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44. Design and Calibration of an Electronic Fuel Injection System for a Compressed Natural Gas Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engine in a Hybrid Vehicle

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Open Access
Author:
Miller, Samuel Hans
Title:
Design and Calibration of an Electronic Fuel Injection System for a Compressed Natural Gas Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engine in a Hybrid Vehicle
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Hybrid-electric
compressed natural gas
CNG
injection system
File:
Download Samuel_Millers_Schreyer_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joel Robert Anstrom, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Faculty Reader

45. Development and Applications of a Robot Tracking System for NIST Test Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Pangborn, Herschel Cyrus
Title:
Development and Applications of a Robot Tracking System for NIST Test Methods
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robot
mechatronics
image processing
fiducial identification
MATLAB
Python
NIST
object identification
emergency response
File:
Download Pangborn_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

48. Occlusion Detection in a Driving Scene By Registering Forward-looking Camera Images to a Rendered Map

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Open Access
Author:
Leary, Robert D
Title:
Occlusion Detection in a Driving Scene By Registering Forward-looking Camera Images to a Rendered Map
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
map database
vehicle
occlusions
image registration
camera calibration
File:
Download LearyHonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

50. Simulation of a Vehicle Docking and Collision Avoidance System Using LIDAR-based Object Tracking

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Open Access
Author:
Reigh, Kyle Michael
Title:
Simulation of a Vehicle Docking and Collision Avoidance System Using LIDAR-based Object Tracking
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
simulation
vehicle
docking
collision
avoidance
lidar
tracking
laser
automated
parking
laser
obstacle
File:
Download Reigh_Kyle_SimulationOfAVehicleDocking.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

51. Experimental determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of flexible, binder-free single wall carbon nanotube membranes

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Open Access
Author:
Shetty, Pralav P
Title:
Experimental determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of flexible, binder-free single wall carbon nanotube membranes
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
carbon nanotube
membrane
coefficient of thermal expansion
optical profilometry
thermal cell
File:
Download Final_Year_Thesis_pps5028.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. John Michael Cimbala, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kofi W Adu, Faculty Reader

52. Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering

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Open Access
Author:
Mangus, Anthony Joseph
Title:
Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Kalman Filtering
GPS
Vehicle Estimation
Localization
File:
Download Mangus_HonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Faculty Reader

53. Developing a new modeling method for liquid piston stirling engines using thermal-hydraulic code

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Open Access
Author:
Kriebel, Andrew T
Title:
Developing a new modeling method for liquid piston stirling engines using thermal-hydraulic code
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
stirling
engine
liquid piston
fluidyne
solar
water pump
modeling
computer
trace
snap
lpse
File:
Download Thesis_-_ATK_-_Final_Submit.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Michael Erdman, Thesis Supervisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Honors Advisor

54. Development of Ground Robot Validation Methods and Studies in Operator and Terrain Variability for NIST Test Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Crimboli, Adam A
Title:
Development of Ground Robot Validation Methods and Studies in Operator and Terrain Variability for NIST Test Methods
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robot
bomb
disposal
emergency
response
NIST
watershed
vision
File:
Download Crimboli_Thesis_1.10.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader

55. Thermal Fluxes in Recycled Versus Conventional Green Roof Media

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Open Access
Author:
Widjaja, Angeline
Title:
Thermal Fluxes in Recycled Versus Conventional Green Roof Media
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
green roof
green roof media
heat flux
thermal analysis
enviromental
shale
crumb rubber
urban heat island effect
File:
Download Widjaja_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Thesis Supervisor
Oranee Tawatnuntachai, Thesis Honors Advisor
Katherine H Baker, Faculty Reader

57. Mimicking Nature's Mechanisms: Creating a Directionally Omniphobic Liquid Infused Surface Coating

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Jonathan Waylen
Title:
Mimicking Nature's Mechanisms: Creating a Directionally Omniphobic Liquid Infused Surface Coating
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
directional surface
omniphobic surface
bio-inspired engineering
anisotropic wetting
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tak-Sing Wong, Thesis Supervisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Honors Advisor