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Author:

Mathews, Benjamin Francis

Title:

Combustor Flow Field Characterization with Acoustic Forcing and Swirl Fluctuations

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

swirl
vorticity
combustion instabilities
gas turbines
acoustic forcing
precessing vortex core
combustor

File:

Download Benjamin_Mathews_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gibbons, Caitlin Elizabeth

Title:

Redesign to Reduce Mass: Wallops Arc-Second Pointer (WASP)

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Mechanical Engineering
Design
Autodesk Inventor
Abaqus
FEA
Balloon
Platform
Telescope
Pointing System
NASA
Structure

File:

Download Redesign_to_Reduce_Mass_Wallops_Arc_Second_Pointer.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sodha, Kush B

Title:

Estimating Dynamic Properties for Biological Materials Design, Development, and Calibration of a Desktop Miniaturized Pulse-shaping Kolsky Bar

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soft materials
kolsky bar
brain tissue
miniaturize
design
development
calibration
dynamic properties
material properties

File:

Download Kush_Sodha_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Brough, Lydia Gail

Title:

The Mechanics of Arm Swing in Human Running

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

running
biomechanics
arms

File:

Download Brough_Lydia_The_Mechanics_of_Arm_Swing_in_Human_Running.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Henry Challis, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sanghavi, Karan

Title:

Design of a Tow-away Engine Dynamometer

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

design
engine
dynamometer
test
cycles
transient
HIL
hardware in the loop

File:

Download Sanghavi_Karan_designofatow-awayenginedynamomter.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Arrojado, Erika

Title:

Development and characterization of active terpolymer for origami-inspired actuation

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

origami engineering
PVDF terpolymer
active materials

File:

Download Arrojado_ErikaAnn_DevelopmentAndCharacterizationOfActiveTerpolymer.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Faculty Reader

Author:

Tschantz, Eric Lawrence

Title:

Tracking System Design and Modification for Robotic Parallel Bars Rehabilitation Device

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

robotic
tracking
rehabilitation device
PD controller

File:

Download Tschantz_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jason Zachary Moore, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ciasullo, Kevin J

Title:

Design of a Regenerative Nozzle for Aluminum-water Combustion

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Aluminum combustion
heat transfer
regenerative nozzle

File:

Download Ciasullo_Kevin_Aluminum_combustion_Nozzle.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Thomas Cawley, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Disco, Connor Scott

Title:

Measuring Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Agricultural Management using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Agriculture
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Image Processing
NDVI
Image Distortion Removal
Image Stitching
MATLAB

File:

Download Disco_Connor_ndvianalysisforagriculturalmanagement_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Faculty Reader

Author:

Beck, Jacob J

Title:

A Combined Approach to Localization for a Nuclear Cask Inspection Robot

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear
waste
robotics
inspection
computer
vision

File:

Download vision_beck_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor