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Author:

Alexeenko, Alina A.

Title:

MODELING OF MICROSCALE GAS FLOWS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microflow
direct simulation Monte Carlo
rarefied gas flow
finite element analysis
transient heat transfer

File:

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Committee Members:

Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

Author:

Leitner, Emma Jane

Title:

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Wood Moment Connections

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cyclic loading
wood
moment connections
three-dimensional
finite element analysis
fiber reinforcement

File:

Download ejl195_-_MSc_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Scanlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yin, Hao

Title:

INTEGRATING INSTRUMENTATION DATA IN PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

MEPDG
Monte Carlo simulation
flexible pavement
instrumentation
performance prediction
probabilistic
finite element analysis
viscoelastic
variability analysis

File:

Download HaoYin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mansour Solaimanian, Committee Member
Ghassan Chehab, Committee Member
Charles Edward Antle, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Jianhai

Title:

Development of a Multihazard Resistant Panelized Brick Veneer Wall System

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

brick veneer
wind
seismic
impact
finite element analysis
panelized
prefabricated

File:

Download Jianhai_Liang_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali M Memari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric F P Burnett, Committee Member
M Kevin Parfitt, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Jindong

Title:

MINIATURIZED FLEXTENSIONAL TRANSDUCERS AND ARRAYS

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

metal-ceramic composite
transducer array
actuator
acoustic transducer
finite element analysis
transducer modeling
transducers
underwater transducers
cymbal

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

William Jack Hughes, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Robert E Newnham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Lee, Je Il

Title:

Role of Early-Age Concrete Properties and Construction Loading on Slab Serviceability

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

slab
construction load
early-age
finite element analysis
concrete
experiment

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Scanlon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrea J Schokker, Committee Member
Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Katelyn J

Title:

DETERMINATION OF IMPROVED CRITERIA FOR CRACK PROPAGATION IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH SURFACE STRESSES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

stress intensity factors
semielliptical cracks
weight function
surface stresses
finite element analysis

File:

Download KatelynJSmith_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Eliot Segall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Eliot Segall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lescoe, Ryan

Title:

Improvement of Soil Modeling in a Tire-Soil Interaction Using Finite Element Analysis and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

smoothed
smooth particle hydrodynamics
FEA
finite element analysis
tire-soil interaction
soil modeling
SPH
PAM-Crash
PAM-Shock
pneumatic tire
rigid tire

File:

Download Ryan-Lescoe_MS-Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Luo, Wei

Title:

ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES AND WAVE SCATTERING IN VISCOELASTIC COATED HOLLOW CYLINDERS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

acoustics
wave mechanics
guided wave
finite element analysis
phased array focusing
ultrasonics
viscoelasticity
wave scattering
nondestructive evaluation

File:

Download WeiLuo_Dissertation_V1.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Eduard S Ventsel, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Noveral, Christian James

Title:

Investigation of a hollow structural section connection and transfer member for load sharing in anti-ram vehicle barriers

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

anti-ram
barrier
finite element analysis
HSS
hollow structural section
connection
LS-DYNA

File:

Download Noveral_Thesis_Final_full.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Daniel G Linzell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Glath, Michael Charles

Title:

Compression behavior of ultra-high modulus carbon/epoxy composites and fracture energy characterization of intermediate modulus carbon/epoxy composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

ASTM D6641
SACMA SRM 1R-94
ASTM D5528
end-notched flexure
ANOVA
finite element analysis
damage
fracture energy

File:

Download Glath_Michael_Thesis_ESM_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Heigel, Jarred Christopher

Title:

Thermo-mechanical Model Development and Experimental Validation for Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
laser cladding
distortion
convection
finite element analysis
residual stress
in situ measurement

File:

Download HeigelDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

Author:

Aycock, Kenneth Iven

Title:

Towards Patient-Specific Modeling of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Performance

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

IVC filter
nitinol
pulmonary embolism
immersed boundary method
six degrees of freedom
inferior vena cava
computational fluid dynamics
finite element analysis
non-Newtonian
hemorheology
hemodynamics
patient-specific
computational modeling
embolus transport
coupled CFD/6-DOF
fictitious domain method

File:

Download 2016_Aycock_Kenneth_Penn_State_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B. Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L. Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Michael Krane, Committee Member
Donna H. Korzick, Outside Member
Brent A. Craven, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B. Manning, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Calogero, Joseph Patrick

Title:

Dual Optimization of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms and Spatial Distribution for Passive Shape Change

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

compliant mechanism
numerical dynamics
finite element analysis
design optimization
ornithopter
motion tracking camera

File:

Download Calogero_Dissertation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Outside Member

Author:

Venkatesan, Ganesh

Title:

Micromechanical Analysis of Transverse Young's Modulus of Glass/Carbon Hybrid Fiber Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

micromechanics
hybrid composites
finite element analysis
transverse Young's modulus

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ganesh_Venkatesan_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

Finite Element Analysis and A Two-Stage Design Optimization Procedure of Multifield Origami-Inspired Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

finite element analysis
design optimization
multifield origami
smart materials

File:

Download Dissertation_Wei_Zhang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paris R von Lockette, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kedarasetti, Ravi Teja

Title:

DRIVERS OF FLUID AND METABOLITE TRANSPORT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

cerebrospinal fluid
finite element analysis
brain mechanics
two-photon microscopy

File:

Download Thesis_Kedarasetti_Ravi_ESM.pdf

Committee Members:

Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick James Drew, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Keefe B Manning, Outside Member
Judith Todd Copley, Program Head/Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick James Drew, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lyritsakis, Charilaos

Title:

A Global Parametric Nonlinear Programming Framework for a Geometrically Exact Inelastic Beam Finite Element

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

geometrically-exact beam
nonlinear programming
homotopy continuation
parametric optimization
finite element analysis
numerical continuation
elastoplasticity

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Committee Members:

Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Field Member
Gordon Warn, Major Field Member
Kostas Papakonstantinou, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair
Pinlei Chen, Major Field Member

Author:

Dsa, Jonathan

Title:

Design and evaluation of porosity in 3D bone scaffold models-computational insights

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

porosity
3d scaffold designs
finite element analysis

File:

Download Design_and_Evaluation_of_Porosity_in_3D_Bone_Scaffold_Models-Computational_Insights.pdf

Committee Members:

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member
Brian Maicke, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ahm E Rahman, Committee Member

Author:

Huxman, Connor

Title:

Leveraging Mechanical Compliance in the Design of Orthopaedic Fracture Fixation Plates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fracture fixation
compliant mechanisms
analytical modeling
finite element analysis
orthopaedic implant design
orthopaedic biomechanics
bone healing
bridge plating

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Committee Members:

April Armstrong, Outside Field Member
Gary F Updegrove, Special Member
Gregory Lewis, Outside Unit Member
Jared Butler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies