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2. Design and Fabrication of a Nuclear Dry Cask Inspection Robot: Integrating Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Electromagnetic Active Transducer Measurement Methods

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Author:
Van Sant, Ian
Title:
Design and Fabrication of a Nuclear Dry Cask Inspection Robot: Integrating Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Electromagnetic Active Transducer Measurement Methods
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
dry cask inspection
nuclear dry cask
Electromagnetic Active Transducer
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
robotic inspection system
remote inspection robot
stress corrosion cracking
File:
Download VanSant-thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Cost Modeling and Design Tools for Additive Manufacturing with Laser Powder Bed Fusion

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Open Access
Author:
Barclift, Michael W
Title:
Cost Modeling and Design Tools for Additive Manufacturing with Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing
Metal
Laser
Powder Bed Fusion
CAD
Design Tools
DFAM
Cost Modeling
Powder Reuse
API
Depreciation
Powder Recycling
Cost Estimation
Support Structures
Optimization
Powder Feedstock
LPBF
AM
File:
Download Barclift_MS_Thesis_FA18_SUBMITTED_3.pdf
Committee Members:
Timothy Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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:
Download Thesis_Chanyoung_Lee.pdf
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

5. Heat Transfer Measurement of Junction Flow With Variable Reynolds Number and Freestream Turbulence

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Author:
Elahi, Syed Samiul
Title:
Heat Transfer Measurement of Junction Flow With Variable Reynolds Number and Freestream Turbulence
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Junction flow
Reynolds number
Turbulence
Unsteady heat flux
Junction flow
Horseshoe vortex
Reynolds number
Freestream turbulence
Heat transfer
File:
Download M.S._Thesis-Syed_Elahi-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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

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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:
Download thesis_submit.pdf
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

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

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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:
Download Shane_Haydt_-_Dissertation_v3.pdf
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

8. THE DESIGN OF A HIGH-CONCENTRATION MICROTRACKING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM

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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

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

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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:
Download DavidJCorbinThesis.pdf
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

11. Principles of Riemannian Geometry in Neural Networks

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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:
Download thesis-principles-riemannian.pdf
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

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

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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:
Download ShikhaEbrahim-Dissertation.pdf
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

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

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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

14. DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY INSPECTION TOOL FOR LARGE ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED METALLIC COMPONENTS

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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

16. ADVANCED SOOT AND RADIATION MODELS FOR LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLAMES

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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:
Download suf157-Dissertation.pdf
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

18. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-BALANCING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

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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:
Download Partha_Mishra_Dissertation_2018.pdf
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

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

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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

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

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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