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Author:: Gott, Kevin Nathaniel
Title:: A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Physical Vapor Deposition
CFD
DSMC
Multi-physics Modeling
Vacuum
Coatings
File:: Download KGott_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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Author:: Rajan, Girish Kumar
Title:: Two New, Comprehensive Models of Dissipation Rates for Capillary-Gravity Waves, with an Emphasis on Ocean Swell
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Dissipation/Decay
Capillary-Gravity
Surfactant
Marangoni/Elastic Waves
Resonance
Barotropic/Baroclinic Modes
Ocean Swell
File:: Download Rajan_Dissertation_Mech_Engr.pdf
Committee Members:: Diane Marie Henderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Diane Marie Henderson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Harvey Segur, Special Member

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Author:: Okita, Noriaki
Title:: Development of a novel foot slip sensor algorithm
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: slip sensor
gait cycle detection
walking robot
stick-slip
stochastic state estimation
anomaly detection
File:: Download Nori_Okita_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member

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Author:: Gordin, Mikhail
Title:: Surface Control in Pursuit of Next-generation Batteries
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: battery
energy storage
lithium-ion
lithium-sulfur
sodium-ion
electrolyte
solid-electrolyte interphase
surface analysis
File:: Download Mikhail_L_Gordin_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Foroutan, Hosein
Title:: Simulation, Analysis, and Mitigation of Vortex Rope Formation in the Draft Tube of Hydraulic Turbines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Vortex Rope
Draft Tube
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbulence Modeling
Hydaulic Turbine
Hydropower
Renewable Energy
File:: Download HoseinForoutan-PhDThesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Eric Paterson, Special Member

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Author:: Riley, Michael Patrick
Title:: Spacer Grid Induced Heat Transfer Enhancement In A Rod Bundle Under Reflood Conditions
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Reflood
Dispersed Flow Film Boiling
Spacer Grid
Heat Transfer Enhancement
Two-Phase Flow
Loss of Coolant Accident
File:: Download Michael_Rileys_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Stephen Bajorek, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

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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

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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

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Author:: Yi, Ran
Title:: Development Of High-energy Silicon-based Anode Materials For Lithium-ion Storage
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Lithium-ion batteries
anodes
silicon
composite
hybrid capacitors
File:: Download PhD_dissertation_of_Ran_Yi.pdf
Committee Members:: Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Sigamani, Nirmal Shankar
Title:: Effect of carbon nanofillers on the microstructure and electromechanical properties of electroactive polymers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Graphene Oxide
reduced graphene
carbon nanotubes
electroactive strain
electromechanical
hybrid SWNT-GO
chemical modification
File:: Download Dissertation_Post-defense_submitted_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member

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