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Author:: Lawson, Michael J
Title:: A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE AIRFLOW AND ODORANT TRANSPORT PHENOMENA OF CANINE OLFACTION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
flow visualization
canine olfaction
File:: Download dissertation.Michael_Lawson.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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Author:: Gibson, Jeffrey Reed
Title:: Geometric Effects on Static Turbine Rim Seals
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Rim Seal
Hot Gas Ingress
Cavity
Flow field
Sealing Effectiveness
File:: Download Gibson_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

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Author:: Clark, Kenneth Phillip
Title:: Sealing Effectiveness of a Turbine Rim Seal at Engine-Relevant Conditions
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: turbomachinery
turbine
rim seals
hot gas ingestion
experimental
engine relevant
File:: Download Dissertation_Ken_Clark.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

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Author:: Kirsch, Kathryn Louise
Title:: Exploring Microchannel Cooling Designs through the uses of Numerical Optimization and Additive Manufacturing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: heat transfer
optimization
additive manufacturing
internal cooling
adjoint method
File:: Download Kirsch_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

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Author:: Haydt, Shane Elliott
Title:: A Detailed Investigation of the Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Related to Injection from a Compound Angled Shaped Film Cooling Hole
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: film cooling
heat transfer
fluid dynamics
gas turbines
turbomachinery
heat transfer augmentation
particle image velocimetry
ir thermography
File:: Download Shane_Haydt_-_Dissertation_v3.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

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Author:: Snyder, Jacob
Title:: Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: L-PBF
gas turbines
heat transfer
additive manufacturing
surface roughness
DMLS
SLM
fluid flow
film cooling
process parameters
File:: Download SnyderDissertation_FinalSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

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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

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