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Author:

Altland, Samuel

Title:

A Distributed Element Roughness Model Based on the Double Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

DERM
Surface Roughness
CFD
Roughness Modeling

File:

Download Sam_Altland_Thesis_5.23.22.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Kunz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cellini, Benjamin

Title:

The mechanics and control of active vision in fly flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Neuromechanics
Sensorimotor control
Drosophila
Active vision
Multisensory integration

File:

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Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jacob Langelaan, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fazio, Annalie

Title:

The Effects of Biofilms on the Settling and Transport of Microplastic Particles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Microplastics
Biofilms
Spatial distribution
Rise velocity
Lateral motion
Tumbling rate
Biofilm coverage

File:

Download MastersThesis_AFazio_SU22.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Regan, Committee Member
Matthew J Rau, Committee Member

Author:

Huff, Wesley

Title:

Estimation of Bio-inspired Visual Cues using Onboard Camera Images for Landing a Nano-Quadcopter

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Tau Theory
Inverted Landing
Micro Aerial Vehicle
Optical Flow
Horn Schunck
Reinforcement Learning
Visual Odometry

File:

Download Wesley_Huff_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katie Fitzsimons, Committee Member

Author:

Nitroy, Colin

Title:

Development of a miniature untethered wirelessly operated modular robotic fish for rumen monitoring

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Rumen
Robot
Fish
Bioinspired
Monitoring

File:

Download Colin_Nitroy___Penn_State_University_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashank Priya, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Glen

Title:

Towards the Next-Generation of Engineering Design Artificial Intelligence: A Framework for Additive Manufacturing Machine Learning Development

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
machine learning
artificial intelligence
design
manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Major Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
C Lee Giles, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Han, Jun

Title:

CFD Modeling of ignition and soot formation for advanced compression-ignition engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Compression-ignition engine
Transported probability density function (tPDF) method
Engine modeling
Soot modeling
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling

File:

Download JunHan_FinalDisertation_10252022.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jacqueline O'Connor, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Turns, Major Field Member
Philip Morris, Outside Unit & Field Member