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Author:

Hussain, Saira

Title:

Experimental Study of Ultrasound Transmission Through Rat Skulls

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Transcranial Focused Ultrasound
Attenuation
Defocusing
Transducers
Rat Skulls

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Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yun Jing, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Committee Member

Author:

Bachman, Ridge

Title:

Assessing the Impact of Electrode Oxidation on Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Performance Through Experimentation and Modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemistry
Redox Flow Battery
Density Functional Theory
Energy Storage Density
Carbon Electrodes

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Committee Members:

Isaac Gamwo, Special Member
Donghai Wang, Major Field Member
Serguei Lvov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chris Rahn, Major Field Member
Derek Hall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Pan, Tan

Title:

Modeling and Design Optimization of Magnetoactive Elastomer Actuator

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Smart material
magnetoactive elastomer
design and optimization
Bayesian Network Classifier
advanced material design
genetic algorithms

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Namiko Yamamoto, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Major Field Member
Carolyn Seepersad, Special Member
Jared Butler, Major Field Member
Paris Von Lockette, Special Member
Mary Frecker, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Mohamed, Mohamed

Title:

Development of An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model for Gait-Based Classification of Neurodegenerative Disorders (NeuroGaitNet)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Keywords: Neural Network
Gait Analysis
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Power Spectral Density (PSD)
Data Augmentation
Deep Learning
Huntington's Disease
Clinical Diagnostics
Artificial Intelligence.

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Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Aldo W Morales, Committee Member
Brian Maicke, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member

Author:

Dsa, Jonathan

Title:

Design and evaluation of porosity in 3D bone scaffold models-computational insights

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

porosity
3d scaffold designs
finite element analysis

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Committee Members:

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anilchandra Attaluri, Committee Member
Brian Maicke, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ahm E Rahman, Committee Member

Author:

Kurian, Mathew

Title:

Dimensionality Reduction of Wing Motion for Roll Stabilization in Hummingbird Flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dimensionality Reduction
Hummingbird flight
Aerodynamics
Principal Component Analysis
Canonical Correlation Analysis

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Committee Members:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Huxman, Connor

Title:

Leveraging Mechanical Compliance in the Design of Orthopaedic Fracture Fixation Plates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fracture fixation
compliant mechanisms
analytical modeling
finite element analysis
orthopaedic implant design
orthopaedic biomechanics
bone healing
bridge plating

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Committee Members:

April Armstrong, Outside Field Member
Gary F Updegrove, Special Member
Gregory Lewis, Outside Unit Member
Jared Butler, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mary Frecker, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Ahmad, Aiman

Title:

INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY HEATING DEVICE TO TREAT INFECTED METAL FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Induction Heating of Metal Implants

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Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew R. Garner, Committee Member
Ma'Moun A. Abu Ayyad, Committee Member
Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Committee Member

Author:

Jangam, Avesh Avinash

Title:

Treatment Planning for Thermal Therapies to Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GBM
LITT
magnetic nanoparticles hyperthermia
simulation model
treatment planning
thermal therapies
medical tool
simulation tool

File:

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Committee Members:

Rick Ciocci, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Anilchandra Attaluri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Allen Maicke, Committee Member
Anirudh Sharma, Committee Member

Author:

Mohamed, Ahmed

Title:

Design and Applications of Bio-Molecular Memelements in Neuromorphic Computing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Memristor
Memcapacitor
Nonlinear Dynamics
Reservoir Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Neuromorphic Computing
Short-term Memory
Machine Learning
Neuristor
Mem-Impedence

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Herschel Pangborn, Major Field Member
Joseph Najem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Abhronil Sengupta, Outside Unit & Field Member