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Author:

Sarkar, Soumalya

Title:

Hierarchical Symbolic Perception in Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic Dynamics
Data Driven
Hierarchical approach
Multi-scale analysis
Combustion Instability
Fault detection

File:

Download Dissertation_Soumalya_Sarkar_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Alam, Md Tarekul

Title:

Size effects on mechanical and thermal properties of thin films

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thin films
nano scale
thermal
mechanical
size effect
coupling of properties
micro scale

File:

Download Alam_dissertation_final_16July.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Vijayakumar, Ganesh

Title:

Non-steady Dynamics of Atmospheric Turbulence Interaction with Wind Turbine Loadings through Blade-boundary-layer-resolved CFD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Atmosphere
Wind Turbines
LES
Hybrid URANS-LES
ABL
Atmospheric Boundary Layer

File:

Download Ganesh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member

Author:

Gibson, Jeffrey Reed

Title:

Geometric Effects on Static Turbine Rim Seals

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rim Seal
Hot Gas Ingress
Cavity
Flow field
Sealing Effectiveness

File:

Download Gibson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

Author:

Schroeder, Robert Paul

Title:

Influence of In-Hole Roughness and High Freestream Turbulence on Film Cooling From a Shaped Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
rough wall
gas turbine heat transfer
detached jet
shaped hole
viscous sublayer

File:

Download SchroederDissertFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Brent Craven, Committee Member
James Heidmann, Special Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Adhiraj Kishore

Title:

Numerical Simulation of AxiSymmetric Laminar Diffusion Flames with Soot

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot
laminar flames
OpenFOAM
diffusion flames
CFD modeling

File:

Download akd144_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Special Member

Author:

Tanim, Tanvir Reza

Title:

Lithium Ion Battery Modeling, Estimation, and Aging for Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium Battery Modeling
Battery Management System
Battery State Estimation
Hybrid Electric Vehicles

File:

Download Tanim_Tanvir_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Austin, Peter Miller

Title:

Developing a Stability Assessment Method for Power Electronics-based Microgrids

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

microgrids
power electronics stability
negative incremental impedance

File:

Download Austin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas George Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas George Hughes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
James A Turso, Special Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Chen, Xiao

Title:

using occupant feedback in model predictive control for indoor thermal comfort and energy optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

building climate control
model predictive control
thermal comfort
energy consumption
occupant feedback

File:

Download Xiao_Chen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member
Jelena Srebric, Special Member

Author:

Mohanta, Lokanath

Title:

Theoretical and experimental study of inverted annular film boiling and regime transition during reflood transients

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Two-phase heat transfer
Subcooled flow film boiling
Regime Transition
Rod bundle
Spacer Grid
Stability of Co-axial jets

File:

Download Lokanath_PhD_Dissertation_Expt_Theory_IAFB_Regime_Transition.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Stephen M Bajorek, Special 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