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Author:

Anderson, Jude

Title:

CONSTRAINED HYPERVOLUME BOUNDARY MESHING TECHNIQUES FOR FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE-TIME APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thesis
Dissertation
Surface meshing
Hypersurface meshing
Hypervolume meshing
Boundary recovery
Bistellar flips
Intersection detection
Space time
Four dimensions
Mesh generation
Finite element methods
Thesis
Dissertation
Surface Meshing
Hypersurface Meshing
Hypervolume Meshing
Boundary Recovery
Bistellar Flips
Intersection Detection
Space Time
Four Dimensions
Mesh Generation
Finite Element Methods

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Melissa Brindise, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Major Field Member
David Williams, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kenneth Brentner, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Cummings, Christine

Title:

Using a Gaussian based model to upcycle seaweed waste into bioplastics with tunable mechanical and material properties

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

bioplastic
gaussian process
regression
optimization
seaweed
mechanical property
water absorption
elastic modulus

File:

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Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiang Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Perovich, Marcus

Title:

The Environmental Impact on Graphene-Silica Superlubricity: A ReaxFF Study

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics Friction
Superlubricity in Graphite
Nanoscale Friction
Reactive (ReaxFF) Simulations

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Committee Members:

Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Sappa Veena Venkata, Niveditha

Title:

Assessment and Improvement of Flow Quality in a Small Footprint Additively Manufactured Wind Tunnel

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Optimal flow quality
Low-speed wind tunnel
Flow uniformity
Aerodynamic testing
Additive Manufacturing

File:

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Committee Members:

Tamy Guimarães, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rasel, Md Abu

Title:

Synergistic Effects of Radiation and Stress Localization on Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GaN HEMT
Heavy Ion Irradiation
Proton Irradiation
Gamma Irradiation
In situ Irradiation
In situ Heating
TEM
Electron Wind Force Annealing

File:

Download Thesis_Rasel_review_Final_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Jing Du, Major Field Member
Md Haque, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Mia Jin, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Song, Yiwen

Title:

Thermal Characterization of Modern Microsystem Technologies from Materials to Devices

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermal characterization
TDTR
FDTR
thermal management
power electronics
wide bandgap
Ga2O3
AlN
aluminum nitride
scandium aluminum nitride
thermal transport
phonon scattering
thermal property
thermal conductivity

File:

Download Dissertation_Yiwen_Song_YS_edit_v10_export.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Haque, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Sukwon Choi, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Wooram Lee, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Brown, Dailen

Title:

Ultrasound Guided Needle Insertion Simulation Systems for The Training of Central Venous Catheterization Procedures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Medical Simulation
Catheterization
Ultrasound
Needle Insertion
Computer Vision
Sensors
Feedback
Training
Compliant Mechanisms

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Committee Members:

Jason Moore, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scarlett Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Bo Cheng, Major Field Member
Daniel Cortes Correales, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Siefering, Bryan

Title:

Investigation of a Dilute Flow Particle Reactor for Coupling Thermochemical Energy Storage to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

particle heat exchanger
thermochemical energy storage
sCO2 Brayton Cycle
particle to sCO2

File:

Download Siefering_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Rattner, Major Field Member
Nicholas Meisel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Lynch, Major Field Member
Brian Fronk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Jalui, Sagar

Title:

AM-driven design innovation: DfAM constraints in adjoint shape optimization for gas turbine applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing
DfAM
gas turbine
L-PBF
fuel-flexibility
fuel injector
adjoint
shape optimization

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Committee Members:

Edward Reutzel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jacqueline O'Connor, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yuan Xuan, Major Field Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Agrawal, Suyash

Title:

Towards reverse engineering the neuromechanical actuation and control of biological flapping flight

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Flapping wing flight
Wing neuromechanics
Flapping wing robot
Flapping wing simulation
Flapping wing energy efficiency
Hummingbird flight
Insect flight
Robotic flight
Flapping wing actuation
Flapping wing control

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Committee Members:

Jean-Michel Mongeau, Major Field Member
Puneet Singla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Chris Rahn, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Bo Cheng, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies