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41. MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)

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Open Access
Author:
Gross, Steven Joseph
Title:
MICROMACHINED SWITCHES AND CANTILEVER ACTUATORS BASED ON PIEZOELECTRIC LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT)
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
MEMS
PZT
microfabrication
etching
cantilevers
xenon difluoride
ion beam etching
piezoelectric
actuators
unimorph
bimorph
File:
Download SJG-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

42. Vehicle Rollover Prediction for Banked Surfaces

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Open Access
Author:
Lapapong, Sittikorn
Title:
Vehicle Rollover Prediction for Banked Surfaces
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Rollover Prediction
Vehicle Rollover
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicle
Zero-Moment Point
File:
Download SittikornLapapong_PhDThesis_2010_11_20.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

43. A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Suyi
Title:
A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fluidic flexible matrix composite
honeycomb structures
sandwich beam
variable stiffness
File:
Download Master_Thesis_Suyi_Li.pdf
Committee Members:
Kon Well Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

45. Experimental Characterization of Textile Energy Absorbers Exposed to Environmental Conditionings

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Author:
Miller, Simon W
Title:
Experimental Characterization of Textile Energy Absorbers Exposed to Environmental Conditionings
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
textile
energy absorber
load limiter
tear webbing
stitch ripping device
environmental conditioning
quasi static
high rate
crashworthy
restraint
File:
Download Simon_W_Miller_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

46. CORE-FREE ROLLED ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS USING ELECTROSTRICTIVE P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) TERPOLYMER

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Author:
Levard, Thomas
Title:
CORE-FREE ROLLED ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS USING ELECTROSTRICTIVE P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) TERPOLYMER
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
rolled actuator
ElectroActive Polymer
Braille display
File:
Download Thesis_-_Thomas_Levard.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

47. ACTIVE CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC RADIATION VIA LEFT AND RIGHT EIGENVECTOR ASSIGNMENT

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Open Access
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

48. Design, Analysis, and Applications of Cellular Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms

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Open Access
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

49. FUNDAMENTAL MODELING THE PERFORMANCE AND DEGRADATION OF HEV LI-ION BATTERY

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Open Access
Author:
Fang, Weifeng
Title:
FUNDAMENTAL MODELING THE PERFORMANCE AND DEGRADATION OF HEV LI-ION BATTERY
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Li-ion battery
HEV
degradation
modeling
File:
Download WeifengFangDissertation0616.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

50. Nonlinear Robust Control Design for a High-speed Supercavitating Vehicle

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Open Access
Author:
Mao, Xiaofeng
Title:
Nonlinear Robust Control Design for a High-speed Supercavitating Vehicle
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear system
robust control
supercavitating vehicle
LPV
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Xiaofeng_Mao_after_defense.pdf
Committee Members:
Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member