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Author:: Rau, Andrew Charles
Title:: Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: endoscopic surgery
endoscopic tools
NOTES
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
minimally invasive surgery
forceps
medical devices surgical tools
File:: Download AndrewRau-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Colletti, Alexander E.
Title:: IGNITION PROCESSES AND FLAME SPREADING IN A GRANULAR SOLID PROPELLANT BED
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: granular bed
flame spreading
interior ballistics
solid propellant
File:: Download colletti_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Choudhary, Abhinav Krishna
Title:: AUTOMATED CONCEPT GENERATION USING BRANCHED FUNCTIONAL MODELS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: conceptual design
functional models
design tools
design repository
File:: Download Abhinav_thesis_07202010_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Cari Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cari R Bryant Arnold, 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:: Vadvadgi, Aneesh Sridhar
Title:: CALCULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN GAS TURBINE ROTOR-STATOR CAVITIES USING CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
Conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine
File:: Download Calculation_of_Temperatures_in_Gas_Turbine_Rotor_Stator_Cavities_Using_Conjugate_Heat_Transfer.pdf
Committee Members:: Savash Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Menon, Arvind Venugopal
Title:: Effect of m-Xylene on Soot Formation in High Pressure Diffusion Flames
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: high pressure flames
soot
lii
lif
pah
xylene
File:: Download Arvind_Menon_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert John Santoro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: Chowdhury, Arindrajit
Title:: CONFINED RAPID THERMOLYSIS/FTIR/TOF STUDIES OF ENERGETIC IONIC LIQUIDS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Ionic liquids
Thermal decomposition
FTIR spectrometry
ToF mass spectrometry
kinetics
File:: Download Arin_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Krishnasamy Bharathi, Arvind
Title:: ANALYSIS OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE USING THE ReaxFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: nanowire
Zinc Oxide
ReaxFF
File:: Download Final_Draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Evans, Brian
Title:: Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator
File:: Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Jones, Brian Keith
Title:: Flame Response Mechanisms and their Interaction in a Lean Premixed Swirl-Stabilized Gas Turbine Combustor
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: premixed
flame
instabilities
lean
combustion
gas turbine
File:: Download Brian_Jones_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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