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Author:

Hirsh, Andrew

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric T-Beam Actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

T-Beam
Actuator
Piezoelectric

File:

Download Hirsh_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hoskins, Andrew Howard

Title:

Development and Characterization of a Robotic Dynamic Activity Simulator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

cadaver walking simulation
dynamic gait simulation
foot and ankle biomechanics
robotics

File:

Download AHoskins_PhD_Diss_HiQ.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Kankey, Andrew Thomas

Title:

A Method for Focusing Sound in Harbor Environments at Low Frequencies: Theory and Experiment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic array
harbor acoustics
underwater acoustics
sound focusing

File:

Download Kankey_Dissertation_11_19_08_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Hugo Koopmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
David Bradley, Committee Member
Kyle M Becker, Committee Member

Author:

Lotfi Gaskarimahalle, Amir

Title:

VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Semi-active Control
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Variable Stiffness Systems
Input Shaping
Vibration Control

File:

Download AmirLotfi-Dissertation_7.29.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Desai, Amit

Title:

Size Effect on the Mechanical Properties in Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

experimental nanomechanical characterization
electromechanical coupling

File:

Download amitdesai_phdthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member

Author:

Samuel, Benedict

Title:

Mechanical and Electrical Characterization of Glassy Carbon Nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

glassy carbon
MEMS mechanical testing
carbon nanofiber
carbon nanowire

File:

Download Thesis-BAS391-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aman Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member

Author:

Ayalew, Beshahwired

Title:

Nonlinear Control of Multi-Actuator Electrohydraulic Systems Based on Feedback Linearization with Application to Road Simulators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

actuator interaction
sliding mode control
input-output linearization
feedback linearization
electrohydraulic acutator
road simulators

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moustafa El Gindy, Committee Member
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member
Kathryn Weed Jablokow, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Hudson, Christopher James

Title:

THE APPLICATION OF FEEDBACK CONTROL TO THE FORCE FREQUENCY SHIFTING TECHNIQUE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

MR damper
transmitted force
feedback control
force frequency shifting
structural excitation
force tracking

File:

Download FeedbackFFS_cjh.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Wesley Trethewey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
John Stephen Lamancusa, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Santarelli, David

Title:

An Energy Harvesting Device for Powering Rotor Load Monitoring Sensors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Harvesting
Rotorcraft
Loads Monitoring

File:

Download THESIS_Santarelli.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Hathaway, Eric L

Title:

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization

File:

Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Guanghui

Title:

SPEED SENSOR-LESS CONTROL OF INDUCTION MACHINE BASED ON CARRIER SIGNAL INJECTION AND SMOOTH-AIR-GAP INDUCTION MACHINE

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Induction machine
Speed Sensor-less
Control

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Heath Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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

Author:

DeSmidt, Hans A.

Title:

ROBUST-ADAPTIVE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF ALLOY AND FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITE ROTORCRAFT DRIVELINES VIA MAGNETIC BEARINGS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptive Control
Magnetic Bearings
Driveline Active Vibration Contol
Helicopter Driveline
Flexible Matrix Composite
Periodic Time-Varying System

File:

Download thesis_desmidt.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alfred Scott Lewis, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

Author:

Kommepalli, Hareesh Kumar Reddy

Title:

DESIGN, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tbeam
unimorph
piezoelectric actuators
uniflex
flextensional
MEMS

File:

Download Hareesh_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Hailu, Haftay

Title:

DIMENSIONAL TRANFORMATION: A NOVEL METHOD FOR GAIN-SCHEDULING AND ROBUST CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

robust control
gain-scheduling
dimensional transformation
dimensional analysis

File:

Download Hailu_PhD_Dissertation2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mario Sznaier, Committee Member
Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

YU, HONGBIAO

Title:

PIEZOELECTRIC NETWORKING FOR MODE DELOCALIZATION AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF NEARLY PERIODIC STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

VIBRATION CONTROL
PERIODIC STRUCTURE
VIBRATION LOCALIZATION
PIEZOELECTRIC

File:

Download Yu_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Haiyu

Title:

Passive, Iterative, and Repetitive Control for Flexible Distributed Parameter Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Feedforward control
flexible distributed parameter systems
vibration control
BIBO stability

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member

Author:

Corl, Jonas Daniel

Title:

A COMPARISON OF HELICOPTER ACTIVE ROTOR GUST REJECTION AND VIBRATION ALLEVIATION METHODS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
swashplate
active rotor

File:

Download JonasCorlMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Zhou, Jing

Title:

Stochastic Semistability with Application to Stochastic Consensus

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nontangency
stochastic semistability
consensus algorithm
stochastic system
almost sure Lyapunov stability
random networks
almost sure convergence
stochastic Lyapunov function
Monte Carlo simulation

File:

Download JingZhou-PhD-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jack Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Cheong, Jongpil

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION, MODELING, AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A PIEZOELECTRIC FLEXTENSIONAL MICROACTUATOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Buckling
PZT
beam
flextensional
microactuator

File:

Download Ph.D._Thesis_Jongpil_Cheong_ME.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

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

Author:

Paik, Jinho

Title:

The Aeroelastic Stability Improvements of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors By Active and Passive Approaches

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

design optimization
whirl flutter
soft-inplane rotor
tiltrotor aircraft
feedback control

File:

Download Jinho-Paik-Dissertation-Aug09.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Loverich, Jacob Joseph

Title:

Development of a new high specific power piezoelectric actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
actuator
active material
feed screw
motion accumulation

File:

Download Loverich.thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

John, Joby

Title:

Inter-Trial Dynamics In Goal-Oriented Tasks.

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Variability in human movement
Performance
Inter-Trial Dynamics
Goal Equivalent Manifolds
Shuffleboard Experiment

File:

Download JobyJohn-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Paul Cusumano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Gary L Gray, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Kandler A.

Title:

Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion
battery
hybrid electric vehicle
model order reduction
diffusion systems
state of charge estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_KandlerSmith2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Kailiang

Title:

Approaches to Achieve Smarter Electroactive Materials and Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Polymer
Polymer Actuators
Energy Harvesting
Shape Memory Polymer
Self-healing.

File:

Download KailiangThesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Jiang, Lijun

Title:

Vibration-Based Structural Damage Identification Enhancement via Piezoelectric Circuitry Network and Active Feedback Control

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Structural Health Monitoring
Structural Damage Detection
Vibration
Smart Structures
Piezoelectric Circuitry
Active Control

File:

Download Thesis-LijunJiang-2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Heath F Hofmann, Committee Member

Author:

Philen, Michael Keith

Title:

DIRECTIONAL DECOUPLING OF PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET ACTUATORS FOR HIGH-PRECISION SHAPE AND VIBRATION CONTROL OF PLATE STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

adaptive mirror
shape control
vibration control
smart materials
directional decopuling
piezoceramics
plate

File:

Download PhilenThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Yasar, Murat

Title:

HYBRID SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

supervisory control
discrete event systems
aircraft propulsion
c4isr

File:

Download MuratYasar_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Quintangeli, Michael Vincent

Title:

AN ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE FOR POWERING ROTOR LOAD MONITORING SENSORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rotor
electromechanical
electromagnetic
pitch link
helicopter
energy harvesting
rod end
HUMS

File:

Download THESIS_Quintangeli.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yu, Nan

Title:

Yaw-Control Enhancement for Buses by Active Front-Wheel Steering

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Bus
Heavy Vehicle
Yaw Control
Front-Wheel Steering

File:

Download Thesis_NanYu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Levi, Committee Member
John M Mason, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Sen, Nilanjan

Title:

Inviscid Unsteady Aerodynamic Model of Airfoils Moving Near Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamic model
Conformal mapping
Potential Method
Clap-and-fling

File:

Download Nilanjan_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kwon, Ou Jung

Title:

Probing Anode Degradation in Automotive Li-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal effect at low temperature
Li-ion battery
Electric vehicle
Rapid charge
Lithium deposition
Anode degradation

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_OuJung_Kwon_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Diglio, Paul Jonathan

Title:

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF ROLLED CYLINDRICAL PVDF ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

blocking force
Braille display
displacement
EAP
semi-automated manufacturing process
rolled actuators

File:

Download Paul_Diglio_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Montanye, Pamela L.

Title:

Shipboard Helicopter Gust Response Alleviation Using Active Trailing Edge Flaps

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
rotorcraft
trailing edge flap
active rotor
flight dynamics
gust
gust response
shipboard
dynamic interface

File:

Download PamMontanyeMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Anusonti-Inthra, Phuriwat

Title:

SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF HELICOPTER VIBRATION USING CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS AND DAMPING DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

controllable damper
controllable stiffness
semi-active control
helicopter vibration reduction

File:

Download Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

THE OPTICAL AND DIELECTRIC APPLICATIONS OF POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) BASED ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electro-optic effect
long-period grating
capacitors
poly(vinylidene fluoride)

File:

Download Qin_Chen-Dissertation_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Goldman, Robert W

Title:

Development of a Rollover-Warning Device for Road Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle dynamics
fuzzy inference systems
fuzzy logic
neural networks
artificial neural networks
rollover
sensitivity analysis

File:

Download RWGoldman_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Moustafa El Gindy, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ageliki Elefteriadou, Committee Member

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

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

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

Author:

Gottimukkala, Siva Sankara Varma

Title:

DESIGN OF CIRCULARLY TOWED CABLE-BODY SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CIRCULARLY TOWED CABLE-BODY SYSTEMS

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

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

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

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

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