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2. 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

3. Effectiveness of Active Stage Variation in an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Small Wind Turbine Applications

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Open Access
Author:
Folmar, Eric
Title:
Effectiveness of Active Stage Variation in an Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Small Wind Turbine Applications
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Wing Energy
Generator
AFPMG
Wind Turbine
File:
Download THESIS_FOLMAR.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
Herschel C Pangborn, Faculty Reader

4. Harmonic Shear Wave Imaging Comparability to Existing Elastography Measurement Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Zhong, Amy
Title:
Harmonic Shear Wave Imaging Comparability to Existing Elastography Measurement Methods
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
HSWI
Shear Wave Imaging
SWE
MRE
Bioimaging
Liver Fibrosis
cSWE
SSI
Super Sonic Shear Imaging
File:
Download AmyZhong_final_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lori Miraldi, Faculty Reader

5. Computational Fluid Dynamics Predictions of Particle Accumulation in Turbine Engine Cooling Channels

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Open Access
Author:
Fox, Sarah
Title:
Computational Fluid Dynamics Predictions of Particle Accumulation in Turbine Engine Cooling Channels
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Combustor
Particles
Turbine Engine
Lagrangian Multiphase
File:
Download Fox_22_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Relating Muscle Stress and Stiffness Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography

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Open Access
Author:
Brencovich, Olivia
Title:
Relating Muscle Stress and Stiffness Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Biomechanics
Ultrasound
Shear Wave Elastography
Passive Muscle Force
Muscle Stiffness
Shear Modulus
Tensile Stress
File:
Download Brencovich_Relating_Muscle_Tensile_Stress_and_Shear_Modulus_Using_Ultrasound_Shear_Wave_Elastography.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Faculty Reader

10. Dead Reckoning by Path Averaging in an Instrumented Small-Scale Test Vehicle

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Open Access
Author:
Maransky, Stephen
Title:
Dead Reckoning by Path Averaging in an Instrumented Small-Scale Test Vehicle
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Dead Reckoning
Position Estimation
Wheel Radius Estimation
Small-Scale Test Vehicle
GPS
Intelligent Vehicles
Path Averaging
File:
Download Maransky_Thesis_DeadReckoningByPathAveraging.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. Impact of Varying Temperature of Various Lipids on Monolayer Formation Rate and Droplet Interfacial Tension

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Open Access
Author:
Guyaux, Clayton
Title:
Impact of Varying Temperature of Various Lipids on Monolayer Formation Rate and Droplet Interfacial Tension
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
POPE
POPG
DPhPC
E. Coli
Interfacial Tension
Monolayer Formation Rate
File:
Download Thesis_Fin_CG.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph Najem, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Exploring Pathways to Decarbonize Existing Power Plant Technology

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Open Access
Author:
Sagi, Nishant Varma
Title:
Exploring Pathways to Decarbonize Existing Power Plant Technology
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Hydrogen Production – PEM Electrolyzer
Gas Turbine Computational Models
Penn State East Campus Steam Plant Decarbonization Study
File:
Download NishantSagi_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Visualization of Metal Flow Situation in a 3D Geometry using an Analog Fluid, with Applications in Engineering Education

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Open Access
Author:
Sim, Jay
Title:
Visualization of Metal Flow Situation in a 3D Geometry using an Analog Fluid, with Applications in Engineering Education
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Metal Casting
Engineering Education
Metal Analog
Casting Defect
File:
Download Jay_Sim_SHC_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Supervisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor

19. Brain Impact Analysis from Overpressure Sources Through Machine Learning Based on Explosion Simulations and Wearable Blast Gauges

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Open Access
Author:
Mackay, Jackson
Title:
Brain Impact Analysis from Overpressure Sources Through Machine Learning Based on Explosion Simulations and Wearable Blast Gauges
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Overpressure
Machine Learning
Blast simulations
soldier
pressure gauge
linear regression
ridge regression
keras regression
warfare scenarios
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Submission_-_Jackson_Mackay.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Honors Advisor