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Author:: Rau, Andrew Charles
Title:: Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: endoscopic surgery
endoscopic tools
NOTES
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
minimally invasive surgery
forceps
medical devices surgical tools
File:: Download AndrewRau-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Yuangyai, Chumpol
Title:: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND ROBUST PARAMETER DESIGN IN MULTIPLE STAGE MANUFACTURING FOR NANO-ENABLED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
Graduate Program:: Industrial Engineering
Keywords:: two-level fractional factorial design
split plot
split block
multistage experiments
minimum aberration
File:: Download Dissertation_Chumpol_Yuangyai.pdf
Committee Members:: Harriet Black Nembhard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Ramrakhyani, Deepak Shyamlal
Title:: Morphing Aricraft Structures using Tendon Actuated Compliant Cellular Truss
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Morphing structures
active structures
shape change
compliant joint
bird wing
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Yang, Eunice Eun-Young
Title:: PHENOMENOLOGICAL CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER MEMBRANES FOR ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: electroactive polymers
modeling
finite element
electrostrictive
large nonlinear viscoelastic deformations
File:: Download EuniceYangDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Snyder, Committee Member
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Hayes, Gregory Richard
Title:: Mesoscale Fabrication and Design
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: colloidal processing
powder processing
drying
microfabrication
mesoscale fabrication
colloidal chemistry
File:: Download GHayes_Final_Thesis_corrected.pdf
Committee Members:: James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:: DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Hill, Jeffrey Ray
Title:: High Precision Surface Control of Flexible Space Reflectors
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Gossamer
control
En Masse Elimination
modeling
File:: Download Hill_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Guo, Jianping
Title:: Three-Dimensional Wrapping of Stiff Elastic Belts around Rollers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: elastica
elastic belts
Helical wrapping
File:: Download Jianping_Guo.PDF
Committee Members:: Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Jun-Sik
Title:: Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter dynamics
vibration reduction
trailing edge flap
piezoelectric
resonant actuator
File:: Download JSKIM-Dissertation-2005-DEC.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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