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Author:

Rothenberger, Michael J

Title:

Optimal Input Shaping for Fisher Identifiability of Control-Oriented Lithium-Ion Battery Models

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fisher identifiability optimization
battery parameter estimation
lithium-ion battery
optimal input shaping

File:

Download Rothenberger_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Member
Joel Robert Anstrom, Special Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member

Author:

Miura, Kentaro

Title:

Modeling, Design, and Experimental Validation of a Tailboom Vibration Absorber Using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Tubes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluidic flexible matrix composite
vibration control
helicopter tailboom
structural dynamics
design

File:

Download KMiura_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Wilson, Andrew J

Title:

Energy Management and Battery Testing for the Analysis of a Diesel-electric Hybrid Locomotive Powertrain

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hybrid
locomotive
powertrain
optimal control
energy management
battery
HIL
SIL
hardware-in-the-loop

File:

Download Wilson_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kambampati, Sandilya

Title:

Optimization of Composite Tiltrotor Wings with Extensions and Winglets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
tiltrotor
winglet
whirl flutter
composite material
wing extensions
aircraft design

File:

Download Sandilya_Kambampati_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yue

Title:

ADAPTIVE INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM COMPLEX SYSTEMS VIA SYMBOLIC TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic time series analysis
Hidden Markov modeling
Pattern recognition
Finite-state Automaton
Information Fusion
Sensor Networks
Battery SOC estimation
Battery SOH estimation
Recursive Bayes Filter
Image processing

File:

Download YueLi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member

Author:

Thorsen, Adam Thomas

Title:

A UNIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR A COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT IN FUNDAMENTAL AND AEROBATIC MANEUVERING FLIGHT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

compound
rotorcraft
aerobatic
maneuvers
unified control
flight control
redundant controls
flight path generation
trajectory optimization
energy management

File:

Download Thorsen_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Jha, Devesh Kumar

Title:

Learning and Decision Optimization in Data-Driven Autonomous Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Markov Modeling
Combustion Instability
Decision Making
Motion Planning

File:

Download Devesh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Outside Member
Jan Severin Reimann, Outside Member
Abhishek Srivastav, Special Member