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2. CHANGE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE STIFFNESS AFTER RUNNING COMPETITION IS DEPENDENT ON BOTH RUNNING DISTANCE AND RECOVERY TIME

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Author:
Newman, Cassidy
Title:
CHANGE IN SKELETAL MUSCLE STIFFNESS AFTER RUNNING COMPETITION IS DEPENDENT ON BOTH RUNNING DISTANCE AND RECOVERY TIME
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
mechanical properties
skeletal
muscle
running
changes
stiffness
time
distance
shear wave elastography
ultrasound
File:
Download Newman_Cassidy_Muscle_stiffness_changes_in_runners.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Daniel Humberto Cortes Correales, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Characterization of Horizontal Two-Phase Flow Via Flow Regime Identification and Frictional Pressure Loss Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Larimer, Joshua Thomas
Title:
Characterization of Horizontal Two-Phase Flow Via Flow Regime Identification and Frictional Pressure Loss Analysis
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
two-phase flow
two-phase pressure loss
Lockhart and Martinelli
flow regime map
flow visualization
two-phase frictional multiplier
AMFL
TRACE
RELAP5
BWR
PWR
two-phase frictional pressure loss
File:
Download Larimer_Joshua_Honors_Thesis_Final_Manuscript.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Honors Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Faculty Reader
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. EFFECTS OF EXTRUSION TEMPERATURE AND PRINTER NOZZLE SPEED ON THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED POLYLACTIC ACID

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Open Access
Author:
Walsh, Alexander Pachelbel
Title:
EFFECTS OF EXTRUSION TEMPERATURE AND PRINTER NOZZLE SPEED ON THE TENSILE PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED POLYLACTIC ACID
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
3D printing
tensile
material properties
fused deposition modeling
polylactic acid
additive manufacturing
File:
Download Walsh_Alexander_3DPrintedProperties.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. MULTI-SENSOR INSPECTION AND ROBOTING SYSTEMS FOR DRY STORAGE CASKS: THERMAL CONSTRAINTS

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Open Access
Author:
Scharsig, Jan-Christopher Christopher
Title:
MULTI-SENSOR INSPECTION AND ROBOTING SYSTEMS FOR DRY STORAGE CASKS: THERMAL CONSTRAINTS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
NEUP
Nuclear
Robot
Cask
Nuclear Cask
Thermal
Cooling System
File:
Download Scharsig_JanChristopher_NEUP.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Faculty Reader

6. Design and Analysis of Position Mapped EMAT Sensor Readings For a Nuclear Cask Inspection System

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Open Access
Author:
Kontra, Michael Ryan
Title:
Design and Analysis of Position Mapped EMAT Sensor Readings For a Nuclear Cask Inspection System
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Robot
Nuclear Fuel
Fuel Cask
NEUP
EMAT Sensor
Mechanical Engineering
File:
Download Kontra_Michael_FuelCaskInspectionSystem.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader

7. CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF TIRE RADIUS ESTIMATION AND TIRE SLIP AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENTIAL GPS AND WHEEL ENCODERS

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Open Access
Author:
Wan, Mengxiong
Title:
CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF TIRE RADIUS ESTIMATION AND TIRE SLIP AS MEASURED WITH DIFFERENTIAL GPS AND WHEEL ENCODERS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
tire radius estimator
tire slip detection
kinematic model
recursive least square
encoder
GPS
File:
Download HonorThesis_MengxiongWan_FinalSubmission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Faculty Reader
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

11. IMAGE PROCESSING FOR APPLE ORCHARDS AND CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

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Open Access
Author:
Snyder, Nathaniel Jeffrey
Title:
IMAGE PROCESSING FOR APPLE ORCHARDS AND CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
AOI
Computer Vision
Agricultural Image Processing
OpenCV
C++
File:
Download Snyder_Nathaniel_Thesis_Image_Processing_Apples_ChristmasTrees.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Henry Joseph Sommer III, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

14. PRESCRIPTION OF A PASSIVE-DYNAMIC ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURED ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS ON A PATIENT WITH A SEVERE TRIMALLEOLAR FRACTURE – A CASE STUDY

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Open Access
Author:
Nigro, Luke R
Title:
PRESCRIPTION OF A PASSIVE-DYNAMIC ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURED ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS ON A PATIENT WITH A SEVERE TRIMALLEOLAR FRACTURE – A CASE STUDY
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
biomechanics
finite element analysis
ankle foot orthosis
afo
injury biomechanics
injury
frequency analysis
File:
Download Luke_Nigro_-_SHC_thesis2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
John Henry Challis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Heat Transfer Effects of Streamwise Spacing and Natural Convection on Short Aspect Ratio Pin Fin Arrays

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Open Access
Author:
Shallcross, Melissa Ann
Title:
Heat Transfer Effects of Streamwise Spacing and Natural Convection on Short Aspect Ratio Pin Fin Arrays
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Pin fin
Heat transfer
Natural convection
Convection
File:
Download Shallcross_ME_PSU_SPR17_Schreyer_Honors_Thesis_4_12.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

16. COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COLD SPRAY, LASER ASSISTED COLD SPRAY, AND DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING OF TI-6AL-4V

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Open Access
Author:
Trowbridge, Michael J
Title:
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COLD SPRAY, LASER ASSISTED COLD SPRAY, AND DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING OF TI-6AL-4V
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Engineering Science and Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
cold spray
laser-assisted cold spray
direct metal laser sintering
selective metal sintering
titanium
Ti-6Al-4V
additive manufacturing
characterization
porosity
microstructure
hardness
File:
Download COMPARATIVE_ASSESSMENT_OF_COLD_SPRAY__LASER-ASSISTED_COLD_SPRAY__AND_DIRECT_METAL_LASER_SINTERING_OF_TI-6AL-4V.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy Eden, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Supervisor

17. POROSITY DETECTION AND ANALYSIS USING MATLAB OF THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES FABRICATED USING POWDER BED FUSION AT DIFFERENT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECOATER BLADE

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Open Access
Author:
Dolack, Matthew Edward
Title:
POROSITY DETECTION AND ANALYSIS USING MATLAB OF THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES FABRICATED USING POWDER BED FUSION AT DIFFERENT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECOATER BLADE
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Powder Bed Fusion
Porosity
Defect Detection
Part Fabrication Angle
Recoater Blade
File:
Download Matthew_Edward_Dolack_-_SHC_Thesis_Spring_2017.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

18. Dynamic Systems Modeling of Lithium Ion Battery Systems in MATLAB Inclusive of Temperature Dependency

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Open Access
Author:
Savitz, Joshua
Title:
Dynamic Systems Modeling of Lithium Ion Battery Systems in MATLAB Inclusive of Temperature Dependency
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Battery
Li-Ion
Performance Model
Equivalent Circuit Model
File:
Download Savitz_Josh_DynamicSystemsModelingofLiIonBatterySystems_b.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jay Martin, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Supervisor

20. DEVELOPMENT OF A VALIDATION METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF MICRO-TISSUE ENGINEERED NEURAL NETWORKS

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Open Access
Author:
Borusiewicz, Marisa Tayte
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A VALIDATION METHOD FOR COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF MICRO-TISSUE ENGINEERED NEURAL NETWORKS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
computational modeling
micro-tenns
axon bundles
validation
File:
Download Borusiewicz_Marisa_Honors_Thesis_Spring_2017.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Reuben H Kraft, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

23. THE MODELING, FABRICATION, AND TESTING OF A METAL 3D PRINTED GOLF CLUB DRIVER USING 3D SCANNING TECHNIQUES AND POWDER BED FUSION

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Open Access
Author:
Goyal, Suryan Prakash
Title:
THE MODELING, FABRICATION, AND TESTING OF A METAL 3D PRINTED GOLF CLUB DRIVER USING 3D SCANNING TECHNIQUES AND POWDER BED FUSION
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
3D printing
Golf
Sports
Powder Bed Fusion
CAD
Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Callaway
Golf Clubs
Titanium
Metal Additive Manufacturing
File:
Download Goyal_Suryan_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

24. STUDYING FORWARD FLIGHT MECHANICS IN BLUE BOTTLE FLIES USING A MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED FLIGHT MILL

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Open Access
Author:
Thakur, Neel Kishor
Title:
STUDYING FORWARD FLIGHT MECHANICS IN BLUE BOTTLE FLIES USING A MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED FLIGHT MILL
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Insect Flight
Mechanical Engineering
Bio-inspired Engineering
Flight Mechanics
File:
Download Neel_Thakur_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor

26. The potential effects on design of secular trends in body shape and size of US children

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Open Access
Author:
Thind, Harsimran Kaur
Title:
The potential effects on design of secular trends in body shape and size of US children
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Design
Keywords:
child anthropometry
anthropometry
design
accommodation
body shape
obesity
3D Models
File:
Download Harsimran_Thind_Honors_Thesis__5_.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Sven G Bilén, Thesis Honors Advisor

27. DYNAMIC MODELING OF FOOD TO FUEL CONVERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT GAIN

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Open Access
Author:
Pechin, Bradford Andrew
Title:
DYNAMIC MODELING OF FOOD TO FUEL CONVERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT GAIN
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
modeling
simulation
digestion
obesity
File:
Download Thesis_Vol2_07242017_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Kathleen Loralee Keller, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Faculty Reader

28. Determination of the Effect of Pipe Diameter on Horizontal Two-Phase Flow via Frictional Pressure Loss and Drift-Flux Analyses

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Open Access
Author:
Gamber, Joseph Thomas
Title:
Determination of the Effect of Pipe Diameter on Horizontal Two-Phase Flow via Frictional Pressure Loss and Drift-Flux Analyses
Area of Honors:
Interdisciplinary in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering
Keywords:
Nuclear Engineering
Fluid Dynamics
Fluids
Two-phase
Two-phase flow
Nuclear
Horizontal flow
File:
Download Gamber_Joseph_Honors_Thesis_Final_Manuscript.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Seungjin Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor