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Author:

Pechin, Bradford Andrew

Title:

DYNAMIC MODELING OF FOOD TO FUEL CONVERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT GAIN

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
simulation
digestion
obesity

File:

Download Thesis_Vol2_07242017_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Faculty Reader

Author:

Gamber, Joseph Thomas

Title:

Determination of the Effect of Pipe Diameter on Horizontal Two-Phase Flow via Frictional Pressure Loss and Drift-Flux Analyses

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear Engineering
Fluid Dynamics
Fluids
Two-phase
Two-phase flow
Nuclear
Horizontal flow

File:

Download Gamber_Joseph_Honors_Thesis_Final_Manuscript.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Seungjin Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Patel, Shiven Rajendra

Title:

THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR (TEG) SYSTEM DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE TESTING THROUGH HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Heat Transfer
Thermoelectric
Waste Heat
TEG

File:

Download Patel_Shiven_WasteHeatRecovery.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alexander S Rattner, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Burke, Emily Catherine

Title:

DESIGN OF A SELF-FEEDING FISH DEVICE FOR RESEARCH REARED DANIO RERIO

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

zebrafish
design
self-feeding
mechatronic
arduino

File:

Download Burke_Emily_Zebrafish_Self-Feeding_Design.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Xu, Ting

Title:

A CENTRALIZED COOPERATIVE DRIVING ALGORITHM FOR NON-SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Intersection control
Centralized cooperative driving

File:

Download final_version_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

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:

Nace, Nicholas Stone

Title:

REFINEMENT OF HANDHELD SLIP RESISTANCE TRIBOMETER

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

tribometer
handheld tribometer
slip resistance
strain gauge
friction

File:

Download Nace_Nicholas_Refinement_of_Handheld_Slip_Resistance_Tribometer.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Vohra, Vasudev

Title:

An Examination of Vehicle Spacing to Reduce Aerodynamic Drag in Truck Platoons

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Platoon
Truck
Aerodynamic Drag
Wind Tunnel
Fuel Saving

File:

Download _Final_Draft__Vohra_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Cristini, Dalton James

Title:

An Investigation into Gas-Cooled Fast Spectrum Nuclear Reactor Modelling Software

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Nuclear
Reactor
Modelling
Serpent
Fast Spectrum
Gas-Cooled
GFR
NEAMS Workbench

File:

Download SHC_Thesis_-_dalton_cristini.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Nicholas Robert Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Marek Flaska, Thesis Honors Advisor