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1. Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection

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Author:
Thrift, Alan Albright
Title:
Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Gas Turbine Cooling
Endwall Contouring
Film Cooling
First Stage Vane
File:
Download Thrift_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

2. A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing

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Open Access
Author:
Isaacson, Aaron
Title:
A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
strain rate sensitivity
aerospace high hot hardness gear steels
instrumented impact testing
File:
Download Isaacson_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery

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Open Access
Author:
Rau, Andrew Charles
Title:
Design of a Multifunctional Forceps for use in Endoscopic Surgery
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
endoscopic surgery
endoscopic tools
NOTES
natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
minimally invasive surgery
forceps
medical devices surgical tools
File:
Download AndrewRau-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Development and Characterization of a Robotic Dynamic Activity Simulator

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Open Access
Author:
Hoskins, Andrew Howard
Title:
Development and Characterization of a Robotic Dynamic Activity Simulator
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
cadaver walking simulation
dynamic gait simulation
foot and ankle biomechanics
robotics
File:
Download AHoskins_PhD_Diss_HiQ.pdf
Committee Members:
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

8. Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model

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Open Access
Author:
Robert, Ashish
Title:
Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Homogeneous isotropic turbulence
Homogeneous shear turbulence
Polymer drag reduction
DNS
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_of_Ashish_Robert.pdf
Committee Members:
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

9. Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements

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Open Access
Author:
Dean, Adam
Title:
Terrain-Based Road Vehicle Localization Using Attitude Measurements
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
vehicle
terrain-based
estimation
kalman filter
particle filter
localization
File:
Download Adam-Dean-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member