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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:: 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:: Guo, Jianping
Title:: Three-Dimensional Wrapping of Stiff Elastic Belts around Rollers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: elastica
elastic belts
Helical wrapping
File:: Download Jianping_Guo.PDF
Committee Members:: Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

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Author:: Wu, Tian-Yau
Title:: ACTIVE CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC RADIATION VIA LEFT AND RIGHT EIGENVECTOR ASSIGNMENT
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Active Control
Structural Vibration
Acoustic Radiation
Piezoelectric Material
Modal Confinement
Eigenvector Assignment
Disturbance Rejection
Modal Radiation Reduction.
File:: Download Wu-PhD-Thesis_final3.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Heath Hofmann, 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:: Tummala, Yashwanth
Title:: Design and Optimization of Contact-aided Compliant Mechanisms with Nonlinear Stiffness
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Design optimization
compliant mechanisms
passive morphing
ornithopters
contact-aided compliant mechanisms
File:: Download Dissertation_Tummala_Final_Submitted.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Miura, Kentaro
Title:: Modeling, Design, and Experimental Validation of a Tailboom Vibration Absorber Using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Tubes
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: fluidic flexible matrix composite
vibration control
helicopter tailboom
structural dynamics
design
File:: Download KMiura_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

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