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Author:

Parimi, Venkata

Title:

Characterization of Porous Silicon for Micropyrotechnic Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoenergetic materials
Micropyrotechnics
Porous silicon
Combustion

File:

Download Parimi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Steven Wesley

Title:

Energetic Intermetallic Materials Formed by Cold Spray

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Spray
Intermetallic
Energetic Material
Nickel
Aluminum
Combustion Synthesis
Additive Manufacturing

File:

Download SWD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

De Rosa, Alexander John

Title:

The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion dynamics
combustion instability
combustion confinement
instability confinement

File:

Download DeRosa-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Mcknight, Brendan Robert

Title:

Advanced Hybrid Rocket Motor Propulsion Unit For CubeSats

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

additive manufacturing
CubeSat
hybrid rocket motor
regression rate
combustion efficiency

File:

Download 1-McKnight_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tsolas, Nicholas

Title:

Flow reactor studies of non-equilibrium plasma assisted combustion kinetics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

flow reactor
plasma-assisted combustion
non-equilibrium plasmas
low temperature combustion

File:

Download Nicholas_Tsolas_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_July_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Randy Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

Togai, Kuninori

Title:

Kinetic Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Plasma-assisted Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

plasma-assisted combustion
low-temperature combustion
chemical kinetics
plasma chemistry
nonequilibrium plasma

File:

Download Dissertation_Togai.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

Author:

O'meara, Bridget C

Title:

An experimental study of the effect of a pilot flame on technically pre-mixed, self-excited combustion instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
combustion dynamics
pilot flame
technically pre-mixed
self-excited instabilities

File:

Download BridgetOMeara_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member