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Author:

Lee, Chanyoung

Title:

A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF BONE FORMATION IN THE CRANIAL VAULT USING A REACTION-DIFFUSION-STRAIN MODEL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

computational morphogenesis
finite volume method
skull growth
developmental biology
mechanobiology
intramembranous ossification

File:

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Committee Members:

Reuben H Kraft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Jing Du, Committee Member
Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Outside Member

Author:

Xiong, Sihan

Title:

BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF CATEGORICAL DATA WITH APPLICATIONS TO DYNAMIC DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Bayesian nonparametric
Causal inference
Panel Data
Variational Inference
Sequential Classification
Information fusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Outside Member

Author:

Haydt, Shane Elliott

Title:

A Detailed Investigation of the Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Related to Injection from a Compound Angled Shaped Film Cooling Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
heat transfer
fluid dynamics
gas turbines
turbomachinery
heat transfer augmentation
particle image velocimetry
ir thermography

File:

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Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

Author:

Corbin, David Jeffrey

Title:

Experimental Design for Process Parameter Correlation to Dimensional Inaccuracies in Additive Manufacturing Processes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Distortion
Ti-6Al-4V
Inconel 718
Parameter Development
In situ measurements
Directed Energy Deposition

File:

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Committee Members:

Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Reutzel, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Allison Beese, Outside Member

Author:

Hauser, Michael B

Title:

Principles of Riemannian Geometry in Neural Networks

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Neural networks
Algebraic geometry
Riemannian manifolds
Machine learning
Non-abelian gauge theories

File:

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Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Kenneth Jenkins, Outside Member

Author:

Ebrahim, Shikha A

Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE CONDITIONS ON POOL-BOILING HEAT TRANSFER FOR VARIOUS MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Film boiling heat transfer
minimum film boiling temperature
surface characterizations
surface conditions

File:

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Committee Members:

Fan-Bill Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Segall, Committee Member
Stephen Lynch, Committee Member
Stephen M. Bajorek, Outside Member

Author:

Ferreyro Fernandez, Sebastian

Title:

ADVANCED SOOT AND RADIATION MODELS FOR LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLAMES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Computational uid dynamics
soot
spectral radiation
compression-ignition engine
PDF method
Computational fluid dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel C. Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel C. Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R. Turns, Committee Member
Robert Santoro, Committee Member
Philip J. Morris, Outside Member
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member

Author:

Mishra, Partha Pratim

Title:

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-BALANCING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Self-Balancing Systems
Maximum Power Point Tracking
Extremum-Seeking
Lyapunov Methods
Controls
Model-based Estimation
Renewable Energy Systems
Lithium-ion Batteries
State Estimation
Input Estimation
Model Reduction
Stability
Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Committee Member
Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Outside Member

Author:

Makwana, Anandkumar

Title:

Effects of fuel molecular structure on emissions in a jet flame and a model gas turbine combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Soot
Alternative fuels
Fuel molecular structure
Non-premixed flames
Aromatic species
Premixed flames
Aromatic fuels

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O’Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline O’Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas A. Litzinger, Committee Member
Daniel C. Haworth, Committee Member
Randy L. Vander Wal, Outside Member

Author:

Chattopadhyay, Pritthi

Title:

Data-Driven Modeling and Pattern Recognition of Dynamical Systems

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

data-driven modeling
time series analysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Outside Member

Author:

Hudson, Robert Benjamin

Title:

Vibration of Carbon Nanotubes with Defects and Their Composites: Reduced-Order Model and Damping

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

carbon nanotube
defect
vibration
phonon
composite
order reduction

File:

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Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alok Sinha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Outside Member

Author:

Ashraf, Chowdhury Mahbub

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF REAXFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD SIMULATIONS IN COMBUSTION: FROM KINETICS TO DYNAMICS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular dynamics
ReaxFF
Combustion
Chemical Kinetics
Pyrolysis
Oxidation

File:

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Committee Members:

Prof. Adri van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof. Adri van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof. Richard Yetter, Committee Member
Prof. Jacqueline O'Connor, Committee Member
Prof. Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Jonayat, A S M

Title:

Predicting Stability of Modified Oxide Surfaces with Functional Atomic-Layers for Nano-engineered Catalysts through First Principles Calculations and Statistical Learning

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

catalysis
monolayer metal oxide
mixed metal oxides
DFT
machine learning
compact sensing
feature selection
LASSO

File:

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Committee Members:

Adri C.T. van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adri C.T. van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J. Janik, Committee Member
Richard Yetter, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Culler, Wyatt Robert

Title:

An Experimental Investigation of Fuel Staging In A Model Gas Turbine Combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Flame interaction
Gas turbines

File:

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Committee Members:

Jacqueline O'Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacqueline O'Connor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tom Litzinger, Committee Member
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member
Michael Krane, Outside Member
Dom Santavicca, Special Member

Author:

Paul, Chandan

Title:

AN OPEN-SOURCE FRAMEWORK FOR ADVANCED TURBULENT COMBUSTION AND RADIATION MODELLING IN IC ENGINES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Radiative heat transfer
Compression-ignition engine
Spectral radiation modeling
Turbulence-radiation interaction
Stochastic modeling
Stepwise-gray spectral model
Transported probability density function (tPDF) method

File:

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Committee Members:

Daniel C. Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel C. Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R. Turns, Committee Member
Philip J. Morris, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Jing

Title:

Design and Fabrication of Bio-Inspired Multi-Functional Slippery Surface Coatings with Novel Functionalities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Bio-inspired Engineering
Surface Science
Robustness
Viscoelastic Solid Repellency

File:

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Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Krott, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Vibration Treatments for Helicopter Airframes and Rotor Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

F2MC
fluidic flexible matrix composite
helicopter
rotorcraft
structural dynamics
vibration absorber
damper
rotor blade
vibration control

File:

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Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Outside Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wolkowicz, Kelilah Louise

Title:

Preparing the Automated Future for Wheelchair Users Through Motion Prediction and User Input-Based Intent Inference

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Autonomous vehicles
Band-pass filters
Bar codes
Biopotentials
Brain-computer interfaces
Computerized instrumentation
Data acquisition
Design automation
Detection algorithms
Discrete transforms
Electroencephalography
Electromyography
Electrooculography
Estimation theory
Gaze tracking
Human computer interaction
Embedded systems
Indoor localization
Input variables
Intelligent vehicles
Kalman filters
Linear discriminant analysis
Linear feedback control systems
Linear systems
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical systems
Microprogramming
Motion control
Odometry
Path planning
Pose estimation
Prediction algorithms
Probability
Probability distribution
Programming
Rehabilitation robotics
Research and development
Robot control
Robot kinematics
Robot motion
Robot programming
Robotic equipment testing
Simulation
Simultaneous localization and mapping
State estimation
State feedback
System implementation
System integration
System validation
User interfaces
Virtual reality
Wearable sensors
Biopotential signals
Human-computer interfaces
Decision-making
Intent inference
Slip detection
Motion prediction
Robotic wheelchair

File:

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Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Zachary Moore, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Outside Member

Author:

Denlinger, Michelle

Title:

Extremum Seeking Algorithms for Optimal Periodic Control with Application to Buoyant Air Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Extremum seeking
Optimal Periodic Control
Wind Energy
Buoyant Air Turbines
Optimal Control
Periodic Control
Airborne Wind Energy

File:

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Committee Members:

Hosam Kadry Fathy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Bo Cheng, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Outside Member
Chris Vermillion, Special Member

Author:

Boschitsch, Birgitt Modzelewski

Title:

Biologically Inspired Self-Healing Liquid Membranes for Unusual Particle Filtration

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

membrane
filtration
biologically inspired materials
reverse filter
self-healing

File:

Download Boschitsch_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Outside Member

Author:

Bartolai, Joseph

Title:

PREDICTING AND IMPROVING MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER PARTS PRODUCED BY MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Thermoplastic Polymer
Material Extrusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Nicholas Alexander Meisel, Outside Member

Author:

Hansford, Samuel E

Title:

Ventilated Supercavity Physics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercavitation

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rhett William Jefferies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Outside Member