Explore our collection of dissertations, master's theses and master's reports from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering below.
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021
MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSFER FROM ISOLATED OBJECTS, Esmaeil Dehdashti
MEMBRANE-BASED HEAT SINK FOR ENHANCED FLOW BOILING PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY, Shivam Gupta
MODEL-BASED ENGINE-OUT EMISSIONS ANALYSIS FOR A GASOLINE TURBOCHARGED DIRECT INJECTION SPARK-IGNITED ENGINE IN ELEVATED HEV CRANKING SPEED, Amir Khameneian
MULTISCALE INVESTIGATION OF DROPWISE CONDENSATION ON A SMOOTH HYDROPHILIC SURFACE, Shahab Bayani Ahangar
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Wave Energy Converter, Isha Malekar
NOVEL NEW MODELING PROCEDURE FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY WITH NONLINEAR CONNECTIONS, Steven Whitican
Phase field fracture modeling for chemically strengthened glass and Machine Learning for Reaction-- diffusion equations, Revanth Mattey
PHASE-FIELD FRACTURE MODELING FOR INTERLOCKING MICRO-ARCHITECTURED MATERIALS, Shubham Sinha
Sliding Mode Control of a Nonlinear Wave Energy Converter Model, Tania Demonte Gonzalez
STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF INITIAL CRACK ANGLE ON THE CRACK PROPAGATION IN GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON THROUGH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, Vijay Kumar Pathak
TORREFACTION OF MIXED SOLID WASTE, Zhuo Xu
TOWARDS SYSTEMS ON CLOTH: THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND VALIDATION OF OPEN-SOURCE EMBROIDERED RESISTORS, Somerset Schrock
Transient Maneuvers and Pressure Analysis on an Automotive Torque Converter, Abigail A. Hempy
TUNING LONGITUDINAL BANDGAPS USING COMPLIANT BISTABLE METASTRUCTURAL DESIGNS, Akshay Soma
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020
3D PRINTING OF IRON OXIDE INCORPORATED POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE SOFT MAGNETIC ACTUATOR, Rasoul Bayaniahangar
A BAYESIAN CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED CLASSIFIER TO DETECT BREAST CANCER FROM HISTOPATHOLOGICAL IMAGES AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION, Pushkar Khairnar
ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL USING CARBON NANOTUBE THERMOPHONES: CASE STUDY FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE HVAC APPLICATION, Walker H. Nelson
ANALYSIS OF A CIRCULAR RESONANT PLATE FOR SHOCK TESTING, Jon Markl
A Neural Network Approach to Estimate Buoy Mooring Line Sensor Deflection, Tom Price
BUCKLING LOAD STUDY ON POP NUT (RIVET) USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, Saurabh Shankar Shegokar
CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT AND MODELING FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) PLANTS, Alexander W. Miranda
DATA DRIVEN SENSOR FUSION FOR CYCLE-CYCLE IMEP ESTIMATION, Cooper Heyne Minehart
DEEP LEARNING OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEM, Aditya Wagh
DESIGN, BUILD, AND ANALYSIS OF A COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS DIRECT INJECTION COMPRESSION IGNITION SINGLE CYLINDER RESEARCH ENGINE, Tyler Miller
DESIGN OF AN ANTI-JERK CONTROLLER FOR BOTH LOCKED AND SLIPPING TORQUE CONVERTER CONDITIONS IN A VEHICLE, Syed Ahmad Nadeem
DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A LUNG-INSPIRED 3D-PRINTED DESICCANT-COATED HEAT EXCHANGER, Umamaheswar Puttur
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECO APPROACH AND DEPARTURE APPLICATION TO IMPROVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE IN CHARGE DEPLETING MODE, Brandon Narodzonek
DYNAMIC TESTING: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO DEFECT IDENTIFICATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PARTS, Aimee Allen
ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND SAVINGS ANALYSIS OF A PHEV IN REAL WORLD DRIVING THROUGH VEHICLE CONNECTIVITY USING VEHICLE PLATOONING, BLENDED MODE OPERATION AND ENGINE START-STOP OPTIMIZERS, Pruthwiraj Santhosh
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SPOOL VALVE FLOW NOISE, Zachary Cohen
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF AN RWD VEHICLE WITH PARAMETER EXTRACTION FOR ANALYTICAL MODELING AND EVALUATION, Jon Furlich
GENERATION OF PREMIX LAMINAR FLAME SPEED LIBRARY, Sai Prashanth Kumar
Generative Design in Energy Efficient Buildings, Johanna Thill
HETEROGENEOUS UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION FOR RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION, Mingyang Li
IDENTIFICATION OF HEAT RELEASE SHAPES AND COMBUSTION CONTROL OF AN LTC ENGINE, Radhika Sitaraman
IMPACT OF WATER INGESTION ON COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE IN A SPARK IGNITED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, Jonathon Lindfors
INCREASING ACCESS TO PV TECHNOLOGY THROUGH SUSTAINABLE RACKING: A REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE AND GROUND MOUNTED FIXED TILT DESIGNS, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE NEXT, Parijata Prabhakara
Measurement of current distribution in the land channel direction of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Chinmay Kulkarni
MULTISCALE MODELING OF CARBON FIBERS/GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS/EPOXY HYBRID COMPOSITES FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS, Hashim Al Mahmud
Numerical Investigation Of Spray Characterization Of Heater-GDI System, Ashwin Karthik Purushothaman
Optimal Mission Planning of Autonomous Mobile Agents for Applications in Microgrids, Sensor Networks, and Military Reconnaissance, Casey D. Majhor
OPTIMIZATION OF SHAPE AND CONTROL OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Jiajun Song
Phase Field Fracture Modeling of Chemically Strengthened Glass, Parag Nikam
Proximal Reliability Optimization for Reinforcement Learning, Narendra Patwardhan
Radio Frequency Studies of Soot Loading and Ammonia Storage on a Diesel Particulate Filter with a SCR Catalyst Coating, Shreyans Sethia
REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF CONNECTED VEHICLE POWERTRAINS FOR IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY, Joseph Oncken
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Quantification of Continuum and Stochastic Bond Dissociation Kinetics Based Cohesive Laws, Rishabh Awasthi
Sensor Fusion and Non-linear MPC controller development studies for Intelligent Autonomous vehicular systems, Ahammad Basha Dudekula
STUDY OF SPARK DISCHARGE AND CYCLE-TO-CYCLE COMBUSTION VARIATIONS USING OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS, Mary Pourhasanzadehsharifi
VEHICLE DYNAMICS MODELING FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIFTING AND CLOTHOID BASED WAYPOINT INTERPOLATION, Shubham Vatsa
Water Injection and its Impact on Knock Mitigation in Spark Ignited Engines, Niranjan Miganakallu Narasimhamurthy
Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019
3D PRINTING IN LOW RESOURCE HEALTHCARE SETTINGS: ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATIONS, Alenna Beroza
ACOUSTIC LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION IN NEAR-SHORE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTS, Miles B. Penhale
A Hybrid-Powered Wireless System for Multiple Biopotential Monitoring, Shawn Li
ALGORITHMS AND OPTIMAL CONTROL FOR SPACECRAFT MAGNETIC ATTITUDE MANEUVERS, Mohammed Desouky
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF A PASSIVE NOx ADSORBER (PNA) FOR THE REDUCTION OF COLD START DIESEL EMISSIONS, Conor Berndt
APPLICATION OF SENSOR FUSION FOR SI ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS AND COMBUSTION FEEDBACK, FNU Muralidhar Nischal
Automotive Driveline Backlash State and Size Estimator Design for Anti-Jerk Control, Kaushal Kumar Darokar
Cathode Coupling in a Low Power Hall Effect Thruster, Tristan Slabaugh
CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDRAULIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION DURING TRANSIENT EVENTS, Mark Woodland
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POST INJECTION BEHAVIOR OF GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION FUEL INJECTORS, Robert A. Schroeter
CLOSED LOOP ENERGY MAXIMIZING CONTROL OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER USING AN ESTIMATED LINEAR MODEL THAT APPROXIMATES THE NONLINEAR FROUDE-KRYLOV FORCE, Yaqzan Mohd Yaqzan
Cloud Manufacturing Based Embroidered Wearable Electronics For Daily ECG Monitoring, Hui Huang
Comparative Study and Design of Economical Sound Intensity Probe, Karan Gundre
CRACK PATTERN SIMULATION OF PRESSURIZED BOROSILICATE GLASS TUBE UNDER PELLET IMPACT USING ALE METHOD, Omkar Bhumkar
DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF BRAKE ROTOR USING CFD TECHNIQUES, Shubham Ramesh Jain
Development of a 2D SCR Catalyst on a Diesel Particulate Filter Model for Design and Control Applications to a Ultra Low NOx Aftertreatment System, Venkata Chundru
Development of a Fused Deposition 3D Printed Buoy and Method for Quantifying Wave Tank Reflections, Samantha G. Swartzmiller
DEVELOPMENT OF A TURBULENT BURNING VELOCITY MODEL BASED ON FLAME STRETCH CONCEPT FOR SPARK IGNITION ENGINES, Behdad Afkhami
EFFECT OF SENSOR ERRORS ON AUTONOMOUS STEERING CONTROL AND APPLICATION OF SENSOR FUSION FOR ROBUST NAVIGATION, Shuvodeep Bhattacharjya
EFFECTS OF VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION ON EXHAUST ENTHALPY AND ENGINE OUT EMISSIONS, Zakarie Parker
ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION OF THE HUMAN GAIT DYNAMICS FOR THE CONTROL OF AN ANKLE-FOOT PROSTHESIS, Guilherme Aramizo Ribeiro
ESTIMATION OF MULTI-DIRECTIONAL ANKLE IMPEDANCE AS A FUNCTION OF LOWER EXTREMITY MUSCLE ACTIVATION, Lauren Knop
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR TEST ON BOROSILICATE GLASS, Mayank K. Bagaria
Experimental Characterization of Hydraulic System Sound, Ben Kolb
GROUND VEHICLE DRIVING AIDS: ASSESSING DRIVER WORKLOAD AND PERFORMANCE IN DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS, Kayla Riegner
HIGH INJECTION PRESSURE DME IGNITION AND COMBUSTION PROCESSES: EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION, Xiucheng Zhu
IMPROVED LOW-FREQUENCY IMPACT INSULATION CLASS MEASUREMENTS BASED ON COMPARISON TECHNIQUES, Sunit Girdhar
INFLUENCE OF MICRO-NUCLEATE BOILING ON ANNULAR FLOW REGIME HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT VALUES AND FLOW PARAMETERS – FOR HIGH HEAT-FLUX FLOW BOILING OF WATER, Soroush Sepahyar
MEASUREMENT OF CATALYST LAYER WETTABILITY IN PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL, Saleel Visal
Modeling and Control of Maximum Pressure Rise Rate in RCCI Engines, Aditya Basina
MODELING CHEVY VOLT GEN II SUPERVISORY CONTROLLER IN CHARGE SUSTAINING OPERATION, Saurabh Bhasme
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of PEEK, Cyanate Esters, and Carbon Nanotubes for Aerospace Applications, Will Pisani
MPC-BASED AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL WITH LOCALIZED PATH PLANNING FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE AND NAVIGATING SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, Sai Rajeev Devaragudi
MULTI-SCALE, CAPILLARY ASSISTED COPPER SURFACES FOR ENHANCED POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES, Chetan Agarwal
NETWORKED MICROGRID OPTIMIZATION AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT, Robert S. Jane
ON DILUTE PLUME AND IMPINGEMENT FLOWS IN SPACE ENGINEERING, Kai Zhang
OPTIMAL POWER FLOW CONTROL OF NETWORKED DC MICROGRIDS, Eddy H. Trinklein
OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARISON OF OVER-EXPANDED AND OTHER HIGH EFFICIENCY FOUR-STROKE SPARK-IGNITED BOOSTED ENGINES, Zhuyong Yang
OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL OF ARRAYS OF WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS, Jianyang Lyu
OPTIMIZATION OF DIESEL ENGINE AND AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR SERIES HYBRID FORKLIFT APPLICATION, Roman Maharjan