31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. ENHANCED GEOMETRIES FOR DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION Open Access Author: Goldberg, Jonathan Bendl Title: ENHANCED GEOMETRIES FOR DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Membrane Distillation File: Download Goldberg_Jonathan_EnhancedDCMD.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Alexander S Rattner, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
35. IMAGE PROCESSING FOR APPLE ORCHARDS AND CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT Open Access Author: Snyder, Nathaniel Jeffrey Title: IMAGE PROCESSING FOR APPLE ORCHARDS AND CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: AOIComputer VisionAgricultural Image ProcessingOpenCVC++ File: Download Snyder_Nathaniel_Thesis_Image_Processing_Apples_ChristmasTrees.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
36. Development of a Low-Reynolds Swimmer Open Access Author: Li, Kevin R Title: Development of a Low-Reynolds Swimmer Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Low ReynoldsSwimmermagnet File: Download Kevin_Li_thesis_submitted.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
37. A Computational Analysis of the Biomechanics of Immediately Loaded Dental Implants Open Access Author: Shannon, Ryan Timothy Title: A Computational Analysis of the Biomechanics of Immediately Loaded Dental Implants Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: StrainDentistryImplantsDental ImplantsDigital Volume CorrelationFinite ElementStress File: Download Shannon_Ryan_Thesis_Implants.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Jing Du, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
38. PRESCRIPTION OF A PASSIVE-DYNAMIC ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURED ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS ON A PATIENT WITH A SEVERE TRIMALLEOLAR FRACTURE – A CASE STUDY Open Access Author: Nigro, Luke R Title: PRESCRIPTION OF A PASSIVE-DYNAMIC ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURED ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS ON A PATIENT WITH A SEVERE TRIMALLEOLAR FRACTURE – A CASE STUDY Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: biomechanicsfinite element analysisankle foot orthosisafoinjury biomechanicsinjuryfrequency analysis File: Download Luke_Nigro_-_SHC_thesis2.pdf Thesis Supervisors: John Henry Challis, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
39. Heat Transfer Effects of Streamwise Spacing and Natural Convection on Short Aspect Ratio Pin Fin Arrays Open Access Author: Shallcross, Melissa Ann Title: Heat Transfer Effects of Streamwise Spacing and Natural Convection on Short Aspect Ratio Pin Fin Arrays Area of Honors: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Pin finHeat transferNatural convectionConvection File: Download Shallcross_ME_PSU_SPR17_Schreyer_Honors_Thesis_4_12.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Stephen P Lynch, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
40. COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COLD SPRAY, LASER ASSISTED COLD SPRAY, AND DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING OF TI-6AL-4V Open Access Author: Trowbridge, Michael J Title: COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COLD SPRAY, LASER ASSISTED COLD SPRAY, AND DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING OF TI-6AL-4V Area of Honors: Interdisciplinary in Engineering Science and Mechanical Engineering Keywords: cold spraylaser-assisted cold spraydirect metal laser sinteringselective metal sinteringtitaniumTi-6Al-4Vadditive manufacturingcharacterizationporositymicrostructurehardness File: Download COMPARATIVE_ASSESSMENT_OF_COLD_SPRAY__LASER-ASSISTED_COLD_SPRAY__AND_DIRECT_METAL_LASER_SINTERING_OF_TI-6AL-4V.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy Eden, Thesis SupervisorDr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors AdvisorTimothy William Simpson, Thesis Supervisor