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Title: DATA MODELS TO SUPPORT METROLOGY
Author: Heysiattalab, Saeed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: The Quality Information Framework (QIF) is a project initiated in 2010 by the Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC is an American Standards Developing Organization) to address metrology interoperability. Specifically, the QIF supports ...

Title: Design for Metrology of Freeform Optics
Author: Venditti, Kristen
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: Freeform optics offer significant advantages over the conventional aspheric optics, but pose new challenges in metrology and manufacturing. The spatial frequencies of an optical surface that must be measured have changed due to the progression of ...

Title: Dynamic Evaluation of Laser Trackers
Author: Welty, Victoria
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Engineering
Description: This thesis details the development, performance, and analysis of tests for the dynamic performance evaluation for laser trackers. Laser trackers are large-scale measuring systems that utilize a spherical coordinate system for measurement. These s...

Title: Evaluation of curved surfaces with x-ray reflectometry
Author: Cole, Jacob
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Physics
Description: This dissertation presents a body of work developing novel models and methods for surface evaluation with X-ray reflectometry (XRR). At the time of this work, XRR is a highly used tool for the measurement of flat wafers and laminated semiconductor...

Title: FIBER BASED TOOLS FOR POLISHING OPTICAL MATERIALS
Author: Shahinian, Hossein
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: In this dissertation, the development of alternative fiber based polishing tools for the finishing of precision freeform and aspherical optics is introduced. Freeform and aspherical optics, i.e. optics with varying radius of curvatures (ROC), are ...

Title: Freeform Optical Surface Form Metrology with Serial Data Acquisition
Author: Noste, Todd
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Physics
Description: Freeform optics, or optics with no axis of rotational invariance, provide optical designers more degrees of freedom, flexibility, and opportunity for innovation increasing optical performance and system integration while decreasing the form factor...

Title: INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS OF ASME Y14.5-2018 RULE (S) AND THE NESTED PRINCIPLE
Author: Mennuti, Attilio
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: ABSTRACTATTILIO MENNUTI. Industry Implications of ASME Y14.5-2018 Rule (s) and the "Nested" Principle. (Under the direction of DR. EDWARD MORSE)ASME Y14.5-2018 Section 4.2 Rule S states "Unless otherwise specified (UOS), elements of a surface incl...

Title: METROLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SIZE SPECIFICATIONS IN ISO 14405-1
Author: Peng, Yue
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: ABSTRACTYUE PENG. Metrological evaluation of size specifications in ISO 14405-1. (Under the direction of DR. EDWARD P. MORSE)The international standard ISO 14405-1 was released in 2010 as part of the geometrical product specifications (GPS) of the...

Title: Manufacturing Methodologies and Optomechanics for Dynamic Freeform Optics
Author: Gurganus, Dustin
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Mechanical engineering
Description: Freeform optics have traversed the gap from theoretical to practical application propelled by ultra-precision multi-axis machining, like diamond turning and milling. Utilized for complex infrared sensors to human vision correction, freeform optics...

Title: OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION USING GEOMETRIC PHASE ELEMENTS
Author: Light, Alyson
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: Traditional optical instrumentation typically requires a controlled, stable environment, and this limits systems to a laboratory setting. For in-situ metrology applications and outdoor measurements, novel methods that are compact and stable are re...

Title: Optical surface characterization with the structure function
Author: He, Liangyu
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: It is important to characterize surface and transmitted wavefront errors in terms of the spatial content. The errors are typically analyzed in three spatial domains: figure, ripple (or mid-spatial frequency) and roughness. These errors can affect ...

Title: Toward fixtureless inspection of automotive fenders
Author: Grohol, Corbin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: With nonrigid parts, it is most convenient for designers to specify the desired shape in the design condition; that is, the shape is specified with all loads present that the part will experience in service (gravity, assembly constraints, etc.). T...