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Author:

Sarofeen, Christian

Title:

IMPLEMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF A NON-CUT CELL IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD FOR USE IN ICING SMIULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Simulation
Computational
IBM
Immersed Boundary Method
CFD
Icing
Rotorcraft

File:

Download ChristianSarofeen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Patterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wolf, David Richard

Title:

AN ASSESSMENT OF NOVICE AND EXPERT USERS’ DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES DURING VISUAL TRADE SPACE EXPLORATION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-dimensional data visualization
trade space exploration
human-computer interaction
design optimization

File:

Download David_R_Wolf_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bajpai, Hemant

Title:

A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR ASSESSING IMPACT OF INTERFACIAL MORPHOLOGY ON POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Catalyst Layer
Interface
Micro Porous Layer
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Water Management.

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
E C Kumbur, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bares, Jonathan

Title:

COMPUTATION OF NATURAL FREQUENCIES AND MODE SHAPES OF A PERIODIC STRUCTURE VIA PERTURBATION ANALYSIS AND POLYNOMIAL CHAOS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

COMPUTATION NATURAL FREQUENCIES MODE SHAPES

File:

Download Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Diglio, Paul Jonathan

Title:

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING OF ROLLED CYLINDRICAL PVDF ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

blocking force
Braille display
displacement
EAP
semi-automated manufacturing process
rolled actuators

File:

Download Paul_Diglio_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Amin, Sanket R

Title:

DETERMINING THE UNCERTAINTY OF A GPS-BASED COLLISION VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Allan Variance
sensitivity analysis
LIDAR
collision warning system
GPS
friction coefficient estimation

File:

Download Amin_MastersThesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jennings, Timothy John

Title:

FILM-COOLED GAS TURBINE VANE TEMPERATURE CALCULATIONS WITH AN ITERATIVE CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER APPROACH USING EMPIRICAL FILM CORRELATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conjugate
gas turbine
film-cooling
heat transfer

File:

Download Timothy_Jennings_-_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Donnelly, Michael J

Title:

PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF AN INTAKE PORT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
optimization
induction system

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_mjd_07-13-16.pdf

Committee Members:

Justin Kyle Watson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor