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Start Over Year 2012 Committee Member Christopher Rahn

2. mechatronic devices for fabrication, testing, and implementation of rolled actuators in a computer controlled braille display

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Open Access
Author:
Robinson, Michael David
Title:
mechatronic devices for fabrication, testing, and implementation of rolled actuators in a computer controlled braille display
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Mechatronics
Electroactive Polymer Actuators
Braille Display
File:
Download Michael_Robinson_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper

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Open Access
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

5. Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

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Open Access
Author:
Mateti, Kiron
Title:
Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics
File:
Download PennStateNAV.wmvDownload LF07_oblique.wmvDownload LF12.wmvDownload LF1203split.wmvDownload 1-KironMateti-FinalDissertation.pdfDownload 1-PennStateNAV.wmvDownload 1-LF07_oblique.wmvDownload 1-LF12.wmvDownload 1-LF1203split.wmv
Committee Members:
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

6. Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution

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Open Access
Author:
Ahn, Young Tae
Title:
Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
spacecraft attitude dynamics
attitude control
combinatorial optimization theory
File:
Download youngtaeahn_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

7. The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap

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Open Access
Author:
Bae, Eui Sung
Title:
The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Performnce Improvement
vibration Reduction
Gurney flap
MiTEs
microflap
vibration
power
File:
Download ESBae_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

8. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION

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Open Access
Author:
Nayak, Sumanta Kumar
Title:
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
honeycomb
homogenization
blast
optimization
sandwich plates
virtual testing
File:
Download Sumanta-PhD-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Ashok D Belegundu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

9. Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Ataei-esfahani, Armin
Title:
Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear systems
randomized algorithms
robust control
uncertain systems
sum of squares method
ellipsoid method
File:
Download Armin_Ataei_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

10. Non-harmonic Root-pitch Individual-blade Control for the Reduction of Blade-vortex Interaction Noise in Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Malovrh, Brendon
Title:
Non-harmonic Root-pitch Individual-blade Control for the Reduction of Blade-vortex Interaction Noise in Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Blade-Vortex Interaction
BVI
noise
acoustic
helicopter
File:
Download MalovrhDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Kevin James Noonan, Special Member