Department of Mechanical Engineering

Theses and Dissertations

Student Author	Faculty Advisor	Graduation Date	Title (Click the title to view)	Keywords
Garrett J. Barnum	Christopher Mattson	August, 2010	A Computationally-Assisted Methodology for Rapid Exploration of Design Possibilities in Conceptual Design	conceptual design, concept generation automation, multiobjective optimization, preference capture
Brandt, Adam	Colton	December, 2009	Haptic Collision Avoidance for a Remotely Operated Quadrotor UAV in Indoor Environments	Adam Brandt, haptic, quadrotor, UAV, collision avoidance, force feedback
Harris, Wesley	Colton	April, 2010	Optimal Design of a Planar 3-RPR Haptic Interface Based on Manipulability	Wesley Harris, haptic, manipulability, singularity avoidance, multi-objective optimization, parallel, planar, RPR
Ricks, Daniel	Colton	April, 2010	Design and Evaluation of a Humanoid Robot for Autism Therapy	Daneil Ricks, robotics, design, autism, therapy
Jensen, Kimberly	Cox	April, 2008	Analysis and Design of Surface Micromachined Micromanipulators for Out-of-Plane Micropositioning	MEMS, microelectromechanical systems, micropositioning, compliant mechanisms, out-of-plane, ortho-planar, surface micromachining, thermal actuation, thermomechanical in-plane microactuator, TIM
Daley, John E.	Cox	August, 2007	Autonomic Product Development Process Automation	automation, integration, optimization, multidisciplinary optimization, web services, semantic web, ontology, multi-agent systems, autonomic systems, process modeling, mass customization, product development, CAD, CAx, workflow, process improvement
Todd A. Reeder	Dale R. Tree	August, 2010	Corrosion-related Gas Measurements and Analysis for a Suite of Coals in Staged Pulverized Coal Combustion	coal, swirl, reducing, oxidizing, corrosion, sulfur, chlorine, BFR, equilibrium
David R. Brunner	Dale R. Tree	June, 2011	The Composition and Distribution of Coal-Ash Deposits Under Reducing and Oxidizing Conditions From a Suite of Eight Coals	Advanced Combustion Engineering Research Center, coal, deposits, deposition, ash, ultra-supercritical steam, boiler, combustion, scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectroscopy, Illinois #6: Galatia, Powder River Basin: Black Thunder, Beulah Zap, Gatling, Mahoning: Kensington, Pittsburgh #8, Kentucky #11: Warrior, Indiana #6: Gibson, carbon, oxygen, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, potassium, calcium, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, nickel, strontium, barium
John T. Pearson	Dan Maynes	December, 2010	Quantitative and Qualitative Results from Droplet Impingement Experiments on Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Micro-Ribs for Three Liquid Types	John Pearson, superhydrophobic, droplet, impingement
Abolfazl Amin	Daniel Maynes	June, 2011	Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Liquid Laminar Flow Over Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Post Geometries	Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulations of Liquid Laminar Flow Over Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Post Geometries
Mark W. Esty	David Fullwood	August, 2010	Efficient Rotation Algorithms for Texture Evolution	microstructure sensitive design, MSD, texture, rotations, streamlines, principal orientations, microstructure hull
Tommy Hyatt	David T. Fullwood	August, 2010	Piezoresistive Nano-Composites: Characterization and Applications	Tommy Hyatt, nano-composite, quantum tunneling, bio mechanics, strain gage, optical marker tracking, OMT, electron microscope, SEM, voltage contrast, percolation
Stuart C. Rogers	David T. Fullwood	December, 2010	Defect Detection Microscopy	magnesium, defects, nucleation, EBSD, custom scan, voids, topography
Thomas B. Calkins	David T. Fullwood	June, 2011	Nanocomposite High Displacement Strain Gauges for use in Human-Machine Interfaces: Applications in Hand Pose Determination	nanocomposite, strain, sensor, application, nanostrand
Timothy Johnson	David T. Fullwood	June, 2011	Strain Monitoring of Carbon Fiber Composite with Embedded Nickel Nano-Composite Strain Gage	carbon fibers, nano composites, smart materials, strain sensing, in situ

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Theses and Dissertations