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Author:

Younkin, Brian Douglas

Title:

PREDICTION OF SCOUR FORMATION DUE TO A TURBULENT WALL JET ALONG A NON-COHESIVE SEDIMENT BED

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

two-dimensional turbulent wall jets
sediment transport
prediction model
early stages of scour
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Younkin_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David N Hill, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Michael N Gooseff, Committee Member

Author:

Marchetto, Katherine Myers

Title:

Abiotic and biotic factors affecting seed release and dispersal of the invasive thistles Carduus nutans and Carduus acanthoides

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

population spread rates
Rhinocyllus conicus
wind dispersal
seed release
Carduus acanthoides
Carduus nutans
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Marchetto.thesis.b.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hanson, David Royal

Title:

Cavitation Inception for Non-elliptically Loaded Fins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Cavitation
Vortex Lattice Theory
Tip Vortex Cavitation
Particle Image Velocimetry
Acoustic Measurements

File:

Download DavidHansonThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rumple, Christopher Ryan

Title:

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Flow in an Anatomically-accurate Scaled Model of the Rodent Nasal Cavity

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Particle Image Velocimetry
Internal Flow
Rodent Nasal Cavity

File:

Download Chris_Rumple_MS_Thesis_PSU_Aerospace.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brent Craven, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brown, Edward Alexander

Title:

A Study in the Design of an Accelerated Wear Tester that is Compatible with a Particle Image Velocimetry and High Speed Camera Setup

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Accelerated Wear Tester
Heart Valve
Particle Image Velocimetry
AWT
PIV
Artificial Heart Valve
Fluid Dynamics

File:

Download Edward_A_Brown_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rowlands, Grant William

Title:

VISUALIZATION OF THE OUTLET FLOW FROM THE HEARTMATE II LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE USING LASER DOPPLER AND PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Ventricular Assist Device
von Willebrand Factor
Fluid Dynamics
Heartmate II
Outlet Flow
Proteolytic cleavage
Laser Doppler Velocimetry
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B Manning, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret June Slattery, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Shrager, Adam Cole

Title:

Effect of Effusion Cooling Pattern Near the Dilution Hole for a Double-Walled Combustor Liner

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustor
Combustor Liner
Gas Turbine Engine
Effusion Cooling
Dilution Hole
Heat Transfer
Flowfield Visualization
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Shrager_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Dohwan

Title:

Bubble Trapping in Two-Phase Wakes from a Liquid-Gas Flow around a Cylinder

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Two-Phase Flow
Particle Tracking Velocimetry
Particle Image Velocimetry
Bubbly Flow
Bubble Trapping
High-Speed Visualization
Flow around a Cylinder

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Kim_Submission_11042022.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Fan-Bill Cheung, Major Field Member
Matthew Rau, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Ponnaluri, Sailahari Venkatasri

Title:

Evaluation of Accelerated Wear Tester Fluid Mechanics on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Motion

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Accelerated Wear Tester
Transcatheter Heart Valves
Particle Image Velocimetry

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Committee Members:

Peter Butler, Major Field Member
Keefe Manning, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Campbell, Outside Unit & Field Member
Francesco Costanzo, Major Field Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair