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Author:

King, Philip

Title:

Bridging the Oldest and Newest Manufacturing Technologies: Additive Manufacturing, Metal Casting, and Internet of Things

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Hybrid Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Metal Casting

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Kunz, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Andrea Arguelles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Voigt, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Xiang

Title:

Experimental investigation on multiscale interactions in intermittent flow boiling and a new hybrid VOF-Lagrangian modeling approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Multiscale simulation
Intermittent flow boiling
Hybrid VOF-Lagrangian

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alexander Rattner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Major Field Member
Matthew Rau, Major Field Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Devon

Title:

Development of a New Sub-Micron Metrology Technique and Optimization of Thermal Rectifier Design using Novel Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Atomic force microscopy
Thermal Rectification
Metalattice
Optical pump-probe

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Rodman, Claire

Title:

Predictive Modeling of Human Behavior During Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Human walking
Gait Optimization
Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking

File:

Download Rodman_Claire_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Anne Martin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Zhao, Xiaoyue

Title:

On the Effects of Material Properties and Parameters on the Triboelectric Output of Filler-Modified Polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Triboelectric effect
Polymer composite
Mechanical property
Electrical property
PDMS
Carbon nanotube
TENG

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Outside Field Member
Amira Barhoumi Meddeb, Special Member
Paris Vonlockette, Major Field Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ola Rashwan, Outside Unit Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Almudhhi, Turki Khalid

Title:

Boiling Characteristics During Quenching of Metal Rods Under Pool and Flow Boiling Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Minimum Film Boiling Temperature
Two-Phase Heat Transfer
Rod Bundle
Film boiling heat transfer
Pool Boiling

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elia Merzari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Matthew Rau, Major Field Member
Stephen Bajorek, Special Member

Author:

Perez, Carlos

Title:

Thermal Transport in Materials and Structures Pertinent to Quantum Cascade Lasers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantum cascade laser
Thermal conductivity
Superlattice
Phonons

File:

Download PS_Dissertation_CPJ_1aa.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Luke Mawst, Special Member
Linxiao Zhu, Major Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Veley, Emma

Title:

Evaluation of Additively Manufactured Internal Cooling Channels and Film Cooling Holes for Cooling Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Gas Turbine
Film Cooling
Heat Transfer
Fluids
Infrared Thermography
Additive Manufacturing

File:

Download Veley_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amrita Basak, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Outside Unit & Field Member
Karen Thole, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member

Author:

Jain, Naman

Title:

Second Moment Closure Modeling of Stratified Shear Layers and Wakes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Turbulence Modeling
Second Moment Closure Modeling
RANS
DNS
Stratified Flow
Shear Layers
Mixing Layers
Wake
Anisotropic Turbulence Dissipation Rate
Turbulence Dissipation Modeling

File:

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Committee Members:

Laura Pauley, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Krane, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Salem, Wael

Title:

Adaptive Control Mechanisms in Fly Flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Insect flight
adaptive flight
control theory
Bioinspired

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Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qian Wang, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies