf
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

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Author:: Lundh, James Spencer
Title:: Thermomechanical analysis of emerging microsystems using Raman spectroscopy
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Raman spectroscopy
temperature
stress
thermal transport
thermal management
wide bandgap semiconductors
ultrawide bandgap semiconductors
gallium nitride
aluminum gallium nitride
aluminum nitride
gallium oxide
diamond
lead zirconate titanate
2D materials
semiconductor devices
HEMT
FET
MODFET
pMUT
MEMS
RF electronics
power electronics
optical metrology
2DRT
nanoparticle Raman
thermoreflectance thermal imaging
infrared thermography
File:: Download Lundh__JS_PSU-Mech-Eng_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sukwon Choi, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Md Haque, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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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:: Download Chen_PhD_Thesis_05302021.pdf
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

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Author:: Bhattacharya, Chandrachur
Title:: Frontiers in Data-driven Learning via Probabilistic Finite State Automata
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering (PHD)
Keywords:: Data-driven
Machine Learning
Time-series analysis
Combustion Instablity
Thermoacoustic Instability
Pattern Recognition
Reduced Order Modeling
Rijke tube
Probabilisitc Finite State Automata
Symbolic Time Series Analysis
Combustion dynamics
Combustion
Hidden Markov Model
LSTM
Projection PFSA
Chaos
Natural Circulation Loop
Crack detection
Online Learning
Transfer Learning
DDDAS
PFSA
STSA
File:: Download Dissertation_ChandrachurBhattacharya_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Minghui Zhu, Outside Unit Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Major Field Member
Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Special Member
Asok Ray, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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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:: Download Knisely_Dissertation.pdf
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

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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:: Download DeShong_Dissertation_Final.pdf
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

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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:: Download Dissertation_Daniel_Doleiden.pdf
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

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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:: Download XuThesis10_5.pdf
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

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