Search

Author:

Heverly II, David E.

Title:

Optimal Actuator Placement and Active Structure Design for Control of Helicopter Airframe Vibrations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
smart structures
active control
helicopter
vibrations
actuator placement
structural design
optimization

File:

Download dehthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Driesch, Patricia L

Title:

Acoustic Control in Enclosures Using Optimally Designed Helmholtz Resonators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

noise control
tractor cabin
optimization
Helmholtz resonators
acoustic absorbers
passive control

File:

Download THESIS_hyperlinks.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Bunyaratavej, Piya

Title:

Iterative Hillclimbing Optimization Techniques for Transform Image Encoding/Decoding and for Image Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

image segmentation
image decoding
optimization
image encoding
iterative
hillclimbing

File:

Download thesis_piya.pdf

Committee Members:

Jia Li, Committee Member
John F Doherty, Committee Member
David Jonathan Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Kesidis, Committee Member
John Metzner, Committee Member