Dissertations from 2022
SOLIDIFICATION EXPERIMENTS AND MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC MODELS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC LEVITATION, Gwendolyn Bracker, Mechanical Engineering
Moving Polygon Methods for Incompressible Fluid Dynamics, Chris Chartrand, Mechanical Engineering
The Influence of Flow Mechanotransduction on Endothelial Cells in the Lymphatic Valve Sinus, Joshua Daniel Hall, Mechanical Engineering
Characterizing Mechanical Regulation of Bone Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells, Boyuan Liu, Mechanical Engineering
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF INTERNAL FLOW, NEAR NOZZLE AND EXTERNAL SPRAY OF A GDI INJECTOR UNDER FLASH-BOILING CONDITIONS, Chinmoy krushna Mohapatra, Mechanical Engineering
Biomechanical Regulation of Cell Rearrangement and Fate Patterning Under Geometrical Confinement, Tianfa Xie, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2021
SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) AS AN APPROACH FOR THE EMERGING LIQUID BIOPSY DIAGNOSTICS, Nariman Banaei, Mechanical Engineering
The Modeling and Control of Highly Flexible Continuous Structures Interacting with Fluids, Todd Currier, Mechanical Engineering
Design and Biomechanical Evaluation of a Clutch-Based Energy Storage and Release Assistive Knee Brace, Ericber Jimenez Francisco, Mechanical Engineering
Simulating the Effects of Floating Platforms, Tilted Rotors, and Breaking Waves for Offshore Wind Turbines, Hannah Johlas, Mechanical Engineering
NUMERICAL MODELING OF ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS, Peetak P. Mitra, Mechanical Engineering
A Generalized Method for Predictive Simulation-Based Lower Limb Prosthesis Design, Mark Price, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2020
ROUGH AIRFOIL SIMULATION FOR WIND TURBINE APPLICATIONS, Nathaniel B. deVelder, Mechanical Engineering
Experimental Study of Viscoelastic Fluid-Structure Interactions, Anita Anup Dey, Mechanical Engineering
Considerations for the Design Optimization of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Blades, Evan M. Gaertner, Mechanical Engineering
NONLINEAR MODELS FOR SYNTHETIC MOORING LINES UNDER EXTREME OCEAN CONDITIONS: AN AQUACULTURE CASE STUDY, Nhu Nguyen, Mechanical Engineering
Surface Driven Flows : Liquid Bridges, Drops and Marangoni Propulsion, Samrat Sur, Mechanical Engineering
THE EFFECT OF OXYGEN ON PROPERTIES OF ZIRCONIUM METAL, Jie ZHAO, Mechanical Engineering
RESISTIVE SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS OF NANOSTRUCTURED AND SOLUTION-PROCESSED COMPLEX OXIDE ASSEMBLIES, Zimu Zhou, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2019
Flow-induced oscillations in floating offshore wind turbines, Daniel Carlson, Mechanical Engineering
Cold Spray Deposition of Polymers – Characterization and Optimization, Zahra Khalkhali, Mechanical Engineering
THERMODYNAMIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL HYBRID MULTIGENERATION CYCLES AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS DRIVEN BY CONCENTRATED SOLAR TOWER, Kasra Mohammadi, Mechanical Engineering
PREDICTIVE SIMULATION OF HUMAN MOVEMENT AND APPLICATIONS TO ASSISTIVE DEVICE DESIGN AND CONTROL, Vinh Nguyen, Mechanical Engineering
STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES USING PASSIVE AND SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL, Semyung Park, Mechanical Engineering
A Study on Homogeneous Sheared Stably Stratified Turbulence, Gavin Portwood, Mechanical Engineering
Residual Stress Models for Large Eddy Simulation of Stratified Turbulent Flows, Felipe Augusto Ventura de Bragança Alves, Mechanical Engineering
QUANTITATIVE PROBING OF VACANCIES AND IONS DYNAMICS IN ELECTROACTIVE OXIDE MATERIALS, Jiaxin Zhu, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2018
SUPPORTING ENGINEERING DESIGN OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED MEDICAL DEVICES WITH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT THROUGH ONTOLOGIES, Thomas Hagedorn, Mechanical Engineering
Turbulent mixers for protein folding experiments, Venkatesh Inguva, Mechanical Engineering
AEROELASTIC SIMULATION OF WIND TURBINES USING FREE VORTEX METHODS AND STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATING THE COMPUTATION, Shujian Liu, Mechanical Engineering
Performance and economic analysis of hybrid microhydro systems, Ram Poudel, Mechanical Engineering
Computational Exploration of Flash-Boiling Internal Flow and Near-Nozzle Spray, Sampath K. Rachakonda, Mechanical Engineering
PROBING LOCAL VACANCY-DRIVEN RESISTIVE SWITCHING IN METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES, Jiaying Wang, Mechanical Engineering
MODEL-BASED PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR ADDITIVE AND SMART MANUFACTURING, Zhuo Yang, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2017
The rheology and roll-to-roll processing of shear-thickening particle dispersions, Sunilkumar Khandavalli, Mechanical Engineering
Bio-based Wind Turbine Blades: Renewable Energy Meets Sustainable Materials for Clean, Green Power, Rachel Koh, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2016
Eulerian CFD Modeling of Multiphase Internal Injector Flow and External Sprays, Eli T. Baldwin, Mechanical Engineering
Simulating the Hydrodynamics of Offshore Floating Wind Turbine Platforms in a Finite Volume Framework, Maija Benitz, Mechanical Engineering
Reduced order fluid-structure interaction models for thin shells with non-zero Gaussian curvatures to understand the response of aneurysms to flow, Gary Han Chang, Mechanical Engineering
Wind Farm Wake Modeling and Analysis of Wake Impacts in a Wind Farm, Yujia Hao, Mechanical Engineering
Multi-Classifier Fusion Strategy for Activity and Intent Recognition of Torso Movements, Abhijit Kadrolkar, Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Wetting and Drag Reduction on Superhydrophobic and Liquid-Infused Surfaces, Jeong-Hyun Kim, Mechanical Engineering
Automatic Development and Adaptation of Concise Nonlinear Models for System Identification, William G. La Cava, Mechanical Engineering
A Lower Limb Prosthesis with Active Alignment for Reduced Limb Loading, Andrew LaPre, Mechanical Engineering
A Computational Study of Non-Newtonian Droplet Dynamics, Kyle G. Mooney, Mechanical Engineering
Theoretical Modeling, Experimental Observation, and Reliability Analysis of Flow-induced Oscillations in Offshore Wind Turbine Blades, Pariya Pourazarm, Mechanical Engineering
Design Load Analysis of Two Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Concepts, Gordon M. Stewart, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2015
Wind Power Capacity Value Metrics and Variability: A Study in New England, Frederick W. Letson, Mechanical Engineering
Vortex-Induced Vibration of Structures with Broken Symmetry, Banafsheh Seyedaghazadeh, Mechanical Engineering
A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON EXTENSION OF NON-CONTACT MODULATION CALORIMETRY, Xiao Ye, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2014
Sustainability-Based Product Design in a Decision Support Semantic Framework, Douglas Eddy, Mechanical Engineering
Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Graphene-supported Platinum Nanoclusters, Ioanna Fampiou, Mechanical Engineering
OPERATIONAL PLANNING IN COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEMS, Hariharan Gopalakrishnan, Mechanical Engineering
Methods of Engine Degradation Assessment in the Time-Scale Domain, Jeffrey Charles Simmons, Mechanical Engineering
Lightweight, High-Temperature Radiator for In-Space Nuclear-Electric Power and Propulsion, Briana N. Tomboulian, Mechanical Engineering
SIMULATION AND MODELING OF THE DECAY OF ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE, Christopher J. Zusi, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2013
Effect of Total Awake Time on Drivers' Performance and Evaluation of Training Intervention to Mitigate Effects of Total Awake Time on Drivers' Performance, Abd Malek Abdul Hamid, Mechanical Engineering
Tooth Cusp Radius of Curvature as a Dietary Correlate in Primates, Michael Anthony Berthaume, Mechanical Engineering
Techno-Economic Feasibility Study of Ammonia Plants Powered by Offshore Wind, Eric R. Morgan, Mechanical Engineering
Multiphase Flows with Digital and Traditional Microfluidics, Michael Andrew Nilsson, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2012
A Study on Small Scale Intermittency Using Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulence, Saba Almalkie, Mechanical Engineering
Acceleration of CFD and Data Analysis Using Graphics Processors, Ali Khajeh Saeed, Mechanical Engineering
The oriented-eddy collision model, Michael B. Martell
The Oriented-Eddy Collision Model, Michael Bernard Martell Jr., Mechanical Engineering
Morphology and Development of Droplet Deformation Under Flow Within Microfluidic Devices, Molly Katlin Mulligan, Mechanical Engineering
The Aerodynamics and Near Wake of an Offshore Floating Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine, Thomas Sebastian, Mechanical Engineering
Modeling the life span of red blood cells, Rajiv Prakash Shrestha
Modeling and planning distributed energy systems online, Kai Wu
Dissertations from 2011
The Parameter Signature Isolation Method and Applications, James Richard McCusker, Mechanical Engineering
A Numerical Study of Droplet Formation and Behavior using Interface Tracking Methods, Sandeep Menon, Mechanical Engineering
Modeling of Flash Boiling Flows in Injectors with Gasoline-Ethanol Fuel Blends, Kshitij Deepak Neroorkar, Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Modeling, Analysis and Optimal Design of Custom Foot Orthotic, Lieselle Enid Trinidad, Mechanical Engineering
Understanding combat related pyschological difficulties in veterans: The role of context based morality, Ramila Usoof
Dissertations from 2010
A comprehensive study of the extensional rheology of complex fluids, Manojkumar Chellamuthu
Modeling of Thermal Non-Equilibrium in Superheated Injector Flows, Shivasubramanian Gopalakrishnan, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2009
A Pressure-Temperature Dual Sensing Methodology For Injection Molding Monitoring, Zhaoyan Fan, Mechanical Engineering
A pressure-temperature dual sensing methodology for injection molding monitoring, Zhaoyan Fan
Unsteady dynamics of wind turbine wake, oscillating bubble and falling card, Kapil Varshney
Semantic Methods for Intelligent Distributed Design Environments, Paul W. Witherell, Mechanical Engineering
Dissertations from 2008
Numerical analysis of mixing in variable density turbulent flows, Adel E Alshayji
Self-diagnostic thermal protection systems for future spacecraft, Alaina B Hanlon
Hybrid elastic network model for macromolecular dynamics, Yunho Jang
The streamlined site assessment methodology: A new approach for wind energy site assessment, Matthew A Lackner
Laminar flow control with ultrahydrophobic surfaces, Jia Ou
Multi-Time Scale Modeling strategy for bearing life prognosis, Shuangwen Sheng
Dissertations from 2007
Managing multi-agent risk and system uncertainty using options-based decision policies, Daniel R Ball
Offshore wind farm layout optimization, Christopher Neil Elkinton
Turbulent mixing in stably stratified flows, David A Hebert
Essays on supply chain management, Yue Jin
The dynamics and rheology of shear -banding wormlike micelles and other non -Newtonian fluids, Erik Miller
Supply chain coordination in the presence of consumer returns, Rocio Ruiz-Benitez
Toward a structured approach to simulation-based engineering design under uncertainty, Tiefu Shao
Discrete calculus methods and their implementation, Venkataramanan Subramanian
Base wavelet selection criteria for non-stationary vibration analysis in bearing health diagnosis, Ruqiang Yan
Dissertations from 2006
Automatic containerless measurements of thermophysical properties of quasicrystal forming melts, Richard C Bradshaw
Dissertations from 2005
Investigation of the interaction mechanisms between closely spaced sprays from micro-hole nozzles, Shuhai Hou
Mechanical behavior, modeling, and color change of electrospun fiber mats, Angelo Pedicini
Sequential experimental design approaches to helicopter rotor tuning, Shengda Wang
Finite closed queueing networks with multiple servers and multiple chains, Mustafa Yuzukirmizi