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Author:

Herrera-Amaya, Adrian

Title:

Ctenophore swimming: understanding metachronal rowing at millimeter scales

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Metachronal
swimming
ctenophore
intermediate Reynolds number
maneuverability

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Timothy Jegla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Margaret Byron, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Dharmadhikari, Susheel

Title:

Data-Driven Strategies for Engineering Design and Diagnostics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Fatigue Damage Detection
Machine Learning
Surrogate Modeling
Pin Fin Optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Amrita Basak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christopher Kube, Outside Unit & Field Member
Eric Marsh, Major Field Member
Asok Ray, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Smith, Christopher

Title:

Dynamics and Control of Flexible Quadrotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quadrotor
Flexible Structure
Optimal Sliding Gaussian
Flight Control
Flight Simulation

File:

Download ChristopherSmith-DissertationV1.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alok Sinha, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Cimbala, Major Field Member
Simon Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alfred Lewis, Major Field Member

Author:

Chirayath, Emanuel

Title:

CFD Modeling of Particle Ingestion Damage and its impact on Multistage Axial Compressor Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbomachinery
Axial Compressors
Erosion
Multi-phase

File:

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Committee Members:

John Cimbala, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elia Merzari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Thole, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Erdman, Matt D

Title:

Modeling of Oxygen Mass Transfer Coefficients in an Eulerian-Eulerian Framework

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

CFD
Bubble Column
kla
Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficient
Short Bubble Column

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Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Michael Krane, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
John Cimbala, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Fan-Bill Cheung, Major Field Member

Author:

Hickox, Lauren

Title:

Mechanisms Underlying Plantarflexor Structure-Function Relationships and Implications for Locomotor Function

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

biomechanics
plantarflexor
achilles tendon moment arm
gait
simulations
gear ratio
musculoskeletal model
ankle
plantarflexion

File:

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Committee Members:

Henry Sommer, Major Field Member
Stephen Piazza, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Meghan Vidt, Outside Unit Member
Jonas Rubenson, Outside Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shanachilubwa, Kanembe

Title:

The STEM Graduate Student Experience: A Study of Well-Being, Disenchantment, and Socialization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Well-Being
Socialization
McNair
Disenchantment
Schema
Bourdieu's Theory of Capital

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Paris Vonlockette, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Caitlin Grady, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jessica Menold, Major Field Member

Author:

Paniagua Guerra, Luis

Title:

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER IN SOLVATED PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics
Nanoscale Heat Transfer
Gold Nanoparticles
Self-Assembled Monolayers
Solid-Liquid Interfaces

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Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Daniel Hayes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Linxiao Zhu, Major Field Member

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:

Mekki, Bashir

Title:

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL THERMAL MANAGAMENT SYSTEMS FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Topology Optimization
Heat Exchangers
Additive Manufacturing
CFD
Machine Learning
Experimental Testing

File:

Download BashirMekki_Dissertation_RevisedFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Vikram Shyam, Special Member
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member