1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors Open Access Author: Davis, Brian Title: Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: biomimeticquadrotorquadcopterdroneoptimizationmechanical designrobotroboticssimulationinverted landingflyinsectlandingcontrolRREVrelative retinal rate of expansionlanding gearlanding mechanismperchingperceptionmultirotoruavunmanned aerial vehicleCrazyflie File: Download DESIGN_AND_ANALYSIS_OF_INVERTED_LANDING_MECHANISM_AND_BIOMIMETIC_STRATEGY_FOR_SMALL-SCALE_QUADROTORS_FINAL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Bo Cheng, Thesis SupervisorBo Cheng, Thesis Honors AdvisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Faculty Reader
6. Topology Optimized Design of a 3D Printed Multi-Material Compliant Gripper Mechanism for Effective Manipulation of Small Components Open Access Author: Xu, Dongxuan Title: Topology Optimized Design of a 3D Printed Multi-Material Compliant Gripper Mechanism for Effective Manipulation of Small Components Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: MATLAB codetopology optimizationmulti-materialcompliant gripper mechanism3D printing File: Download Dongxuan_Xu_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy W. Simpson, Thesis SupervisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Fabrication and Characterization of Magneto-Responsive Actuators Open Access Author: Reyes Kadozono, Ann Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Magneto-Responsive Actuators Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: MRESmart Material File: Download Reyes_Ann_Fabrication_and_Characterization_of_Magneto-Responsive_Actuators.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joseph Najem, Thesis SupervisorJean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor