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Author:

Trivedi, Deepak

Title:

Modeling, Optimal Design, Shape Estimation and Workspace Analysis of Soft Robotic Manipulators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

continuum mechanics
design optimization cosserat rod
soft robotic manipulators
pneumatic air muscles

File:

Download DeepakTrivediDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Eunice Eun-Young

Title:

PHENOMENOLOGICAL CONSTITUTIVE MODELS FOR DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER MEMBRANES FOR ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

electroactive polymers
modeling
finite element
electrostrictive
large nonlinear viscoelastic deformations

File:

Download EuniceYangDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan Snyder, Committee Member
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Hayes, Gregory Richard

Title:

Mesoscale Fabrication and Design

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

colloidal processing
powder processing
drying
microfabrication
mesoscale fabrication
colloidal chemistry

File:

Download GHayes_Final_Thesis_corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Jianping

Title:

Three-Dimensional Wrapping of Stiff Elastic Belts around Rollers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

elastica
elastic belts
Helical wrapping

File:

Download Jianping_Guo.PDF

Committee Members:

Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Aguirre, Milton

Title:

Design and Optimization of Narrow-Gauged Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms for Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Design
Contact-Aided
Compliant Mechanism
Advanced MIS
NOTES
Optimization

File:

Download Dissertation_MEA.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Harriet Black Nembhard, Committee Member

Author:

Goulbourne, Nakhiah C

Title:

Electroelastic Modeling of Dielectric Elastomer Membrane Actuators

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

electroelastic membrane
blood pump
dielectric elastomer actuator

File:

Download ThesisMaster1.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Benson, Committee Member
Alan Snyder, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Terrence

Title:

BISTABLE DEVICES FOR MORPHING ROTOR BLADES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

bistable
morphing
rotor blades

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member

Author:

Mahdavi, Arash

Title:

Mechanics Of Low-dimensional Carbon Nanostructures: Atomistic, Continuum, And Multi-scale Approaches

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element
Nanomechanics
Carbon Nanotube
Multisclae
Nonlinear
Continuum Mechanics

File:

Download Thesis_Arash_Mahdavi.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member