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Author:

Mishra, Partha Pratim

Title:

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-BALANCING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Self-Balancing Systems
Maximum Power Point Tracking
Extremum-Seeking
Lyapunov Methods
Controls
Model-based Estimation
Renewable Energy Systems
Lithium-ion Batteries
State Estimation
Input Estimation
Model Reduction
Stability
Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation

File:

Download Partha_Mishra_Dissertation_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Member

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Yizhou

Title:

Model-based Receding Horizon Control and Estimation for Nonlinear Systems via Carleman Approximation

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

model predictive control
moving horizon estimation
nonlinear control
Carleman approximation
computational efficiency
advanced process control
optimization

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Outside Member

Author:

Denlinger, Michelle

Title:

Extremum Seeking Algorithms for Optimal Periodic Control with Application to Buoyant Air Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Extremum seeking
Optimal Periodic Control
Wind Energy
Buoyant Air Turbines
Optimal Control
Periodic Control
Airborne Wind Energy

File:

Download MDenlinger_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Chris Vermillion, Special Member

Author:

Xu, Chu

Title:

FORMULATION AND COMPARISON OF TWO REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE GEAR SHIFT ALGORITHMS FOR CONNECTED/AUTOMATED HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

DP
neural network
rain flow counting
gear shift optimization
rain flow counting

File:

Download Master_Thesis_CHUXU_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wahba, Mohamed

Title:

Factors affecting the repeatability of the fuel consumption of a heavy-duty truck on urban and highway roads

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

V2I
Truck platoon

File:

Download MohamedWahba-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Monaco, Christopher D

Title:

Ego-Motion Estimation Using Doppler and Spatial Data in SONAR, RADAR, or Camera Images

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ego-motion estimation
doppler
sonar
radar
camera
autonomous
automotive
underwater
motion estimation
localization
perception
odometry
dead-reckoning
vehicle
spatial
doppler velocity log
navigation

File:

Download Monaco_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Russell Charles Burkhardt, Outside Member
Kurt A Hacker, Special Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair