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Author:

Hodge, Eric Alan

Title:

MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF AN ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL DOMESTIC WATER HEATER MODEL WITH CONTROL

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Demand Response
Renewable integration
Model Predictive Control
Domestic water heater

File:

Download Hodge_Thesis_final2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Stephanie Stockar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bradley, Connor P

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER AND PNEUMATIC EFFECTS OF PARTICLE-LADEN FLOW THROUGH CURVED PIPES

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Heat Transfer
Particle-Laden Flow
Curved
Heat Exchanger
Entrainment
Nusselt
Reynolds
Pneumatics
Mechanical Engineering

File:

Download Thesis_FINAL_4.9.18_SUBMITTED_ARL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael P Manahan Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wu, Haochen

Title:

Collision Avoidance Driving Control for Highway Traffic Simulators

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Highway Traffic Simulator
Human Driving Behavior
Decision Making
Autonomous Vehicles
Potential Fields
Preview Control
Collision Avoidance

File:

Download Haochen_Wu_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bieniawski, Austin James

Title:

An Investigation into Critical Heat Flux Correlations within CTF

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CTF
CHF
PWR
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
W-3
Groeneveld

File:

Download Bieniawski_Thesis_Final_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nicholas Robert Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Faculty Reader

Author:

Gruning, Veronica A

Title:

Optimization of Energy-Aware Path-Planning in Ground Robotics

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

unmanned ground vehicle
robotics
path planning
energy optimization

File:

Download gruning-thesis__2_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Casey, Patrick Connor

Title:

Behavior of a Modeled Hip Implant Insertion Device Through Finite Element Analysis

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hip
Arthroplasty
Insertion Device
FEA
Impactor
Spring
Biomechanical Response
Impact
Stiffness
Geometry
Offset

File:

Download Casey_Patrick_Hip_Insert_FEA.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Clees, Sean Michael

Title:

The Onset of Vortex Breakdown in Swirling, Turbulent Jets

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vortex
breakdown
turbulent
swirling
jet
swirl
unsteady
DMD
dynamic
mode
decomposition
combustion
fluid
mechanics
turbine
PVC

File:

Download Clees_Thesis180409.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor
Rui Ni, Faculty Reader

Author:

Warmate, Tamuno Negiye

Title:

NUMERICAL MODELING OF A ROTARY VANE EXPANDER FOR A POWER CYCLE ON A PROPOSED LANDED MISSION TO VENUS

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rotary Vane Expander
Venus Power Cycle
Numerical Modeling

File:

Download Warmate_TamunoN_ModelingRVE.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kiger, Shane

Title:

Contactless methods of measuring mechanical response in deep orthopedic tissue

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

biomechanics
imaging
mechanical response
magnetic resonance elastography
orthopedic tissue
mechanical stiffness

File:

Download kiger_thees.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Winick, Ryan

Title:

Energy Harvesting from Shock Absorbers Via Displacement Amplification

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

energy
harvest
collection
power
generation
shock absorber
suspension
vehicle
bicycle
car
displacement
amplification
gain
salvage
mechanical

File:

Download Thesis_4_9.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Md Amanul Haque, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor