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3. Technoeconomic Analysis of Pumped Hydroelectric Storage as a Means to Mitigate the Variability of Renewable Generation

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Author:
Richards, Scott Alan
Title:
Technoeconomic Analysis of Pumped Hydroelectric Storage as a Means to Mitigate the Variability of Renewable Generation
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
pumped hydroelectric storage
pumped storage hydro
renewable energy
wind power
solar power
PJM
variable generation
File:
Download Scotts_Thesis_4-11-12_Final_119_Pages.pdf
Committee Members:
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. An all-optical pressure sensor for nuclear power plant applications

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Open Access
Author:
Bednar, Jonathan Paul
Title:
An all-optical pressure sensor for nuclear power plant applications
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fiber Bragg grating pressure sensor
optical pressure sensor
nuclear power plant pressure transducer
File:
Download Bednar_Thesis_13APR12_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. mechatronic devices for fabrication, testing, and implementation of rolled actuators in a computer controlled braille display

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Open Access
Author:
Robinson, Michael David
Title:
mechatronic devices for fabrication, testing, and implementation of rolled actuators in a computer controlled braille display
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Mechatronics
Electroactive Polymer Actuators
Braille Display
File:
Download Michael_Robinson_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Flow Reactor Autoignition Studies of Iso-octane at High Pressures and Low-to-intermediate Temperatures

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Open Access
Author:
Christensen, Michelle Kathleen
Title:
Flow Reactor Autoignition Studies of Iso-octane at High Pressures and Low-to-intermediate Temperatures
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
autoignition
ignition delay time
iso-octane
flow reactor
File:
Download Michelle_Christensen_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert John Santoro, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member

10. Techniques, tools, and representations for solving design problems considering anthropometry

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Open Access
Author:
Garneau, Christopher John
Title:
Techniques, tools, and representations for solving design problems considering anthropometry
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
anthropometry
design for human variability
ergonomics
universal design
File:
Download dissertation_Garneau.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew B Parkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Samuel Todd Hunter, Committee Member
John F Lockett, Iii, Special Member

15. Dynamics and Dimensional Similitude of Vehicle Impacts upon Soil-fixed Boulders in Cohesionless Soil

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Open Access
Author:
Keske, Mark Palmer
Title:
Dynamics and Dimensional Similitude of Vehicle Impacts upon Soil-fixed Boulders in Cohesionless Soil
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
laterally loaded
soil
low order
vehicle impact
boulder
soil-fixed
cohesionless
similitude
scaling
small scale
File:
Download 2012_07_26_mpk5146_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Aerosol Particle Drag Mixing in Turbulent Flow

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Open Access
Author:
Wittenstein, Jason Paul
Title:
Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Aerosol Particle Drag Mixing in Turbulent Flow
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Particle Mixing
Aluminum
Aerosol
Turbulent
File:
Download Jason_Wittenstein_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph John Cor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Development of a Correlation for Nucleate Boiling Heat Flux on a Hemispherical Downward Facing Surface

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Open Access
Author:
Riley, Michael Patrick
Title:
Development of a Correlation for Nucleate Boiling Heat Flux on a Hemispherical Downward Facing Surface
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Nucleate Boiling
Critical Heat Flux
Pool Boiling
Heat Transfer
Buoyancy Driven Flow
Buoyancy Driven Heat Transfer
File:
Download Michael_Riley_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Development of a Statistical Model of Reach Exertion Magnitude Perception for Use in Designing Truck Cabs

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Open Access
Author:
Klein, Brittany Anne
Title:
Development of a Statistical Model of Reach Exertion Magnitude Perception for Use in Designing Truck Cabs
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
reach envelopes
spherical harmonics
anthropometry
design for human variability
truck cabs
ergonomics
File:
Download Klein_Brittany_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. Laboratory-scale Blast Testing Of Polymers

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Open Access
Author:
Svingala, Forrest R
Title:
Laboratory-scale Blast Testing Of Polymers
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
shock hugoniot
polymers
explosives
shock tube
gas gun
solids
shadowgraph
high-speed video
optical methods
File:
Download Svingala_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

22. Mechanics Of Low-dimensional Carbon Nanostructures: Atomistic, Continuum, And Multi-scale Approaches

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Open Access
Author:
Mahdavi, Arash
Title:
Mechanics Of Low-dimensional Carbon Nanostructures: Atomistic, Continuum, And Multi-scale Approaches
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Finite Element
Nanomechanics
Carbon Nanotube
Multisclae
Nonlinear
Continuum Mechanics
File:
Download Thesis_Arash_Mahdavi.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

23. Characterization of Ammonia Borane for Chemical Propulsion Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Weismiller, Michael Raymond
Title:
Characterization of Ammonia Borane for Chemical Propulsion Applications
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Energetic materials
Novel propellants
Hydrogen storage
Hybrid rocket
Boron
File:
Download Weismiller-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

25. Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Novel Additives for Use in Hybrid Rocket Motors

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Open Access
Author:
Larson, Daniel Bruce
Title:
Formulation and Characterization of Paraffin-based Solid Fuels Containing Novel Additives for Use in Hybrid Rocket Motors
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
hybrid
rocket
paraffin
regression rate
LiAlH4
lithium aluminum hydride
RDX
MWNT
multi-walled carbon nanotubes
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Larson.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques

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Open Access
Author:
Essel, Jonathan Thomas
Title:
Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
energetic materials
supercritical fluids
nanotechnology
RESS process
File:
Download Jonathan_Essel_Final_Thesis__all_color__with_vita.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

27. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION

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Open Access
Author:
Nayak, Sumanta Kumar
Title:
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS FOR BLAST LOAD MITIGATION
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
honeycomb
homogenization
blast
optimization
sandwich plates
virtual testing
File:
Download Sumanta-PhD-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Ashok D Belegundu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Ali M Memari, Committee Member

28. Anthropometry-based Sustainable Design for Multiple Global Populations

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Open Access
Author:
Nadadur, Gopal
Title:
Anthropometry-based Sustainable Design for Multiple Global Populations
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Anthropometry
Global Design
User Populations
Design Strategies
Design for Human Variability
Sustainable Design
File:
Download Dissertation_Gopal_Nadadur.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew B Parkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Jeremy J Michalek, Special Member
Arvind Rangaswamy, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

29. Development and application of Reaxff reactive force field for hydrocarbon cracking on an aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst

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Open Access
Author:
Joshi, Kaushik
Title:
Development and application of Reaxff reactive force field for hydrocarbon cracking on an aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
molecular dynamics
reactive force field
hydrocarbon cracking
File:
Download Kaushik_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

30. An Experimental Study of Flame Response Mechanisms in a Lean-premixed Gas Turbine Combustor

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Open Access
Author:
Peluso, Stephen
Title:
An Experimental Study of Flame Response Mechanisms in a Lean-premixed Gas Turbine Combustor
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
combustion instability
flame response
flame dynamics
flame transfer function
flame response mechanisms
gas turbine
File:
Download Stephen_Peluso.pdf.pdf
Committee Members:
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member

31. Extrema Features for Global-localization and Pattern Matching of Time-series Data

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Open Access
Author:
Vemulapalli, Pramod Krishna
Title:
Extrema Features for Global-localization and Pattern Matching of Time-series Data
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
extrema features
subsequence matching
time series features
File:
Download PramodPhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Dr Robert T Collins, Committee Member

33. Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Particles at Ultra-high Pressures and Heating Rates

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Garrett Powell
Title:
Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Particles at Ultra-high Pressures and Heating Rates
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
aluminum combustion
nickel coating
ballistic compressor
particle ignition
thermobaric weapon modeling
File:
Download Thesis_-_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Pauley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

34. Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for use as an Energy Absorbing Structure

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Open Access
Author:
Hyland, Jennifer Elizabeth
Title:
Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for use as an Energy Absorbing Structure
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
contact-aided compliant mechanism
cellular structure
microfabrication
laser micro-machining
energy absorption
File:
Download Jennifer_E_Hyland_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

36. The Effect of Vocal Fold Geometry on the Fluid Structure Acoustic Interactions in an Experimental Model of the Human Airway

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Open Access
Author:
Campo, Elizabeth Theresa
Title:
The Effect of Vocal Fold Geometry on the Fluid Structure Acoustic Interactions in an Experimental Model of the Human Airway
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
fluid-structure interaction
aeroacoustics
biofluids
phonation
voice production
vocal fold geometry
File:
Download Campo_MSThesis_FINAL_12_3.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

37. Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Ataei-esfahani, Armin
Title:
Algorithms for Sum-of-Squares-Based Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear systems
randomized algorithms
robust control
uncertain systems
sum of squares method
ellipsoid method
File:
Download Armin_Ataei_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Qian Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qian Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member

38. Modeling Gas Purge and Three-phase Transients in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

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Open Access
Author:
Nandy, Ashis
Title:
Modeling Gas Purge and Three-phase Transients in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
PEM Fuel Cell
Three-phase transients
Cold start
Gas purge
Catalyst layer
File:
Download Ashis_Nandy_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

39. modeling and analysis of lead-acid batteries with hybrid lead and carbon negative electrodes

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Open Access
Author:
Gou, Jun
Title:
modeling and analysis of lead-acid batteries with hybrid lead and carbon negative electrodes
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
modeling
lead-acid batteries
carbon electrodes
hybrid electrodes
gassing
current partitioning
File:
Download Jun_Gou_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

40. Situation Awareness and Adaptive Decision-Making in Autonomous Systems via Symbolic Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Jin, Xin
Title:
Situation Awareness and Adaptive Decision-Making in Autonomous Systems via Symbolic Learning
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
situation awareness
decision making
autonomous system
machine learning
autonomous navigation
sensor fusion
File:
Download Dissertation_XinJin_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Special Member

41. Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor

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Open Access
Author:
Iyer, Venkatesh Ramasubramanian
Title:
Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Soot
diffusion flames
surrogate fuels
Threshold Soot Index
smoke point
aromatic compounds.
File:
Download Thesis_Venkatesh_Iyer.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Litzinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

42. Effects of turbulence-chemistry interactions in direct-injection compression-ignition engines

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Hedan
Title:
Effects of turbulence-chemistry interactions in direct-injection compression-ignition engines
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
turbulence-chemistry interactions
probability density function
diesel engine
NOx
n-heptane
File:
Download thesis_Hedan_fina.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

43. Pdf Modeling of High-pressure Turbulent Spray Combustion under Diesel-engine-like Conditions

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Open Access
Author:
Bhattacharjee, Subhasish
Title:
Pdf Modeling of High-pressure Turbulent Spray Combustion under Diesel-engine-like Conditions
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Turbulence
Combustion
TCI
WSR
PDF
File:
Download Subhasish-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

45. Erosion of Carbon-cloth Phenolic Nozzles in Rocket Motors with Aluminized Solid Propellant

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Open Access
Author:
Cortopassi, Andrew Claude
Title:
Erosion of Carbon-cloth Phenolic Nozzles in Rocket Motors with Aluminized Solid Propellant
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nozzle erosion
carbon-cloth phenolic
real-time X-ray radiograph
File:
Download Cortopassi_Dec_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Deborah Levin, Committee Member

47. Study of the Relationship between Machine Compliance and Grinding Forces in Cylindrical Grinding

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Open Access
Author:
Deakyne, Theodore R
Title:
Study of the Relationship between Machine Compliance and Grinding Forces in Cylindrical Grinding
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
grinding force
grinding modelling
specific energy
machine compliance
time constant
Contact
grinding vibration
superabrasives
File:
Download TheodoreRSDeakyneDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Russell Marsh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member