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Author:

Kim, Byungsoo

Title:

Development of Macrosegregation During Solidification of Binary Metal Alloys

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

solidification
alloy
macrosegregation

File:

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Committee Members:

Dhyshyanthan Sathianathan, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member

Author:

Bapat, Chaitanya Jayant

Title:

ANISOTROPIC HEAT CONDUCTION EFFECTS IN PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fuel cells
PEM
Anisotropy
two phase

File:

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Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member

Author:

Hussaini, Irfan Saif

Title:

Experimental Study of Transient Dynamics of PEM Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

relative permeability of diffusion media
water management
transient dynamics
visualization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof C Y Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Jun

Title:

Development of Heat Transfer Enhancement Techniques for External Cooling of an Advanced Reactor Vessel

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CHF
two-phase flow
microporous coating
boiling heat transfer enhancement techniques
downward facing boiling
nucleate boiling

File:

Download JunYangDST.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Dhushy Sathianathan, Committee Member
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Tajiri, Kazuya

Title:

Startup Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells under Subzero Temperatures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
cold start
automotive

File:

Download dissertation_kazuya_tajiri.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Mao, Leng

Title:

MODELING COLD START OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fuel cell
model
subzero
cold start

File:

Download Thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Yi-Ping

Title:

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR OF HAN-BASED LIQUID PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pressure exponents.
burning rate controlling mechanisms
decomposition
autocatalytic
pyrolysis
propellants
hydroxylammonium nitrate
combustion

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member

Author:

Martin, Heath Thomas

Title:

Assessment of the Performance of Ablative Insulators under Realistic Solid Rocket Motor Operating Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

solid rocket motor
ablation
ablative
heat flux measurement
thermal radiation
radiometer
x-ray radiography

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Deborah Levin, Committee Member