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Author:

Mangiagli, Patrick Michael

Title:

Development of Laminated Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polyurethane Composites

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

aligned carbon nanofiber
CNF
nanocomposite
Halpin-Tsai
flexible laminates
bio-inspired
silane coupling agents

File:

Download Mangiagli_THESIS_Document_15_July_2013_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith Todd Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bird, John Joseph

Title:

Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

soaring
uav
uas
drone
energy harvesting
bio-inspired
dynamic soaring
wind mapping
atmosphere
glider

File:

Download Bird-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Lin

Title:

Static and Dynamic Wetting on Bio-inspired Compact Nano-Textured Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hydrophobic surface
bio-inspired
water-repellent insects
high solid fraction
contact time
bouncing droplets
reentrant pillars
hoodoo pillars
pressure stability

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation-Lin_Wang-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair