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1. Human-Centered Design of 3D Printed Occupational Therapy Tools for Rural Hospitals in Kisumu County Kenya: Applying Key Desirability Factors to the Design Process

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Author:
Spicher, Lucy
Title:
Human-Centered Design of 3D Printed Occupational Therapy Tools for Rural Hospitals in Kisumu County Kenya: Applying Key Desirability Factors to the Design Process
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Human-Centered Design
Humanitarian Engineering
Social Entrepreneurship
Occupational Therapy
Product Development
Front-end Design
Design for Desirability
File:
Download LSpicher_Thesis_SP21.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Gershenson, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. Multiphysics Finite Element Analysis of Lightning Strike Effects on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

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Open Access
Author:
Trapp, Christopher
Title:
Multiphysics Finite Element Analysis of Lightning Strike Effects on Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
multiphysics
carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites
finite element analysis
lightning
File:
Download Trapp_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Amir Barakati, Thesis Supervisor
Sandy Feinstein, Thesis Honors Advisor
Joseph Michael Mahoney, Thesis Supervisor

11. Engineering Artificial Tissues Using Soft Droplet-Based Cellular Networks

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Open Access
Author:
Banerjee, Shohini
Title:
Engineering Artificial Tissues Using Soft Droplet-Based Cellular Networks
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Tissue engineering
droplet interface bilayers
artificial tissues
engineered living materials
lipid bilayers
droplet networks
hybrid materials
bioinspired
File:
Download Banerjee_shohini_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph Najem, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. Determining the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on the Fuel Economy of Surrounding Traffic Using Traffic Simulators

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Open Access
Author:
Katibi, Faisal
Title:
Determining the Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on the Fuel Economy of Surrounding Traffic Using Traffic Simulators
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Connected and Autonomous Vehicles(CAVs)
Traffic Simulators
AIMSUN
Region of Influence (ROI)
Fuel Efficiency
Vehicle Simulations
Powertrain Simulations
File:
Download FAISAL_KATIBI_SHCThesis2021.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

13. A Cost-Effective Autonomous Zero-Turn Mower for Orchards

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Open Access
Author:
Pagan, Michael
Title:
A Cost-Effective Autonomous Zero-Turn Mower for Orchards
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Pixhawk
RTK GPS
Autonomous Zero Turn Mower
Autonomous Orchard Mower
Cub Cadet RZT-S Zero
Precision Agriculture
Unmanned Ground Vehicle
UGV
Mission-Based Autonomy
File:
Download Pagan_HonorsThesis_Final4.1.21.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Henry Joseph Sommer, III, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

14. Identifying Causal Configurations for Engineering Graduate Student Attrition Outcomes Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Ellery, Megan
Title:
Identifying Causal Configurations for Engineering Graduate Student Attrition Outcomes Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
engineering education
attrition
engineering pathways
graduate engineering
graduate education
File:
Download Ellery_Megan_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Catherine G P Berdanier, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Determining Human Performance Given Robot-Provided Explanations Through Task-Based Interaction

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Open Access
Author:
Hannah, Sydney
Title:
Determining Human Performance Given Robot-Provided Explanations Through Task-Based Interaction
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
human-robot interaction
task-based interaction
simulation
explanation
robot
human performance
File:
Download Thesis_Hannah_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Alan Richard Wagner, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
Katie Fitzsimons, Faculty Reader

16. Biomolecular Materials Emulate Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity for Signal Processing

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Open Access
Author:
Almatar, Ahmed
Title:
Biomolecular Materials Emulate Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity for Signal Processing
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
biomolecular memristor
alamethicin
memristor
ion channel
biomembrane
neuromorphic computing
lipid bilayer
neuromorphic
DIB
smart materiels
biomolecular
File:
Download Ahmed_I_Almatar_SHC_Thesis_SP21.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph Najem, Thesis Supervisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Thesis Honors Advisor

17. Computational Study of Additively Manufactured Porous Biomimetic Total Hip Replacement

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Open Access
Author:
Cayley, Alex
Title:
Computational Study of Additively Manufactured Porous Biomimetic Total Hip Replacement
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Biomedical
Total Hip Replacement
Lattice
nTopology
File:
Download Cayley_Alexander_Computational_Study_of_Additively_Manufactured_Porous_Biomimetic_Total_Hip_Replacement.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Guhaprasanna Manogharan, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor

19. High-Pressure Burning-Rates and Quenching of Nitromethane Propellants as a Function of Burning Surface Diameter

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Author:
Fritz, Ryan
Title:
High-Pressure Burning-Rates and Quenching of Nitromethane Propellants as a Function of Burning Surface Diameter
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nitromethane
quenching diameter
high-pressure combustion
supercritical combustion
monopropellant
File:
Download HIGH-PRESSURE_BURNING-RATES_AND_QUENCHING_OF_NITROMETHANE_PROPELLANTS_AS_A_FUNCTION_OF_BURNING_SURFACE_DIAMETER_-_RYAN_FRITZ.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Supervisor
Anne Elizabeth Martin, Thesis Honors Advisor