eTD Explore

Open Access

Author:: Nandi, Tarak Nath
Title:: EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Fluid Mechanics
CFD
turbulence
transition
atmospheric boundary layer
actuator line method
RANS
LES
Wind Energy
File:: Download Penn_State_University_Dissertation_forSubmission.pdf
Committee Members:: James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Outside Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Special Member

Open Access

Author:: Mendoza Galvis, Sergio Andres
Title:: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE VALUE OF INFORMATION IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY STATE AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: lithium ion batteries
identifiability
parameter identification
SOC estimation
optimal experiments
Fisher Analysis
File:: Download SMendoza-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Member

Open Access

Author:: Xie, Jinyu
Title:: INTELLIGENT ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS INCORPORATED WITH MEAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR TYPE-1 DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Diabetes
Type 1
Meal Detection
Estimation
Recommender System
Adaptive Control
System Identification
Insulin
Exercise
Kalman Filter
File:: Download PhD-Dissertation-Jinyu-Xie-03-09-2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Peter Molenaar, Outside Member

Open Access

Author:: Miller, Simon W
Title:: Design as a Sequential Decision Process: A Method for Reducing Set Space Using Models to Bound Objectives
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: design
decision-making
sequential decision
bounding model
interval dominance
discriminatory
model
set-based design
fidelity
File:: Download SimonWMiller-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy W Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy W Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Michael A Yukish, Committee Member
Gordon Warn, Outside Member
Mark Traband, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Chaklader, Rushtin
Title:: RELATING PREFERENCE TO BODY SIZE AND SHAPE THROUGH THE DATA MINING OF CONSUMER REVIEWS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Data Mining
Design for Human Variability
Consumer Reviews
File:: Download Chaklader_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Matt Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen A. Thole, Committee Member
Conrad Tucker, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Liu, Ji
Title:: Computationally Efficient Online Model-Based Control and Estimation for Lithium-ion Batteries
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Lithium-ion batteries
Battery mangement systems
Differential Flatness
Control
Estimation
File:: Download JiLiu-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam K. Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam K. Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Member
Constantino Lagoa, Outside Member

Open Access

Author:: Menold, Jessica D
Title:: Prototype for X (PFX): A Prototyping Framework to Support Product Design
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Prototype
Design Theory and Methods
Human Centered Design
Design Thinking
Design For X
File:: Download JessicaMenold_Dissertation_ETD_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kathryn Jablokow, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scarlett Miller, Committee Member
Meg Small, Committee Member
Aaron Knochel, Outside Member
Timothy Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn Jablokow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Open Access

Author:: Mamun, Abdullah-Al
Title:: OPTIMAL CONTROL OF DATACENTER ENERGY STORAGE FOR DEMAND RESPONSE
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Battery
Lithium-ion
Stochastic control
Genetic algorithm
Optimal control
Particle filter
Physics-based modeling
datacenter
energy management
File:: Download AMamun_dissertation_committee.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Horacio Perez-Blanco, Committee Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Outside Member

Open Access

Author:: Gobert, Christian J
Title:: ONLINE DISCONTINUITY DETECTION IN METALLIC POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES USING VISUAL INSPECTION SENSORS AND SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Additive Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Powder Bed Fusion
Flaw Detection
Image Processing
File:: Download Gobert_Thesis-2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Asok Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Edward Reutzel, Committee Member
Guha Manogharan, Committee Member
Jan Petrich, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Roemer, Michael Richard
Title:: Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Statistical Classifiers for the Detection and Classification of Control Valve Blockages
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: neural network
fuzzy logic
statistical classifier
condition-based maintenance
cbm
support vector machines
discriminant analysis
k-nearest-neighbor
vibration
diagnostics
rotary valve
process control valve
control valve
blockage
valve blockage
File:: Download Roemer_ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Search