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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

Author:

Ruth, Daniel Johnson

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPINGING DIESEL SPRAYS WITH A REDUCED-ORDER MODEL AND GAS JET EXPERIMENTS

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion
diesel
sprays
impingement
mixing
gas jets

File:

Download Ruth_Daniel_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Pauley, Anne Christine

Title:

A TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC RECORDING TECHNIQUES: EVALUATING MICROPHONE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ACCURATE FREQUENCY RESPONSE

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Music
Piano
Microphone
Frequency response
Mechanical engineering
Fourier
Recording

File:

Download Pauley__Anne_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Yang, Hang

Title:

Vehicle Road Departure Detection Using Measurements of Anomalies in Yawrate and Steering Torque

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vehicle Dynamics; Road Departure; Tire Modeling; Vehicle Safety;

File:

Download Hang_Yang_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Stavrakos, Michael Lawrence

Title:

The Intersection of Corporate Culture and Strategy: A Case Study of Multinational Engineering Firms

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

corporate
national
culture
business
strategy
case
study
siemens
ford
toyota

File:

Download Mike_Stavrakos_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Thomas Litzinger, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kozuch, Christopher David

Title:

Computational Analysis of Power Attenuation During Directed Energy Deposition

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

metal
additive
manufacturing
directed
energy
deposition
ray
tracing
simulation

File:

Download christopher_kozuch_thesis_2016.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Maloney, Blake Anthony

Title:

Design of an Autonomous Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

mechanical engineering
uav
drone
mission planner
autonomous

File:

Download Blake_Maloney_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Delacato, Carl Henry

Title:

Magnetically Levitated Insect Flight Mill For Forward Flight Control Analysis

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Insect
Flight
Mechanical
Engineering

File:

Download Carl_Delacato_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Linarez De La Cruz, Eros Darnel

Title:

Vortex Identification and Tracking in Highly Turbulent Flows

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vortex cores
Hydrodynamic Instability
vortices
flame interaction
reacting and non-reacting flames

File:

Download Linarez_Eros_VortexIdentificationAndTacking.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cook, Tyler Jonathan

Title:

Effects of Graphene on Mechanical Behavior of Polymers Reinforced with Flax Fibers Effected by Environmental Conditioning

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

graphene
long-term mechanical properties
flax reinforced composites
environmental conditioning

File:

Download Cook_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Richard Christopher Ciocci, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ronald Walker, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amit Banerjee, Faculty Reader

Author:

Sung, Elaine Lin

Title:

Characterization of Self-folding Origami Structures Using Magneto-active Elastomers

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

origami
engineering
magnet
elastomer
active material

File:

Download SHC_Thesis--Elaine_Sung.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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