1. Human-Centered Design of 3D Printed Occupational Therapy Tools for Rural Hospitals in Kisumu County Kenya: Applying Key Desirability Factors to the Design Process Open Access Author: Spicher, Lucy Title: Human-Centered Design of 3D Printed Occupational Therapy Tools for Rural Hospitals in Kisumu County Kenya: Applying Key Desirability Factors to the Design Process Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Human-Centered DesignHumanitarian EngineeringSocial EntrepreneurshipOccupational TherapyProduct DevelopmentFront-end DesignDesign for Desirability File: Download LSpicher_Thesis_SP21.pdf Thesis Supervisors: John Gershenson, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Generating a Novel Methodology to Identify Critical Defects in Complex Metal AM Components Open Access Author: Stover, Micaela Title: Generating a Novel Methodology to Identify Critical Defects in Complex Metal AM Components Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: additive manufacturing File: Download Stover_final_draft.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jessica Dolores Menold, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors AdvisorAndrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor
3. Impact of Centerbodies on the Precessing Vortex Core in Swirling Flow Open Access Author: Horigan, Jackson Title: Impact of Centerbodies on the Precessing Vortex Core in Swirling Flow Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: SwirlPVCCenterbodyCombustionPrecessing File: Download JacksonHorigan_Thesis_FinalSubmission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis SupervisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. Predicting optimal airplane seat assignment with respect to health and comfort considerations Open Access Author: Donato, Andy Title: Predicting optimal airplane seat assignment with respect to health and comfort considerations Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: AnthropometryOptimizationSocial DistancingCOVID-19ErgonomicsAccommodationAirplane File: Download Andy_Donato_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
5. Self-Propagating Chemical-Looping Combustion of Solid Carbon Fuel with Copper Oxide Open Access Author: Vasinko, Jarred Title: Self-Propagating Chemical-Looping Combustion of Solid Carbon Fuel with Copper Oxide Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: chemical-looping combustionCLCcopper oxideenergyemissionssolid fuels File: Download Vasinko_Jarred_Self_Propagating_CLC.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Richard A Yetter, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. An Improved Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle Velocity Profile Calculation Open Access Author: Parsons, Jonathan Title: An Improved Algorithm for Autonomous Vehicle Velocity Profile Calculation Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Velocity ProfileAutonomous VehicleConstruction ZoneSpeed LimitAlgorithm File: Download Parsons_Honors_Thesis_2021_04_05_FinalRev.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Sean N Brennan, Thesis SupervisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Burning Rates of HAN and HAN-Methanol at High Pressures Open Access Author: Bugay, Ezekiel Title: Burning Rates of HAN and HAN-Methanol at High Pressures Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: CombustionPropulsionRocket PropulsionPropellantMonopropellantHANBurning RateBurn RatePressureHigh Pressure File: Download Burning_Rates_of_HAN_and_HAN-methanol_at_High_Pressures__Bugay_2021.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Richard A Yetter, Thesis SupervisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. Multiphysics Finite Element Analysis of Lightning Strike Effects on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Open Access Author: Trapp, Christopher Title: Multiphysics Finite Element Analysis of Lightning Strike Effects on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: multiphysicscarbon fiber reinforced polymer compositesfinite element analysislightning File: Download Trapp_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Amir Barakati, Thesis SupervisorSandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors AdvisorJoseph Michael Mahoney, Thesis Supervisor
9. Design and development of PLA clave prototypes as alternatives to wooden claves Open Access Author: Evans, Emmeline Title: Design and development of PLA clave prototypes as alternatives to wooden claves Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: 3D printingpercussion instrumentclave3D printed instruments3D printed claves File: Download Emmeline_Evans_THESISREVISIONwvita.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chris Mc Comb, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
10. Analyzing the Implementation of TPMS Lattices in Non-Pneumatic Tire Design Open Access Author: Vitagliano, Nicolas Title: Analyzing the Implementation of TPMS Lattices in Non-Pneumatic Tire Design Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: LatticesTPMSAdditive ManufacturingNon-pneumatic Tires3D PrintingDigital Light Processing File: Download Vitagliano_Nicolas_SHC_Final_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
11. Engineering Artificial Tissues Using Soft Droplet-Based Cellular Networks Open Access Author: Banerjee, Shohini Title: Engineering Artificial Tissues Using Soft Droplet-Based Cellular Networks Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Tissue engineeringdroplet interface bilayersartificial tissuesengineered living materialslipid bilayersdroplet networkshybrid materialsbioinspired File: Download Banerjee_shohini_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joseph Najem, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
12. Determining the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on the Fuel Economy of Surrounding Traffic Using Traffic Simulators Open Access Author: Katibi, Faisal Title: Determining the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on the Fuel Economy of Surrounding Traffic Using Traffic Simulators Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles(CAVs)Traffic SimulatorsAIMSUNRegion of Influence (ROI)Fuel EfficiencyVehicle SimulationsPowertrain Simulations File: Download FAISAL_KATIBI_SHCThesis2021.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Sean N Brennan, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
13. A Cost-Effective Autonomous Zero-Turn Mower for Orchards Open Access Author: Pagan, Michael Title: A Cost-Effective Autonomous Zero-Turn Mower for Orchards Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: PixhawkRTK GPSAutonomous Zero Turn MowerAutonomous Orchard MowerCub Cadet RZT-S ZeroPrecision AgricultureUnmanned Ground VehicleUGVMission-Based Autonomy File: Download Pagan_HonorsThesis_Final4.1.21.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
14. Identifying Causal Configurations for Engineering Graduate Student Attrition Outcomes Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis Open Access Author: Ellery, Megan Title: Identifying Causal Configurations for Engineering Graduate Student Attrition Outcomes Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: engineering educationattritionengineering pathwaysgraduate engineeringgraduate education File: Download Ellery_Megan_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Catherine G P Berdanier, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
15. Determining Human Performance Given Robot-Provided Explanations Through Task-Based Interaction Open Access Author: Hannah, Sydney Title: Determining Human Performance Given Robot-Provided Explanations Through Task-Based Interaction Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: human-robot interactiontask-based interactionsimulationexplanationrobothuman performance File: Download Thesis_Hannah_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors AdvisorKatie Fitzsimons, Faculty Reader
16. Biomolecular Materials Emulate Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity for Signal Processing Open Access Author: Almatar, Ahmed Title: Biomolecular Materials Emulate Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity for Signal Processing Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: biomolecular memristoralamethicinmemristorion channelbiomembraneneuromorphic computinglipid bilayerneuromorphicDIBsmart materielsbiomolecular File: Download Ahmed_I_Almatar_SHC_Thesis_SP21.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joseph Najem, Thesis SupervisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor
17. Computational Study of Additively Manufactured Porous Biomimetic Total Hip Replacement Open Access Author: Cayley, Alex Title: Computational Study of Additively Manufactured Porous Biomimetic Total Hip Replacement Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Additive ManufacturingBiomedicalTotal Hip ReplacementLatticenTopology File: Download Cayley_Alexander_Computational_Study_of_Additively_Manufactured_Porous_Biomimetic_Total_Hip_Replacement.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
18. 3D Printing of Barium Titanate Using the Direct Ink Writing (DIW) Technique Open Access Author: Barsom, Karim Title: 3D Printing of Barium Titanate Using the Direct Ink Writing (DIW) Technique Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Barium Titanate3D PrintingAdditive ManufacturingDirect Ink WritingExtrusion 3D PrintingPrintabilityCeramics File: Download Barsom_SchreyerThesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
19. 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
20. Formation and Characterization of Block-Copolymer Based Droplet Interface Bilayers Open Access Author: Graham, Matthew Title: Formation and Characterization of Block-Copolymer Based Droplet Interface Bilayers Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: biomimicrymembranecharacterizationscopolymerspolymersdroplet interface bilayers File: Download THESIS_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joseph Najem, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor