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Author:

Brulo, Gregory Scott

Title:

THE DESIGN OF A HIGH-CONCENTRATION MICROTRACKING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kinematics
optimization
planer
planar mechanism
mechanism
design
PID
SMA
CPV
Shape Memory Alloy
Solar
Panels

File:

Download GregBruloThesisFinal_rev2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. H.J. Sommer, Committee Member
Dr. Karen Thole, Committee Member

Author:

George, Kristov

Title:

A SIMULATION STUDY OF THE IONIC WIND IN HEAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic Wind
Ionic Wind Cooling
Heat Transfer
Corona
Corona Discharge
Corona Discharge Plasma

File:

Download THESIS2.pdf

Committee Members:

Rui Ni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew J Rau, Committee Member

Author:

Brennan, Jennifer Bracken

Title:

THE C+C DSM METHOD: MANAGING CHANGE PROPAGATION WHILE PROTOTYPING A ROBOTIC INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR DRY NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE CASKS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
change propagation
nuclear storage cask
robotic inspection system
prototyping

File:

Download finalpdf_2018_03_29_Bracken_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stoner, Brant Edward

Title:

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY INSPECTION TOOL FOR LARGE ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC COMPONENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nondestructive inspection
Additive manufacturing
directed energy deposition
multi-meter components
qualification
digital radiography

File:

Download Brant_Stoner_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanjay B Joshi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Committee Member

Author:

Varadarajan Srinivasan, Krishna Prasad

Title:

ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF GEOMETRIC LANE CONSTRAINTS ON RADAR-BASED SENSING OF AVAILABLE VEHICLE HEADWAY USING MAPPED LANE GEOMETRY AND CAMERA REGISTRATION OF LANE POSITION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

RADAR-based sensing
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Headway estimation
Available free space in ego-lane
free space estimation for fuel economy
sensor fusion

File:

Download Krishna_Prasad_Varadarajan_Srinivasan_Masters_Thesis_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Whitehair, Carey A

Title:

INVESTIGATING NARRATIVES OF ATTRITION IN ENGINEERING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

graduate attrtition
attrition
engineering
graduate engineering
engineering education
education
graduate engineering attrition
qualitative analysis

File:

Download Carey_Whitehair_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Catherine G P Berdanier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Leary, Robert D

Title:

Real-time Vehicle Pose Estimation Utilizing Monocular Vision and Lane Marker Maps

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vehicle localization
pose estimation
lane detection
autonomous vehicle
state estimation

File:

Download Leary-Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Dow, Nicholas William

Title:

A baseline experiment and initial investigation of the effects of virtual immersion on vehicle passenger risk perception

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

virtual reality
perception of risk
autonomous vehicles
driving simulator

File:

Download 071218_Dow_MastersThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Masters, Sarah Renee

Title:

EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND REYNOLDS NUMBER ON HEAT TRANSFER IN PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Particle-laden flow
particle concentration
solids loading
Nusselt number
heat transfer

File:

Download Thesis_PSU_MSME_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Manahan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member