1. Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection Open Access Author: Thrift, Alan Albright Title: Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Gas Turbine CoolingEndwall ContouringFilm CoolingFirst Stage Vane File: Download Thrift_dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorCengiz Camci, Committee MemberDr Eric Paterson, Committee MemberDomenic Adam Santavicca, Committee MemberKaren Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair