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232. Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors

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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:
biomimetic
quadrotor
quadcopter
drone
optimization
mechanical design
robot
robotics
simulation
inverted landing
fly
insect
landing
control
RREV
relative retinal rate of expansion
landing gear
landing mechanism
perching
perception
multirotor
uav
unmanned aerial vehicle
Crazyflie
File:
Download DESIGN_AND_ANALYSIS_OF_INVERTED_LANDING_MECHANISM_AND_BIOMIMETIC_STRATEGY_FOR_SMALL-SCALE_QUADROTORS_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Faculty Reader

234. Topology Optimized Design of a 3D Printed Multi-Material Compliant Gripper Mechanism for Effective Manipulation of Small Components

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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 code
topology optimization
multi-material
compliant gripper mechanism
3D printing
File:
Download Dongxuan_Xu_-_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy W. Simpson, Thesis Supervisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor

237. Categorizing Synthetic Aperture Sonar Imagery Using Pre-Trained Neural Networks and Artificial Data

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Open Access
Author:
Ahmed, Raiid
Title:
Categorizing Synthetic Aperture Sonar Imagery Using Pre-Trained Neural Networks and Artificial Data
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Mechanical Engineering
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Acoustics
Sonar
3D Printing
CAD
MATLAB
LabVIEW
Python
Fast.ai
MNIST
File:
Download Ahmed_Raiid_Categorizing_Synthetic_Aperture_Sonar_Imagery_Using_Pre-Trained_Neural_Networks_and_Artificial_Data.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel C Brown, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

240. Urban Inequality: Combining Sociodemographic, Zoning, and Engineering Development Data to Plan More Equitable Designs

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Open Access
Author:
Lenze, Victoria
Title:
Urban Inequality: Combining Sociodemographic, Zoning, and Engineering Development Data to Plan More Equitable Designs
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Redlining
Pittsburgh
Spatial Data Mapping
Principal Component Analysis
Zoning Variance
Social Vulnerability
File:
Download VRL_FinalThesisSubmission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Caitlin A Grady, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jessica Dolores Menold, Faculty Reader