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151. Design and Optimization of Narrow-Gauged Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms for Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery

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Author:
Aguirre, Milton
Title:
Design and Optimization of Narrow-Gauged Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms for Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Design
Contact-Aided
Compliant Mechanism
Advanced MIS
NOTES
Optimization
File:
Download Dissertation_MEA.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member

152. Biomechanical Changes in Gait and Posture as a Result of In-Shoe Orthoses and External Load

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Open Access
Author:
Heller, Michelle Frances
Title:
Biomechanical Changes in Gait and Posture as a Result of In-Shoe Orthoses and External Load
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
foot type
stress fracture
File:
Download Heller_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

154. Structural and Hydrodynamic Design Optimization Enhancements with Application to Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades

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Open Access
Author:
Trudeau, Matthew George
Title:
Structural and Hydrodynamic Design Optimization Enhancements with Application to Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Renewable Energy
Turbine Blade Design
Marine Energy
Wind Energy
File:
Download Trudeau-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

155. Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Two Phase Closed thermosyphon Cooling System for New Cold Neutron Source Moderator of Breazeale Research Reactor at Penn State

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Author:
Habte, Melaku
Title:
Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Two Phase Closed thermosyphon Cooling System for New Cold Neutron Source Moderator of Breazeale Research Reactor at Penn State
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Dryout Temperature
Two-phase CFD Modeling
FLUENT
Cold Neutron Source
Moderator Cooling
Nucleate Boiling
CFD
Two-Phase Heat Transfer
Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon
Cryogenic Temperatrure
Thermodynamics of Thermosyphon
Liquid Neon Cooling
File:
Download MelakuHabteDissertation2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member

156. Extensions to the Time Lag Models for Practical Application to Rocket Engine Stability Design

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Open Access
Author:
Casiano, Matthew Joseph
Title:
Extensions to the Time Lag Models for Practical Application to Rocket Engine Stability Design
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
concentrated combustion
helium injection
time lag models
combustion stability
throttling
damping
File:
Download CasianoDissertationFinaleTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Tomas E Nesman, Committee Member

158. Scaling, characterization, and application of gram-range explosive charges to blast testing of materials

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Open Access
Author:
Hargather, Michael John
Title:
Scaling, characterization, and application of gram-range explosive charges to blast testing of materials
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
schlieren
shadowgraph
TNT equivalence
laboratory-scale explosives
explosive
material blast testing
File:
Download mjhargather_thesis_final_2008.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member

159. A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE AIRFLOW AND ODORANT TRANSPORT PHENOMENA OF CANINE OLFACTION

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Open Access
Author:
Lawson, Michael J
Title:
A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE AIRFLOW AND ODORANT TRANSPORT PHENOMENA OF CANINE OLFACTION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
flow visualization
canine olfaction
File:
Download dissertation.Michael_Lawson.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member