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1. AN INVESTIGATION OF RECTANGULAR SAND CORE BLOWING SYSTEMS USING COMPUTATIONAL PARTICLE FLUID DYNAMICS

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Author:
Werner, Benjamin D.
Title:
AN INVESTIGATION OF RECTANGULAR SAND CORE BLOWING SYSTEMS USING COMPUTATIONAL PARTICLE FLUID DYNAMICS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
computational particle fluid dynamics
metalcasting
sand cores
File:
Download THESIS.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. John Michael Cimbala, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. John Michael Cimbala, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. GRINDING WHEEL WEAR PREDICTION USING A DIGITAL CAMERA TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM

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Author:
Cutter, Eric T
Title:
GRINDING WHEEL WEAR PREDICTION USING A DIGITAL CAMERA TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
grinding wheel
machine vision
camera
texture
image processing
File:
Download etc127_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Designing A Mechanism To Inhibit Talocrural Joint Movement To Facilitate The Location Of The Subtalar Joint Axis

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Open Access
Author:
Witt, Gregory Stuart
Title:
Designing A Mechanism To Inhibit Talocrural Joint Movement To Facilitate The Location Of The Subtalar Joint Axis
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
subtalar
talocrural
subtalar axis locator
File:
Download Honors_Thesis_-_Gregory_Witt.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. Design and Testing of an Experimental Model to Measure Interfacial Permeability in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

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Author:
Comerford, John Jeffrey
Title:
Design and Testing of an Experimental Model to Measure Interfacial Permeability in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
interfacial permeability
File:
Download FinalDraft_4-19.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Supervisor
Mary I Frecker, Faculty Reader
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. CONVENTIONAL & GREEN ROOF ALBEDO MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS FOR ROOF-MOUNTED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS

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Author:
Perez-Blanco, Jonathan Michael
Title:
CONVENTIONAL & GREEN ROOF ALBEDO MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS FOR ROOF-MOUNTED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Green roof
green-roof
albedo
reflectivity
plant albedo
green roof albedo
green-roof albedo
photovoltaic
photovoltaic green roof
photovoltaic green-roof
PV green roof
PV green-roof
roof albedo
roof reflectivity
green roof albedo
green roof reflectivity
solar green roof
diffuse reflectance
integrating sphere
File:
Download The_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Jeffrey Brownson & Dr. Matthew Mench, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Faculty Reader
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. FINITE ELEMENT DESIGN ANALYSIS OF THE NANOTECH 450UPL ULTRA PRECISION CNC DIAMOND TURNING LATHE

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Author:
Byrne-Dugan, Rory Alexander
Title:
FINITE ELEMENT DESIGN ANALYSIS OF THE NANOTECH 450UPL ULTRA PRECISION CNC DIAMOND TURNING LATHE
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
design analysis
fea
Finite element analysis
simulation
solidworks
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

11. MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY USING A ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY-STATE HEAT FLUX METHOD

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Author:
Fishbone, Scott Benjamin
Title:
MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY USING A ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY-STATE HEAT FLUX METHOD
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Thermal Conductivity
Measuring Methods
File:
Download Scott_Fishbone_Thesis_Final_Version_To_Submit_4-27-2010.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Supervisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

12. BATTERY VOLTAGE AND CURRENT ANALYSIS FOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN YARD SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE

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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

13. PARTICLE SHADOW VELOCIMETRY IN THE WALL REGION OF A TURBULENT PIPE FLOW

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Author:
Braun, Tyler W
Title:
PARTICLE SHADOW VELOCIMETRY IN THE WALL REGION OF A TURBULENT PIPE FLOW
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
particle shadow velocimetry
PSV
particle image velocimetry
PIV
flow measurement
pipe flow
File:
Download TB_Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Supervisor
Michael H Krane, Thesis Supervisor
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Honors Advisor

14. Design and Testing for Metaphase Fuel Cell Electrolyte Study

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Author:
Trimmer, Zachary E
Title:
Design and Testing for Metaphase Fuel Cell Electrolyte Study
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
fuel cell
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
solid oxide fuel cell
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Supervisor
Professor Matthew M Mench, Thesis Supervisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Thesis Honors Advisor