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Author:

Poramapojana, Poowanart

Title:

Experimental Investigation of Internal Short Circuits in Lithium-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion battery
Nail penetration test
Internal short circuits
Battery safety
Diagnostic nail

File:

Download Poramapojana_PhDThesis_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Denlinger, Erik Robert

Title:

thermo-mechanical model development and experimental validation for metallic parts in additive manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Distortion
Residual stress
Ti-6Al-4V
Inconel
FEM
Powder-bed

File:

Download disertationERD.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Committee Member

Author:

Beevers, David Bryan

Title:

Optimization of Hydrologically Linked Hydropower Systems with Multiple Owners through Water Payments

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
optimization
day-ahead
operations
scheduling
dynamic programming

File:

Download David_Beevers_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Horacio Perez Blanco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

Author:

Sarkar, Soumalya

Title:

Hierarchical Symbolic Perception in Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic Dynamics
Data Driven
Hierarchical approach
Multi-scale analysis
Combustion Instability
Fault detection

File:

Download Dissertation_Soumalya_Sarkar_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Corey David

Title:

Time Resolved Stereo-PIV Measurements of the Horseshoe Vortex System in Low Aspect Ratio Pin-Fin Arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Pin-fin
PIV
Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry
Heat Transfer
Horseshoe Vortex

File:

Download 1-Anderson_Corey_Thesis_Finalized.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ferguson, Ian

Title:

Using Topology Optimization to Improve Design for Additive Manufacture

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
3d printing
FDM
DMLS
topology optimization
design
optimization

File:

Download Ferguson_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Pulavarthy, Raghu

Title:

Characterization of Heat Transfer Coefficient at Micro/nano Scale and the effect of Heated Zone size

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Heat Transfer Coefficient
Microscale Heat Transfer
Heater Size
Infrared Microscopy

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aman Haque, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cowan, Brett Michael

Title:

Magnetically Induced Actuation and Optimization of the Miura-ori Structure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Origami engineering
magnetic actuation
optimization
ATSV

File:

Download BMC_Completed_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alam, Md Tarekul

Title:

Size effects on mechanical and thermal properties of thin films

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thin films
nano scale
thermal
mechanical
size effect
coupling of properties
micro scale

File:

Download Alam_dissertation_final_16July.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Mcnelly, Brendan P

Title:

Design of a Nuclear Inspection Robot: Considering Dimensional, Force, Sensor Packaging, and Thermal Constraints

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

robotic design
nuclear inspection
dry storage cask
wedging and jamming
peg insertion
thermal constraints

File:

Download McNelly_MS_Submission_eTD_20151123.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor