Theses from 2010
ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR LIGHTWEIGHT BIW DESIGNS, USING ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS, Srinath Vijayakumar
Theses from 2009
CHARACTERIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF SENSING PROPERTIES OF PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS WITH APPLICATIONS TO VIBRATION SUPPRESSION, Siddharth Aphale
PREDICTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN SMART VEHICLES: EXPLOITING TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREVIEW FOR FUEL SAVING, Behrang Asadi
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATING SPOKE PAIR CONCEPTS FOR A NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH REDUCED VIBRATION AT HIGH SPEED ROLLING, Shashank Bezgam
Charging Kinetics of Electric Double Layer Capacitors, Clint Cagle
An Evaluation of Function-Based Representations and Information Archival in Engineering Design, Benjamin Caldwell
Monitoring CO Concentration in Fuel Cells Using Microcantilever Sensors, Tugba Demir
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE THREE-STREAM SCALAR MIXING IN A TURBULENT COAXIAL JET, Matthew Dinger
A priori Analysis of Subgrid Scalar Phenomena and Mass Diffusion Vectors in Turbulent Hydrogen-Oxygen Flames, Justin Foster
User Study of Information Extracted from Engineering Representations, Rachel Hannah
IDENTIFYING THE OPTIMUM PROCESS PARAMETERS OF PRECISION GLASS MOLDING FOR ASPHERICAL LENSES, Waqas Iqbal
EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF STRESS RELAXATION IN GLASS, Hemanth Kadali
2-D and 3-D Assessment of Cambered and Symmetric Airfoils: A CFD Study, Tuncay Kamas
MODELING THE COOLING PHASE OF THE LENS MOLDING PROCESS, Saravanan Kannan
STRAIGHT LINE BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF A ROAD VEHICLE WITH NON LINEAR TIRE STIFFNESS FORMULATION, Anup Khekare
Linguistic Analysis of Natural Language Engineering Requirements, Carl Lamar
The Effect of a Surfactant Monolayer on Gas Exchange Across an Air-Water Interface during Mixed Convection, Richard Lee
Dynamic Finite Element Simulation of Ultrasonic Consolidation, Daniel Mccullough
VIBRATIONS OF THIN PLATE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS, Parikshit Mehta
Taxonomy of physical prototypes: structure and validation, Ashwin Michaelraj
IMPROVED AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES AND AUTOMOTIVE DRIVING SIMULATOR BASED SKILLS TRAINING WITH ASSESSMENT, Dionne Norfleet
DEVELOPMENT OF A NONLINEAR RIDE QUALITY MODEL TO AID IN TWEELå© PARAMETER SELECTION, Marc Paradiso
PRINCIPAL COMPONENT THERMOGRAPHY FOR STEADY THERMAL PERTURBATION SCENARIOS, Rohit Parvataneni
Thermoelastic Behavior of a Small Bearing Cage, Eric Planting
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LANE CHANGE PERFORMANCE AND OPEN-LOOP HANDLING METRICS, Robert Powell
ROBUST PARAMETER DESIGN AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR A NON-PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH LOW VIBRATION, Amarnath Proddaturi
Use of Orthogonal Arrays for Efficient Evaluation of Geometric Designs for Reducing Vibration of a Non-Pneumatic Wheel During High-Speed Rolling, William Rutherford
A STUDY IN THE INFORMATION CONTENT, CONSISTENCY, AND EXPRESSIVE POWER OF FUNCTION STRUCTURES IN MECHANICAL DESIGN, Chiradeep Sen
On the Modeling of Energy Harvesters and Analysis of their Response under Time-Varying Frequency Excitations, Thiago Seuaciuc-osorio
Design, Construction, and Testing of a New Class of Mobile Robots, Ivan Siles
FRICTION STIR WELDING PROCESS AND MATERIAL MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION MODELING IN 2000 AND 5000 SERIES OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS, Harshavardhan Yalavarthy
Theses from 2008
On New Applications and Sensitivity Enhancement of Cantilever-based Sensing Systems, Calvin Bradley
Electrokinetic Transport in Micro- and Nano- Channels:A study examining electrokinetic energy conversion and dielectrophoretic particle separation, Christian Davidson
Ductile-Regime Machining of Glass Using the Micromilling Process, Kevin Foy
ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE MASS AND ROAD GRADE, Tejas Ghotikar
Real-Time Power Management of A Fuel Cell/Ultracapacitor Hybrid, Wesley Greenwell
ENHANCEMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES IN MDO FRAMEWORK, Santosh Hiriyannaiah
An Investigative Study Of Patents From An Engineering Design Perspective, Ajit singh Kanda
INDEPENDENT TORQUE DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE STABILITY CONTROL, Indrasen Karogal
Stability Analysis and Decentralized Control of Coupled Oscillators with Feedback Delays, Saurabh Keni
DESIGN PROCESS MODELING: TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY OF ENGINEERING DESIGN ACTIVITIES, Pavan Kumar
COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR SOLVING SPOKE DYNAMICS ON HIGH SPEED ROLLING TWEEL, Kranti kiran Manga
THREE DESIGN TOOL FOCUSED CASE STUDIES OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS, William Miller
RANDOM ROAD ANALYSIS AND IMPROVED GEAR RATIO SELECTION OF A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE DRAG RACING CAR, Thomas New
Finite Element Analysis of Carbon Fiber Composite Ripping Using ABAQUS, Joy Pederson
Reduction of sink marks in wire insert molded parts, Gauri Phadke
TOPOLOGY AND FREE-SIZE OPTIMIZATION WITH MULTIPLE LOADING CONDITIONS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT DESIGN OF DIE CAST AUTOMOTIVE BACKREST FRAME, Sreeram Polavarapu
Compliant Multi-Link Vehicle Suspensions, Souharda Raghavendra
Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of TWEEL Geometric Parameter Modifications on Spoke Dynamics during High Speed Rolling, Maya Ramachandran
Ultracapacitor Assisted Powertrains: Modeling, Control, Sizing, and The Impact on Fuel Economy, Dean Rotenberg
Computational Analysis of Input-Shaping Control of Microelectromechanical Mirrors, Thomas Starling
Investigating the Role of Prototyping in Mechanical Design Using Case Study Validation, David Stowe
NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION FOR LIGHT WEIGHT DESIGN OF AN AUTOMOTIVE SEAT BACKREST, Prasanna balaji Thiyagarajan
An Investigation on Spot-Weld Modeling Complexity for Crash Simulation, Srinivasan Vimalanathan
MODELING, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE SOLID-STATE HYSTERETIC ACTUATORS, Kushan Vora
QUANTITATIVE MODELING OF SOIL PROPERTIES BASED ON COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION TO DYNAMIC TIRE TESTING, Sumalatha Yaski
FLOW BOILING OF ACETONE IN PARALLEL RECTANGULAR MINI-CHANNELS, Rafael Zimmermann
Theses from 2007
NONLINEAR MODELING OF THE ADSORPTION-INDUCED SURFACE STRESS IN PIEZOELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN MICROCANTILEVER BIOSENSORS, Mana Afshari
Registration using Graphics Processor Unit, Koushik Aravalli
Temperature Control of an Air Shower, Vedik Bobba
Development of a Microscopic MoirŽ Interferometry System, Jeremy Brougher
A CASE STUDY INVESTIGATING RULE BASED DESIGN IN AN INDUSTRIAL SETTING, Siva Chavali
SIMULATION OF A BACKREST MOMENT TEST FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE FRONT SEAT USING NONLINEAR CONTACT FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS , Abhinand Chelikani
Exact Solution of Time History Response for Dynamic Systems with Coupled Damping using Complex Mode Superposition, Manoj kumar Chinnakonda
EFFECTS OF SUPPORT GRID VANE ANGLES ON SINGLE PHASE HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN ROD BUNDLE SUBCHANNELS, Michael Cosby
Modeling Requirements Propagation to Generate Solutions for Minimizing Mass, Thulasiram Ezhilan
A Hydraulic Actuated Thermal Management System For Large Displacement Engine Cooling Systems, Peyton Frick
Surface Finish Control of 3D Printed Metal Tooling, Brady Godbey
MIXED CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER AND EVAPORATION AT THE AIR-WATER INTERFACE, Prasad Gokhale
THE ROLE OF COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING A COMBINED TRASH AND RECYCLING TRUCK : A CASE STUDY, Peter Johnston
DEVELOPMENT OF A DESIGN ENABLER TOOL FOR FRAME ANALYSIS FOR A SMALL ENTERPRISE: A CASE STUDY, Madhusudan Kayyar
AN INVESTIGATION OF CAVITY PRESSURE AS A PROCESS AND QUALITY INDICATOR IN THE MICRO-INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS, Soon-chun Kuek
ANALYZING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIGHTNING AND RAIN IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ESTIMATION ACCURACY OF RAIN , Justin Lapp
Advanced Thermal Management for Internal Combustion Engines, Thomas Mitchell
A Study of Induced Drag and Spanwise Lift Distribution for Three-Dimensional Inviscid Flow Over a Wing, Scott Monsch
MACHINABILITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE STABILITY DURING THE MACHINING OF PURE COPPER AND TITANIUM PROCESSED BY EQUAL CHANNEL ANGULAR PRESSING, Mason Morehead
Least Squares Fitting of Analytic Primitives on a GPU, Meghashyam Panyam mohan ram
Dynamic Networking of Exemplars: Towards a Mechanical Design Visual Programming Language, Shashidhar Putti
PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS AND EVALUATION OF HEAT LEAK, Nathan Race
Optimal Placement of Metal Foils in Ultrasonic Consolidation Process, Raji Rexavier
REAL TIME PROGNOSTIC STRATEGIES APPLICATION TO GAS TURBINES, Rajat Sekhon
MORPHOLOGICAL CHARTS: A SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION OF QUALITATIVE DESIGN SPACE, Gregory Smith
Energy Absorption of Sine Wave Beams Subjected to Axial Impact Loading, Robert Smith
Analysis of Ride Quality of Tractor Semi-Trailers, Christopher Spivey
A CASE STUDY ON THE USE OF DESIGN EXEMPLAR AS A SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL TOOL, Narasimha murty Srirangam
Design and Development of an in-house Scanning Tunneling Microscope System, Esvar Subramanian
Thermal diffusion coefficient modeling for high pressure combustion simulations, Soundararaghavan Vasudevan
EFFECT OF NITROGEN FILLING ON TIRE ROLLING RESISTANCE AND VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY, Prakash Venkataraman
Theses from 2006
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COOLING STRATEGIES: THEORY AND TEST, John Chastain
The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior on the Operation of a Delayed Resonator Vibration Absorber, John Cowans
The Effect of Water Droplet Oscillations on the Scavenging Efficiency of Micron Sized Particles, Raymond Mcdonnell
Emission Reduction in Small Displacement Diesel Engines Using Cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation, Chris Simoson
Theses from 1995
A Theoretical Nonlinear Dynamical Model of Coupled Heat and Momentum Transfer in Forced Convection Film Boiling, Jolie Ann Long