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Title: A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for The Prediction of Thermal-Expansion of Spherical Shells
Author: Bumgarner, Kolby
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Machine Learning (ML) applications in material science is an active area of research due to its accurate predictive capabilities while also being generalizable. Experimentation where a physical model of the problem is constructed has been widely u...

Title: Autonomous Sensing of a Gaussian Spatial Process with Multiple Heterogeneous Agents
Author: Brancato, Michael
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The performance of a mobile sensor network is measured by its ability to survey regions of interest efficiently and accurately with limited resources. Approaches for sampling trajectory optimization allow for adaptive algorithms that offer signifi...

Title: Computational Studies of the Effect of Moisture on Powder Bed Quality in Metal Additive Manufacturing
Author: Chakraborty, Arghajit
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Metal additive manufacturing techniques such as SLM, and DMLS, based on the powder bed fusion (PBF) process, rely on a high-quality powder bed to minimize the formation of defects in the manufactured part. Various parameters like blade velocity, t...

Title: Design and Evaluation of a Direct Drive Dual Axis Counter Rotating Hydrokinetic Darrieus Turbine System
Author: Crooks, John
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: The proposed work aims to design and develop a novel direct drive parallel stream counter-rotating Darrieus turbine system capable of producing power at low velocities (less than 2.0 m/s) for scientific and industrial applications along an interco...

Title: Detection and Classification of Defects in Metal Parts Using ATOS Professional 2019
Author: Gorman, Ryan
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: When inspecting a manufactured part to determine whether it falls within tolerance, it is often important to distinguish the difference between a defect and geometric variation. A part that exbibits excessive geometric variation will fail to meet ...

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: Experimental and Numerical Validation of a Forward Facing Cavity as a Passive Thermal Protection System of a Hypersonic Body
Author: Watkins, Tyler
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics
Description: Interest in hypersonic flight has grown rapidly in recent decades, especially within thespace and defense industries. As research and development in this area has matured, associated heat transfer phenomena, as well as the aerothermodynamics of hy...

Title: Feature-based automated tool path planning for discrete geometry
Author: Shen, Fei
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining is a critical manufacturing technology used in effectively all modern products. Any improvement in efficiency or automation that reduces the cost of CNC machining is of tremendous value to the manufacturi...

Title: Fracture properties of graphene-like two-dimensional materials and topology optimization through neural networks for coupled thermo-mechanical problems
Author: Shishir, Md Imrul Reza
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Materials science
Description: Part I: Study of fracture properties of graphene--like two--dimensional materials using molecular dynamics (MD) simulationsGraphene is a monoatomic thick sheet of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms tightly packed in a honeycomb lattice structure. It has ...

Title: Improved Fidelity of Triangulation Sensor Measurements in Optical Inspection
Author: Hosseinpour, Milad
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics
Description: With the evolution of gear design requirements for new applications, classical gear inspection based on a time-consuming line-oriented tactile measurement must be replaced with a more rapid, areal inspection that can capture complex modern gear mo...

Title: Mechanical Instability of the Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Author: Yuan, Chunhao
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered promising candidates for next-generation batteries due to their excellent safety performance guaranteed by inorganic solid electrolytes (SEs) with the non-flammability nature, as well as the greatly...

Title: Multiphysics nature of Lithium-ion Battery safety issues
Author: Jia, Yikai
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Safety issues of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are usually initiated from an internal short circuit (ISC) that can be triggered by external accidental abusive loadings. The generated heat and the increased temperature would lead to several complica...

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: The Determination of Temperature-dependent CPA Diffusion Properties in Feline Testicular Tissue
Author: Kirkland, Kaitlyn
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Biomedical engineering
Description: Fertility preservation would benefit young males who must undergo treatments that can result in sterilization, such as radiation treatments for cancer. This can be achieved by removing some testicular tissue before treatment and putting it into fr...

Title: Towards Explainable Robots: Developing Consensus Reaching Mechanisms for Co-Robots in Haptic Shared Control Paradigms
Author: Izadi, Vahid
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Human-automation teaming (HAT) is gaining importance in military and commercial applications with autonomous vehicles because it promises to improve performance, reduce operating and designing platforms' costs, and increase adaptability to new sit...

Title: Ultraprecision Diamond Machining of Polycarbonate Complex Multi-Sided Freeform Optics
Author: Swagler, Steven
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Mechanical engineering
Description: Advances in technology are driving optical systems to become more and more complex and compact. Ultra-precision machining centers have advanced to catch up with optical designs but there is a defined set of methods defining the use of the machines...