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Title: EFFECT OF BIOCERAMIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS ON DRUG BINDING AND RELEASE KINETICS
Author: Trujillo, Christopher
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: Bioceramics have been studied extensively as drug delivery systems (DDS). Those studies have aimed to tailor the drug binding and release kinetics to successfully treat infections and other diseases. This research suggests that the drug binding an...

Title: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBULENT WAKE STRUCTURES AND DYNAMIC COUPLING OF TANDEM LIFTING BODIES IN A HYDRODYNAMIC CHANNEL
Author: Hellman, Samuel
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Two experimental studies are carried out on interacting tandem bodies in incompressible, turbulent flow and the design of a hydrodynamic water channel in which the studies are conducted is discussed. The water channel has a 1 m^2 test section, and...

Title: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING MASS TRANSPORT AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES
Author: Karthik Kumar, Balasubramanian
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Biomedical engineering
Description: A bioreactor is a large-scale engineered in vitro device that maintains a 3D arrangement of functioning cells for use in various bioengineering applications. The current work is focused on heat and mass transfer issues related to the bioreactor's ...

Title: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SOLID-LIQUID PHASE CHANGE IN VIBRATED GRANULAR MEDIA AND COMPARISON WITH THEORETICALLY PREDICTED PHASE CHANGE IN HARD SPHERE SYSTEMS
Author: Gaur, Kapil
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics, Statistical physics
Description: Hard sphere systems, for years, have been studied through computer simulations. In the 1950s the work on modern computing was on the rise and computers were being researched for use in every field. Statistical Mechanics was no alien to this and th...

Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF MATERIAL REMOVAL IN SILICON CARBIDE FOR FREEFORM OPTICS
Author: Shanmugam, Prithiviraj
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The mechanical and thermal properties offered by Silicon carbide (SiC) make it an ideal material for reflective freeform optics. However, the hardness, brittleness and fracture toughness of the material pose a challenge to manufacturing. The manuf...

Title: Correction of the post-necking True Stress-Strain data using Instrumented Nanoindentation
Author: Romero Fonseca, Ivan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: The study of large plastic deformations has been the focus of numerous studies particularly in the metal forming processes and fracture mechanics fields. A good understanding of the plastic flow properties of metallic alloys and the true stresses ...

Title: Design and Verification of a Levitation Device
Author: Lambert, Brittney
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis describes the design and verication of a force measurement instrumentusing levitation through use of a voice coil actuator. The device can suspend an external force of up to 10N, and determine that external force to within ±0.003N. Mec...

Title: Design Analysis of Tesla Turbine
Author: Kausik, Galab
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: This thesis discusses the "Design Analysis of the Tesla Turbine" or so called "Flat Disc Turbine" using "Compressed Air" as the working fluid. Nikola Tesla invented the turbine in 1906 and received the patent in 1913. Using the word "Turbine", it ...

Title: Distributed Renewable Energy Technologies:Design and Development of Scalable Transmission Systems
Author: Menon, Shruti Mohandas
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Renewable forms of energy are being intensively pursued and investigated in systems connected to the grid as well as in standalone applications. The global energy generation is expected to grow 2.7 times by the year 2035. Today, renewable energy r...

Title: Processing and properties of materials with or without adiabatic shear susceptibility
Author: Chen, Xiaoxue
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: In this dissertation, two topic areas related to adiabatic shear banding (ASB) phenomenon were studied. Body centered cubic (BCC) metals and alloys may exhibit ASB under uniaxial high strain rate compression if the grain size is refined into the u...

Title: Real-Time Control and Optimal Plant Design for Renewable Energy Systems Using Bayesian Optimization
Author: Baheri, Ali
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Computer science
Description: The overarching objective of this research is to use machine learning tools to address the design and real-time control of active systems, focusing specifically by tethered airborne wind energy and ocean current energy systems. In both application...

Title: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A TWO-BAR BRIDGE RAIL FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MASH TL-3 CONDITIONS USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Author: Fatoki, Joshua
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Roadside barriers are important safety devices installed on highways to mitigate the severity of injuries caused by crashes of errant vehicles. The two-bar metal bridge rail is a commonly used roadside barrier in North Carolina and is recognized f...

Title: PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF 4340 STEEL/POLYUREA LAMINATE
Author: Pajjuri, Vishnu Vardhan Kumar
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Military art and science, Chemistry, Polymers
Description: Enhancement of the penetration resistance of materials used in the defense industry is of great interest since such improvements can save human life and can reduce the loss of resources caused by high velocity projectiles penetrating through the w...

Title: Performance Investigation of Rotary Tables in Large-scale Metrology
Author: Wang, Qichang
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Rotary tables significantly improve the flexibility and efficiency of multi-axis measuring devices and multi-axis machining centers by providing a quick positioning of workpieces. Large-scale rotary tables are designed and produced for increasing ...

Title: Performance tuning of IC engine with variable exhaust system using a one-D simulation tool
Author: Gajula, Vineeth
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction
Description: The exhaust system has a significant effect on the breathing capability of an IC engine, which when increased, increases the volumetric efficiency. Due to the sudden opening of the exhaust valve, the highly pressurized gases in the combustion cham...

Title: REPLICATION OF FREEFORM OPTICS ONTO NEAR-NET-SHAPE SUBSTRATES USING DIAMOND TURNED STAMPERS
Author: Smith, Glen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Freeform optics open a new design space for optical systems. Production of freeform optics, with no axis of rotational symmetry, often requires the use of multi-axis (>2) sub aperture machining and finishing techniques. These are expensive and imp...

Title: RETENTION OF THE AMORPHOUS STATE OF TREHALOSE AT HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY USING ORGANIC SALT ADDITIVES: A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING
Author: Ziaei, Shima
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Pharmacy--Research, Bioengineering
Description: The glassy or amorphous solid state of trehalose has been utilized in the food and pharmaceutical industry to immobilize and stabilize sensitive molecules and it is increasingly being explored for the preservation of biologics. Retention of the gl...

Title: Quantification of Profile Measurement Data
Author: Javidpour, Farid
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mathematics, Civil engineering
Description: Parts with complicated freeform shapes have been attracting more attention in industrial applications in recent decades. In most systems, the functional performance of these parts is directly related to the conformity of their profile with the des...

Title: Photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power Generation and Water Desalination in Arid Desert Regions
Author: Alsarraf, Faisal
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Renewable energy sources
Description: To evaluate the feasibility of solar power plants for both power generation and water desalination in arid desert locations, A Photovoltaic power plant was compared to a Concentrated Solar Power plant at different design capacities in the selected...

Title: Period-n Bifurcations in Milling
Author: Honeycutt, Andrew
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Period-n bifurcations in milling operations are studied in this dissertation. Period-n bifurcations represent a special type of unstable dynamic behavior because they have a response period that is an integer multiple (n) of the forcing period. Th...