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Author:: Singh, Anand Kumar
Title:: Blast Mitigation Studies for All Metal Plate and Honeycomb Sandwich Panels
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Blast
design
optimization
plate
shape
honeycomb sandwich
validation
File:: Download MS_Thesis-_Anand_Kumar_Singh.pdf
Committee Members:: Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bobuk, Aaron Michael
Title:: A Design Method For Product Family Trade Studies Utilizing GVI and PFPF Metrics With Application to Robotic Ground Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: design
product
family
trade studies
GVI
generational variety index
PFPF
product family penalty function
robot
robotic
ground
vehicle
ATSV
genetic algorithm
Simulink
Matlab
mathematical model
commonality
platform
optimization
File:: Download Aaron_Bobuk_M.S_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Luttmann, Anneliese
Title:: OPTIMIZATION OF AN ALGINATE BASED EDIBLE COATING WITH BEESWAX, NISIN AND EDTA TO MAXIMIZE SHELF LIFE OF FRESH MUSHROOMS (Agaricus bisporus)
Graduate Program:: Food Science
Keywords:: nisin
beeswax
alginate
edible coating
optimization
Mushrooms
EDTA
minimal processing
File:: Download Masters_Thesis_Anneliese_Luttmann.pdf
Committee Members:: Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John D Floros, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Basbug, Basar
Title:: ANALYSIS OF SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED, HETEROGENEOUS SANDSTONE
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: CT scan
fractured sandstone
spontaneous imbibition
automated history matching
optimization
File:: Download B.Basbug_dissertation_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Behrens, Christopher Michael
Title:: Optimal design and operation of complex materials processing with application to microelectronics
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: multiscale methods
optimization
complex materials processing
computational efficiency
File:: Download Thesis_Final4.pdf
Committee Members:: Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Valente, Daniel Paul
Title:: The Effect of Topology on the Dynamical Behavior of Oscillator Networks
Graduate Program:: Acoustics
Keywords:: oscillator networks
complex networks
genetic algorithm
optimization
network topology
File:: Download DPValente-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: David Carl Swanson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

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Author:: Boeringer, Daniel Wilharm
Title:: Multi-objective particle swarm optimization of a modified Bernstein polynomial for curved phased array synthesis using Bézier curves, surfaces, and volumes
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Bernstein polynomial
particle swarm
optimization
multi-objective
phased array
Bézier
File:: Download BoeringerDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member
Anthony J Ferraro, Committee Member
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
David Carl Swanson, Committee Member

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Author:: Hathaway, Eric L
Title:: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization
File:: Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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