Mechanical Engineering ETDs
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
RANS-DNS Simulations for Uncertainty Quantification in DNS Data of Turbulent Mixing Layer, Mohamed Abuhegazy
Mechanical characterization of additively manufactured alloys compared to their wrought counterparts, Laith A. Alqawasmi
Reference Governor For Air-Conditioner, Ganiyu E. Azeez
DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZERO POWER SENSOR/HARVESTER FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, Zeynel Guler
Development of models for the velocity-pressure gradient correlations in incompressible wall-bounded planar turbulent flows using multiple linear regression, Juampablo E. Heras Rivera
Analysis Of Ternary Chloride Salt Corrosion In High Nickel Alloys, Dimitri Madden and Gowtham Mohan
Control of Fully-Actuated Aerial Manipulators and Omni-Directional Multirotors, Riley M. McCarthy
Effect of Fiber Proximity on the Pullout Response: A Finite Element Study, Tyler Mitchell
Aerodynamic Dimpling for the Nose Cone of a High-Power Competition Rocket, Graham Geoffrey Monroe
Design and Development of Magnetoelastic Resonators for PV Ground Fault Detection, Skyler H. Oglesby
Extremum Seeking Control Algorithms for Extremely High Frequency Antenna System Pointing, Scott Shore
Main Effects Screening Study of Fe/KClO4 Thermal Battery Heat Pellet Resistive Activation, Bryan T. Steiner
Screw Dislocations in a Holed Wedge, Gregory T. Whiteside
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING THE ADVECTIVE LOSSES AT THE SOLAR TOWER FOR THE GEN 3 CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER SYSTEM, Guillermo Anaya
Zero-Power AC Current Sensor, Omar Aragonez
Incorporating In-situ Monitoring to Detect Anomalies in Additively Manufactured Kovar Steel on a Layer-to-Layer Basis, Matthew Aragon
Evolution of Shock-driven Multi-phase Instability, Joshua Chavez
Cyber-Secure Distributed Control of Microgrids with Improved Communication and Control Protocols, Jee Won Choi
Run-to-Run Control via Constrained Optimization of a Mechanical Serial-Sectioning System, Damian L. Gallegos-Patterson
Understanding Processing and Mechanics of Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing for Multi-Material Parts, Jafar N/A Ghorbani
Simulation of supercritical multiphase flows using machine learning, Nelson P. Longmire
Material Characterization and Comparison of Sol-gel Deposited and RF Magnetron Deposited Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films, Katherine Lynne Miles
DC Microgrid Fault Detection Using Multiresolution Analysis of Traveling Waves, Rudy Montoya
DC MICROGRID FAULT DETECTION USING MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF TRAVELING WAVES, Rudy Montoya
Method of Embedded Imperfections for the Direct Simulation of Deformation Instabilities in Film-Substrate Structures, Siavash Nikravesh Kazeroni
A Novel Imaging Methodology to Estimate Advective Losses from a Concentrating Solar Power Particle Receiver, Jesus Daniel Ortega
Artificial intelligence, controls, and sensor fusion for optimization and modeling of space missions and particle accelerators, Reza Pirayeshshirazinezhad
Expanded-Range Venturi Flow Meter: Development and Testing of a 3D-Printed Flow Meter and Solid-State Valve Concept, Joseph M. Pomo
On the effects of geometrical and fluid conditions on thermal-hydraulics of miniature heat sinks, Mahyar Pourghasemi
FIESTA and Shock-Driven Flows, Brian E. Romero
DESIGN, MICROFABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF VIBRATING MESH ATOMIZER FOR VISCOUS FLUIDS, Pallavi Sharma
Multi-scale modeling of dislocation motion and interaction: Theory, Plastic Properties, and Boundary Conditions, Abu Bakar Siddique
Augmented Reality for Human Control of Engineering Tasks, Elijah Wyckoff
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Printing Parameter Determination and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Kovar Steel, Will MacGreggor Davidson
Interaction of a Shock Wave with a Particle Curtain, Daniel M. Freelong
Feasibility Study of a Structural Electrolyte Containment Ring for use in Thermal Batteries, Teal Harbour
Fundamental dislocation solutions for infinite and semi-infinite media, Luo Li Mr
Airborne Counter-Uncrewed Systems with Runtime Assurance Control, Isaac J. Seslar
Three-Dimensional Lattices as Effective Impact Absorption Layers for Space Applications, James Youchison
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Effect of Including Pressure within Cracks on Failure Times of Cylinders Subjected to Internal Air Blast Loading, Molly M. Bailey
Emissivity Measurements of Painted and Aerosol Deposited Thermographic Phosphors (YAG:Dy and MFG:Mn), Wendy Flores-Brito
Numerical Evaluation of Effective Thermal Response of Heterogeneous Materials, Kevin W. Irick
Prefilling Mylar capacitor edge margins to improve capacitor reliability and size, chase Kayser
Target Control of Networked Systems, Isaac S. Klickstein
Polarity effects of Aluminium Nitride thin films and morphological characterization of Molybdenum thin films, aseem poudyal
Performance Improvements for Next Generation Falling Particle Receiver Systems, Nathan R. Schroeder
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
