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1. Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements

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Author:
Dean, Adam
Title:
Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
vehicle
terrain-based
estimation
kalman filter
particle filter
localization
File:
Download Adam-Dean-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

2. OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS THROUGH THE USE OF ALLOMETRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

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Author:
Logan, Drew G.
Title:
OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS THROUGH THE USE OF ALLOMETRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
system modeling
optimal design
hybrid systems
dynamic programming
allometric design
mobile robots
robot performance
File:
Download Drew_Logan_MS_ME_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways

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Author:
Jerath, Kshitij
Title:
Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
traffic jams
traffic
self-organized
self organization
adaptive cruise control
congestion
multi-agent systems
File:
Download Thesis_20100412_v6.3.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Prediction of Performance Measures for Buses: A System-Based Approach

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Author:
Muthiah, Saravanan
Title:
Prediction of Performance Measures for Buses: A System-Based Approach
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
acceleration and gradeability
fuel economy
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
Transit buses
Performance Based Standards (PBS)
pass-by noise
reliability
multi-criteria optimization
File:
Download Phd_Thesis_Saravanan_Muthiah.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member

11. Vehicle Rollover Prediction for Banked Surfaces

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Author:
Lapapong, Sittikorn
Title:
Vehicle Rollover Prediction for Banked Surfaces
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Rollover Prediction
Vehicle Rollover
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicle
Zero-Moment Point
File:
Download SittikornLapapong_PhDThesis_2010_11_20.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

12. Design of Horizontal Curves with Downgrades using Low-Order Vehicle Dynamics Models

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Author:
Varunjikar, Tejas
Title:
Design of Horizontal Curves with Downgrades using Low-Order Vehicle Dynamics Models
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
horizontal curve design
vehicle dynamics
friction demand
bicycle model
CarSim
point mass model
LuGre tire model
tire pavement friction
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Varunjikar_Tejas.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Vehicle Localization Using Low-Accuracy GPS, IMU and Map-Aided Vision

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Author:
Gupta, Vishisht Vijay
Title:
Vehicle Localization Using Low-Accuracy GPS, IMU and Map-Aided Vision
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
GPS
Kalman Filter
IMU
Vehicle Localization
Terrain-Aided Vision
Map-Aided Vision
File:
Download Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Robert T Collins, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

14. Extrema Features for Global-localization and Pattern Matching of Time-series Data

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Author:
Vemulapalli, Pramod Krishna
Title:
Extrema Features for Global-localization and Pattern Matching of Time-series Data
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
extrema features
subsequence matching
time series features
File:
Download PramodPhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Dr Robert T Collins, Committee Member

20. Influential Subspaces in Self-organizing Multi-agent Systems

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Author:
Jerath, Kshitij
Title:
Influential Subspaces in Self-organizing Multi-agent Systems
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Self-organization
multi-agent system
influential subspace
traffic flow
statistical mechanics
intelligent vehicles
File:
Download PhD_-_Kshitij_Jerath_-_Influential_subspaces_in_self-organizing_multi-agent_systems.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vikash Varun Gayah, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member