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141. Ultrasonic Shear Wave Evaluation of Cracks in Thin Aluminum Samples Using Finite Elements

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Open Access
Author:
Rollins, Cate
Title:
Ultrasonic Shear Wave Evaluation of Cracks in Thin Aluminum Samples Using Finite Elements
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Ultrasound
Finite Element Analysis
Non-Destructive Evaluation
File:
Download Cate_Rollins_Undergraduate_Thesis_ESM_Final_11-9-22.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Christopher Kube, Faculty Reader

142. Designing Net-Shaped Molds to Manufacture Fiber Composite Laminates With Defined Thickness Variation

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Open Access
Author:
Karan, Adam
Title:
Designing Net-Shaped Molds to Manufacture Fiber Composite Laminates With Defined Thickness Variation
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Composite Materials
Manufacturing
3D-Printing
Acoustic Black Holes
File:
Download Thesis_Fall_2022_-_ATK_Edited_Nov_16.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Supervisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Melik C Demirel, Faculty Reader

143. Ethical Salience of Effort and Directness in Perceptions of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation

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Open Access
Author:
Conner, Coltrane
Title:
Ethical Salience of Effort and Directness in Perceptions of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Deep Brain Stimulation
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Ethics
Deep Brain Stimulation
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Neuroethics
Effort
Directness
File:
Download Conner_Thesis_SHC.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Laura Y. Cabrera, Thesis Supervisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Honors Advisor

145. Design of a Shape-Memory Alloy-Based Vertical Swimming System for a Modular, Robotic Fish

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Open Access
Author:
Wertz, Andrew
Title:
Design of a Shape-Memory Alloy-Based Vertical Swimming System for a Modular, Robotic Fish
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Soft Robotics
Biomimicry
Robotics
Shape-Memory Alloy
Prototyping
Buckling Beam
File:
Download Andrew_Wertz_Undergraduate_Thesis_Final_Draft_Schreyer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Reginald F Hamilton, Thesis Honors Advisor

147. Realization of porous SiO2 nanoparticles for analyte sensing in the brain

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Open Access
Author:
Ascani Orsini, Alessandro
Title:
Realization of porous SiO2 nanoparticles for analyte sensing in the brain
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
nanotechnology
optical probes
fluorescence
spreading depression
epilepsy
silica
nanoparticles
File:
Download AscaniOrsini-Thesis-FinalSchreyer.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Supervisor
Bruce Gluckman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Mark William Horn, Faculty Reader
James Hansell Adair, Thesis Supervisor

149. Quantitative Ultrasonic Characterization of Ti-6Al-4V Components with Surface Roughness

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Author:
Assalita, Sydney
Title:
Quantitative Ultrasonic Characterization of Ti-6Al-4V Components with Surface Roughness
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Ultrasonics
Engineering
Mechanics
Materials
Science
Additive Manufacturing
Roughness
Optical Profilometry
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Thesis Supervisors:
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor

152. State Space Structure and Global Stability of Hof Inverted Pendulum Walking Models

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Open Access
Author:
Corvino, William
Title:
State Space Structure and Global Stability of Hof Inverted Pendulum Walking Models
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Inverted Pendulum
Gait
Stability
State Space
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lucas Jay Passmore, Faculty Reader

154. Relating the Shape Memory Effect to Size of Additively Manufactured NiTi Alloy by Optimizing Full-Field Strain Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Schwarz, Jackson
Title:
Relating the Shape Memory Effect to Size of Additively Manufactured NiTi Alloy by Optimizing Full-Field Strain Analysis
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
shape memory alloy
digital image correlation
superelasticity
nitinol
full field strain analysis
NiTi
additive manufacturing
File:
Download Schwarz_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reginald F Hamilton, Thesis Supervisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Thesis Honors Advisor

156. Design of a Tensegrity Structure System for a Robotic Hummingbird Wing Transmission

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Author:
Frazier, Peter
Title:
Design of a Tensegrity Structure System for a Robotic Hummingbird Wing Transmission
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
Tensegrity
Tensegrity Structure
Hummingbird
Wing Transmission
Bio-Inspired Robot
Tensegrity Robotics
Musculoskeletal Systems
Flying Robots
2-Bar Tensegrity
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Christian Peco, Thesis Honors Advisor

157. Evaluating the Sustainability of Wolffia Protein Production Compared to Conventional Protein Supplements for Human Nutrition

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Open Access
Author:
Bernitt, Jada
Title:
Evaluating the Sustainability of Wolffia Protein Production Compared to Conventional Protein Supplements for Human Nutrition
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
duckweed
environmental engineering
protein
human nutrition
File:
Download Bernitt_Jada_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Rachel Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jay Regan, Thesis Honors Advisor

159. Implementing an Acoustic Propagation and Scattering Model for Simulating Synthetic Aperture Sonar Data

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Open Access
Author:
Brownstead, John
Title:
Implementing an Acoustic Propagation and Scattering Model for Simulating Synthetic Aperture Sonar Data
Area of Honors:
Engineering Science
Keywords:
synthetic aperture sonar
scattering
model
File:
Download JRB_Compiled_BS_Thesis_Final_Submission_to_Schreyer_4.23.2025.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Daniel C. Brown, Thesis Supervisor
Gary L. Gray, Thesis Honors Advisor
Andrea P. Arguelles, Thesis Supervisor