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Author:: Alexeenko, Alina A.
Title:: MODELING OF MICROSCALE GAS FLOWS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: microflow
direct simulation Monte Carlo
rarefied gas flow
finite element analysis
transient heat transfer
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

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Author:: Yin, Hao
Title:: INTEGRATING INSTRUMENTATION DATA IN PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: MEPDG
Monte Carlo simulation
flexible pavement
instrumentation
performance prediction
probabilistic
finite element analysis
viscoelastic
variability analysis
File:: Download HaoYin-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Ghassan Chehab, Committee Member
Charles Edward Antle, Committee Member

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Author:: Liang, Jianhai
Title:: Development of a Multihazard Resistant Panelized Brick Veneer Wall System
Graduate Program:: Architectural Engineering
Keywords:: brick veneer
wind
seismic
impact
finite element analysis
panelized
prefabricated
File:: Download Jianhai_Liang_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Ali M Memari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric F P Burnett, Committee Member
M Kevin Parfitt, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Jindong
Title:: MINIATURIZED FLEXTENSIONAL TRANSDUCERS AND ARRAYS
Graduate Program:: Materials
Keywords:: metal-ceramic composite
transducer array
actuator
acoustic transducer
finite element analysis
transducer modeling
transducers
underwater transducers
cymbal
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: William Jack Hughes, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Robert E Newnham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Lee, Je Il
Title:: Role of Early-Age Concrete Properties and Construction Loading on Slab Serviceability
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: slab
construction load
early-age
finite element analysis
concrete
experiment
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Scanlon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea J Schokker, Committee Member
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

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Author:: Luo, Wei
Title:: ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES AND WAVE SCATTERING IN VISCOELASTIC COATED HOLLOW CYLINDERS
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: acoustics
wave mechanics
guided wave
finite element analysis
phased array focusing
ultrasonics
viscoelasticity
wave scattering
nondestructive evaluation
File:: Download WeiLuo_Dissertation_V1.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Eduard S Ventsel, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Heigel, Jarred Christopher
Title:: Thermo-mechanical Model Development and Experimental Validation for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Processes
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Additive manufacturing
laser cladding
distortion
convection
finite element analysis
residual stress
in situ measurement
File:: Download HeigelDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

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Author:: Aycock, Kenneth Iven
Title:: Towards Patient-Specific Modeling of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Performance
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: IVC filter
nitinol
pulmonary embolism
immersed boundary method
six degrees of freedom
inferior vena cava
computational fluid dynamics
finite element analysis
non-Newtonian
hemorheology
hemodynamics
patient-specific
computational modeling
embolus transport
coupled CFD/6-DOF
fictitious domain method
File:: Download 2016_Aycock_Kenneth_Penn_State_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Keefe B. Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L. Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Michael Krane, Committee Member
Donna H. Korzick, Outside Member
Brent A. Craven, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B. Manning, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Calogero, Joseph Patrick
Title:: Dual Optimization of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms and Spatial Distribution for Passive Shape Change
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: compliant mechanism
numerical dynamics
finite element analysis
design optimization
ornithopter
motion tracking camera
File:: Download Calogero_Dissertation_2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Outside Member

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Author:: Zhang, Wei
Title:: Finite Element Analysis and A Two-Stage Design Optimization Procedure of Multifield Origami-Inspired Structures
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: finite element analysis
design optimization
multifield origami
smart materials
File:: Download Dissertation_Wei_Zhang_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paris R von Lockette, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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