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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

Author:

Bowen, Landen Albert

Title:

A Dynamic Modeling Approach and Optimization Framework for the Design of Self-folding Origami Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

origami
compliant mechanisms
dynamic modeling
self-folding

File:

Download BowenETD.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary I Frecker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Outside Member