Department of Mechanical Engineering

Theses and Dissertations

Student Author	Faculty Advisor	Graduation Date	Title (Click the title to view)	Keywords
Grant O. Cook III	Carl D. Sorensen	April, 2011	Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride and Tungsten Carbide by Partial Transient Liquid Phase Bonding	polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, PCBN, tungsten carbide, WC, partial transient liquid phase bonding, PTLP, transient liquid phase bonding, TLP, friction stir welding, FSW, element framework, wetting, sessile drop, critical thickness, maximum thickness, shear test, partition coefficient, diffusion, bonding kinetics, filtering procedure, bond selection
Ryan L. Rust	Jonathan D. Blotter	April, 2011	Active Noise Control of a Two-Fan Exhaust-Mounted Array Using Near-Field Control Sources and Error Sensors	Ryan Rust, active noise control, sensitivity, axial cooling fan, system modeling
Devin B. Ferrell	Spencer P. Magleby	August, 2010	Development of Criteria for Lamina Emergent Mechanism Flexures with Specific Application to Metals	compliant mechanisms, laminate emergent mechanisms, flexure criteria, sheet metals
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
Patrick K. Lewis	Christopher A. Mattson	August, 2010	Multiobjective Optimization Method for Identifying Modular Product Platforms and Modules that Account for Changing Needs over Time	multiobjective optimization, transient pareto design, modular design, future needs
Peter A. Halverson	Larry L. Howell	August, 2010	Modeling, Design, and Testing of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms in Spinal Arthroplasty	spinal arthroplasty, compliant mechanisms, psuedo-rigid-body model
Jordan D. Ryskamp	C. Greg Jensen	December, 2010	Developing Intelligent Engineering Collaboration Tools Through the use of Design Rationale	design rationale, multi-user CAD, automated acquisition, collaboration, design process, design intent
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
Stuart C. Rogers	David T. Fullwood	December, 2010	Defect Detection Microscopy	magnesium, defects, nucleation, EBSD, custom scan, voids, topography
Kellen Moulton	Brian D. Jensen	December, 2010	Straightness of Growth for Carbon Nanotube Microelectromechanical Systems	microelectromechanical systems, carbon nanotubes, iron catalyst thickness, Kellen Moulton
Mark W. Esty	David Fullwood	August, 2010	Efficient Rotation Algorithms for Texture Evolution	microstructure sensitive design, MSD, texture, rotations, streamlines, principal orientations, microstructure hull
Paul S. Gollnick	Spencer P. Magleby	December, 2010	Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches for Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent Mechanisms	Paul Gollnick, multi-layer, multiple-layer, lamina, emergent, mechanism, lamina emergent mechanism, LEM, MLEM, actuation, layer separation
Timothy Bishop	Anton Bowden	April, 2011	A Proteolytic Process to Simulate the Mechanics of Disc Dengeration in Bovine Cadaveric Tissue	Tim Bishop, biomechanics, intervertebral disc, degeneration, trypsin
Yue Xu	W. Edward Red	December, 2010	A Flexible Context Architecture for a Multi-User GUI	Yue Xu, multi-user CAx, multi-user GUI, collaborative design
Zachary A. Collins	Jonathan D. Blotter	December, 2010	Improved Measurement and Separation Techniques for Interior Near-field Acoustical Holography	Zachary Collins, Fourier, NAH, interior, acoustics, near-field acoustical holography, interpolation, particle velocity, wave separation, Tamura, six-microphone probe

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Theses and Dissertations