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Start Over Graduate Program Mechanical Engineering Committee Member Karen Ann Thole

24. Low-temperature Operation of Li-ion Batteries for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

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Open Access
Author:
Ji, Yan
Title:
Low-temperature Operation of Li-ion Batteries for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
lithium
battery
electrochemistry
modeling
low temperature
electric vehicles
File:
Download YanJi_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

25. Impact of Oxygenated Fuels on Sooting Tendency and Soot Oxidative Reactivity with Application to Biofuels

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Open Access
Author:
Barrientos, Eduardo Jose
Title:
Impact of Oxygenated Fuels on Sooting Tendency and Soot Oxidative Reactivity with Application to Biofuels
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Oxygenated Fuels
Sooting Tendency
Soot Oxidative Reactivity
Smoke Point
Diffusion Flames
PM emissions
File:
Download Barrientos_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

26. Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow

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Open Access
Author:
Wheeler, Joshua Edward
Title:
Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
spacer grid
rod bundle
two-phase flow
air-water
conductivity probe
laser Doppler anemometry
interfacial area concentration
File:
Download Wheeler_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. Reduced order modeling, statistical analysis and system identification for a bladed rotor with geometric mistuning

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Open Access
Author:
Vishwakarma, Vinod
Title:
Reduced order modeling, statistical analysis and system identification for a bladed rotor with geometric mistuning
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
turbine
mistuning
system identification
reduced order modeling
force response
random permutation
monte carlo
File:
Download thesis_vinod.pdf
Committee Members:
Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

28. Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell

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Open Access
Author:
Rajan, Girish Kumar
Title:
Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Dissipation/Decay
Capillary-Gravity
Surfactant
Marangoni/Elastic Waves
Resonance
Barotropic/Baroclinic Modes
Ocean Swell
File:
Download Rajan_Dissertation_Mech_Engr.pdf
Committee Members:
Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Harvey Segur, Special Member

29. The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response

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Open Access
Author:
De Rosa, Alexander John
Title:
The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
combustion dynamics
combustion instability
combustion confinement
instability confinement
File:
Download DeRosa-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

30. Using Conjugate Heat Transfer to Assess the Cooling Performance on a Turbine Endwall

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Open Access
Author:
Mensch, Amy
Title:
Using Conjugate Heat Transfer to Assess the Cooling Performance on a Turbine Endwall
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
gas turbine endwall
conjugate heat transfer
contoured endwall
film cooling
impingement cooling
thermal barrier coating
File:
Download Mensch_Dissertation-4-2.pdf
Committee Members:
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Brent A Craven, Special Member