Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Shock Tube and Gas Dynamic Design Considerations and Implementation for Extended Test Times, Jacklyn Higgs
Flame-Generated Turbulence for Flame Acceleration and Detonation Transition, Rachel Hytovick
Computational Modeling of Respiratory Airflow in Human Distal Airways Using Hybrid Lung Model, Adnan Islam
The Fluid Dynamics of a Spanwise-Morphing Wing: An Experimental and Analytical Study, Kamlesh Joshi
A Unified Tool For Adaptive Collocation Techniques Applied to Solving Optimal Control Problems, Bethany Kelly
Extreme-Pressure Ignition Studies of Methane and Natural Gas with CO2 with Applications in Rockets and Gas Turbines, Cory Kinney
Influence of Nonlinear Multiaxial Matrix Viscoelasticity on Piezoresistivity of Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites, Wolfgang Klimm
An MRI-Guided, Registration-Free Needle Guide for Prostate Biopsy and Study of Needle-Template Interaction, Pankaj Pramod Kulkarni
A Study of Microgravity on Fluid Transport Through Porous Structures in Microfluidic Devices, Sylvain Le Henaff
Energy Based Diagnostics of CFD: Revealing New Insights to Complex Aerodynamics, George Loubimov
On Liquid Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines Characterization and Performance, Vidhan Malik
Quantification of the Aerodynamic Drivers of a Deployable Propeller, David Malyszek
Numerical Study of Flow of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Inside Microchannels with Heat Transfer, Uday Manda
Design and Analysis of a Foldable Propeller Blade, Annan Mashin
Prediction and Validation of Residual Stresses in Additively Manufactured Metal Parts, Jose Mayi Rivas
A Study of Autorotation: Samara Seed Pods and Tethered Autogyros, Jonathan McConnell
Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Thermo-Responsive Hydrogels with Improved Mechanical Strength and Swelling Kinetics, Marilu Ortiz Nieves
Time-dependent Yielding and Residual Strain Accumulation of Polymer Membranes, Veli Bugra Ozdemir
Sensitivity of Combustion Liner Contour to Sand Ingestion Clogging, Nelson Padilla
Thermofluidic Characterization of Carbon Dioxide Near Critical Conditions at Microscale, Anatoly Parahovnik
Exploration of Shock-Droplet Ignition and Combustion, John Patten
Modeling and Simulation of a Power Plant Boiler Including the Dynamics of Swell and Shrink, Richard Perman
A Flexible 3D Architecture for Cooling Future Generation Devices, Khan Mohammad Rabbi
Modeling and Experimentation of Buckling of Composite Deployable Booms under Bending, Christopher D. Rehberg
Experimental and Computational Heat Transfer Study of sCO2 Single Jet Impingement, John Richardson
Effects of Work Sharing of Upper and Lower Limbs (WULL) During Ambulatory Movements, Gabriel B. Rios Carbonell
Vibrations of Rotationally Periodic Structures: A Metric for Mistuning Characterization and Vibration Localization, Andres Rodriguez
Experimental Studies on Detonation Initiation and Stabilization in Supersonic and Hypersonic Flows, Daniel Rosato
A New Tessellation Algorithm for Interacting Particles on 2D Manifolds: From Locating Defects to Unfolding Structures, Shah Wasif Sazzad
Interactions of Aerosol Droplets with Ventilated Airflows in the Context of Airborne Pathogen Transmission, Steven Schroeder
Shape Parameter & Nodal Distribution Insensitive Radial Basis Functions for Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems, Ahmed Elsadek Ahmed Elshafee Seleit
Data-Driven Diagnostics and Prognostics for Complex Systems: Methods and Applications, Junchuan Shi
Development of Robotic Medical Devices: Applications in Tele-palpation, Training, and in Orthognathic Surgery, Sakura Sikander
Processing and Characterization of Ultra High Temperature and High Conductive Composites, Haonan Song
Adaptive Analytic Continuation for the State Transition Tensors of the Two-body Problem, Tahsinul Haque Tasif
Investigation of Two-Line and Four-Line Chemiluminescence for Equivalence Ratio Mapping of Elevated Pressure Combustion, Michael Tonarely
A Shock Tube and Diagnostics for Surface Effects at Elevated Pressures with Applications to Methane/Ammonia Ignition, Justin Urso
Generative Adversarial Networks for Extrapolation of Corrosion in Automobile Images, Andre Von Zuben
Studying the Electrostatic Effects on the Dynamics of Charged Lunar Dust via Discrete Element Method, Hao Wang
Crystal Viscoplastic Modeling of Single crystal and Directionally solidified Nickel-base Superalloys, Navindra Wijeyeratne
Data-driven Modeling of Mechanical Behaviors of Additively Manufactured Materials, Ziyang Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Power Sharing Control of Microgrids Using Multi-Agent Systems Methodology, Farzad Aalipour Hafshejani
Damping and Ejection of Sloshing Liquid Drops from Elastic Substrates, MD Erfanul Alam
Exergoeconomic Analysis and Optimization of Novel Cogeneration Systems for Freshwater Production, Power and Cooling, Sattam Alharbi
The Mechanics and Multiphysics of Biomimetic Discrete Exoskeleton Substrates, Hessein Ali
Creasing of Polyimide Thin Film for Use in Solar Sails, Andrew Allen
Computational Studies for Extending Understanding of Complex Droplet Breakup Mechanisms, Caroline Anderson
Active Control of Tip Leakage Vortex using DBD Plasma Actuators, Christian Anzalotta
On the Interaction of Creep and High-Cycle Fatigue in CM 247 LC, Thomas Bouchenot
Harvesting Heat from Safer, Energy-Dense Slow Pyrolant Mixtures for Future Space Missions, Katerina Chagoya
Synthesis and Assessment of Sustainable Fuels for Transportation and Space Exploration, Katerina Chagoya
Compressibility Mechanisms of Turbulent Flames and Detonations, Hardeo Chin
Hotspot Cooling Performance for Confined Jet Impingement Cooling, Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury
Flow Independent Liquid Jet in Crossflow Injection with Pintile Obstructions, Charles Clark
Detailed Investigation on Heat Transfer and Fluid Interaction over Non-uniform Roughened Surface in Jet Impingement Cooling Applications, Andres Curbelo
Control Augmentation Design for Some Nonlinear Dynamic Systems with Human-in-the-loop, Andong Dai
Tailoring of the Left Ventricular Assist Device Cannula Implantation Using Coupled Multi-Scale Multi-Objective Patient Specific Optimization., Abubakar Dankano
Model-Form Uncertainty Quantification in Prognosis and Fleet Management with Physics-Informed Neural Networks, Arinan De Piemonte Dourado
Solid Materia and Multiphase Detonations Wave Dynamics in a Rotating Detonation Engine, Ian Dunn
Mechanics of Low Dimensional Biomimetic Scale Metamaterials, Hossein Ebrahimi
Numerical Modeling of Shockwave Initiated Combustion of a Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixture Within a Shock Tube, Reed Forehand
Investigation into Wedge Turbulator Effects in High Aspect Ratio Cooling Channels, Daniel Garcia
Topology Optimization of Internal Cooling Channels in Turbulent Flows, Shinjan Ghosh
Understanding Forearm Muscle Coordination in Children, Miguel Gonzalez
Anomaly Detection and Failure Prediction in Gas Turbines, Vipul Goyal
Experimental and Chemical Kinetics Investigation of High-Temperature Combustion of Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate., Ramees Khaleel Rahman
Adaptive Dynamic Programming in a Subspace for Some Discrete-Time Vehicle Systems, Qiang Li
Laser-microdrop Interactions in Nanoparticle Deposition on Solid Substrates, Tianyi Li
A Decentralized Scheduling Algorithm for Cooperative Robots in Strawberry Fields, Madeline Mapes
Mid-Infrared Laser Absorption Spectroscopy and Ignition Delay Time Measurements of Advanced Renewable Fuels at High Pressure in a Shock Tube, Erik Ninnemann
Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence of Formaldehyde in the Reacting Jet of a High Pressure Axially Staged Combustor, Jason Quiroga
Diffusion Biomarkers to Characterize Tissue Microstructure in Chronic Myocardial Infarction, Mohammad Tanjib Rahman
Material Properties of 17-4PH Stainless Steel Fabricated With Cooling Holes by Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM), Nandhini Raju
Development of Multi-Scale Characterization Techniques for Stress Corrosion Cracking of Aerospace Alloys, Nicholas Reed
On Mode Transition Phenomenon and Operating Conditions in Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines, Taha Rezzag-Lebza
Spray and Fuel-Air Characteristics of Advanced Co-Optima Biofuels, Sheikh Salauddin
The Effect of Dynamic Span Wise Bending on the Forces of a Pitching Flat Plate, Manoj Prabakar Sargunaraj
A Framework for the Design and Characterization of Advanced Gaskets, Sannmit Shinde
Corticomuscular Adaptation to Mechanical Perturbations in a Seated Locomotor Task, Seyed Yahya Shirazi
Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes / Metal Composites, Nayab Shiraz
The Effect of Bending and Twisting on a Heaving Flat Plate, Carlos Soto
An Evaporation Based Micro-Synthetic Jet in Microchannel and its Applications, Ehsan Sourtiji
Influence of ECM Composition and Intracellular Calcium on Endothelial Biomechanics and Prediction of Cellular Stresses Using Machine Learning, Vignesh Aravind Subramanian Balachandar
Mechanical Properties and Spectral Vibrational Response of Si-O-C With and Without Graphene Toughening, Anthony Vozza
Optimization of a Wing Supporting a Coaxial Rotor for Multiple Flight Conditions, Tadd Yeager
Wind Turbine Main Bearing Fatigue Prognosis with Physics-informed Machine Learning, Yigit Yucesan
Studies on Powder Compaction and Wire Extrusion of Pure Metals and Metal/CNT Nano Composites, Qiang Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dynamic and Exergoeconomic Analysis of a Hybrid Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle, Abdurrahman Alenezi
Heat Transfer Characterization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in Microchannel, Mostafa Asadzadehmehdialghadami
Seismocardiographic Signal Variability and Pulmonary Phase Detection in Adults, Md Khurshidul Azad
A Study Into Validating A Coupled Method Of Characteristics And Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method Against Empirical Data, Andrew Brown
Operability and Wave Characterization of Hydrogen and Oxygen fed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine, Robert Burke
The Mechanisms of Detonation Amplification from Geometric Manipulation, Hardeo Chin