1. FLIGHT MECHANICS OF LANDING MANEUVERS IN BLUEBOTTLE FLIES Open Access Author: Wang, XingYu Title: FLIGHT MECHANICS OF LANDING MANEUVERS IN BLUEBOTTLE FLIES Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Flight MechanicsBluebottle FliesKinematics of Landing ManeuverCeiling Landing File: Download XingYu_Wang_Thesis_Updated.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. CHANGE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE STIFFNESS AFTER RUNNING COMPETITION IS DEPENDENT ON BOTH RUNNING DISTANCE AND RECOVERY TIME Open Access Author: Newman, Cassidy Title: CHANGE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE STIFFNESS AFTER RUNNING COMPETITION IS DEPENDENT ON BOTH RUNNING DISTANCE AND RECOVERY TIME Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: mechanical propertiesskeletalmusclerunningchangesstiffnesstimedistanceshear wave elastographyultrasound File: Download Newman_Cassidy_Muscle_stiffness_changes_in_runners.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. EFFECTS OF EXTRUSION TEMPERATURE AND PRINTER NOZZLE SPEED ON THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED POLYLACTIC ACID Open Access Author: Walsh, Alexander Pachelbel Title: EFFECTS OF EXTRUSION TEMPERATURE AND PRINTER NOZZLE SPEED ON THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED POLYLACTIC ACID Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: 3D printingtensilematerial propertiesfused deposition modelingpolylactic acidadditive manufacturing File: Download Walsh_Alexander_3DPrintedProperties.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy William Simpson, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. MULTI-SENSOR INSPECTION AND ROBOTING SYSTEMS FOR DRY STORAGE CASKS: THERMAL CONSTRAINTS Open Access Author: Scharsig, Jan-Christopher Christopher Title: MULTI-SENSOR INSPECTION AND ROBOTING SYSTEMS FOR DRY STORAGE CASKS: THERMAL CONSTRAINTS Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: NEUPNuclearRobotCaskNuclear CaskThermalCooling System File: Download Scharsig_JanChristopher_NEUP.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors AdvisorStephen P Lynch, Faculty Reader
5. EXPLORING THE MANUFACTURABILITY AND RESISTIVITY OF CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT USED IN MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Open Access Author: Gao, Harry Title: EXPLORING THE MANUFACTURABILITY AND RESISTIVITY OF CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT USED IN MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: ConductiveFilamentAdditiveManufacturing3DPrintingMultifunctionalDirectWritePLAGrapheneMaterialExtrusionDepositionResistivityDesign File: Download Gao_Harry_ConductiveFilament.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Nick Meisel, Thesis SupervisorDr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Design and Analysis of Position Mapped EMAT Sensor Readings For a Nuclear Cask Inspection System Open Access Author: Kontra, Michael Ryan Title: Design and Analysis of Position Mapped EMAT Sensor Readings For a Nuclear Cask Inspection System Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: RobotNuclear FuelFuel CaskNEUPEMAT SensorMechanical Engineering File: Download Kontra_Michael_FuelCaskInspectionSystem.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader
7. CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF TIRE RADIUS ESTIMATION AND TIRE SLIP AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENTIAL GPS AND WHEEL ENCODERS Open Access Author: Wan, Mengxiong Title: CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF TIRE RADIUS ESTIMATION AND TIRE SLIP AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENTIAL GPS AND WHEEL ENCODERS Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: tire radius estimatortire slip detectionkinematic modelrecursive least squareencoderGPS File: Download HonorThesis_MengxiongWan_FinalSubmission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis SupervisorDr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty ReaderDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
8. ADJUSTABLE FIXTURE FOR ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT SURGERY Open Access Author: Wang, Kevin Title: ADJUSTABLE FIXTURE FOR ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT SURGERY Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: acl reconstruction surgerytensioning devicedesign File: Download Wang_Kevin_AdjustableFixture.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
9. Enhanced Analysis of Solar Utility at Penn State Using Trade Space Visualization Open Access Author: Ivanov, Egor Sergeevich Title: Enhanced Analysis of Solar Utility at Penn State Using Trade Space Visualization Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Penn StateSolarEnergyATSVSAMTrade Space VisualizationEconomics File: Download esi_thesis_170411__1___2_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis SupervisorDr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor
10. Vibration Isolation in a Scanning Nanoscale Interface Probe Ensemble Open Access Author: O'Brien, Robert Title: Vibration Isolation in a Scanning Nanoscale Interface Probe Ensemble Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Vibration IsolationScanning Tunneling Microscopy File: Download Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Alok Sinha, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors AdvisorEric W Hudson, Thesis Supervisor