1. A Systematic Study Of Stabilization Methods For Mechanically Milled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anode Materials Open Access Author: Howlett, Giles Ford Title: A Systematic Study Of Stabilization Methods For Mechanically Milled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anode Materials Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Silicon AnodeSiliconSilicon Carbon NanocompositeLithium Ion BatteryAnode File: Download Howlett-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Donghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Coupled Flow-Biochemistry Simulations of Dynamic Systems of Blood Cells Open Access Author: Gaskin, Byron Jerrod Title: Coupled Flow-Biochemistry Simulations of Dynamic Systems of Blood Cells Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: computational fluid dynamicsCFDstokes flowblood cells6DOFsix degrees-of-freedombiochemistry File: Download BJG_Thesis_MS_Final.pdf Committee Members: Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorBrent Craven, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Design Learning and Creativity in Engineering Education: The Impact of Product Interactions Open Access Author: Toh, Christine Title: Design Learning and Creativity in Engineering Education: The Impact of Product Interactions Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Engineering designcreativityproduct interactionsproduct dissectionvirtual dissectionlearningself-efficacynovelty File: Download ME_Thesis_Toh_FINAL_v2.pdf Committee Members: Scarlett Rae Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Swirl Inducing Grain Geometry And/or Energetic Additives Open Access Author: Armold, Derrick Michael Title: Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Swirl Inducing Grain Geometry And/or Energetic Additives Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: swirl injection3-D printingregression ratecombustion efficiencyport modeling File: Download 1-Thesis_4-13-14.pdf Committee Members: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow Open Access Author: Wheeler, Joshua Edward Title: Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: spacer gridrod bundletwo-phase flowair-waterconductivity probelaser Doppler anemometryinterfacial area concentration File: Download Wheeler_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf Committee Members: Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorHoracio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKaren Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. Design, Modeling, and Simulation of Battery Pack Suspensions for Off-road Electric Vehicles Open Access Author: Aglione, Daniel Lewis Title: Design, Modeling, and Simulation of Battery Pack Suspensions for Off-road Electric Vehicles Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Suspensionmodelingvibrationshockbattery packvehicle File: Download Aglione_MastersThesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
7. Design of a Compliant Mechanism Radiofrequency Ablation Probe to Treat Pancreatic Carcinoma Open Access Author: Kusiak, Benjamin Michael Title: Design of a Compliant Mechanism Radiofrequency Ablation Probe to Treat Pancreatic Carcinoma Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Radiofrequency AblationPancreatic CarcinomaMinimally Invasive File: Download Kusiak_Thesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
8. Development Of Control Oriented Electrical And Thermal Models Of An Electric Transit Bus Battery System Open Access Author: Kunte, Harshad Sitaram Title: Development Of Control Oriented Electrical And Thermal Models Of An Electric Transit Bus Battery System Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Battery SystemsThermalTransit BusesModelingControl File: Download Thesis_MS_MechanicalEngineering_HarshadKunte_Summer2014.pdf Committee Members: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
9. Semi-automated CT image segmentation program for the easy calculation of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and brain tissue Open Access Author: Macdonald, Michael J Title: Semi-automated CT image segmentation program for the easy calculation of cerebrospinal fluid (csf) and brain tissue Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Medical image segmentationCT imagingParticle filterPixel classificationEdge tracingHydrocephalus File: Download MacDonald_Thesis_final_draft_submission_v4.pdf Committee Members: Steven Schiff, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDr Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorStephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
10. Experimental Study of Downward Facing Boiling under IVR-ERVC Conditions Open Access Author: Gorman, Nicolas Stephen Title: Experimental Study of Downward Facing Boiling under IVR-ERVC Conditions Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: IVRERVCBoilingTwo-phaseheat transfernucleate boiling File: Download gorman_masters_corrected.pdf Committee Members: Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGita Talmage, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor