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Author:: Lotfi Gaskarimahalle, Amir
Title:: VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Semi-active Control
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Variable Stiffness Systems
Input Shaping
Vibration Control
File:: Download AmirLotfi-Dissertation_7.29.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Trivedi, Deepak
Title:: Modeling, Optimal Design, Shape Estimation and Workspace Analysis of Soft Robotic Manipulators
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: continuum mechanics
design optimization cosserat rod
soft robotic manipulators
pneumatic air muscles
File:: Download DeepakTrivediDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:: DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: YU, HONGBIAO
Title:: PIEZOELECTRIC NETWORKING FOR MODE DELOCALIZATION AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF NEARLY PERIODIC STRUCTURES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: VIBRATION CONTROL
PERIODIC STRUCTURE
VIBRATION LOCALIZATION
PIEZOELECTRIC
File:: Download Yu_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Hill, Jeffrey Ray
Title:: High Precision Surface Control of Flexible Space Reflectors
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Gossamer
control
En Masse Elimination
modeling
File:: Download Hill_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Loverich, Jacob Joseph
Title:: Development of a new high specific power piezoelectric actuator
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: piezoelectric
actuator
active material
feed screw
motion accumulation
File:: Download Loverich.thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Philen, Michael Keith
Title:: DIRECTIONAL DECOUPLING OF PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET ACTUATORS FOR HIGH-PRECISION SHAPE AND VIBRATION CONTROL OF PLATE STRUCTURES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: adaptive mirror
shape control
vibration control
smart materials
directional decopuling
piezoceramics
plate
File:: Download PhilenThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Anusonti-Inthra, Phuriwat
Title:: SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF HELICOPTER VIBRATION USING CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS AND DAMPING DEVICES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: controllable damper
controllable stiffness
semi-active control
helicopter vibration reduction
File:: Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Mehta, Vipul Vijay
Title:: Design, Analysis, and Applications of Cellular Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Contact-aided compliant mechanisms
topology optimization
meso-scaled structures
morphing aircraft skin
stress relief
File:: Download Vipul_Mehta_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

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Author:: Marr, Conor Matthew
Title:: Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Damper
Fluidlastic
Hydraulic
CFD
Modeling
Multi-State
Bypass
Passive Damping
Lead-Lag Damper
Ground Resonance
File:: Download CMarrPhDThesis2012FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

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