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Author:

Stearns, Aaron J

Title:

Design of an Active Adaptable Acoustic Metamaterial Perforated Plate for Structural Vibration Reduction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

acoustic metamaterial
structural acoustics
vibration
piezoelectric
optimization
finite element method
Floquet-Bloch
vibration control
plate
shunted piezoelectric
adaptable
active

File:

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Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Major Field Member
Stephen Hambric, Outside Field Member
Robert Campbell, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Beck, Special Member
George Lesieutre, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Kumru, Hanife Tugba

Title:

Numerical and Experimental Methods for the Design of Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

RFA
DNNs
Facet joint pain
bipolar
Temperature-controlled
FEA
MRI

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Reuben Kraft, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member

Author:

Roh, Byeong Min

Title:

A V-Model Framework to Support Qualification of Metal Additive Manufacturing Parts Made with Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

V-ModelOntology
Sensors
V-Model
Quality Assurance
Metal Additive Manufacturing
Ontology
Data-Driven Modeling
In-Situ Monitoring
Sensor Selection
Printable Zone
Ontology-Driven Physics-Informed Neural Network
Monitoring and Quality Networks
Complex Systems

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Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Soundar Kumara, Outside Unit & Field Member
Timothy Simpson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Major Field Member
Paul Witherell, Special Member

Author:

Zhou, Yuxiao

Title:

3D Full-field Bone Biomechanics Study: Effects of Diseases and Treatments

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Biomechanics
Atomic Force Microscopy
Digital Volume Correlation
Dental implant
Glenohumeral joint
Rheumatoid arthritis

File:

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Committee Members:

Jing Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jing Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
April D Armstrong, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Torab, Peter

Title:

Collective Invasion In Heterogeneous Bladder Cancer Tumors: A Biomanufacturing Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

bladder
cancer
heterogeneity
invasion
heterogeneous
biomanufacturing
biosensor
biomanufactured
biomanufacture
3D
extracellular matrix
leader cells
collective invasion
invasion assay
in vitro

File:

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Committee Members:

Pak Kin Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jing Du, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chatterjee, Bikramjit

Title:

Electro-thermal Investigation of Next Generation Wide Bandgap Electronics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermography
Thermal Management
Raman
Thermoreflectance
Infrared
GaN
Gallium Oxide
HEMT
MODFET
Optical Metrology
Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Devices
Field Effect Transistors
AlGaN
Schottky Barrier Diode
Power Electronics
Thermal Transport
Irradiation

File:

Download Bikramjit_Chatterjee_Dissertation_08122020.pdf

Committee Members:

Sukwon Choi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukwon Choi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zerbe, Ellen

Title:

Investigating the Formation of Engineers and the Future Professoriate: Linking Writing Approaches and Attitudes to Doctoral Thriving, Persistence, and Attrition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Engineering Education
Graduate Students
Qualitative
Quantititative
Writing
Professional Skills
Thriving

File:

Download Ellen_Zerbe_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris McComb, Outside Field Member
Eric Marsh, Major Field Member
Catherine Berdanier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jessica Menold, Outside Unit Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Pan

Title:

Rapid maneuvers in insects and hummingbirds and their applications to robots

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

inverted landing
visual mediation
rotational maneuvers
neural delay
biomechanics
bio-inspired robotics
neural delays
biomechanics

File:

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Committee Members:

Rudolf Schilder, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Qian Wang, Major Field Member
Bo Cheng, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Prabhu, Rohan

Title:

Encouraging Creativity through Design for Additive Manufacturing: An Investigation in Engineering Design Education

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
design for additive manufacturing
creativity
design education
engineering design
design tasks
motivation
complexity

File:

Download Prabhu_MEPhD_Dissertation_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Meisel, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Outside Field Member
Scarlett Miller, Major Field Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair
Samuel Hunter, Outside Unit & Minor Member

Author:

Ganeshan, Karthik

Title:

Modeling and understanding surface/electrolyte interactions in MXene supercapacitors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Energy storage
Supercapacitors
ReaxFF
Atomic-scale simulations
Finite Element Method
Boltzmann Transport Equation
Rarefied flow
MXene
Birnessite
Nuclear Quantum Effects
Path-Integral Molecular Dynamics

File:

Download Dissertation_v1.4.14.pdf

Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Major Field Member
Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
David Williams, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor