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 o[...]

Human-automation teaming (HAT) is gaining importance in military and commercial applications with autonomous vehicles because it promises to improve performance, reduce o[...]

A moving road vehicle is subjected to many fluid interferences caused by a number of external agents apart from the vehicle itself. Vehicles moving in proximity to a side[...]

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 hi[...]

Mechanical stress wave propagation in granular materials has attracted much attention for exploring new physical phenomena due to versatile engineering applications. One-[...]

In this thesis, a combined approach based on the Finite Element (FE) and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) methods is proposed to model turning operations. The approa[...]

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining is a critical manufacturing technology used in effectively all modern products. Any improvement in efficiency or automation tha[...]

The motivation of this research is to build systems that precisely control displacement in the presence of external load (both linear and rotation force). To achieve this[...]

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[...]

Residential buildings contribute about 22% of the national energy use in the U.S. Space heating, domestic hot water (DHW), and space cooling are the three major end uses,[...]