1. Evaluating Strain Effects on Thin Film Heat Flux Gauges Open Access Author: Mc Ferran, Kyle Title: Evaluating Strain Effects on Thin Film Heat Flux Gauges Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Heat Flux GaugesStrainThin Film Heat Flux Gauges File: Download Thesis_Final_-_Kyle_McFerran.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Reid A Berdanier, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Urban Inequality: Combining Sociodemographic, Zoning, and Engineering Development Data to Plan More Equitable Designs Open Access Author: Lenze, Victoria Title: Urban Inequality: Combining Sociodemographic, Zoning, and Engineering Development Data to Plan More Equitable Designs Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: RedliningPittsburghSpatial Data MappingPrincipal Component AnalysisZoning VarianceSocial Vulnerability File: Download VRL_FinalThesisSubmission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Caitlin A Grady, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors AdvisorJessica Dolores Menold, Faculty Reader
3. Effectiveness of Active Stage Variation in an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Small Wind Turbine Applications Open Access Author: Folmar, Eric Title: Effectiveness of Active Stage Variation in an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Small Wind Turbine Applications Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Wing EnergyGeneratorAFPMGWind Turbine File: Download THESIS_FOLMAR.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Susan W Stewart, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors AdvisorHerschel C Pangborn, Faculty Reader
4. Harmonic Shear Wave Imaging Comparability to Existing Elastography Measurement Methods Open Access Author: Zhong, Amy Title: Harmonic Shear Wave Imaging Comparability to Existing Elastography Measurement Methods Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: HSWIShear Wave ImagingSWEMREBioimagingLiver FibrosiscSWESSISuper Sonic Shear Imaging File: Download AmyZhong_final_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors AdvisorLori Miraldi, Faculty Reader
5. Computational Fluid Dynamics Predictions of Particle Accumulation in Turbine Engine Cooling Channels Open Access Author: Fox, Sarah Title: Computational Fluid Dynamics Predictions of Particle Accumulation in Turbine Engine Cooling Channels Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Computational Fluid DynamicsCombustorParticlesTurbine EngineLagrangian Multiphase File: Download Fox_22_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Karen Ann Thole, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Monitoring and Predicting Bearing Faults through Temperature, Ultrasonic, and Vibration Data Open Access Author: Haver, John Title: Monitoring and Predicting Bearing Faults through Temperature, Ultrasonic, and Vibration Data Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: bearingcontinuous monitoringvibrationultrasonictemperaturegrease File: Download JohnHaver_ThesisSP22.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Gary Hugo Koopmann, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Relating Muscle Stress and Stiffness Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography Open Access Author: Brencovich, Olivia Title: Relating Muscle Stress and Stiffness Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: BiomechanicsUltrasoundShear Wave ElastographyPassive Muscle ForceMuscle StiffnessShear ModulusTensile Stress File: Download Brencovich_Relating_Muscle_Tensile_Stress_and_Shear_Modulus_Using_Ultrasound_Shear_Wave_Elastography.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors AdvisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Faculty Reader
8. Energy Usage and Literacy at Universities in the United States Open Access Author: Le May, Emma Title: Energy Usage and Literacy at Universities in the United States Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: EnergyCampus energyrenewable energy File: Download Final_Thesis_Emma_LeMay.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
9. Effects of Aspect Ratio and Mass Distribution on Settling Cylinders Open Access Author: Bowie, Brayden Title: Effects of Aspect Ratio and Mass Distribution on Settling Cylinders Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: nonsphericalsettlingintermediate Reynolds numbermass distributioncylinder File: Download Bowie_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
10. Dead Reckoning by Path Averaging in an Instrumented Small-Scale Test Vehicle Open Access Author: Maransky, Stephen Title: Dead Reckoning by Path Averaging in an Instrumented Small-Scale Test Vehicle Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Dead ReckoningPosition EstimationWheel Radius EstimationSmall-Scale Test VehicleGPSIntelligent VehiclesPath Averaging File: Download Maransky_Thesis_DeadReckoningByPathAveraging.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Sean N Brennan, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
11. Evaluating the Effect of Project Frame on Communicative Patterns in Capstone Design Pitches Open Access Author: Link, Samantha Title: Evaluating the Effect of Project Frame on Communicative Patterns in Capstone Design Pitches Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: designcommunicationcapstone designnatural language processing File: Download SamanthaLink_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor
12. Impact of Varying Temperature of Various Lipids on Monolayer Formation Rate and Droplet Interfacial Tension Open Access Author: Guyaux, Clayton Title: Impact of Varying Temperature of Various Lipids on Monolayer Formation Rate and Droplet Interfacial Tension Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: POPEPOPGDPhPCE. ColiInterfacial TensionMonolayer Formation Rate File: Download Thesis_Fin_CG.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joseph Najem, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
13. Design of Arduino Instrumentation for a Thermal Management Testbed Open Access Author: Glunt, Jonah Title: Design of Arduino Instrumentation for a Thermal Management Testbed Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: ArduinoMATLABSimulinkInstrumentationTestbedThermal ManagementData acquisitionControls File: Download Jonah_Glunt_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Herschel C Pangborn, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
14. Analyzing Head Impact Data and Visualization of Brain Strain Through Removal of Rigid Body Motion Open Access Author: Brown, Bennett Title: Analyzing Head Impact Data and Visualization of Brain Strain Through Removal of Rigid Body Motion Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: BrainConcussionStrain File: Download Thesis__Bennett_Brown__final_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Reuben H Kraft, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
15. Exploring Pathways to Decarbonize Existing Power Plant Technology Open Access Author: Sagi, Nishant Varma Title: Exploring Pathways to Decarbonize Existing Power Plant Technology Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Hydrogen Production – PEM ElectrolyzerGas Turbine Computational ModelsPenn State East Campus Steam Plant Decarbonization Study File: Download NishantSagi_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor
16. Determination of deployable transducer array dimensions for treating ocular melanomas Open Access Author: Moore, Nicholas Title: Determination of deployable transducer array dimensions for treating ocular melanomas Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Ultrasoundtransducer arrayHIFUMiura-OriOcular Melanomas File: Download Moore_Nicholas_THESISFINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Ryan L Harne, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
17. Parameterization, simulation and analysis of electrode-level physics-based battery model Open Access Author: Wojnar, Sara Title: Parameterization, simulation and analysis of electrode-level physics-based battery model Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Li-ionelectrode-levelbattery modelmachine learningaging prediction File: Download Sara_Wojnar_Thesis___final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Satadru Dey, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
18. Visualization of Metal Flow Situation in a 3D Geometry using an Analog Fluid, with Applications in Engineering Education Open Access Author: Sim, Jay Title: Visualization of Metal Flow Situation in a 3D Geometry using an Analog Fluid, with Applications in Engineering Education Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Metal CastingEngineering EducationMetal AnalogCasting Defect File: Download Jay_Sim_SHC_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor
19. Brain Impact Analysis from Overpressure Sources Through Machine Learning Based on Explosion Simulations and Wearable Blast Gauges Open Access Author: Mackay, Jackson Title: Brain Impact Analysis from Overpressure Sources Through Machine Learning Based on Explosion Simulations and Wearable Blast Gauges Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: OverpressureMachine LearningBlast simulationssoldierpressure gaugelinear regressionridge regressionkeras regressionwarfare scenarios File: Download Thesis_Final_Submission_-_Jackson_Mackay.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Reuben H Kraft, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
20. Revealing Principles of Adaptive Flight Control in Insects using a Virtual Reality Flight Simulator Open Access Author: Jaworski, Eric Title: Revealing Principles of Adaptive Flight Control in Insects using a Virtual Reality Flight Simulator Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: FlightAdaptive ControlDrosophila File: Download Eric_Jaworski_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
21. Design of a Laboratory Turbulence Tank for the Investigation of Bio-filmed Microplastics Open Access Author: Morales, Luna Title: Design of a Laboratory Turbulence Tank for the Investigation of Bio-filmed Microplastics Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: synthetic jetturbulencemicroplasticsParticle Image Velocimetrydesignactuator File: Download LunaMorales_Final_Thesis_220330_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Margaret Louise Byron, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
22. Development of a Dual Extrusion 3D Printer and Demonstration of the Printer Functionality Using Pancake Mixture-Based Slurry Open Access Author: Gardner, Nathan Title: Development of a Dual Extrusion 3D Printer and Demonstration of the Printer Functionality Using Pancake Mixture-Based Slurry Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Additive Manufacturing3D PrintingPaste ExtrusionPancake MixSlurry PrintingDIWDirect Ink Writing File: Download Gardner_Nathan_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Amrita Basak, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
23. Novel Computer Modeling Approach for Total Knee Replacements Open Access Author: Mannarino, Anthony Raymond Title: Novel Computer Modeling Approach for Total Knee Replacements Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: BiomechanicsComputational ModelMATLABTotal Knee Replacement (TKR)Knee Mechanics File: Download Mannarino_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Stephen Piazza, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
24. Flight Stabilization Under External Perturbation in a Hovering Calliope Hummingbird Open Access Author: Rothermel, Ethan Title: Flight Stabilization Under External Perturbation in a Hovering Calliope Hummingbird Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: HummingbirdsFlight StabilizationFlight KinematicsMicro-air-vehicles File: Download Ethan_Rothermel_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Bo Cheng, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
25. Characterization of Magnetoactive Elastomers as Actuators of Bi-stable Composites Open Access Author: Iatesta, Ethan Title: Characterization of Magnetoactive Elastomers as Actuators of Bi-stable Composites Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: BistableLaminateCompositemagnetoactiveelastomerMAEActuationResponsiveArchitecturefacadeActive MaterialMagnetic File: Download Iatesta_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors AdvisorJose Pinto Duarte, Thesis Supervisor
26. The use of lattice structures in creating additively manufactured rib fracture implants Open Access Author: Gabriele, Christine Title: The use of lattice structures in creating additively manufactured rib fracture implants Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: BCC latticerib fracture fixationbending testingporosity File: Download Thesis_Christine_Gabriele_Final__1_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
27. Testing of Electroluminescent Cooling with Light Extraction Open Access Author: Raut, Aryan Abhijit Title: Testing of Electroluminescent Cooling with Light Extraction Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: ElectroluminiscentCoolingDiodeLEDTestingLight Extraction File: Download Raut_AryanAbhijit_Final_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Linxiao Zhu, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
28. Comparative Analysis of Engineering and Humanities Writers Employing Eye-Tracking Methods Open Access Author: Fowler, Katherine Title: Comparative Analysis of Engineering and Humanities Writers Employing Eye-Tracking Methods Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Eye-trackingGraduate EngineeringEngineering EducationEngineering WritingWriting Cognition File: Download Fowler_Katherine_Comparative_Analysis_of_Engineering_and_Humanities_Writers_Employing_Eye_Tracking_Methods.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Catherine G P Berdanier, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
29. An Analysis of Lumbar Muscle Load Distribution with and without the Presence of the Multifidus Muscle Open Access Author: Esparragoza, Daniel Title: An Analysis of Lumbar Muscle Load Distribution with and without the Presence of the Multifidus Muscle Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Lumbar MovementSpinal StabilityMultifidus MuscleLumbar MusclesOpenSim File: Download Daniel_Esparragoza_Official_Honors_Thesis1.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis SupervisorDaniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors AdvisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Faculty Reader
30. Optimal Design of Additively Manufactured Fin Topology for a Two-Phase Flow Channel Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Luu, Anthony Title: Optimal Design of Additively Manufactured Fin Topology for a Two-Phase Flow Channel Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: finstopologyoptimizationheat transfergenetic algorithmtwo-phase flowmulti-objective optimizationadditive manufacturingmechanical engineering File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Matthew J Rau, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors AdvisorMary I Frecker, Thesis Supervisor