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Filtering by: Contributor Sullivan, John M. Unit (Department) Mechanical Engineering Collections PhD Dissertations

1. Electrohydrodynamically Driven Thermal Management for Space and Terrestrial Applications – An Experimental and Numerical Study

Keyword:: Heat Transfer, Electronics Cooling, Liquid Film Boiling, Electrohydrodynamic Conduction Pumping, Dielectrophoresis, and Electrohydrodynamics
Creator:: O'Connor, Nathaniel
Advisor:: Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2023-08-10
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

2. FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS OF ENERGY TRANSPORT IN LAYERED ELECTROMAGNETIC HEAT EXCHANGERS WITH COMPRESSIBLE AND INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS

Keyword:: Electromagentic Heating, Compressible Fluid Flow, Thermal Choking, Rayleigh Benard Convection, Thermal Runaway, and Joule Thompson Cooling
Creator:: Mohekar, Ajit
Advisor:: Tilley, Burt S. and Yakovlev, Vadim V.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-08-03
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

3. Multifunctional Testing Artifacts for Evaluation of 3D Printed Components by Fused Deposition Modeling

Keyword:: Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Testing Artifact, Optical Non-Destructive Testing (ONDT), 3D Printing Characterization, Additive Manufacturing (AM), and Multiphysics Numerical Simulation
Creator:: Pooladvand, Koohyar
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-12-08
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

4. Automatic Rigid and Deformable Medical Image Registration

Keyword:: Image Registration
Creator:: Yu, Hongliang
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

5. Numerical Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Using Phase Change Materials

Keyword:: packaging, phase change material, and Drying
Creator:: Mahdavi Nejad, Alireza
Advisor:: Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-08-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

6. Robotic System Development for Precision MRI-Guided Needle-Based Interventions

Keyword:: Image-guided therapy, MRI compatible robot, and Needle-based interventions
Creator:: Li, Gang
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-08-11
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

7. Full-field vibrometry by high-speed digital holography for middle-ear mechanics

Keyword:: Otology, Transient response, Acoustic-solid interaction, High-speed digital holography, High-speed cameras, and Tympanic membrane
Creator:: Dobrev, Ivo Tsvetanov
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-07-21
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

8. Development of Holographic Interferometric Methodologies for Characterization of Shape and Function of the Human Tympanic Membrane

Keyword:: Tympanic membrane, Holographic Interferometry, and sound-induced motion
Creator:: Khaleghi, Morteza
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-29
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

9. Spherical Tanks for Use in Thermal Energy Storage Systems

Keyword:: Sensible Heat Storage, Concentrated Solar Power, Thermal Energy Storage, and Desalination
Creator:: Khan, Fahad
Advisor:: Savilonis, Brian James
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-26
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

10. Teleoperation of MRI-Compatible Robots with Hybrid Actuation and Haptic Feedback

Keyword:: medical robotics, Teleoperation, haptics, Image-guided therapy, force sensing, MRI-compatible robot, and multi-image registration
Creator:: Shang, Weijian
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-01-28
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering