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Author:

Chung, Hojae

Title:

VORTICITY DYNAMICS IN THE LEADING EDGE VORTEX ON REVOLVING WINGS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamics
Insect flight
Insect
LEV
leading edge vortex
Revolving wing
Revolving motion
Rossby number
Rossby
Planetary vorticity
Vorticity equation
Vorticity

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Brentner, Committee Member

Author:

Akarslan, Gokhan

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE DUST TRAIL PHENOMENON IN A WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dust Dispersion
Dust Emission
Two-Phase Flow
Dust Deposition

File:

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Committee Members:

Rui Ni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member

Author:

Lenko, Matthew

Title:

Design and Experimental Testing of a Microtracking Concentrating Photovoltaic Skylight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Skylight
CPV
Photovoltaic
Daylighting
Microtracking
Concentrating
Experimental
Design

File:

Download MatthewLenko_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member

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

Author:

Ng, Matthew

Title:

Optimization of Central Pattern Generator Parameters in a Simulated Undulatory Fish Robot

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

central pattern generation
reinforcement learning
physical simulator
optimization

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Patrick

Title:

HARDWARE DESIGN OF A MODULAR UNDULATORY ROBOTIC FISH WITH LINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Robotics
Biorobotrics
Fish
Locomotion

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mohammed El Husaini, Mohammed

Title:

Measurement and Validation of User-Perceived Comfort of an Ankle Exoskeleton

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Pneumatic
Exoskeleton
Ankle
1 DOF
Actuated
Comfort
VAS
Visual Analogue Scale
Likert
Survey
Perception
Impedance Control
Stiffness
Gait
Walking
Repeatability
Modeling
Subjective Feelings
Validation
Measurement
Rehabilitation

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Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Katie Fitzsimons, Committee Member

Author:

Agrawal, Suyash

Title:

Functional Modelling and Simulations of Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hummingbird Musculoskeletal System
Flapping Wing Flight
Flapping Wing Simulation
Hummingbird Hovering

File:

Download Master_s_thesis_Suyash_Agrawal_V7.pdf

Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alattar, Bader

Title:

Investigating Biologically Inspired Inverted Landing Strategies in a Nano-Quadcopter

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Biologically Inspired
Quadcopter
Crazyflie
Control
Reinforcement Learning
Blue Bottle Flies
Inverted Landing
Visual Cues
Optical Flow

File:

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Zhiyu

Title:

Underwater wall detection using robotic flapping wing and Long Short-Term Memory

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Robotic Wing
Underwater Perception

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Larry Cheng, Committee Member