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Author:: Ramrakhyani, Deepak Shyamlal
Title:: Morphing Aricraft Structures using Tendon Actuated Compliant Cellular Truss
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Morphing structures
active structures
shape change
compliant joint
bird wing
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:: DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Hill, Jeffrey Ray
Title:: High Precision Surface Control of Flexible Space Reflectors
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Gossamer
control
En Masse Elimination
modeling
File:: Download Hill_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Geiger, Richard T.
Title:: Energy Harvesting Using AC Machines with High Effective Pole Count
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: energy harvesting
stepper motor
high pole count
File:: Download GeigerThesisFinal122109.pdf
Committee Members:: Heath Hofmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heath Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
John Douglas Mitchell, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Member

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Author:: Bharti, Smita
Title:: Optimal Structural Design of a Morphing Aircraft Wing
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Aircraft wing morphing
topology optimization
non-linear Finite Element Analysis
Genetic Algorithm
Cellular Mechanism
Cable Actuation
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H J Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member

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Author:: Mehta, Vipul Vijay
Title:: Design, Analysis, and Applications of Cellular Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Contact-aided compliant mechanisms
topology optimization
meso-scaled structures
morphing aircraft skin
stress relief
File:: Download Vipul_Mehta_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member

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Author:: Tummala, Yashwanth
Title:: Design and Optimization of Contact-aided Compliant Mechanisms with Nonlinear Stiffness
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Design optimization
compliant mechanisms
passive morphing
ornithopters
contact-aided compliant mechanisms
File:: Download Dissertation_Tummala_Final_Submitted.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Thurier, Pierre F
Title:: A Two-material Topology Optimization Method for the Design of a Passive Thermal Control Interface
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Topology optimization
Thermo-mechanical
Thermal control
contact
compliant mechanisms
two-material
design
File:: Download thesis_PT.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Goldschmidt, Margalit Zipora
Title:: Design, Control, and Acoustics of a Marine Hydrokinetic Cycloturbine Vehicle
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: acoustics
marine hydrokinetic
cycloturbine
control
nonlinear
dynamics
File:: Download MargalitZGoldschmidtThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Lester Jonson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Outside Member
Michael Lester Jonson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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