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Author:

Santo, Angela N

Title:

PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL FLUIDLASTIC™ MOUNTS AND FEASIBILITY FOR HELICOPTER SEAT APPLICATION

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
fluidlastic
helicopter seat
whole body vibration
pilot injury

File:

Download HonorsThesis_Final_ASanto.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lesutis, Daniel

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF SOFT ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Kinematics
Soft Robotic
Manipulators

File:

Download Final_Lesutis_2010_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Smith, Thomas M

Title:

BATTERY VOLTAGE AND CURRENT ANALYSIS FOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN YARD SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

battery voltages
switcher locomotive
excel analysis
MATLAB plotting

File:

Download Thesis_draft_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zhou, Chuangyu

Title:

Analysis of Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Tubes Embedded in A Rigid Matrix with Finite Element Method

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluidic flexible matrix composite
free strain
finite element method
Abaqus

File:

Download 1-Zhou_Chuangyu_fluidicflexiblematrixcomposite.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Koffler, Peter Alan

Title:

Modeling Compliant Mechanism Flexure Hinges for Flapping Wing Nano Air Vehicles

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Flexure Hinge
Compliant Mechanism
MEMS
Nano Air Vehicle
FEA
Finite Element Analysis
Stress
SolidWorks
Ansys
Matlab

File:

Download Koffler_Peter_ModelingCompliantMechanismFlexureHinges.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Krott, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Experimental Characterization of a Model Tailboom's Vibrations

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

helicopters
vibrations
structural dynamics
fluidic flexible matrix composite

File:

Download Matthew_Krott_Thesis_Final_Edit.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Fobben, Gregory

Title:

Experimental Testing of a Piezoaeroelastic Energy Harvester in a Wind Tunnel

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Harvester
Piezoelectric
Aeroelastic
Piezoaeroelastic

File:

Download Fobben_-_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

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

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

Author:

Al-Ali, Rashed Almehyas

Title:

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON BATTERY PERFORMANCE

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Batttery
Control Systems

File:

Download Final_Thesis2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Farese, Joseph Jeffrey

Title:

Designing Flexible Current Collectors for Lithium-ion Batteries

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion
Current Collectors
Flexible Batteries

File:

Download Thesis_Joseph_Farese.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor