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Filtering by: Advisor Gnanaskandan, Aswin Major Mechanical Engineering Collections Major Qualifying Projects

1. Maximizing Energy Output of Wind Turbines through Novel Turbine Designs

Keyword:: Clean Energy, Tilt Mechanism, Torque Measurements, Wind Energy, Wind Turbine, and Thermals
Creator:: Leal Figueredo, Jose Arturo, Segui, Matthew, Isaac, Jacob, and Komninos, Georgios
Advisor:: Sabuncu, Ahmet Can and Gnanaskandan, Aswin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-25
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

2. The Knuckleball Effect: How Design Variables Affect Aerodynamic Stability

Keyword:: Knuckleball, Sports, Flight Path, Wind Tunnel Simulations, Soccer, and Aerodynamics
Creator:: Herzig, Noah, Gonzalez, Elias, Carmichael, Tucker, and Smith, Nora
Advisor:: Levey, Fiona and Gnanaskandan, Aswin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2024-04-25
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

3. Investigating Passive Drag Reduction Through Nature Inspired Surface Textures

Keyword:: Biomimicry, Airfoil, Riblets, Drag Reduction, Wind Tunnel, and Computation Fluid Dynamics
Creator:: Thornton, Nicholas and Niemiec, Kenneth
Advisor:: Gnanaskandan, Aswin and Ebadi, Alireza
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-10-18
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

4. A Microfluidic Transfection Device to Modify Mammalian Cells

Keyword:: Intracellular Delivery, Primary Cells, Microfluidics, CAR-T Therapy, Cell Membrane, and Transfection
Creator:: Nguyen, Benjamin, Defreitas, Steven, Frick, Emily, and Panza, Gianluca
Advisor:: Ambady, Sakthikumar, Gnanaskandan, Aswin, and Sabuncu, Ahmet Can
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

5. A transfection device to modify mammalian cells (SA2-2202)

Keyword:: Membrane filters, Filtroporation, Transfection, Cell-based therapies, and Microfluidics
Creator:: Sandoval, Luis, Tweedie, Shelby, Bozza, Anthony, and Conway, Walter
Advisor:: Gnanaskandan, Aswin, Sabuncu, Ahmet Can, and Ambady, Sakthikumar
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

6. Atmospheric Water Collection with a Preliminary EHD Mechanism

Keyword:: Vapor Compression Cycle, Water Scarcity, Energy Efficiency, Water Collection, Sustainability, and Electrohydrodynamics
Creator:: Verdesi, Benjamin, Olaya, Grace, and Desjardins, Brian
Advisor:: Yagoobi, Jamal and Gnanaskandan, Aswin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-04-27
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

7. The Effect of Prey Surface Roughness on the Viscous Adhesion Force of Frog Saliva

Keyword:: surface roughness, frog, non-Newtonian, saliva, and viscous adhesion
Creator:: Cano, Ana
Advisor:: Gnanaskandan, Aswin, Stroe, Izabela RC, and Sabuncu, Ahmet Can
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-08-13
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project