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22. STUDY OF PERFORMANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENT USING THE REAXFF REACTIVE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Rahnamoun, Ali
Title:
STUDY OF PERFORMANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS UNDER EXTREME ENVIRONMENT USING THE REAXFF REACTIVE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Molecular Dynamics
ReaxFF
Material Simulation
Extreme Environment
File:
Download thesis_revised_after_defense.pdf
Committee Members:
Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. A PRESCRIBED FLIGHT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERSEA VEHICLE AUTOPILOT ROBUSTNESS

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Open Access
Author:
Bowman, Daniel Joseph
Title:
A PRESCRIBED FLIGHT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR UNDERSEA VEHICLE AUTOPILOT ROBUSTNESS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Undersea Vehicle
Autopilot Robustness
Flight Performance
Weight Configuration
Trim
File:
Download BowmanDan_MSME_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. A. Scott Lewis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Sean Brennan, Committee Member
Dr. Karen Thole, Committee Member

25. Size Effects on Thermal Transport in Materials and Interfaces

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Author:
Pulavarthy, Raghu
Title:
Size Effects on Thermal Transport in Materials and Interfaces
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
thermal conductivity
interfacial thermal resistance
multi-domain coupling
thin films
size effect
thermoelectric
File:
Download Raghu_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Karen Thole, Committee Member

26. A Dynamic Modeling Approach and Optimization Framework for the Design of Self-folding Origami Structures

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Author:
Bowen, Landen Albert
Title:
A Dynamic Modeling Approach and Optimization Framework for the Design of Self-folding Origami Structures
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
origami
compliant mechanisms
dynamic modeling
self-folding
File:
Download BowenETD.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Outside Member

27. ATOMISTIC-SCALE INVESTIGATION OF THE GROWTH KINETICS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE LAYERS ON ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES AND GERMANIUM-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS USING THE REAXFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD

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Open Access
Author:
Hong, Sung Wook
Title:
ATOMISTIC-SCALE INVESTIGATION OF THE GROWTH KINETICS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE LAYERS ON ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES AND GERMANIUM-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS USING THE REAXFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Aluminum oxide layer
Aluminum nanoparticles
Ge slab
File:
Download Dissertation_SHong_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Adri C.T. van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri C.T. van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

28. Determining the Effects of Increased Volume Fraction of Barium Hexaferrite as a Magnetic Filler in Magneto-Active Elastomers

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Open Access
Author:
Haussener, Tyler Kress
Title:
Determining the Effects of Increased Volume Fraction of Barium Hexaferrite as a Magnetic Filler in Magneto-Active Elastomers
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Barium Ferrite
X-ray Diffraction
Magneto-active elastomers
Vibrating Sample Magnetometry
Magneto-rheological elastomers
Magnetic Materials
File:
Download Haussener_Tyler_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

29. Designing for Metal Additive Manufacturing: Design Challenges with Three Industry Relevant Components

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Open Access
Author:
KANTAREDDY, SAI NITHIN REDDY
Title:
Designing for Metal Additive Manufacturing: Design Challenges with Three Industry Relevant Components
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Laser-based powder bed fusion
Additive Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Topology Optimization
Lightweighting
Lattice Structures
Design Workflow
File:
Download Thesis-nithin-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

30. ADAPTIVE INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM COMPLEX SYSTEMS VIA SYMBOLIC TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Yue
Title:
ADAPTIVE INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM COMPLEX SYSTEMS VIA SYMBOLIC TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Symbolic time series analysis
Hidden Markov modeling
Pattern recognition
Finite-state Automaton
Information Fusion
Sensor Networks
Battery SOC estimation
Battery SOH estimation
Recursive Bayes Filter
Image processing
File:
Download YueLi-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member