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Author:

Bares, Jonathan

Title:

COMPUTATION OF NATURAL FREQUENCIES AND MODE SHAPES OF A PERIODIC STRUCTURE VIA PERTURBATION ANALYSIS AND POLYNOMIAL CHAOS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

COMPUTATION NATURAL FREQUENCIES MODE SHAPES

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chorpenning, Katherine Ann

Title:

Platelet Adhesion to Polyurethane Urea Under Cardiac Pulse

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

platelet
adhesion

File:

Download Grad_School_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret June Slattery, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven Deutsch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Park, Mee Rea

Title:

Preferred zonal-mean flow structures responding to climate warming

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

climate warming
baroclinic life cycle
poleward jet shift

File:

Download PSU.master.thesis.Meerea.Park.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Sukyung Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukyung Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Diglio, Paul Jonathan

Title:

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF ROLLED CYLINDRICAL PVDF ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

blocking force
Braille display
displacement
EAP
semi-automated manufacturing process
rolled actuators

File:

Download Paul_Diglio_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shore, Scott Andrew

Title:

COMPUTER OPERATION AND MONITORING FOR A DAIRY MANURE ANAEROBIC DIGESTER

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

anaerobic digestion
dairy manure
computer operation and monitoring

File:

Download ScottShoreThesisFinalJuly13-1.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Tom Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Amin, Sanket R

Title:

DETERMINING THE UNCERTAINTY OF A GPS-BASED COLLISION VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Allan Variance
sensitivity analysis
LIDAR
collision warning system
GPS
friction coefficient estimation

File:

Download Amin_MastersThesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jennings, Timothy John

Title:

FILM-COOLED GAS TURBINE VANE TEMPERATURE CALCULATIONS WITH AN ITERATIVE CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER APPROACH USING EMPIRICAL FILM CORRELATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conjugate
gas turbine
film-cooling
heat transfer

File:

Download Timothy_Jennings_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garzon, Maria M

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE THERMAL DESIGN FOR THE OSIRIS-3U CUBESAT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CubeSat
OSIRIS-3U
Thermal Design

File:

Download MariaGarzon_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blecher, Jared Jacob

Title:

Numerical Modeling of Laser-silicon Interactions during Formation of Selective Emitters

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

laser doping
solar cell
photovoltaics
laser diagnostic
beam characterization

File:

Download Blecher_Masters_Thesis_Rev_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Tarasankar Deb Roy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Overmeyer, Austin David

Title:

Actuator Bondline Optimization and Experimental Deicing of a Rotor Blade Ultrasonic Deicing System

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

deicing
de-icing
icing
ultrasonic
electro-thermal
low power
ice protection
helicopter
rotor blades

File:

Download Overmeyer_MS_Thesis_2012_FINAL_V4.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor