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Author:

Kommepalli, Hareesh Kumar Reddy

Title:

DESIGN, MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Tbeam
unimorph
piezoelectric actuators
uniflex
flextensional
MEMS

File:

Download Hareesh_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Ramanathan, Srinivasan

Title:

An Investigation on the Deicing of Helicopter Blades using Shear Horizontal Guided Waves

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

piezoelectric actuators
shear horizontal guided waves
helicopter blades
deicing system
acoustics
equivalent circuit

File:

Download Ramanathan_Thesis.PDF

Committee Members:

Vasundara V Varadan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vasundara V Varadan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
K A Jose, Committee Member

Author:

Mateti, Kiron

Title:

Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics

File:

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Committee Members:

Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member