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Author:

Chowdhury, Arindrajit

Title:

CONFINED RAPID THERMOLYSIS/FTIR/TOF STUDIES OF ENERGETIC IONIC LIQUIDS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic liquids
Thermal decomposition
FTIR spectrometry
ToF mass spectrometry
kinetics

File:

Download Arin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Evans, Brian

Title:

Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator

File:

Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Kuo, Bo-Han

Title:

A Study on the Electrolytic Decomposition of HAN-Based Propellants for Microthruster Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

HAN-based propellants
Electrolytic Decomposition
Microthruster
Ignition

File:

Download Thesis__Bo-Han_Kuo.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Green, Darren Vincent

Title:

Development of a Piezoelectric Micro Engine Using Pulsed Catalytic Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

micro engine
piezoelectric
catalytic combustion
micro power

File:

Download D_Green_Thesis_2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Huo, Hongfa

Title:

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector

File:

Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyung Ju

Title:

COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Seong, Hee Je

Title:

Impact of Oxygen Enrichment on Soot Properties and Soot Oxidative Reactivity

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

oxygen enrichment
soot properties
soot oxidative reactivity
diesel engines
diffusion flame burners
DPF

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Hee_Je_Seong.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angela Lueking, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Jeffrey David

Title:

Flame-spreading phenomena in a head-end fin-slot segment of a subscale motor simulating the space shuttle boosters

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

flame-spreading
fin-slot motor
head-end segment
RSRM

File:

Download Jeff_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Sabourin, Justin Leo

Title:

High Temperature Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms of Tungsten Oxidation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rocket nozzles
thermogravimetry
kinetics
oxidation
tungsten
metal oxidation
graphite

File:

Download Written_Dissertation_-_Justin_Sabourin.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Juntao

Title:

Soot Abatement Using Oxygenated Additives

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot
oxygenated additive

File:

Download dissertation_juntaowu.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Litzinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Malchi, Jonathan Yaniv

Title:

Combustion and Self-Assembly of Nanoenergetic Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermite
self-assembly
combustion

File:

Download Combustion_and_Self-Assembly_of_Nanoenergetic_Materials.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Steven Son, Committee Member
Timothy Foley, Committee Member

Author:

Al-Qurashi, Khalid O

Title:

THE IMPACT OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION ON THE OXIDATIVE REACTIVITY OF SOOT FROM ETHYLENE FLAMES AND DIESEL ENGINES

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Oxidation
Nanostructure
EGR
Diesel
Soot
Flame

File:

Download KhalidThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angela Lueking, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Member

Author:

Casiano, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Extensions to the Time Lag Models for Practical Application to Rocket Engine Stability Design

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

concentrated combustion
helium injection
time lag models
combustion stability
throttling
damping

File:

Download CasianoDissertationFinaleTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Tomas E Nesman, Committee Member

Author:

Biss, Matthew Michael

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF BLASTS FROM LABORATORY-SCALE COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laboratory-scale
Booster charge
Composite explosive charges
Shadowgraph visualization
TNT equivalent

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation-Matthew_Michael_Biss.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Daniel Linzell, Committee Member
Michael J Hargather, Committee Member

Author:

Loomis, Matthew Paul

Title:

Ignition of Propellants Through Nanostructured Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Nanotubes
graphene
fuel additives
photo-ignition

File:

Download MLoomis_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Jongguen Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Ming-hsun

Title:

Development and Experimental Analyses of Meso and Micro Scale Combustion Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

microcombustion
micropropulsion
microfluidic
flame propagation

File:

Download etD-18Apr07.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member

Author:

Donadio, Nicholas Mark

Title:

THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS OXIDIZERS ON THE OVERALL PERFORMACE OF A DIRECT FLAME SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxidizers
solid oxdie fuel cell
direct flame

File:

Download Nicholas_Donadio_ME_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jongguen Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thakre, Piyush K

Title:

CHEMICAL EROSION OF GRAPHITE AND REFRACTORY METAL NOZZLES AND ITS MITIGATION IN SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

refractory metal nozzles
solid-propellant rocket motors
erosion mitigation
graphite/carbon-carbon nozzles
nozzle erosion

File:

Download PhD-Thesis-Final__Piyush_Thakre_.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Puri, Puneesh

Title:

Multi Scale Modeling of Ignition and Combustion of Micro and Nano Aluminum Particles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ignition and Combustion
Energetic Materials
Nano Scales
Aluminum
Modeling
Molecular Dynamics

File:

Download PhD_Thesis-Puneesh_Puri.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Dr Steve Son, Committee Member

Author:

Shehadeh, Ra'fat

Title:

Study of Ejector Geometry on Thrust Augmentation for Pulse Detonation Engine Ejector Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PDE
Pulse Detonation Engine
Ejector

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Houim, Ryan William

Title:

Modeling the Influence of Shock Waves on the Combustion of Aluminum Droplets

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemically reacting flow
Low-dissipation method
Multi-component flow
Level set method
Vaporization
Shock waves
Cavitation

File:

Download RWH_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Member

Author:

Acharya, Ragini

Title:

MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INTERIOR BALLISTIC PROCESSES IN A 120mm MORTAR SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Granular bed combustion
Two-phase flows
Riemann solvers
Modeling
Numerical simulation
Interior ballistics
Compressible flows

File:

Download Thesis16Apr09.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Fakhri, Syed Abdul Khader

Title:

A STUDY ON THE ATOMIZATION AND SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS OF GELLED SIMULANTS FORMED BY TWO IMPINGING JETS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GHP
Hypergolic
Proplellants
Gelled Hypergolic Propellants
Atomization
Spray
Nozzle
Sheet
Simulant
Nozzle Jet

File:

Download Thesis_-_Syed_Fakhri.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jongguen Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Connell Jr., Terrence Lee

Title:

COMBUSTION OF ALUMINUM AND ICE BASED SOLID PROPELLANTS FOR PROPULSION APPLICATIONS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDROGEN GENERATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen generation
nano particles
combustion

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_21NOV11_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Grant Alexander Risha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Tao

Title:

SHEAR-COAXIAL INJECTION AND MIXING OF CRYOGENIC FLUIDS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

LES
supercritical
jet
turbulence

File:

Download ThesisMaster-Tao_Liu_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Woodward, William Henry Hunter

Title:

Aluminum Cluster Anion Reactivity: Applications in Energetic Materials and Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

cluster deposition
aluminum
clusters
cluster reactivity

File:

Download Woodward_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Castleman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Marshall, William McFarland

Title:

Experimental Studies on Combustion Instabilities in a Multi-Element, Rectangular Rocket Chamber

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
swirl coaxial injectors
multi-element rocket chamber

File:

Download Marshall_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yanxing

Title:

A Numerical Study of Combustion in Meso-Scale Vortex Chambers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

numerical study
combustion
meso-scale
swirling flow

File:

Download YanxingWangThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhe

Title:

Study of Iron Carburization in CO-based gas mixtures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

numerical model
Iron carburization

File:

Download zhewangthesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Svingala, Forrest R

Title:

Laboratory-scale Blast Testing Of Polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

shock hugoniot
polymers
explosives
shock tube
gas gun
solids
shadowgraph
high-speed video
optical methods

File:

Download Svingala_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Weismiller, Michael Raymond

Title:

Characterization of Ammonia Borane for Chemical Propulsion Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic materials
Novel propellants
Hydrogen storage
Hybrid rocket
Boron

File:

Download Weismiller-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Essel, Jonathan Thomas

Title:

Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

energetic materials
supercritical fluids
nanotechnology
RESS process

File:

Download Jonathan_Essel_Final_Thesis__all_color__with_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Joshi, Kaushik

Title:

Development and application of Reaxff reactive force field for hydrocarbon cracking on an aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
reactive force field
hydrocarbon cracking

File:

Download Kaushik_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Johansson, Reed Halden

Title:

Investigation of Solid Oxidizer and Gaseous Fuel Combustion Performance Using an Elevated Pressure Counterflow Experiment and Reverse Hybrid Rocket Engine

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

reverse
inverse
hybrid
rocket
counterflow
ammonium perchlorate
solid oxidizer

File:

Download Reed_Johansson_Masters_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Grant Alexander Risha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cortopassi, Andrew Claude

Title:

Erosion of Carbon-cloth Phenolic Nozzles in Rocket Motors with Aluminized Solid Propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nozzle erosion
carbon-cloth phenolic
real-time X-ray radiograph

File:

Download Cortopassi_Dec_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Deborah Levin, Committee Member

Author:

Orawannukul, Poravee

Title:

An experimental study of forced flame response in technically premixed flame in a lean premixed gas turbine combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Forced flame response
technically premixed flames
combustion instabilities
flame transfer function

File:

Download Poravee_Orawannukul.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kim, Sung-yup

Title:

Development Of A Reaxff Reactive Force Field For Titanium Dioxide/ Water Systems And Its Applications To Etching, Nanoparticles With Organic Solvents And Ion Adsorptions On Nanocrystalline Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Reactive force field
titanium dioxide
nanoparticle

File:

Download Ph_D_Thesis_Sung-Yup_13Mar13.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Szedlmayer, Michael Thomas

Title:

An Experimental Study of the Velocity-Forced Flame Response of Lean-Fremixed Multi-Nozzle Can Combustor for Gas Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
natural gas turbine
acoustics
thermodynamics
vortex formation

File:

Download Szedlmayer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Horatio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shiqing

Title:

experimental studies on condensed-phase interactions of hypergolic propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic propellant; Monomethylhydrazine; Tetramethylethylened

File:

Download Shiqing_Wangs_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Kumbhakarna, Neeraj Ratnakar

Title:

Combustion analysis of RDX propellant and novel high-nitrogen propellant ingredients

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

RDX
TAGzT
combustion model
confined rapid thermolysis
GA
molecular modeling
reaction mechanism

File:

Download neeraj_k.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Prof Adri Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Saksena, Pulkit

Title:

Study of Condensed Phase Reactions Between Hypergolic Propellants using Microreactors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic
Propellants
Combustion
Microfluidic
Microreactor

File:

Download Dissertation_PulkitSaksena.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

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

Author:

Sim, Hyung Sub

Title:

Understanding the role of multifunctional nanoengineered particulate additives on supercritical pyrolysis and combustion of hydrocarbon fuels/propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical Pyrolysis
Supercritical Combustion
Particulate Fuel Additives
Graphene
Platinum Nanoparticles
Hydrocarbons

File:

Download Hyung_Sub_Sim_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_May_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Nardozzo, Paige Kristeen

Title:

Diffusion Flame Studies of Solid Fuels with Nitrous Oxide

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
Diffusion Flame
Hybrid Rockets
Solid Fuel
Nitrous Oxide

File:

Download Nardozzo_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hong, Sung Wook

Title:

ATOMISTIC-SCALE INVESTIGATION OF THE GROWTH KINETICS OF ALUMINUM OXIDE LAYERS ON ALUMINUM NANOPARTICLES AND GERMANIUM-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS USING THE REAXFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Aluminum oxide layer
Aluminum nanoparticles
Ge slab

File:

Download Dissertation_SHong_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Adri C.T. van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri C.T. van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

Author:

Kerr, Evan M

Title:

ADVANCED HYBRID ROCKET PROPULSION UNIT FOR CUBESATS (PUC): DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A TITANIUM TANK

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CubeSat
Propulsion unit
hybrid rocket
additive manufacturing
powder bed fusion
direct metal laser sintering
DMLS
PBF

File:

Download Kerr_Thesis_Master_s_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Vamos, Michael Anthony

Title:

MICROWAVE PLASMA TORCH FOR ALUMINUM COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum
combustion
plasma
torch
ignition
microwave
metal combustion
plasma assisted combustion
igniter
coaxial
spectroscopy
temperature fitting
spectrometer calibration
air
steam
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Vamos_Thesis_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member

Author:

Jain, Abhishek

Title:

Multi-Scale Investigations in Soot Formation and Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-scale
Soot formation
Chemical Vapor Deposition
simulation
nanomaterials

File:

Download AJ-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Yuan Xuan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Derk, Gregory

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE BURNING-RATES OF JA2 AND NITROMETHANE PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nitromethane
JA2
supercritical combustion
high-pressure combustion
monopropellant

File:

Download GregDerk_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Talamantes, Gerardo

Title:

Characterization of Polyoxymethylene as a High-Density Fuel For Use in Hybrid Rocket Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Fuels
Polyoxymethylene
Diffusion Flame
Opposed Flow Burner
Hybrid Rockets
High-Density Fuel
POM
combustion

File:

Download Talamantes_Thesis_May_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Margevicius, Madeline Alma

Title:

SENSITIZING ENERGETIC MATERIALS USING PIEZOELECTRICITY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectric
Fluoropolymer
Combustion

File:

Download Margevicius_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Kaiqiang

Title:

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM OF AQUEOUS HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Material
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Dynamics
Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
Thermal Decomposition

File:

Download HAN_decomposition_Dissertation_Kaiqiang_Zhang_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member

Author:

Patidar, Lalit

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_LalitPatidar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shabnam, Sharmin

Title:

ReaxFF reactive force field investigations in combustion and nascent soot formation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Combustion
Soot Formation
Pyrolysis and Oxidation
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Inert Dilution
Nickel
Fuel Mixtures

File:

Download Dissertation_Sharmin_MAY2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Strollo, John

Title:

The Effects of Hydrogen on Steady-State and Transient Combustion Characteristics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermoacoustic instability
transient operation
hydrogen enrichment
thermo-acoustic instability
transient operation
hydrogen enrichment

File:

Download John_Strollo_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Foster, Garett

Title:

Burning Velocity and Temperature Field Measurements of Aluminum-Air Flames at Elevated Pressure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Metal combustion
Aluminum combustion
Aluminum particles
Burning velocity
Pressurized combustion
Aluminum flame
Dust flame

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Burke, Christopher

Title:

Development of a High-Density Initiation Mechanism for Supercritical Nitromethane Decomposition

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

High pressure
high density
nitromethane
decomposition
initiation
mechanism
chris burke
christopher burke
hydrogen abstraction

File:

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Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khichar, Mayank

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration

File:

Download Dissertation_MayankKhichar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Crisp, Eric

Title:

Electrochemical Decomposition of HAN-based Ionic Liquid Oxidizers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

HAN
electrolysis
OXSOL 1
hybrid rocket

File:

Download ELECTROCATALYTIC_DECOMPOSITION_OF_HAN-BASED_IONIC_LIQUID_OXIDIZERS.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hillstrom, Alexander

Title:

Study of Solid Propellant Combustion and Aluminum Particles at High Pressure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Propellant
Ammonium Perchlorate
Composite Propellant
High Pressure
Combustion
High Pressure Combustion
Aluminum
Aluminum Particles
Aluminum Combustion
AP
APCP

File:

Download Hillstrom_Alexander_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Program Head/Chair
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Grauer, Committee Member

Author:

Chai, Nicholas

Title:

High-Pressure Combustion of HAN-Based Monopropellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
HAN
High-Pressure Combustion
High Pressure
HAN-MeOH
13M HAN
Critical Combustion
Real Gas Model
Closed Bomb Testing

File:

Download Chai__Thesis__High_Pressure_Combustion_of_HAN_Based_Monopropellants.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member

Author:

Drewniak, David

Title:

Study of Piezoelectricity Applications in Solid Propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
energetic composite
PVDF
nanoaluminum

File:

Download Thesis____Study_of_Piezoelectricity_Applications_in_Solid_Propellants_--_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Walz, Kirstin

Title:

Study of Utilizing Induction Heating to Modulate the Burning Rate of Solid Fuels and Propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Burning Rate
Induction Heating
Sold Fuel
Solid Propellant

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Over, Dillon

Title:

Hypergolic Characterization of HAN-Based Ionic Liquids for Propulsion and Gas Generating Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

HAN
Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
Hybrid Rocket
Hypergolic Ignition
Ignition Delay
Ionic Liquid
Green
Green Oxidizer
Nitric Acid
Hydrogen Peroxide

File:

Download Hypergolic_Characterization_of_HAN-Based_Ionic_Liquids_For_Propulsion_and_Gas_Generating_Systems.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Agarwal, Prawal

Title:

Nanoengineering and Synthesis of Metal-Based Materials for Enhanced Energetic Performance

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoenergetics
nonthermal plasma
PECVD
self-propagating high-temperature synthesis reactions
thermal oxidation
hydrogen plasma
solid-state reactions
surface chemistry
material synthesis
material characterization
thermite reactions
intermetallic reactions
metal nanoparticles
boron
magnesium
aluminum

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Robert Rioux, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Borhan, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member
Richard A Yetter, Special Member
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member