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Author:: Treacy, Shawn Michael
Title:: STABILITY ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF FLUIDIC PITCH LINKS IN HELICOPTERS WITH ARTICULATED ROTORS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: fluidic pitch link
FPL
stability
articulated
helicopter
experiment
test
rotor
File:: Download ShawnTreacy-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

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Author:: Yeo, Hong Goo
Title:: MECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTERS UTILIZING {001} TEXTURED PZT FILMS ON FLEXIBLE METAL FOILS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric material
PZT film
Piezoelectric energy harvesting
Flexible metal substrates
File:: Download Thesis_final-_HGY__2.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

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Author:: Docimo, Donald John
Title:: Insights into the Behavior of Heterogeneous Thermostatically Controlled Loads and Battery Packs
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Heterogeneity
Battery Packs
Thermostatically Controlled Loads (TCLs)
Controls
Model Reduction
Demand Response
Energy Systems
Model Predictive Control (MPC)
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Battery balancing
File:: Download DissertationFinalv2.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Outside Member

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Author:: Ghanaatpishe, Mohammad
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF ALGORITHMS FOR ROBUST ONLINE OPTIMAL PERIODIC CONTROL IN THE PRESENCE OF PLANT PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Adaptive Control
Drug Delivery
Insect Flight
Optimal Periodic Control
Optimization
Estimation
Tracking
File:: Download MohammadGhanaatpishe-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Outside Member

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Author:: Marple, Daniel Robert
Title:: Understanding Lithium Plating in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Exploring Mitigation Strategies by Self-Heating
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Lithium ion battery
lithium plating
self-heating
low temperature
cycle life
pulse heating
large-format battery
File:: Download Marple_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao-Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

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