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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Combustion of 1,3-Butadiene behind Reflected Shocks, Joseph Lopez

Timoshenko Beam Viscous Damping Model for Spacecraft Cabling Dynamics, Brandi McPherson

Local Transient Characterization of Thermofluid Heat Transfer Coefficient at Solid-liquid Nano-interfaces, Mehrdad Mehrvand

Ellipsometric Measurements of Alternative Fuels, Leigh Nash

Multi-axial Thermomechanical Characterization of Shape Memory Alloys for Improved Stability, Douglas Nicholson

Computational Fluid Dynamics Proof of Concept and Analysis of a Self-Powered Fontan Circulation, Marcus Ni

Characteristics of Hydrogel-Wetted Thin Films, James Owens

Tensile-Compressive Asymmetry and Anisotropy of Fused Deposition Modeling PLA under Monotonic Conditions, Casey Perkowski

Six Degree of Freedom Dynamic Modeling of a High Altitude Airship and Its Trajectory Optimization Using Direct Collocation Method, Pradens Pierre-Louis

Simultaneous Imaging of the Diatomic Carbon and Methylidyne Species Radicals for the Quantification of the Fuel to Air Ratio from Low to High Pressure Combustion, Jonathan Reyes

Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Thromboembolism as a Function of Shunt Size and Placement in the Hybrid Norwood Palliative Treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, John Seligson

Development and Implementation of a Streamlined Process for the Creation and Mechanization of Negative Poisson's Ratio Meso-Scale Patterns, Matthew Shuler

Modeling of flow generated sound in a constricted duct at low Mach number flow, Peshala Thibbotuwawa Gamage

Heat Transfer, Friction, and Turbulent Analysis on Single Ribbed-Wall Square Channel, Christopher Vergos

Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectrometer for Multi-Species Detection Using LEDs for Space Applications: Development and Flight Testing, Michael Villar

Hydrodynamic Measurements of the Flow Structure Emanating From A Multi-Row Film Cooling Configuration, Michael Voet

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Forced Convection Cooling of Electric Motors Using Enhanced Surfaces, Mohammed Almaghrabi

A multi-scale approach to study Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: from Mechanical Properties and Crystal Structure of the Cell's Materials to the Development of an Interactive and Interconnected Educational Tool, Amjad Aman

Investigation of Real Gas Effects on Centrifugal Compressor Analytical Methods for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles, Lauren Blanchette

Aeroelastic Investigation of a Circumferentially Varying Tip Gap in an Axial Compressor Rotor, Ornan David Canon

Transient CFD analysis of autorotation using hybrid LES and adaptive mesh morphing techniques, Patricia Coronado Domenge

Kinematical Modelling and Its Analytical Inverse Kinematic Solution for the Handling Mechanism of an Agricultural Robot, Sinem Gozde Defterli

Characterization of SLM-Manufactured Turbine Blade Microfeatures from Superalloy Powders, Brandon Ealy

Geolocation of Diseased Leaves in Strawberry Orchards for a Custom-Designed Octorotor, Christian Garcia

Heat Transfer and Pressure Measurements from Jet Array Impingement onto a Large Radius Curved Surface, John Harrington

Fundamental Understanding of Interactions Among Flow, Turbulence, and Heat Transfer in Jet Impingement Cooling, Md. Jahed Hossain

Study On Anisotropic Plasticity And Fracture Of Lightweight Metal Sheets, Yueqian Jia

Optimal Switch Timing for Piezoelectric-Based Semi-Active Vibration Reduction Techniques, Christopher Kelley

Shock Tube and Mid-infrared Laser Absorption Measurements of Ignition Delay Times and Species Time-histories, Batikan Koroglu

Dynamic Modeling of Autorotation for Simultaneous Lift and Wind Energy Extraction, Sadaf Mackertich

High Temperature Mechanics of Aerospace Ceramic Composites via Synchrotron Radiation, Albert Manero II

Approximated Control Affine Dynamics Mode For an Agricultural Field Robot Considering Wheel Terrain Interaction, Pablo Menendez-Aponte

High Temperature Shock Tube Ignition Studies of CO2 Diluted Mixtures, Owen Pryor

The Effect of Vibrations on Cryogens Boil Off During Launch, Transfer and Transport, Erin Schlichenmaier

The Mechanical Response and Parametric Optimization of Ankle-Foot Devices, Kevin Smith

Catalytically Enhanced Heterogeneous Combustion of methane, Anthony Terracciano

Non-Dispersive Infrared (NDIR) Gas Sensor Utilizing Light-Emitting-Diodes Suitable for Applications Demanding Low-Power and Lightweight Instruments, Kyle Thurmond

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Combustion Kinetics of Advanced Biofuels, Ghazal Barari

Droplet impact on liquid pools: secondary droplets formation from Rayleigh jet break-up and crown splash, Eduardo Castillo Orozco

A Coupled CFD-Lumped Parameter Model of the Human Circulation: Elucidating the Hemodynamics of the Hybrid Norwood Palliative Treatment and Effects of the Reverse Blalock-Taussic Shunt Placement and Diameter, Andres Ceballos

Theoretical And Experimental Investigation Of The Cascading Nature Of Pressure-Swirl Atomization, Pretam Choudhury

Thermally induced motion, collision and mixing of levitated droplets, Ashkan Davanlou

Evaporative Vapor Deposition for Depositing 2D Materials, Kevin Gleason

A Full Coverage Film Cooling Study: The Effect of an Alternating Compound Angle, Justin Hodges

Biomechanics of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip - An engineering study of closed reduction utilizing the Pavlik harness for a range of subtle to severe dislocations in infants., Victor Huayamave

Energy Harvesting toward the Vibration Reduction of Turbomachinery Blades via Resonance Frequency Detuning, Taylor Hynds

Determination of Frequency-Based Switch Triggers for Optimal Vibration Reduction via Resonance Frequency Detuning, Garrett Lopp

Experimental and Numerical Study of Endwall Film Cooling, Srikrishna Mahadevan

Deposition Thickness Modeling and Parameter Identification for Spray Assisted Vacuum Filtration Process in Additive Manufacturing, August Mark

Thermodynamic Analysis and Optimization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles, Mahmood Mohagheghi

Multi-Row Film Cooling Boundary Layers, Greg Natsui

A Multi-Scale CFD Analysis of Patient-Specific Geometries to Tailor LVAD Cannula Implantation Under Pulsatile Flow Conditions: an investigation aimed at reducing stroke incidence in LVADs, Ray Prather

Enhanced Structure and Crystallinity of Semiconducting Polymer Films Through Electrospray Deposition, Johan Rodriguez

Comparison of Modeling Methods for Power Cycle Components Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as the Operating Fluid, Joshua Schmitt

Inverse-Consistent Determination of Young's Modulus of Human Lung, Behnaz Seyfi Noferest

Spray Deposition Modeling of Carbon Nano-Inks, John Sparkman

ZrB2-SiC Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composites: Mechanical Performance and Measurement and Design of Thermal Residual Stresses for Hypersonic Vehicle Applications, Richard Stadelmann

Development of Velocity Profile Generating Screens for Gas Turbine Components, Joseph Tate

Development of 3D Vision Testbed for Shape Memory Polymer Structure Applications, Kenneth Thompson

Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence Experiments and Modeling Study of Jets in Crossflow at Various Injection Angles, Luke Thompson

Pressurized Metal Bellows Shock Absorber for Space Applications., John Trautwein

Large Eddy Simulations with a Tabulated Conditional Moment Closure Moment Closure Model for Turbulent Premixed Combustion with Heat Loss, Carlos Velez

Meshless Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Incompressible Flows, Andres Vidal Urbina

Coordinated Optimal Power Planning of Wind Turbines in a Wind Farm, Puneet Vishwakarma

Analysis of steady state micro-droplet evaporation to enhance heat dissipation from tiny surfaces., Harish Voota

Effect of particles on evaporation of droplet containing particles, Yan Wei

Modeling Phase Change Heat Transfer of Liquid/vapor Systems in Free/porous Media, James Wilson

Mechanism of Hip Dysplasia and Identification of the Least Energy Path for its Treatment by using the Principle of Stationary Potential Energy, Mohammed Abdulwahab M. Zwawi

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Decentralized Power Management in Microgrids, Amit Bhattacharjee

Load Transfer in an Isolated Particle Embedded within an Epoxy Matrix, Erik Durnberg

Modeling Repair Patches of Ship Hull and Studying the Effect of Their Orientation on Stresses, Halima Enwegy

Nanocomposite Coating Mechanics via Piezospectroscopy, Gregory Freihofer

Piezospectroscopic Calibration of Alumina-Nanocomposites for the Development of Stress-Sensing Structures, Daniela Fugon-Dessources

A Study Of Compressive Sensing For Application To Structural Health Monitoring, Vaahini Ganesan

Computational Fluid Dynamics Uncertainty Analysis For Payload Fairing Spacecraft Environmental Control Systems, Curtis Groves

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of United Launch Alliance Delta IV Hydrogen Plume Mitigation Strategies, Stephen Guimond

Modeling and Spray Pyrolysis Processing of Mixed Metal Oxide Nano-Composite Gas Sensor Films, Seyed Mohammad Navid Khatami

In-situ synchrotron studies of turbine blade thermal barrier coatings under extreme environments, Kevin Knipe

Mechanical and Thermal Characterization of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Pyrolysis-Derived Carbon-Matrix Composites, Donovan Lui

Decentralized Power Management and Transient Control in Hybrid Fuel Cell Ultra-Capacitor System, Seyed Omid Madani

Nondestructive Analysis of Advanced Aerospace Materials via Spectroscopy and Synchrotron Radiation, Albert Manero

Combustion Instability Mechanism of a Reacting Jet in Cross Flow at Gas Turbine Operating Conditions, Jared Pent

A Lab-Scale Experimental Framework for Studying the Phenomenon of Autorotation, Sigitas Rimkus

Perovskite catalysts enhanced combustion on porous media and thermoelectric power conversion, Manuel Robayo

An Introductory Study of The Dynamics of Autorotation for Wind Energy Harvesting, Bilal Salih

bio-inspired attitude control of micro air vehicles using rich information from airflow sensors, He Shen

Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction and Piezospectroscopy used for the Investigation of Individual Mechanical Effects from Environmental Contaminants and Oxide Layer Undulations in Thermal Barrier Coatings, Sanna Siddiqui

Design and Development of Heterogenous Combustion Systems for Lean Burn Applications, Anthony Terracciano

Development of Full Surface Transient Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Technique for Internal Cooling Channels, Lucky Tran

Rhenium, osmium and iridium diborides by mechanochemistry: Synthesis, structure, thermal stability and mechanical properties, Zhilin Xie

Synthesis, Processing and Characterization of Polymer Derived Ceramic Nanocomposite Coating Reinforced with Carbon Nanotube Preforms, Hongjiang Yang

Response of Electrified Micro-Jets to Electrohydrodynamic Perturbations, Weiwei Yang

Modeling and Contour Control of Multi-Axis Linear Driven Machine Tools, Ran Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Study Of Transport Phenomena In Carbon-based Materials, Walid Aboelsoud

Biomechanical Factors Influencing Treatment Of Developmental Dysplasia Of The Hip (ddh) With The Pavlik Harness, Orlando Ardila

Mission Analysis For Pico-scale Satellite Based Dust Detection In Low Earth Orbits, Jacob Belli

Heat And Fluid Flow Characterization Of A Single-hole-per-row Impingement Channel At Multiple Impingement Heights, Roberto Claretti

Generation And Printing Of Strictly Monodisperse Droplets, Hongxu Duan

Nano-particles In Multi-scale Composites And Ballistic Applications, Jason Gibson

Experimental And Numerical Investigation Of Aerodynamic Unsteadiness In A Gas Turbine Midframe, Matthew Golsen