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1. THE APPLICATION OF DELAY COMPENSATION TO HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP BATTERY SYSTEMS

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Author:
Chen, Dave
Title:
THE APPLICATION OF DELAY COMPENSATION TO HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP BATTERY SYSTEMS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Hardware-in-the-loop
battery
Smith Predictor
control system
PSAT
model
delay
internet
File:
Download DaveChen_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Joel Robert Anstrom, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHATRONICS EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

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Author:
Swanson, Kevin Scott
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHATRONICS EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Mechatronics
Mechanical Engineers
Education
File:
Download final_thesis_2011.4.18_kss.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Faculty Reader
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. Development and Applications of a Robot Tracking System for NIST Test Methods

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Author:
Pangborn, Herschel Cyrus
Title:
Development and Applications of a Robot Tracking System for NIST Test Methods
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robot
mechatronics
image processing
fiducial identification
MATLAB
Python
NIST
object identification
emergency response
File:
Download Pangborn_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. Occlusion Detection in a Driving Scene By Registering Forward-looking Camera Images to a Rendered Map

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Author:
Leary, Robert D
Title:
Occlusion Detection in a Driving Scene By Registering Forward-looking Camera Images to a Rendered Map
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
map database
vehicle
occlusions
image registration
camera calibration
File:
Download LearyHonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. Simulation of a Vehicle Docking and Collision Avoidance System Using LIDAR-based Object Tracking

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Open Access
Author:
Reigh, Kyle Michael
Title:
Simulation of a Vehicle Docking and Collision Avoidance System Using LIDAR-based Object Tracking
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
simulation
vehicle
docking
collision
avoidance
lidar
tracking
laser
automated
parking
laser
obstacle
File:
Download Reigh_Kyle_SimulationOfAVehicleDocking.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

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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

12. 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

13. 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

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

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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

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

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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