Department of Mechanical Engineering

Theses and Dissertations

Student Author	Faculty Advisor	Graduation Date	Title (Click the title to view)	Keywords
Daniel V. Lo Forte	Scott L. Thomson	August, 2011	Experimental Study of Liquid Squeeze-flow as it Relates to Human Voice Production	squeeze flow, thin film, voice, airway surface liquid
Preston Roylance Murray	Scott L. Thomson	December, 2011	Flow-induced Responses of Normal, Bowed, and Augmented Synthetic Vocal Fold Models	vocal folds, vocal fold modeling, mucosal wave, high-speed imaging, injection laryngoplasty, larynx, medial surface, augmentation
Timothy E. Shurtz	Scott L. Thomson	December, 2011	Influence of Supraglottal Geometry and Modeling Choices on the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Computational Vocal Fold Model	vocal folds, computational fluid dynamics, flow-induced vibrations, supraglottal geometry, contact line, Poisson's ratio, symmetry
Simeon L. Smith	Scott L. Thomson	December, 2011	Influence of Subglottic Geometry on Computational and Synthetic Vocal Fold Model Vibration	vocal folds, vocal fold modeling, subglottis, inferior surface angle, subglottic stenosis
Christopher J. Lewis	Robert H. Todd	April, 2010	Development of a Methodology for Numerical Simulation of a D C ARC Discharge in a Liquid Dielectric	numerical simulation, D C ARC, liquid dielectric
Naseath, George B.	Red	December, 2007	Reducing Curvature in Complex Tool Paths by Deviating from CAM-Produced Tool Paths Within a Tolerance Band	naseath, red, NURBS, B-spline, B-splines, CAM, CAD, curvature, reducing curvature, complex tool paths, tool paths, tolerance, NURB, machine time, machining time
Gavin J. Holt	R. Daniel Maynes	June, 2011	Experimental Characterization of Baffle Plate Influence on Turbulent and Cavitation Induced Vibrations in Pipe Flow	flow, fluids, vibration, vibrations, cavitation, flow, induced, pipes, pipe,fluid structure, inception, attenuation, loss coefficient, baffle plate, multi-hole orifice, flow rate, pipe flow, turbulence, turbulent, discharge coefficient, size scaling
Wei, Lingyun	Nelson	December, 2009	Investigate Correlations of Microstructures, Mechanical Properties and FSW Process Variables in Friction Stir Welded High Strength Low Alloy 65 Steel	Lingyun Wei, friction stir welding, high strength low alloy 65 steel, microstructuers, bainite, prior austenite reconstruction, mechanical properties, controlled variabels, quantitative grain size.
Johnson, Neil G	McLain	August, 2008	Vision-Assisted Control of a Hovering Air Vehicle in an Indoor Setting	quadrotor, helicopter, attitude estimation, computer vision, vanishing point detection, optic flow sensor, MAGICC Lab
Hansen, Steven	McLain	April, 2008	Applications of Search Theory to Coordinated Searching by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles	BYU, UAV, agent, unmanned, target, localization, optimal, search, rescue, camera, image, skew, calibration, detection, probability, contour, greedy, lateral, range, width, color, segmentation, point, spread, map, Koopman, Stone, Zamboni
Messenger, Robert	McLain	December, 2007	Integrated Piezoresistive Sensing for Feedback Control of Compliant MEMS	MEMS, compliant mechanisms, feedback control, piezoresistivity, sensors, thermal actuators, long displacement, self sensing
Jackson, Joseph Aaron	McLain	August, 2007	Panoramic Video for Efficient Ground Surveillance from Small Unmanned Air Vehicles	video, vision, panoramic video, gimbal, UAV, search, wilderness, resolution, mapping, surveillance, monitor, aerial, image, image processing, rescue
Hall, James K.	McLain	April, 2009	Attitude Estimation and Maneuvering for Autonomous Obstacle Avoidance by Miniature Air Vehicles Document Type	miniature air vehicles, autonomous maneuvers, aircraft control, attitude estimation, MAGICC lab
Millet, Paul Travis	McLain	April, 2010	Vision-Based Precision Landings of a Tailsitter UAV	vision-based navigation, precision landing, unmanned tailsitter, VTOL, UAV
Jeffs, Kevin	Maynes	December, 2007	Numerical Study of Fully Developed Laminar and Turbulent Flow Through Microchannels with Longitudinal Microstructures	laminar, turbulent, microchannel, ultrahydrophobic, superhydrophobic, drag reduction, microfluids, microrib

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Theses and Dissertations