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51. Experimental determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of flexible, binder-free single wall carbon nanotube membranes

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Open Access
Author:
Shetty, Pralav P
Title:
Experimental determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion of flexible, binder-free single wall carbon nanotube membranes
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
carbon nanotube
membrane
coefficient of thermal expansion
optical profilometry
thermal cell
File:
Download Final_Year_Thesis_pps5028.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. John Michael Cimbala, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Kofi W Adu, Faculty Reader

52. Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering

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Open Access
Author:
Mangus, Anthony Joseph
Title:
Robust Vehicle Localization using GPS, In-Vehicle Camera, Magnetic Guidance and Kalman Filtering
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Kalman Filtering
GPS
Vehicle Estimation
Localization
File:
Download Mangus_HonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Faculty Reader

53. Developing a new modeling method for liquid piston stirling engines using thermal-hydraulic code

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Open Access
Author:
Kriebel, Andrew T
Title:
Developing a new modeling method for liquid piston stirling engines using thermal-hydraulic code
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
stirling
engine
liquid piston
fluidyne
solar
water pump
modeling
computer
trace
snap
lpse
File:
Download Thesis_-_ATK_-_Final_Submit.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrew Michael Erdman, Thesis Supervisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Honors Advisor

54. Development of Ground Robot Validation Methods and Studies in Operator and Terrain Variability for NIST Test Methods

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Open Access
Author:
Crimboli, Adam A
Title:
Development of Ground Robot Validation Methods and Studies in Operator and Terrain Variability for NIST Test Methods
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robot
bomb
disposal
emergency
response
NIST
watershed
vision
File:
Download Crimboli_Thesis_1.10.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader

55. Thermal Fluxes in Recycled Versus Conventional Green Roof Media

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Open Access
Author:
Widjaja, Angeline
Title:
Thermal Fluxes in Recycled Versus Conventional Green Roof Media
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
green roof
green roof media
heat flux
thermal analysis
enviromental
shale
crumb rubber
urban heat island effect
File:
Download Widjaja_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Shirley Elizabeth Clark, Thesis Supervisor
Oranee Tawatnuntachai, Thesis Honors Advisor
Katherine H Baker, Faculty Reader

57. Mimicking Nature's Mechanisms: Creating a Directionally Omniphobic Liquid Infused Surface Coating

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Jonathan Waylen
Title:
Mimicking Nature's Mechanisms: Creating a Directionally Omniphobic Liquid Infused Surface Coating
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
directional surface
omniphobic surface
bio-inspired engineering
anisotropic wetting
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Tak-Sing Wong, Thesis Supervisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Honors Advisor

65. Evaluation Of The Effective Shear Modulus Method: residual Stress In The No-load State and Comparison To The Standard Method

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Open Access
Author:
Chisena, Robert S
Title:
Evaluation Of The Effective Shear Modulus Method: residual Stress In The No-load State and Comparison To The Standard Method
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
CB13 Method
Effective Shear Modulus
Tubular Organs
Incompressibility
Gastrointestinal Tract
File:
Download Chisena_Thesis_20Nov14.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Gordon Brasseur, Thesis Supervisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Thesis Honors Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Supervisor

67. Acoustic Characterization of Combustors with Azimuthally Resolved Acoustic Forcing

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Open Access
Author:
Levenson, Shayna Nicole
Title:
Acoustic Characterization of Combustors with Azimuthally Resolved Acoustic Forcing
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
thermoacoustic instabilities
circumferential
longitudinal
azimuthal
Comsol
eigenmode
eigenfrequency
File:
Download Levenson_FinalThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

70. Effects of Dilution Jet Placement and Resulting Coherent Structures on Turbine Flow Fields and Heat Transfer

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Open Access
Author:
Della Corna, Enrico Bartolo
Title:
Effects of Dilution Jet Placement and Resulting Coherent Structures on Turbine Flow Fields and Heat Transfer
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
dilution jet
vane flow fields
vane heat transfer
computational model
File:
Download Della_Corna_Thesis_Final.pdfDownload 1-Della_Corna_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

73. Vibration Analysis of Rotating Machinery Under Induced Unbalance, Shaft Misalignment, and Coupling Deformation

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Open Access
Author:
Ibarguen, Gustavo Michael
Title:
Vibration Analysis of Rotating Machinery Under Induced Unbalance, Shaft Misalignment, and Coupling Deformation
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Vibration Analysis
Rotating Machinery
Spectral Analysis
File:
Download Ibarguen_Gustavo_VibrationAnalysisOfRotatingMachinery.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

75. Dynamic Shear Response of Magneto-active Elastomer to an Oscillatory Magnetic Field Input

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Open Access
Author:
Kloss, Ryan Matthew
Title:
Dynamic Shear Response of Magneto-active Elastomer to an Oscillatory Magnetic Field Input
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Magneto-active Elastomers
MAE
magnetorheological effect
dynamic response
magneto-mechanics.
File:
Download kloss_ryan_shearresponseofmae.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

76. Single-Particle Modeling and Experimental Parameter Identification for a Lithium-Cobalt-Oxide Battery Cell

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Open Access
Author:
Hake, Alison Elizabeth
Title:
Single-Particle Modeling and Experimental Parameter Identification for a Lithium-Cobalt-Oxide Battery Cell
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Battery modeling
batteries
single-particle model
parameter identification
battery experimentation
File:
Download Hake_Alison_SingleParticleModelandParameterID.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Faculty Reader

77. Development Of An Anatomically Correct Model Of A Calcaneus Fracture & Fragmentation Due To Impact Loading

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Open Access
Author:
Robinson, Michael James
Title:
Development Of An Anatomically Correct Model Of A Calcaneus Fracture & Fragmentation Due To Impact Loading
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
calcaneus
fractures
military
improvised explosive device
underbody blasts
modeling
shrinkwrap
measurements
File:
Download Robinson_Senior_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader

78. Development of a Scaled, Radio-controlled Parallel Hybrid Vehicle Kit for Use in Outreach and Education

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Open Access
Author:
Hamilton, Madeline Rose
Title:
Development of a Scaled, Radio-controlled Parallel Hybrid Vehicle Kit for Use in Outreach and Education
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
toy kit
educational toy
hybrid
hybrid electric vehicle
parallel hybrid
HEV
HEV toy kit
parameter identification
rc car
File:
Download 1-hamilton_final_thesis_corrected.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Faculty Reader

80. A study in power prediction of ground robots using small-scale endurance tests

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Open Access
Author:
Whittaker, Zachary A
Title:
A study in power prediction of ground robots using small-scale endurance tests
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
ground robots
endurance
NIST
File:
Download Whittaker_Zachary_A_Study_In_Power_Prediction_Of_Ground_Robots_Using_Small-Scale_Endurance_Tests.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

81. Combustor Flow Field Characterization with Acoustic Forcing and Swirl Fluctuations

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Open Access
Author:
Mathews, Benjamin Francis
Title:
Combustor Flow Field Characterization with Acoustic Forcing and Swirl Fluctuations
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
swirl
vorticity
combustion instabilities
gas turbines
acoustic forcing
precessing vortex core
combustor
File:
Download Benjamin_Mathews_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

83. Estimating Dynamic Properties for Biological Materials Design, Development, and Calibration of a Desktop Miniaturized Pulse-shaping Kolsky Bar

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Open Access
Author:
Sodha, Kush B
Title:
Estimating Dynamic Properties for Biological Materials Design, Development, and Calibration of a Desktop Miniaturized Pulse-shaping Kolsky Bar
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
soft materials
kolsky bar
brain tissue
miniaturize
design
development
calibration
dynamic properties
material properties
File:
Download Kush_Sodha_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

86. Development and characterization of active terpolymer for origami-inspired actuation

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Open Access
Author:
Arrojado, Erika
Title:
Development and characterization of active terpolymer for origami-inspired actuation
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
origami engineering
PVDF terpolymer
active materials
File:
Download Arrojado_ErikaAnn_DevelopmentAndCharacterizationOfActiveTerpolymer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Faculty Reader

89. Measuring Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Agricultural Management using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Open Access
Author:
Disco, Connor Scott
Title:
Measuring Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Agricultural Management using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Agriculture
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Image Processing
NDVI
Image Distortion Removal
Image Stitching
MATLAB
File:
Download Disco_Connor_ndvianalysisforagriculturalmanagement_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Faculty Reader

92. A TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC RECORDING TECHNIQUES: EVALUATING MICROPHONE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ACCURATE FREQUENCY RESPONSE

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Open Access
Author:
Pauley, Anne Christine
Title:
A TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF ACOUSTIC RECORDING TECHNIQUES: EVALUATING MICROPHONE CONFIGURATIONS FOR ACCURATE FREQUENCY RESPONSE
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Music
Piano
Microphone
Frequency response
Mechanical engineering
Fourier
Recording
File:
Download Pauley__Anne_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

94. The Intersection of Corporate Culture and Strategy: A Case Study of Multinational Engineering Firms

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Open Access
Author:
Stavrakos, Michael Lawrence
Title:
The Intersection of Corporate Culture and Strategy: A Case Study of Multinational Engineering Firms
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
corporate
national
culture
business
strategy
case
study
siemens
ford
toyota
File:
Download Mike_Stavrakos_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Thomas Litzinger, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

98. Vortex Identification and Tracking in Highly Turbulent Flows

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Open Access
Author:
Linarez De La Cruz, Eros Darnel
Title:
Vortex Identification and Tracking in Highly Turbulent Flows
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Vortex cores
Hydrodynamic Instability
vortices
flame interaction
reacting and non-reacting flames
File:
Download Linarez_Eros_VortexIdentificationAndTacking.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

99. Effects of Graphene on Mechanical Behavior of Polymers Reinforced with Flax Fibers Effected by Environmental Conditioning

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Open Access
Author:
Cook, Tyler Jonathan
Title:
Effects of Graphene on Mechanical Behavior of Polymers Reinforced with Flax Fibers Effected by Environmental Conditioning
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
graphene
long-term mechanical properties
flax reinforced composites
environmental conditioning
File:
Download Cook_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Richard Christopher Ciocci, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Ronald Walker, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amit Banerjee, Faculty Reader