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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 Navigation of an Electric All-Terrain Vehicle Along Waypoint-Defined Trails
Author: Daniel, Jacob
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Electrical engineering, Mechanical engineering
Description: Previous research attempted to autonomously control an internal combustion all-terrain vehicle platform but was unsuccessful due to the inability to reliably control speed. To address this, an electric motor conversion is performed on the platform...

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: Constitutive Modeling and Dynamic Impact Analysis of Bighorn Sheep Horn
Author: Li, Zheng
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is known for its giant spiral horns that can sustain impact loading at a speed up to 5.5 m/s during ramming without causing severe damage or head concussion. The bighorn sheep horn is composed of a keratin-based bio...

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: 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: 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: 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...