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Author:

Khichar, Mayank

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration

File:

Download Dissertation_MayankKhichar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tau, Seth

Title:

The Effects of Path-Planning Uncertainty on Intelligent Vehicle Performance

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

path planning
intelligent vehicle
ground vehicle
mapping error
sensing error
maneuvering speed

File:

Download Seth_Tau_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Greer, Christopher

Title:

Chemical Combustion Power Systems For Extreme Environment Planetary Landers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium combustion
Venus lander
In-situ resource utilization
Venus heat engine
Rankine cycle
Mercury Rankine Cycle

File:

Download CGreer_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Michael P. Manahan, Committee Member
James Kasting, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alqahtani, Hassan

Title:

deep learning approach to real time health monitoring for fatigue damage detection and classification

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

DEEP LEARNING
REAL-TIME HEALTH MONITORING
FATIGUE DAMAGE
CLASSIFICATION
DAMAGE DETECTION

File:

Download HASSAN_THESIS-9-2.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Eric Russell Marsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gauntt, Sean

Title:

Dynamic Analysis of Aerospace Gearboxes Featuring Hybrid Steel-Composite Gears

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Steel-Composite Gears
Hybrid Gears
Hybrid Gear Drivetrains
Drivetrain Models
Transmission Error
Optimization

File:

Download SeanGauntt-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Campbell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Outside Member
Sean Michael Mcintyre, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Irwin, Jeffrey

Title:

Virtual Part Qualification with Thermal, Mechanical, and Microstructural Modeling of Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
Laser processes
Numerical methods
Modeling and simulation
Finite element analysis

File:

Download irwin_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member
Abdalla Ramadan Nassar, Outside Member
Pan Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shah, Yash Girish

Title:

Dominant Interscale Dynamics in Premixed Turbulent Combustion for Application to Large-Eddy Simulation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Large-Eddy Simulation
Premixed Turbulent Flames
Chemical Reaction Rates
Interscale Interactions
Direct Numerical Simulation
Combustion Modeling

File:

Download Shah_ME_Thesis_final-12Apr21.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuan Xuan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schmitthenner, Dave

Title:

The Relationship Between Stiffness and Walking

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Exoskeletons
Biomechanics
Nonlinear Control
System Identification
Gait

File:

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Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member
Andrew Michael Geronimo, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hansford, Samuel E

Title:

Ventilated Supercavity Physics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercavitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rhett William Jefferies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Outside Member

Author:

Ochoa Lleras, Nicolas

Title:

Control Systems and Human Factors for the Prevention of Tractor Overturn

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Control systems
Tractor
Rollover
ADAS
Human Factors
Simulated environments

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Dennis Murphy, Committee Member
Yiqi Zhang, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair