Theses from 2016
Numerical and Experimental Design of Coaxial Shallow Geothermal Energy Systems, Niranjan Raghavan
Nanoscale Solutions to Tailor Fiber Architectures for Realizing Composites with Triumvirate Properties, Vishnu Priya Ramineni
Haptic Feedback Effects on Human Control of a UAV in a Remote Teleoperation Flight Task, Evan Joseph Sand
Computational Evaluation of Ventricular Assist Device Implementation in the Single Ventricle Circulation, Tyler Matthew Schmidt
A Study on the Impact of Tool-Chip Contact Time on the Shear Angle in Orthogonal Machining using Constitutive Models on Metal Cutting FEM Simulations, Naga Sai Chakravarthy Velamakuri
Using Design Requirements for Environmental Assessment of Products, Darian Alexis Visotsky
A Systematic Approach to Human Powered Vehicle Design with an Emphasis on Providing Guidelines for Mentoring Students, Alexander S. Whitman
A Savonius Wind Turbine with Electric Generator: Model and Test, Yogendra Kumar Yadav
Theses from 2015
THE EFFECT OF HIGH-PRESSURE DEVITRIFICATION AND DENSIFICATION ON BALLISTIC-PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF FUSED SILICA, Vasudeva Avuthu
FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF STEAM VENTILATION IN SUPERCAVITATION DESIGN, Austin Culberson
A Systems Approach for Selection Between Manual and Automated Work Zones Within Assembly Lines, Jayavardhan Dhulia
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIERARCHICAL HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES, Ninad Gandhi
Inertial Focusing in Spiral Microchannels, Nilesh Sudhir Hasabnis
Inertial Focusing of Particles in Curved Microchannels, Ketaki Joshi
ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF REITERATED HIERARCHICAL HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES, Naveen Nainar
Computational Modeling of Alternating Current Potential Drop Measurement for Crack Detection of Multi-Functional Ceramic Coated Structures, Simha Sandeep Rao
STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION USING PARAMETRIC PROGRAMMING METHOD, Krupakaran Ravichandraan
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN OPTICALLY-BASED STRAIN MEASURING ORTHOPAEDIC SCREW FOR FRACTURE FIXATION IMPLANTS, Nakul Ravikumar
A Method for the Characterization and Selection of Compliant Joints, Ronald George Saleeby
Design of a Meta-Material with Targeted Nonlinear Deformation Response, Zachary Satterfield
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HEAT LEAKAGE AND AIR LEAKAGE IN DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS, Shervin Shoai Naini
Analysis and Synthesis of Effective Human-Robot Interaction at Varying Levels in Control Hierarchy, David Spencer
Control of thermoforming process parameters to manufacture surfaces with pin-based tooling, Vijay Sarthy Mysore Sreedhara
SENSITIVITY AND PRECISION ANALYSIS OF THE GRAPH COMPLEXITY CONNECTIVITY METHOD, Sudarshan Sridhar
INERTIAL PARTICLE DYNAMICS IN SIMPLE VORTEX FLOW CONFIGURATIONS, Senbagaraman Sudarsanam
FUNCTIONAL THINKING: A PROTOCOL STUDY, ASHWINRAJ THIAGARAJAN
A novel approach to evaluating compact finite differences and similar tridiagonal schemes on GPU-accelerated clusters, Ashwin Trikuta Srinath
CO-DESIGN OF DYNAMIC REAL-TIME SCHEDULING AND COOPERATIVE CONTROL FOR HUMAN-AGENT COLLABORATION SYSTEMS BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST, Xiaotian Wang
Theses from 2014
Finite Element Analysis of Structural Acoustic Interaction with Air and Water for Sound Transmission Through Honeycomb and Double Walled Panels with Air Cavity, Amit Shivaraj Bendigeri
Fatigue-Induced Failure in Horizontal-Axis Wind-Turbine (HAWT) Blades and HAWT Drivetrain Gears, Varun Chenna
A COMPARATIVE STUDY: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY METRICS APPLIED AGAINST Function and Assembly PRODUCT GRAPHS in Predicting Market Price and Assembly Time, Sri Ram Mohinder Cherkadu Vasala
IDENTIFYING TARGET PROPERTIES FOR THE DESIGN OF META-MATERIAL TANK TRACK PADS, Venkata Sampath Dangeti
Thermo-physical Property Models and Effect on Heat Pipe Modelling, Devakar Dhingra
ELECTROKINETIC PARTICLE MANIPULATIONS IN SPIRAL MICROCHANNELS, John DuBose
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE HEAT LEAKAGE AT THE GASKET REGION OF DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS, Feng Gao
Development of an In Vitro System for Evaluation of Prosthetic Vein Valves, Ross Gorman
Analysis of a Wind Turbine Test Bench Calibration Stand Using the Finite Element Method and Experimental Data, Jake Hawkins
A Model of the Diurnal Variation in Lake Surface Temperature, Jonathan L. Hodges
ACOUSTIC SCATTERING AND RADIATION RESPONSE OF CIRCULAR HEXAGONAL AND AUXETIC HONEYCOMB SHELL STRUCTURES, Vaibhav Iyer
DESIGN OF A CUSTOM SOFTWARE APPLICATION TO MONITOR AND COMMUNICATE CNC MACHINING PROCESS INFORMATION TO AID IN CHATTER IDENTIFICATION, Valerie Pezzullo
Finite element beam model for piezoelectric energy harvesting using higher order shear deformation theory, Akhilesh Surabhi
ELECTROKINETIC INSTABILITIES IN FERROFLUID MICROFLOWS, Dhileep Thanjavur Kumar
Lateral Dynamics of Multiple Trailer Trucks in Windy Environments, David Wafer
MODELING AND DESIGN STRATEGY OF ONLINE ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM, Qiuchen Wang
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN ANALYSIS OF A HARMONICA TYPE AEROELASTIC ENERGY HARVESTER, Songkai Wang
Theses from 2013
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE FRICTION STIR WELDING (FSW) PROCESS AND OF THE PERFORMANCE OF FSW JOINTS, Ajay prasad Arakere
Modal Analysis to Minimize Gearbox Induced Noise of General Electric Wind Turbines, Matthew Evans
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION USING A LEVEL SET PENALIZATION WITH CONSTRAINED TOPOLOGY FEATURES, Luis Fernandez
Nonlinear Energy Harvesting Under White Noise, Qifan He
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF AUXETIC CHIRAL CORE SANDWICH STRUCTURES, Hrishikesh Joshi
Knowledge Extraction from Work Instructions through Text Processing and Analysis, Abhiram Koneru
COMPUTATIONAL REPRESENTATION OF LINGUISTIC SEMANTICS FOR REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS IN ENGINEERING DESIGN, Alex Lash
Particle Electrophoresis and Magnetophoresis in Microchannels, Litao Liang
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF GOAL ALIGNMENT, INTERVENTIONS, AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS ON INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS, Blake Linnerud
Phonon Transport Analysis of Semiconductor Nanocomposites using Monte Carlo Simulations, Mayank Malladi
A STUDY OF GALLERY METHOD TO INCREASE IDEA QUALITY IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, Liz Mathew
Classification of Biological Phenomena to Aid in Search and Retrieval for Biomimicry, Kevin Murray
A Model-free Approach to Vehicle Stability Control, Chinmay Pandit
Effects of Iteration on Concept Development, Shivraj Ranganathan
Identification of and Effects on the Depth of the Machining Affected Zone in Nickel-Based Superalloys, Boyce Richardson
KNOWLEDGE BASE REPRESENTATION WITH AXIOMATIC DESIGN RULES FOR CONCEPT LEVEL UP IMPLEMENT IN ONTOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK, Zhuochen Shi
An Experimental Study on the Influence that Failure Number, Specialization, and Domain have on Confidence in Predicting System Failures, Somaiah Thimmaiah
Analyzing Requirement Type Influence on Generated Solutions, Emily Worinkeng
LASER-ASSISTED PRINTING OF ALGINATE AND CELLULAR TUBES, Jingyuan Yan
NOVEL SIDE-VENT-CHANNEL BASED BLAST MITIGATION CONCEPT FOR LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLES, Ramin Yavari
Development of Stationary and Mobile Tailgating Detection Solutions for Ground Vehicles, Tyler Zellmer
Theses from 2012
Power Generation and Control of Mechatronics Systems - Theory and Test, Kelly Austin
Set up time Reduction and Quality Improvement on the Shop floor using different lean and quality tools, Seetha ram Bavuluri
A Case Study in Challenging and Validating Engineering Requirements with Value-Based Techniques, Seth Crouch
DESIGN AUTOMATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES FOR MAXIMUM SOUND TRANSMISSION LOSS, Rohan Galgalikar
Concept Generation Using Morphological And Options Matrices, Dani George
VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF IN-PLANE HONEYCOMB SANDWICH PANELS, Xiao Gong
Finite Element Modeling and Design of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels for Acoustic Performance, David Griese
STUDY OF CELL VIABILITY DURING LASER DIRECT WRITING OF CELL-ALGINATE SUSPENSION, Hemanth Gudapati
Composite Sandwich Structures with Honeycomb Core subjected to Impact, Lei He
Investigation of Prototype Roles in Conceptual Design using Case Study and Protocol Study Methods, Timothy Hess
Qualified Affordance-based Design, Jun Hu
Development of a Two-dimensional Model of a Pneumatic Tire, Timothy Lewis
An Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Powering Consumer Electronics, Xiyuan Liu
Charging Kinetics of Micropores in Supercapacitors, Daniel Oberklein
Automated Assembly Time Prediction Tool Using Predefined Mates From CAD Assemblies, Joseph Owensby
MECHATRONIC SYSTEM DESIGN - A HYDRAULIC-BASED ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM DESIGN AND REFINEMENT OF A TECHNICAL ELECTIVE MECHATRONICS COURSE, Rajwardhan Patil
STANDARDIZATION OF PROCESS SHEET INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AUTOMATED TRANSLATION OF ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS AND PRODUCT-PROCESS COUPLING, Matthew Peterson
A TOOL FOR SELECTION OF DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY RULES DURING PRODUCT DESIGN STAGE WHILE CONSIDERING END OF LIFE CONDITIONS, Vikrant Rayate
Development of Feature Recognition Algorithm for Automated Identification of Duplicate Geometries in CAD Models, Aravind Shanthakumar
Theses from 2011
EXTRACTING DEPTH INFORMATION FROM STEREO VISION SYSTEM, USING A CORRELATION AND A FEATURE BASED METHODS, Mahmoud Abdelhamid
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY OF PARTICLE IMPACT INDUCED BOND BREAKING OF SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND QUALITY FACTORS OF NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURES, Puroorava Annapaneni