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Author:

Lotfi Gaskarimahalle, Amir

Title:

VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Semi-active Control
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Variable Stiffness Systems
Input Shaping
Vibration Control

File:

Download AmirLotfi-Dissertation_7.29.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Yasar, Murat

Title:

HYBRID SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF COMPLEX DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

supervisory control
discrete event systems
aircraft propulsion
c4isr

File:

Download MuratYasar_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member

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:

Ataei-esfahani, Armin

Title:

Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nonlinear systems
randomized algorithms
robust control
uncertain systems
sum of squares method
ellipsoid method

File:

Download Armin_Ataei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Prasad, Githin K

Title:

Control Oriented Modeling and State of Health Estimation for Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion batteries
modeling
state of health
estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_GithinPrasad.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member

Author:

Vishwakarma, Vinod

Title:

Reduced order modeling, statistical analysis and system identification for a bladed rotor with geometric mistuning

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbine
mistuning
system identification
reduced order modeling
force response
random permutation
monte carlo

File:

Download thesis_vinod.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Bin

Title:

Modeling, Design, and Experimental Testing of Integrated Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vibration Control
Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite
Passive Vibration Suppression
Harmonic Resonance
Damping Treatment

File:

Download Bin_Zhu_PhD_Thesis__June_1_2014_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Special Member