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Author:

Dillen, Evan Jay

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF COMBUSTION INSTABILITY IN A MODIFIED RIJKE TUBE FOR OPTIMAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion
instability
Rijke tube
Optimal experiment
parameter estimation

File:

Download Dillen_Evan_CombustionInstabilityRijkeTubeCharacterization.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Moul, Zachary

Title:

TIME-AVERAGED HEAT FLUX MEASUREMENTS OF JUNCTION FLOW WITH PERIODIC FREESTREAM VELOCITY FLUCTUATION

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
backflow
junction flow
horseshoe vortex
pulsing
pulsing flow
unsteady
unsteady flow
heat flux
wind tunnel

File:

Download Zachary_Moul_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Stecklair, Dylan T

Title:

Characterization of a Peltier Cooler Used in a Small-Scale District Heating Network

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Peltier Cooler
Cogeneration
District Heating Network
Thermoelectric

File:

Download DylanStecklairThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Stephanie Stockar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Shupp, Ryan Michael

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF PILOTING ON TURBULENT FLAME STRUCTURE

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulent Flames
Pilot Flames
Pilotting

File:

Download Shupp_FinalThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Feldstein, Hannah

Title:

Effect of Elasticity on Liquid Repellency of Cassie-State Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

superhydrophobic surface
bio-inspired
liquid repellency
pdms
microstructure

File:

Download HannahFeldsteinThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Tak-Sing Wong, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Liu, Qifeng

Title:

SIMULATION STUDY OF THE ONLINE AERODYNAMIC DRAG COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vehicle Parameter Estimation
Linear Least-Squares Estimation
Recursive Least-Squares Estimation
Aerodynamic Drag Coefficient

File:

Download QL_thesis_Final_v.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Stephanie Stockar, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Beckman, Daniel

Title:

Optimizing the Swimming Pattern of a Robotic Fish Using Reinforcement Learning

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

reinforcement learning
robotics
fish locomotion
policy gradient

File:

Download Beckman_Daniel_FishSwimming.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Andes, Ryan Christopher

Title:

A LATERAL LINE INSPIRED APPROACH TO UNDERWATER SENSING WITH A PRESSURE SENSOR ARRAY

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supervised Learning
Neural Networks
sensor array
bioinspired

File:

Download RyanAndes_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Farese, Joseph Jeffrey

Title:

Designing Flexible Current Collectors for Lithium-ion Batteries

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion
Current Collectors
Flexible Batteries

File:

Download Thesis_Joseph_Farese.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mason, Danielle

Title:

EFFECT OF COMBUSTOR GEOMETRY ON THE STABILITY OF SWIRLING FLOWS

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Swirling Flows
Precessing Vortex Core
Gas Turbine
Confinement
Exit Constriction

File:

Download mason_thesis_final_4_10.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor