Mechanical Engineering ETDs
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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Target Control of Networked Systems, Isaac S. Klickstein
Qualitative Investigation of Gaseous Hydrodynamic Mixing Model Efficacy and Associated Sensitivity, Caleb White
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Direct numerical simulation of incompressible spatially developing turbulent mixing layers, Juan Diego Colmenares Fernandez
Post-Polymerization Modification of Kapton Using Electron Beam Irradiation, Luis A. Hernandez
The Influence of Process Variables on Physical and Mechanical Properties in Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Joshua Robert Koepke, Bradley Jared, and Yu-Lin Shen
Gaussian Process Regression applied to Marine Energy Turbulent Source Tuning via Metamodel Machine Learning Optimization, Sterling Olson
A Transient Thermal and Structural Analysis of Fuel in the Annular Core Research Reactor, Elliott Pelfrey
Adding Semi-Structured Automated Grid Generation and the Menter-Shear Stress Turbulence Transport Model for Internal Combustion Engine Simulations to Novel FEM LANL Combustion Codes, Brad Montgomery Philipbar
Development of MBD Model and Analysis Methodology for Vehicle Design, Alfonso Christopher Ponce
Mechanical Characterization of Additively Manufactured Inconel 625 and AlSi10Mg via High-Throughput Tensile Testing, Aron Robbins
Optimal Control Strategies for Complex Biological Systems, Afroza Shirin
Additively Manufactured Continuous Carbon Fiber Thermoplastic Composites for High-Performance Applications, Nekoda van de Werken
Characterization of single- and multi-phase shock-accelerated flows, Patrick John Wayne
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Fatigue Crack Modeling of Additively Manufactured ABS Cantilever Beam, Jason W. Booher
Integration of a Commercial Smart Thermostat to the Aggregated Load Control Simulation Framework, Jee Won Choi
Stability of a Spinning Triangle Tethered Spacecraft System in a Circular Orbit, Matthew James Heitstuman
A Biomechanical Comparison of a Low-Profile Mesh Plate Contrasted with Tension Band Wiring Treatment of Olecranon Fractures and Osteotomies, Jasmin Regalado
ENGINEERING VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES WITH NANOPARTICLES FOR CONTROLLING DEPLOYMENT OF AEROSPACE STRUCTURES, Mark Scherbarth
Reducing Stress in 3D printed parts made with Laser Engineered Net Shaping, Shaun Ross Whetten
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Co-simulation Framework for Power Distribution System Analysis with Humans in the Loop, Victor H. Ayon
A Thermodynamic Study of Binary Real Gas Mixtures Undergoing Normal Shocks, Josiah M. Bigelow
TENSILE EXPERIMENTATION OF STRUCTURAL ALUMINUM STUDYING VOID GROWTH, Scott Gampert
Analytic Solutions for the Crack-Tip Plastic Zone under Mixed Mode Loading Conditions, Jason Ivey
Characterization of a Small Electro-Mechanical Contact Using Non-Conventional Measurement Techniques, Kelsey M. Johnson
Investigating Scalable Manufacturing of High-Conductivity Wires and Coatings From Ultra-Long Carbon Nanotubes, Pouria Khanbolouki
The Mathematical Theory of Deformation Arrest in Large-Strain Dynamic Plasticity, Brendan A. Kullback
Evaluation of Concrete Constitutive Models for Impact Simulations, Guillermo A. Mata
Simulation and Analysis of a Drilling Fluid Using a Herschel-Bulkley Model, Daniel Powell
High-Throughput Tensile Testing Reveals Stochastic Properties in Additively Manufactured Steel, Bradley C. Salzbrenner
AN EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF NANOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF HARD/SOFT MULTILAYERED COATINGS, Benigno Sandoval
Characterizing the Viscoelastic Behavior of PDMS/PDPS Copolymers, Mark E. Small
EFFECT OF ALIGNMENT, SIZING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES, Nekoda van de Werken
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
THEORY, FABRICATION, AND EXPERIMENTATION OF PHONONIC CRYSTALS IN MEMS AT MICRO/NANO SCALE: ENGINEERING OF THERMAL AND RF PHONONS TO APPLICATIONS IN THERMOELECTRICS AND MICRORESONATORS, Seyedhamidreza Alaie
Mesh Addition Based on the Depth Image (MABDI), Lucas E. Chavez
Development and Implementation of High Fidelity Human Models for the Investigation of Blast and Non-Penetrating Projectile Impact, Candice F. Cooper
DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHONONIC CRYSTALS IN MACRO AND MICRO SCALE, Mohammadhosein Ghasemi Baboly
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT THERMOELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS, Mohammad Abir Hossain
Crack Tip Micromaching by Femtosecond Laser for Fracture Testing of Metal Laminates, Ricardo Martin Martinez
A Visual Velocity Impedance Controller, Victor Nevarez
Micro-Sandwich Test of Vapor-Deposited Hexanitroazobenzene (HNAB), Caitlin O'Grady
Oblique Shock Wave Effects on Impulsively Accelerated Heavy Gas Column, Dell Olmstead
Arciero vs. LaPrade: A Biomechanical Study Comparison of Two Techniques for Knee Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction, Gabriel Ortiz
Damping and Mechanical Behavior of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Epoxy Composites, Rochelle Piatt
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Functional Material Properties Performed on Additively Manufactured Coupons, Devin S. Plagge
Optimizing Powder Metallurgy Methods: Carbon Nanotube Metal Composites, Ben Rael
LOW TEMPERATURE TENSILE TESTING OF INDEPENDENTLY FABRICATED GOLD THIN FILM SAMPLES, Adnan Raza
Thermomechanical Stress Analysis of Packaging Options for VCSEL Arrays, James Rosprim
Assessing Topside Thermal Solutions for Hot Spot Management of Micro-Scale Electronics, Ryan Shaffer
Symmetries in the time-averaged dynamics of stochastic models of networks dynamics, Abu Bakar Siddique
Geolocation of Utility Assets Using Omnidirectional Ground-Based Photographic Imagery, Hisham Tariq
Analysis of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities Developing from Oblique Shock Interaction with a Heavy Gas Column, Patrick Wayne
Enhanced Laminar Convective Heat Transfer using Microstructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Andrew Williams
Drag and Shape Analysis of Fiberglass Particles, Cody Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Mesh Objective Algorithm for Modeling Mode-I Cracks Using a Standard Finite Element Formulation, Damon Burnett
Numerical Modeling Analysis of Wafer Warpage and Carrier Mobility Change due to Tapered Through-Silicon-Via Geometry, Jingjing Dou
Computational Analysis of Turbulent Flow Around NACA 4412 Airfoil with Open Source CFD Software, Robert Habbit III
Error Assessment in FEM Calculations of Flows with Moving Boundaries, Vahid Hatamipourdehnow
Measurement of Interfacial Adhesion in Glass-Epoxy Systems Using the Indentation Method, Karen Hutchins
Indentation Behavior of Multilayer Al/SiC Thin Films, Ryan Jamison
Fault detection and diagnostics of an HVAC sub-system using adaptive resonance theory neural networks, Christian Birk Jones
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of A Suspended Particle In A Fluid Near A Wall, Jianwei Ju
Characterization of Mechanical Properties at the Micro/Nano Scale: Stiction Failure of MEMS, High-Frequency Michelson Interferometry and Carbon NanoFibers, Arash Kheyraddini Mousavi
Thermo-Mechanical Reliability and Electrical Performance of Indium Interconnects and Under Bump Metallization, Jon-Claude Leger
Investigation of indentation derived creep response using constant load and constant strain rate methods, Nicholas J. Martinez
Computational Analysis of Flow Around a Scaled Axial-Flow Hydro Turbine, Andrew W. Murphy
Unsteady Simulations of Flow Around a Smooth Circular Cylinder at Very High Reynolds Numbers Using OpenFOAM, Andrew Porteous
Second law analysis and the application of the efficient power criterion to a four-temperature-level absorption chiller, Dionicio Rios
Modeling and Optimizing IPMC Microgrippers, Justin Simpson
A 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics Model Validation for Candidate Molybdenum-99 Target Geometry, Lin Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
ENHANCEMENT OF SATURATION BOILING OF PF-5060 DIELECTRIC LIQUID ON MICROPOROUS SURFACES, Ali Amir
Observation and Measurement of the Growth of the Primary Instabilities of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability and Observation of Secondary Instabilities, Tennille Charisse Bernard
UNM Shock Tube Modernization, Clinton Lee Corbin
Indentation vs. Uniaxial Power-law Creep of Sn-based Solder Material: A Numerical Assessment, Matthew Cordova
Exploring the Performance of Active Thermal Tiles for Space Applications, Rachel K. Delaney
A Simple Computational Model for Particle Resuspension Behind a Normal Moving Shock, Nyssa Gilkey
Verification of Statistical Turbulence Models in Aerodynamic Flows, Sebastian Gomez
Day-Ahead Solar Resource Prediction Method Using Weather Forecasts for Peak Shaving, Wesley Greenwood
Statistical Analysis of High-Order Moments from Direct Numerical Simulation of a Turbulent Boundary Layer, Bryan Kaiser
Behavior of the Embedded Phase in a Shock-Driven Two-Phase Flow, Garrett Kuehner
A Homogenization Approach for Design and Simulation of Blast Resistant Composites, Michael Sheyka
Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of a MEMS Based Thermally Actuated Fabry-Pérot Interferometer., Andrew Ian Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A selection of biomechanical research problems : from modeling to experimentation, Cyrus Abbasi
Characterization of the mechanical properties of freestanding platinum thin films, Khawar Abbas
Mechanical and electrical fatigue of aerosol jet printed conductors, Adam Cook
Second law analysis of a waste heat recovery combined power cycle using transcritical carbon dioxide, Robert Cordova
Flash heating of epoxy-based corrosion inhibitor thin films on aluminum substrates, Martin Dole
Effects of underfill material on solder deformation and damage in 3D packages, Geno Flores
Investigating the Existence of Coherent Phonon Scattering in Silicon Using Phononic Crystals, Drew Goettler
Human inspired pattern recognition via local invariant features, Dominic Ron Maestas
Distributed force model for arbitrarily shaped IMPC actuators, Manuel Martinez
Computational interior ballistics modeling, Robert Miner
Numerical analysis of surface mount electronics with viscoelastic epoxy underfills and potting, Matthew Neidigk
Deformation Localization in Constrained Layers of Metallic Glasses: A Parametric Modeling Analysis, Daneil Rogers
Long-Distance Flux Mapping Using Low-Cost Collimated Pyranometers, Jeremy Sment
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Isothermal helium flow measurements twrough a rectangular channel for a Wide Knudsen range, John Anderson
Oblique shock interactions With perturbed density interfaces, Michael J. Anderson
