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Author:

Tewari, Ashutosh

Title:

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE BASED IDENTIFICATION OF TAKAGI-SUGENO-KANG FUZZY MODELS FOR STATIC NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Knowledge-based systems
Data driven models
Neuro-fuzzy models
TSK fuzzy models
Artificial Intelligence

File:

Download PhDDissertationTewari.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, 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:

Scott, Christopher James

Title:

Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

circular restricted three body problem
Astrodynamics
CR3BP
satellite capture

File:

Download Diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Randow, Charles Louis

Title:

A Directed Continuum Model of a Columnar Thin Film

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Cosserat
micromorphic

File:

Download Randow-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary L Gray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Chandan

Title:

MODELING AND CONTROLLING NANAOSCALE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF EPITAXIAL QUANTUM DOTS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Thermal Field Directed Self-Assembly
Multilayer
Spectral Analysis
Surface Diffusion
Stochastic
Self-assembly
Quantum Dot
Elastic Heterogeneity

File:

Download ChandanKumar-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence H Friedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence H Friedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Pitt, Jonathan S

Title:

A Brittle Damage Model in Thermoelastodynamics

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Finite Element Method
Fracture
Continuum Damage Mechanics

File:

Download JonathanPitt-Thesis-PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Lawrence Friedman, 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:

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:

Jordan, Kimberlee

Title:

Variability and long range correlations in human walking and running

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

locomotion
detrended fluctuation analysis
variability
adaptability
gait cycle

File:

Download eTDKim_Thesis_july24.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member

Author:

Wei, Kunlin

Title:

STABILITY AND VARIABLITY IN A RHYTHMIC TASK: BEHAVIORAL DATA AND DYNAMIC MODELS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

variability
stability
motor control
rhythmic task

File:

Download Thesis_Wei.pdf

Committee Members:

Dagmar Sternad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Hermann M¨¹ller, Committee Member

Author:

Passmore, Lucas Jay

Title:

Development of a Complimentary Suite of Characterization Tools for the Analysis of MOS Device Degradation Using Dynamic Stimuli

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

semiconductor
pca
health monitoring
mosfet
reliability
mos
dynamic

File:

Download Passmore_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Osama O Awadelkarim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Qiang

Title:

Coupled Field Damage Structural Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

Continuum Damage Model
Structural Dynamics
Weibull Distribution

File:

Download QiangLi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Leonid V Berlyand, Committee Member
Lawrence H Friedman, Committee Member

Author:

Ranganathan, Rajiv

Title:

Utilizing Redundancy in Motor Learning

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

redundancy
variability
motor learning
movement path
interception

File:

Download Rajiv_Dissertation_Final_091509.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Dagmar Sternad, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Siang Lee

Title:

Entropy Compensation in Human Motor Adaptation

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

entropy
motor control
dynamic systems
isometric
perception-action
variability

File:

Download Lee_Hong_THESIS_06-25.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dagmar Sternad, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Srinivasan KariyaMaanikam, Varadhan

Title:

DISCRETE AND CYCLICAL FORCE PRODUCTION IN MULTI-FINGER PRESSING AND PREHENSION TASKS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Discrete
Cyclic
Finger
Force
Pressing
Prehension

File:

Download Varadhan_SKM_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

THE CONTROL OF ROTATIONAL HAND ACTIONS BY MULTI-DIGIT SYNERGIES

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Rotational hand action
multi-digit synergies
finger coordination
uncontrolled manifold hypothesis
force stabilization
moment of force stabilization

File:

Download fanal_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Yuqing

Title:

Enhanced Damage Tracking via State Variable Normalization

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

dynamics
time series
damage track

File:

Download Yuqing-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Kauffman, Jeffrey Lynn

Title:

Vibration Reduction of Integrally Bladed Rotors Using Piezoelectric Materials

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

resonance frequency detuning
vibration reduction
turbomachinery damping
piezoelectric device
rotating structures

File:

Download KauffmanPhD.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Kirsten P Duffy, Special Member
Heath F Hofmann, Special Member

Author:

Roy, Arjun

Title:

Failure-time statistics of a coupled-field damage evolution model via temporal averaging

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

fatigue
continuum damage mechanics
method of averaging
extreme value statistics
failure-time statistics

File:

Download ArjunRoy-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Paul Cusumano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Patrick

Title:

Coupling of Nonlinear Estimation and Dynamic Sensor Tasking Applied to Satellite Tracking

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear Estimation
Sensor Tasking
Space Situational Awareness
Satellite Dynamics

File:

Download PatrickWilliams-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Special Member
Richard Lee Erwin, Special Member

Author:

Mahoney, Joseph Michael

Title:

Inter-trial Dynamics in Goal-oriented Tasks with Asymmetric Error and Reduced Precision

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

human movement
goal equivalent manifold
virtual reality
shuffleboard
skilled tasks
task manifold
GEM
UCM
dynamics

File:

Download jmahoney_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Paul Cusumano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary L Gray, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Xuemei Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Yen-hsun

Title:

Effects of practicing accurate force production tasks on multi-digit coordination: Performance, synergies, and transfer

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

practice
coordination
finger
variance
uncontrolled manifold

File:

Download Yen-dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Celik, Huseyin

Title:

Predictive gait simulations for investigation of musculoskeletal structure and locomotor function

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Predictive gait simulations
modeling
musculoskeletal structure
locomotor function
sprinting
plantarflexor moment arm

File:

Download dissertation_HC_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Baiyang

Title:

Modal Content Based Damage Indicators and Phased Array Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring of Aircraft Structures using Ultrasonic Guided Waves

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Structural health monitoring
Nondestructive testing
Ultrasonic guided waves
Phased array
Adhesive bonds
Fiber composites

File:

Download Baiyang_Ren_PhD_Thesis_6.pdf

Committee Members:

Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Breon, Luke Justin

Title:

Ultrasonic Guided Wave Propagation in Pipes with Elbows

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Guided Wave
Pipe
Elbow
Focusing
Complex Waveguides
Mode Tracing

File:

Download 1-Breon_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Todd Copley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Kyusun Choi, Committee Member
Richard Laurence Tutwiler, Committee Member

Author:

Treacy, Shawn Michael

Title:

STABILITY ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF FLUIDIC PITCH LINKS IN HELICOPTERS WITH ARTICULATED ROTORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluidic pitch link
FPL
stability
articulated
helicopter
experiment
test
rotor

File:

Download ShawnTreacy-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

Author:

Pena Francesch, Abdon

Title:

TANDEM REPEAT PROTEINS INSPIRED BY SQUID RING TEETH

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

structural proteins
squid ring teeth
protein materials
stretchable conductors
biomimetics

File:

Download APF_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Melik C Demirel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melik C Demirel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member

Author:

Yildiz, Kaan

Title:

Cable Actuated Tensegrity Structures for Deployable Space Booms with Enhanced Stiffness

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

tensegrity structures
space structures
deployment
optimization
effective stiffness
deployable booms
form finding
force finding
transformation
cylindrical tensegrity booms

File:

Download kaanyildiz_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

Author:

Labarbera, Nicholas Andrew

Title:

Anisotropic Conductivity and Uncertainty Quantification in Irreversible Electroporation Simulations

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Simulation
High Performance Computing
Electroporation
Mathematical Modelling

File:

Download NicholasLabarberaPhdFinal2.pdf

Committee Members:

Huanyu Cheng, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Huanyu Cheng, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Corina Stefania Drapaca, Committee Member
Michael Kinzel, Outside Member
Sean McInytre, Special Member

Author:

Conte, Davide

Title:

Semi-Analytical Solutions for Proximity Operations in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Astrodynamics
Moon
Mars
Phobos
Proximity Operations
Relative Motion
Semi-Analytical

File:

Download DavideConte-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

Author:

Truong, Christine

Title:

Advancing Planar Particle Shadow Velocimetry by Development of Multiplanar and Stereoscopic Imaging Variants in Consideration of the Depth of Correlation

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

particle shadow velocimetry
particle image velocimetry
psv
turbulence
experimental fluid mechanics

File:

Download ChristineTruong-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeff Robert Harris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy John Eden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Outside Member
Margaret Louise Byron, Outside Member
Barton Lee Smith, Special Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Williams, Daniel

Title:

Investigating How the Double Support Period Affects Fall Risk in Bipedal Gait

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

bipedal gait
double support period
fall risk
gait simulation
hybrid zero dynamics
gait optimization

File:

Download Williams_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Schmitthenner, Dave

Title:

The Relationship Between Stiffness and Walking

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Exoskeletons
Biomechanics
Nonlinear Control
System Identification
Gait

File:

Download Dave_Schmitthenner_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Elizabeth Martin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member
Andrew Michael Geronimo, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Goodyear, Andrew

Title:

A Nonlinear Bingham Filter for Pose Using Dual-Quaternions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Estimation
Filtering
Dual-Quaternion
Relative Motion
Navigation
Pose

File:

Download andrew_goodyear_dissertation_final4.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor
Robert G. Melton, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Chair of Committee
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair