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Author:

Rao, Tilak P L

Title:

Enhancing the Visualization Tools for a Concept Generator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CAD
Design

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Cari B Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Cari Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Tao

Title:

SHEAR-COAXIAL INJECTION AND MIXING OF CRYOGENIC FLUIDS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

LES
supercritical
jet
turbulence

File:

Download ThesisMaster-Tao_Liu_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Levard, Thomas

Title:

CORE-FREE ROLLED ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS USING ELECTROSTRICTIVE P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) TERPOLYMER

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rolled actuator
ElectroActive Polymer
Braille display

File:

Download Thesis_-_Thomas_Levard.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Swamy, Tushar

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE IN PEFCS: WATER STORAGE AND CONTACT RESISTANCE MODEL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Micro Porous Layer
Interface
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Catalyst Layer
Water Management

File:

Download Tushar_Swamy_MS_Thesis_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Emin C Kumbur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wu, Tian-Yau

Title:

ACTIVE CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC RADIATION VIA LEFT AND RIGHT EIGENVECTOR ASSIGNMENT

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Active Control
Structural Vibration
Acoustic Radiation
Piezoelectric Material
Modal Confinement
Eigenvector Assignment
Disturbance Rejection
Modal Radiation Reduction.

File:

Download Wu-PhD-Thesis_final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member

Author:

Pasaogullari, Ugur

Title:

TWO-PHASE TRANSPORT AND PREDICTION OF FLOODING IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PEFC
flooding
two-phase
GDL
MPL
modeling

File:

Download pasaogullari_2005d.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member

Author:

Kalaskar, Vickey Baliram

Title:

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF JP-8, JP-900, FISCHER-TROPSCH (FT) AND JP-8/FT BLENDS IN A MODEL GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

jet fuels
coal-based
gas turbine
model combustor

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Godthi, Vamsy

Title:

Computational Tools to Improve Innovation and Creativity in Engineering Design

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

modular product design software
module description language
interface
component naming taxonomy
product design
conceptual design
computational tools
integer programming formulation
artificial intelligence planning

File:

Download Vamsy_Thesis_v0.7_upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Cari Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cari R Bryant Arnold, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gupta, Vishisht Vijay

Title:

Vehicle Localization Using Low-Accuracy GPS, IMU and Map-Aided Vision

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GPS
Kalman Filter
IMU
Vehicle Localization
Terrain-Aided Vision
Map-Aided Vision

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Robert T Collins, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Vipul Vijay

Title:

Design, Analysis, and Applications of Cellular Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Contact-aided compliant mechanisms
topology optimization
meso-scaled structures
morphing aircraft skin
stress relief

File:

Download Vipul_Mehta_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

Author:

Argod, Vikas

Title:

MPI ENABLED SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF SOLID ISOTROPIC PLATES TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF AIR BLAST LOADING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Blast Loading
Shape Optimization
MPI

File:

Download thesis_vikas_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Streeter, Willie

Title:

NONLINEAR VIBRATION OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID (DNA)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

eigenvectors
nonlinear normal modes
eigenvalues
localizations

File:

Download DNAfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Moody, William Lee

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PROPULSOR CAVITATION BREAKDOWN USING OVERSET GRID TECHNOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Overset Grid
Multiphase Flows
Fluid Mechanics
Propellers

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marshall, William McFarland

Title:

Experimental Studies on Combustion Instabilities in a Multi-Element, Rectangular Rocket Chamber

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
swirl coaxial injectors
multi-element rocket chamber

File:

Download Marshall_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Qin, Wubi

Title:

Feedback Performance Control for Self-Managing Computer Systems: an LPV Control Theoretic Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

linear parameter varying systems (lpv)
internet services
feedback control
performance management
quality of service (qos)
request level scheduling
web server

File:

Download WubiQin-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Anand Sivasubramaniam, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Weifeng

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL MODELING THE PERFORMANCE AND DEGRADATION OF HEV LI-ION BATTERY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion battery
HEV
degradation
modeling

File:

Download WeifengFangDissertation0616.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wenpeng

Title:

Methanol, Water and Heat Transport in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Power

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

numerical modeling
DMFC
direct methanol fuel cell
CFD
Fluent

File:

Download PhD_WenpengLiu.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Ding, Xibei

Title:

Modern Control System Design for Hydro-power Plant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

robust control
sliding mode
hydropower

File:

Download PS_Thesis_for_Format_Review8.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mao, Xiaofeng

Title:

Nonlinear Robust Control Design for a High-speed Supercavitating Vehicle

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nonlinear system
robust control
supercavitating vehicle
LPV

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Xiaofeng_Mao_after_defense.pdf

Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xi

Title:

Quantitative Measure of Regular Languages for Supervisory Control of Engineering Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

coordinated robotics
behavior-based robotics
quantitative measure
regular language
discrete-event system
supervisory control

File:

Download XiWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Prof Mark Carpino, Committee Member
John Metzner, Committee Member

Author:

Qin, Xiaoliang

Title:

THERMO-ELASTO-VISCO-PLASTIC MODELLING OF FRICTION STIR WELDING IN AN EULERIAN REFERENCE FRAME

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Coupled thermo-mechanical
Friction Stir Welding

File:

Download Qin-thesis-all.pdf

Committee Members:

Panagiotis Michaleris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

Bhartiya, Yasharth

Title:

SINGLE AND MULTI-STAGE BLADED ROTORS WITH GEOMETRIC MISTUNING: REDUCED ORDER MODELING AND MISTUNING IDENTIFICATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Mistuning Identification
Mistuning
Reduced Order Modelling

File:

Download Yasharth_Bhartiya_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Suzanne Michelle Shontz, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Yi-Ping

Title:

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR OF HAN-BASED LIQUID PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pressure exponents.
burning rate controlling mechanisms
decomposition
autocatalytic
pyrolysis
propellants
hydroxylammonium nitrate
combustion

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member

Author:

HUANG, YING

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Combustion Dynamics in Lean-Premixed Swirl-Stabilized Gas-Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion Instabilities
Large Eddy Simulation
Level Set Flamelet Approach
Triple Decomposition Techniques

File:

Download Thesis-YingHuang.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yanxing

Title:

A Numerical Study of Combustion in Meso-Scale Vortex Chambers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

numerical study
combustion
meso-scale
swirling flow

File:

Download YanxingWangThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

Author:

Wen, Yicheng

Title:

Heterogeneous Sensor Fusion in Sensor Networks: A Language-theoretic Approach

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

wireless sensor network
pattern recognition
Information fusion

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Ishanu Chattopadhyay, Committee Member

Author:

ZHANG, Yongzhe

Title:

HYBRID PARTICLE/FINITE-VOLUME PDF METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-DEPENDENT FLOWS IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

particle methods
hybrid PDF methods
turbulent combustion modeling
HCCI engine
consistency algorithms
finite-volume methods

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Paul E Plassmann, Committee Member

Author:

Tseng, Ya-Ching

Title:

DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND STUDY OF PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IN A VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY

File:

Download Thesis_Ya-Ching_Tseng.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Yun

Title:

Analysis of Transient Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
fuel cell
transient
dynamic response
computational model
energy conversion

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University_Thesis-Yun_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Yan, Yan

Title:

A Thermal Hydrodynamic Lubrication Model of Pivoted Plane-Pad Thrust Bearings

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermal
hydrodynamic lubrication
pivoted slider bearing

File:

Download thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Zhe

Title:

Study of Iron Carburization in CO-based gas mixtures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

numerical model
Iron carburization

File:

Download zhewangthesisfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Zheqian

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROMACHINED PIEZOELECTRIC T-BEAM TRANSDUCERS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

multifunctional transducers
PZT
piezoelectric
MEMS

File:

Download DESIGN_FABRICATION_AND_CHARACTERIZATION_OF_MICROMACHINED_PIEZOELECTRIC_T-BEAM_TRANSDUCERS.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

Flowfield Interactions in Low Aspect Ratio Pin-fin Arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
turbulence
heat exchangers
pin-fins

File:

Download Ostanek_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Richards, Scott Alan

Title:

Technoeconomic Analysis of Pumped Hydroelectric Storage as a Means to Mitigate the Variability of Renewable Generation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pumped hydroelectric storage
pumped storage hydro
renewable energy
wind power
solar power
PJM
variable generation

File:

Download Scotts_Thesis_4-11-12_Final_119_Pages.pdf

Committee Members:

Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bednar, Jonathan Paul

Title:

An all-optical pressure sensor for nuclear power plant applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fiber Bragg grating pressure sensor
optical pressure sensor
nuclear power plant pressure transducer

File:

Download Bednar_Thesis_13APR12_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Martin Wesley Trethewey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kurczewski, Nicolas Adam

Title:

Coupled Fluidic Vibration Isolators for Rotorcraft Pitch Link Loads Reduction

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vibration isolation
loads reduction
fluidic elements
fluidic system
pitch links
rotorcraft

File:

Download Kurczewski-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Robinson, Michael David

Title:

mechatronic devices for fabrication, testing, and implementation of rolled actuators in a computer controlled braille display

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Mechatronics
Electroactive Polymer Actuators
Braille Display

File:

Download Michael_Robinson_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Kai

Title:

Large-Eddy Simulation of in-cylinder flows in motored reciprocating-piston internal combustion engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulence

Large-eddy simulation

Internal Combustion engine
Proper orthogonal decomposition

Cycle-to-cycle variations

File:

Download Kai_Liu_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member

Author:

Pagano, Brian Thomas

Title:

Synthesizing modern child and infant anthropometry for design

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

anthropometry
child
infant
anthropometry synthesis
human variability
principal component analysis
obesity
ergonomics

File:

Download Pagano_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Christensen, Michelle Kathleen

Title:

Flow Reactor Autoignition Studies of Iso-octane at High Pressures and Low-to-intermediate Temperatures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

autoignition
ignition delay time
iso-octane
flow reactor

File:

Download Michelle_Christensen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member

Author:

Ferone, Christopher Anthony

Title:

Nondestructive Forensic Pathology Of Lead-acid Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

VLRA
Sulphation
Water loss
BMS

File:

Download ChrisFeroneMastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garneau, Christopher John

Title:

Techniques, tools, and representations for solving design problems considering anthropometry

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

anthropometry
design for human variability
ergonomics
universal design

File:

Download dissertation_Garneau.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
John F Lockett, Iii, Special Member

Author:

Hatzell, Kelsey Bridget

Title:

Optimal Charging Protocols for LiFEPO4 Batteries via Deterministic Dynamic Programming

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium Ion Batteries
Optimal Charging
Deterministic Dynamic Programming

File:

Download Hatzell_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sharma, Aabhas

Title:

Combined State of Charge and State of Health Estimation for Lithium-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

State of charge
state of health
lithium ion batteries
estimation
engineering
online prediction

File:

Download AabhasSharma_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Christian, Cinnamon Maria

Title:

Modeling Laser-generated Cavitation Bubbles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

cavitation
laser-generated bubbles
CFD
multiphase flow

File:

Download Cinnamon_M_Christian-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ranjeva, Minna Laure

Title:

Characterizing laser induced cavitation: effects of air content, beam angle, and laser power

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

cavitation
laser
bubble dynamics

File:

Download Ranjeva_thesis_final_June27.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Elbing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Keske, Mark Palmer

Title:

Dynamics and Dimensional Similitude of Vehicle Impacts upon Soil-fixed Boulders in Cohesionless Soil

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

laterally loaded
soil
low order
vehicle impact
boulder
soil-fixed
cohesionless
similitude
scaling
small scale

File:

Download 2012_07_26_mpk5146_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wittenstein, Jason Paul

Title:

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Aerosol Particle Drag Mixing in Turbulent Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle Mixing
Aluminum
Aerosol
Turbulent

File:

Download Jason_Wittenstein_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph John Cor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rothenberger, Michael J

Title:

An Interactive Multimedia Framework for Education on Vehicle Electrification

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

multimedia
engineering
education
hybrid
vehicle
simulation
game

File:

Download Multimedia_Framework_HEV.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Riley, Michael Patrick

Title:

Development of a Correlation for Nucleate Boiling Heat Flux on a Hemispherical Downward Facing Surface

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nucleate Boiling
Critical Heat Flux
Pool Boiling
Heat Transfer
Buoyancy Driven Flow
Buoyancy Driven Heat Transfer

File:

Download Michael_Riley_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor