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Author:: Lucena Kreppel Paes, Paulo
Title:: Analysis of Inter-scale Turbulence-Chemistry Dynamics with Reduced Physics Simulations for Application to Large-Eddy Simulation of Premixed Turbulent Combustion
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Premixed turbulent combustion
Large-eddy simulation
Vortex-flame interaction
SGS modeling
Fourier transform
File:: Download PauloPaes-Dissertation-Submit.pdf
Committee Members:: Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member
Peter Hamlington, Special Member
James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yuan Xuan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Kim, Jinyong
Title:: Modeling Micro- and Macro-Scale Two-Phase Flow in 3D Flow Channels of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Fuel Cell
3D fine mesh
Flow-field
Water management
High current density
Mass transport
Two-phase flow
Modeling
PEMFC
File:: Download JinyongKim_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao-Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

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Author:: Tau, Seth
Title:: Investigation into the Effects of Obstacle Dimensional Uncertainty on Path Planning Cost Metrics in a Mesh-Free Environment
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: uncertainty
path-planning
File:: Download Seth_Tau_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Hsu, Shih Jung
Title:: Experimental Investigation of Insect Flight Aerodynamics and Control
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: MAGLEV
Speed Control
Insect Flight
Visual Control
File:: Download Shih-Jung_Hsu_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Bo Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Prasad, Chitrarth
Title:: SIMULATION OF SUPERSONIC JET NOISE REDUCTION USING FLUID INSERTS FOR LOW BYPASS RATIO TURBOFANS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: supersonic
noise reduction
Large eddy simulation
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Doak's Momentum Potential Theory
File:: Download Simulation_of_supersonic_jet_noise_Prasad_dissertation_PSU.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Li, Jihang
Title:: An Experimental Study of the Effect of a Pilot Flame on Combustion Instabilities
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Combustion Instability
Gas Turbine
Combustion
Pilot Flame
Flame Transfer Function
File:: Download Dissertation_Jihang_Li.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Daniel Haworth, Committee Member
Dr. Jacqueline O'connor, Committee Member
Dr. Michel Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Sircar, Arpan
Title:: CFD Modeling of In-Cylinder Heat Transfer in Piston Engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
Combustion
Turbulence
Radiation
Boundary Layer
IC Engines
File:: Download Arpan_Sircar_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert J Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Ghalyan, Najah
Title:: Sequential Machine Learning for Decision-Making in Mechanical Systems
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: symbolic dynamics
Hidden Markov Models
ergodicity
measure-preserving transformations
image classification
fatigue damage
thermoacoustic instabilities
probabilistic finite state automata
time series
bag-of-words
support vector machines
generating partition
quantization
lossy source coding
sliding block source coding
clustering
dynamic programming
Viterbi algorithm
anomaly detection
change point detection
transient change detection
quickest change detection
data-driven modeling
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Najah_Ghalyan.pdf
Committee Members:: Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Outside Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Outside Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Nabil, Mahdi
Title:: Computational Investigation of High-Flux Heating of Supercritical Fluids in Microscale Geometries
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Supercritical fluid
Carbon dioxide
Microchannels
Heat exchanger
Large eddy simulation
Mixed convection
Supercritical Fluid
Carbon Dioxide
Micro-pin-fins
Heat Exchanger
Large Eddy Simulation
Mixed Convection
File:: Download PhDDissertation_MNabil.pdf
Committee Members:: Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Bhattacharjee, Debapriya
Title:: Periodic Cross-Flow Trajectory Optimization for an Experimentally-Parameterized Model of a Tethered Energy Harvester
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: periodic optimal control
airborne wind energy systems
buoyant air turbine
optimization
File:: Download Debapriya_Bhattacharjee_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Hosam Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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