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

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Open Access
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

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

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Open Access
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

3. DEVELOPMENT OF A VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER THRUST BEARING

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Open Access
Author:
Longacre, Christian Charles
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER THRUST BEARING
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
tribology
thrust bearing
turbocharger
File:
Download Longacre_Christian_VariableGeometryThrustBearing2.pdfDownload Longacre_Christian_VariableGeometryThrustBearing.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Liming Chang, Thesis Supervisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. STUDY EXPLAINING THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SURFACE AND SUBMERGED WAKES USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

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Open Access
Author:
Wolfgang, Christopher William
Title:
STUDY EXPLAINING THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SURFACE AND SUBMERGED WAKES USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Free Surface Wake
Submerged Wake vs. Surface Wake
OpenFOAM
Fluid Mechanics
File:
Download HonorsThesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Eric Paterson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Eric Paterson, Thesis Supervisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. THE APPLICATION OF DELAY COMPENSATION TO HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP BATTERY SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Dave
Title:
THE APPLICATION OF DELAY COMPENSATION TO HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP BATTERY SYSTEMS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Hardware-in-the-loop
battery
Smith Predictor
control system
PSAT
model
delay
internet
File:
Download DaveChen_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Joel Robert Anstrom, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

8. 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

10. 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

11. A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF SAND INVESTMENT SYSTEMS USING COMPUTATIONAL PARTICLE FLUID DYNAMICS

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Open Access
Author:
Orlowski, Joshua David
Title:
A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF SAND INVESTMENT SYSTEMS USING COMPUTATIONAL PARTICLE FLUID DYNAMICS
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
cores
core blowing
cpfd
computational particle fluid dynamics
File:
Download Josh_Orlowski_Thesis_no_sig_page.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Carl Voigt, Thesis Supervisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

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Open Access
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

13. 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

15. THE EFFECT OF STATOR AND ROTOR FORM ERROR ON AIR BEARING SPINDLE ACCURACY

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Open Access
Author:
Nevel, James Robert
Title:
THE EFFECT OF STATOR AND ROTOR FORM ERROR ON AIR BEARING SPINDLE ACCURACY
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
spindle accuracy
form errors
lobing designs
spindle error
high pressure air bearing
File:
Download James_Nevel_Final_2.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Thesis Supervisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Karen Ann Thole, Faculty Reader

16. DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHATRONICS EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

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Author:
Swanson, Kevin Scott
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF A MECHATRONICS EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
Area of Honors:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Mechatronics
Mechanical Engineers
Education
File:
Download final_thesis_2011.4.18_kss.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Russell Marsh, Faculty Reader
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Honors Advisor