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Author:

Wolfgang, Christopher William

Title:

Development of a Radial Composite Heat Sink for Use in Enclosed Engine and Thermal Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Nanofiber
Heat Sink
Thermal Conductivity
Radial Composite
Heat Transfer
Thermal Dispersion

File:

Download cwwThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Edward Masters, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Verners, Osvalds

Title:

Molecular dynamics analysis of oxidation, segregation and stress corrosion failures of refractory alloys

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxidation
segregation
stress corrosion cracking
hydrogen embrittlement
alloys

File:

Download dissertation_Verners.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Goverapet Srinivasan, Sriram

Title:

Hyperthermal Oxidation and Pyrolysis of Carbon based Materials: Chemistry and Dynamics using the Reaxff Reactive Force Field

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Graphite oxidation
Diamond oxidation
Fullerene fragmentation
Gas surface interaction
hyperthermal etching

File:

Download Sriram_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Sigamani, Nirmal Shankar

Title:

Effect of carbon nanofillers on the microstructure and electromechanical properties of electroactive polymers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Graphene Oxide
reduced graphene
carbon nanotubes
electroactive strain
electromechanical
hybrid SWNT-GO
chemical modification

File:

Download Dissertation_Post-defense_submitted_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member

Author:

Ben Atitallah, Hassene

Title:

Characterization and modeling of active fiber composites

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectricity
composites
Temperature dependence
AFC
Viscoelasticity

File:

Download Full_dissertation_v3_with_CV1.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Cowan, Brett Michael

Title:

Magnetically Induced Actuation and Optimization of the Miura-ori Structure

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Origami engineering
magnetic actuation
optimization
ATSV

File:

Download BMC_Completed_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alam, Md Tarekul

Title:

Size effects on mechanical and thermal properties of thin films

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thin films
nano scale
thermal
mechanical
size effect
coupling of properties
micro scale

File:

Download Alam_dissertation_final_16July.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member

Author:

Barnett, Andrew Charles

Title:

Tissue cutting mechanics of dynamic needle insertion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tissue Cutting
Vibration Cutting
Cutting Geometry
Compliant Geometry

File:

Download abarnett_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Zachary Moore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Scarlett Rae Miller, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Wyckoff, Nicholas Gregory

Title:

Systematic Characterization of PZT 5A Fibers with Parallel and Interdigitated Electrodes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
fiber
parallel
interdigitated
electrodes
electromechanical
piezoelectric
permittivity

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Nicholas_Wyckoff.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Weitzler, Lydia Hameg

Title:

Investigation of Magneto-electro-mechanical Coupling of a Polymer-based Composite

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

multi-field
electroactive
magnetoactive
P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE)
material characterization
polymer-based composite

File:

Download LWeitzler_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor