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Author:

Hanks, Bradley Wright

Title:

Design Optimization of Compliant Structures for Radiofrequency Ablation and Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design optimization
compliant mechanism
additive manufacturing
lattice structures
radiofrequency ablation

File:

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Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Foster, Garett

Title:

Burning Velocity and Temperature Field Measurements of Aluminum-Air Flames at Elevated Pressure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Metal combustion
Aluminum combustion
Aluminum particles
Burning velocity
Pressurized combustion
Aluminum flame
Dust flame

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Christopher

Title:

Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Islam, Md Zahabul

Title:

Multi-stimuli Effects on Thin Films and Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Structure-property
External stimuli
Nanoscale
Micro Electro-Mechanical System
Additive manufacturing
Electron wind force
Two-dimensional materials
Crystallinity
In-situ transmission electron microscope
Advanced manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Daudi Rigenda Waryoba, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hendrick, Christopher

Title:

Applications of Pilot Modelling to Rotorcraft Flight Simulation Development

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Pilot Model
Motion Cueing
Rotorcraft

File:

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Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walters, Gage

Title:

Application of Generalized Polynomial Chaos to Flow-Induced Vibration and Sound

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

uncertainty quantification
generalized polynomial chaos
probability transformation
numerical integration
turbulence ingestion
boundary layer forced structure

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Gage_Walters.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Lee Campbell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David M Williams, Committee Member
Sheri Lynn Martinelli, Committee Member
Konstantinos Papakonstantinou, Outside Member
Andrew S Wixom, Special Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zafar, Suhaib

Title:

MULT-SCALE MODELLING AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALSYIS OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE (TMD) GROWTH IN AN MOCVD CHAMBER

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
2D materials
TMDs
MOCVD
Growth Kinetics

File:

Download MS_thesis_Suhaib.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cory, Trevor

Title:

Dust Feed and Weave Topology Effects in Gas Turbine Cooling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine
deposition
ceramic matrix composite
internal flow
heat transfer
weave surface
dust feed
effusion flow

File:

Download Cory_Thesis_Dec_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Creer, Riley

Title:

Impact of Dilution Jets on Combustor Liner Static Pressure and Effusion Cooling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustor liner
Dilution jet
Effusion Cooling

File:

Download Creer_MSThesis_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Patki, Priyanka Abhay

Title:

Mixture theory based poroelasticity for biopolymer degradation and fluid transport in brain

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element Method
Poroelasticity
Mixture theory
Fluid-structure interactions

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Committee Members:

Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Outside Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair