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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

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

Author:

Masters, Sarah Renee

Title:

EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND REYNOLDS NUMBER ON HEAT TRANSFER IN PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle-laden flow
particle concentration
solids loading
Nusselt number
heat transfer

File:

Download Thesis_PSU_MSME_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Manahan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Shan, Yixi

Title:

EFFICIENT THRUST GENERATOIN IN FISH CAUDUAL FINS WITH POLICY SEARCH

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fish locomotion
Policy Search
Reinforcement Learning

File:

Download Yixi_Shan_Master_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Anne Martin, 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:

Krieger, Melissa

Title:

DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF A SMALL-SCALE DISTRICT HEATING NETWORK EXPERIMENT

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

District Heating Network
Small-scale experiment
Thermal fluid system
control-oriented model validation
Matlab/Simulink
lumped-parameters control-oriented model
thermal and hydraulic characterization

File:

Download MKrieger_MS_Aug2018_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephanie Stockar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N. Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Snow, Zackary K

Title:

UNDERSTANDING POWDER SPREADABILITY IN POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Powder
Feedstock
Powder Bed Fusion
Qualification

File:

Download Thesis_-_FINAL_07.26.18.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Martukanitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay B Joshi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member

Author:

Sama, Santosh Reddy

Title:

Investigation into Non-Conventional Mold Designs using 3D Sand-Printing in Castings

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

3D Sand-Printing
Sand Casting
Additive Manufacturing
Gating System
Process Monitoring
Internet of Things
Conical-Helix Sprue

File:

Download Santosh_Sama_MSME_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Paul Carl Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Kaymak, Zeynep

Title:

A SIMULATION OF MAGNETIC SUSPENSION AND BALANCE SYSTEM FOR WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Magnetic Suspension and Balance Systems
MSBS
Electromagnetic Levitation
COMSOL Multiphysics
AC/DC module
Electromagnetic Force

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Rui Ni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member

Author:

Akarslan, Gokhan

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE DUST TRAIL PHENOMENON IN A WIND TUNNEL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dust Dispersion
Dust Emission
Two-Phase Flow
Dust Deposition

File:

Download Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Rui Ni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bo Cheng, Committee Member