11. The Effect of Turbulence Generation Mechanism on the Behavior of the Turbulent Jet Open Access Author: Ogrodnik, Julia Title: The Effect of Turbulence Generation Mechanism on the Behavior of the Turbulent Jet Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Turbulence GenerationGas TurbineCombustionSwirling Flows File: Download Ogrodnik_Honors_Thesis_2020.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor
12. High-Pressure Burning-Rates and Quenching of Nitromethane Propellants as a Function of Burning Surface Diameter Open Access Author: Fritz, Ryan Title: High-Pressure Burning-Rates and Quenching of Nitromethane Propellants as a Function of Burning Surface Diameter Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: nitromethanequenching diameterhigh-pressure combustionsupercritical combustionmonopropellant File: Download HIGH-PRESSURE_BURNING-RATES_AND_QUENCHING_OF_NITROMETHANE_PROPELLANTS_AS_A_FUNCTION_OF_BURNING_SURFACE_DIAMETER_-_RYAN_FRITZ.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Richard A Yetter, Thesis SupervisorAnne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor
13. 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
14. 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
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. 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
17. Investigating Optimal Input Parameters For Neural Networks Predicting Elderly Fall Risk Open Access Author: Lakhia, Shagun Title: Investigating Optimal Input Parameters For Neural Networks Predicting Elderly Fall Risk Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: GaitMachine LearningNeural NetworkFall RiskElderlyPredictionClassification File: Download Thesis_Final_Lakhia.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis SupervisorJustin Lee Brown, Thesis Honors Advisor
18. 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
19. 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