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Start Over Graduate Program Mechanical Engineering Degree MS Committee Member Sean N Brennan

1. OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS THROUGH THE USE OF ALLOMETRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

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Author:
Logan, Drew G.
Title:
OPTIMIZATION OF HYBRID POWER SOURCES FOR MOBILE ROBOTICS THROUGH THE USE OF ALLOMETRIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
system modeling
optimal design
hybrid systems
dynamic programming
allometric design
mobile robots
robot performance
File:
Download Drew_Logan_MS_ME_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways

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Open Access
Author:
Jerath, Kshitij
Title:
Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
traffic jams
traffic
self-organized
self organization
adaptive cruise control
congestion
multi-agent systems
File:
Download Thesis_20100412_v6.3.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Design of Horizontal Curves with Downgrades using Low-Order Vehicle Dynamics Models

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Open Access
Author:
Varunjikar, Tejas
Title:
Design of Horizontal Curves with Downgrades using Low-Order Vehicle Dynamics Models
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
horizontal curve design
vehicle dynamics
friction demand
bicycle model
CarSim
point mass model
LuGre tire model
tire pavement friction
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Varunjikar_Tejas.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. On State of Charge Estimation Accuracy for Battery Cells Connected in Series

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Open Access
Author:
Safi, Jariullah
Title:
On State of Charge Estimation Accuracy for Battery Cells Connected in Series
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
batteries
extended kalman filter
fisher information
cramer rao lower bound
bias
collective
estimation
state of charge
SOC
File:
Download Jariullah_Safi_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. Detecting the Instability of Oncoming Vehicles Using Optical Flow and Map-Based Context

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Author:
Monaco, Christopher D
Title:
Detecting the Instability of Oncoming Vehicles Using Optical Flow and Map-Based Context
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
optical flow
visual odometry
instability
vehicles
map
stereo camera
vehicle detection
unscented kalman filter
navigation
advanced driver assistance systems
stereo image processing
kalman filters
road vehicles
optical flow vectors
perception
gps-denied
automotive safety
vehicle instability
vehicle state estimation
egomotion estimation
ego-vehicle
collision avoidance
stereo vision
File:
Download Detecting_the_Instability_of_Oncoming_Vehicles_Using_Optical_Flow_and_Map-Based_Context.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kurt A Hacker, Committee Member
Kurt A Hacker, Committee Member

16. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR TO EVALUATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTS

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Author:
Arora, Prashant
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR TO EVALUATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Driving Simulator
Autonomous Environments
Scenario Authoring
File:
Download Thesis_PrashantArora_Masters_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

17. THE C+C DSM METHOD: MANAGING CHANGE PROPAGATION WHILE PROTOTYPING A ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR DRY NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE CASKS

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Author:
Brennan, Jennifer Bracken
Title:
THE C+C DSM METHOD: MANAGING CHANGE PROPAGATION WHILE PROTOTYPING A ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR DRY NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE CASKS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
design
change propagation
nuclear storage cask
robotic inspection system
prototyping
File:
Download finalpdf_2018_03_29_Bracken_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION

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Open Access
Author:
Varadarajan Srinivasan, Krishna Prasad
Title:
ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
RADAR-based sensing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Headway estimation
Available free space in ego-lane
free space estimation for fuel economy
sensor fusion
File:
Download Krishna_Prasad_Varadarajan_Srinivasan_Masters_Thesis_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

21. A baseline experiment and initial investigation of the effects of virtual immersion on vehicle passenger risk perception

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Open Access
Author:
Dow, Nicholas William
Title:
A baseline experiment and initial investigation of the effects of virtual immersion on vehicle passenger risk perception
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
virtual reality
perception of risk
autonomous vehicles
driving simulator
File:
Download 071218_Dow_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Investigation into the Effects of Obstacle Dimensional Uncertainty on Path Planning Cost Metrics in a Mesh-Free Environment

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Author:
Tau, Seth
Title:
Investigation into the Effects of Obstacle Dimensional Uncertainty on Path Planning Cost Metrics in a Mesh-Free Environment
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
uncertainty
path-planning
File:
Download Seth_Tau_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

23. Maximization of Traversal Speeds for Off-Road Mobility by Modification of Point-to-Point Paths

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Author:
Gruning, Veronica
Title:
Maximization of Traversal Speeds for Off-Road Mobility by Modification of Point-to-Point Paths
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robotics
path planning
File:
Download Gruning_MS_FA20.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Committee Member

24. Class B Vehicle Packaging: Designing Bus Cab Layout for U.S. Bus Drivers

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Open Access
Author:
Wu, Songlin
Title:
Class B Vehicle Packaging: Designing Bus Cab Layout for U.S. Bus Drivers
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
anthropometry
body dimension
human variability
vehicle packaging
Class-B vehicle
bus
steering wheel
H point
seat
eye
vision
comfort
Cascade Model
Manikin
Population Model
Hybrid Model
VFT
posture
accommodation
File:
Download WU_MS_THESIS_2020.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Marie Starkey, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member