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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

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

HIGH-SPEED SHAPE AND DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS BY HOLOGRAPHY AND APPLICATIONS IN MIDDLE-EAR RESEARCH

Keyword:: High-resolution Optical Metrology, Acoustics and Hearing, Middle-ear Diagnostics, High-speed Digital Holography, and Shape and Displacement Measurements
Creator:: Tang, Haimi
Advisor:: Rosowski, John J., Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme, and Cheng, Jeffrey T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-03-25
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD

TRANSITION MECHANISMS IN SHEET TO CLOUD CAVITATION

Keyword:: Re-entering jet cycle, Sheet to cloud cavitation, and Condensation shock cycle
Creator:: Vaca Revelo, Diego
Advisor:: Gnanaskandan, Aswin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-04-21
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

NDTNet: An End-to-End Design of an Optical Nondestructive Evaluation System for Metallic Objects on FPGA

Keyword:: FPGA, NDT, and Optical Evaluation
Creator:: Borwankar, Raunak
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2022-05-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

The kinematics of active fluid mixing in micron-scale systems

Keyword:: Cavity Flow, Active Matters, Droplet, Mixing, and Microfluidic Device
Creator:: Chen, Yen-Chen
Advisor:: Wu, Kun-Ta
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2021-11-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Opto-mechanical Characterization Methods to Understand Physical and Mechanical Properties of Bioengineered Tissue

Keyword:: Noninvasive Optical Metrology, Characterization of Tissues, Big Data, Bioengineered Tissues, and Force-Displacements Measurements
Creator:: Castro Carrion, Westly
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-12-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Rapid prototyping of fiber-optic based micro-force sensors by two-photon polymerization

Keyword:: hearing mechanics, rapid prototyping, micro-sensors, fiber-optics, and two-photon polymerization
Creator:: Ruiz-Cadalso, Daniel A.
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2020-08-19
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Investigating the Design and Manufacture of PneuNet Actuators as a Prosthetic Tongue for Mimicking Human Deglutition

Keyword:: PneuNets, prosthetic tongue, and Total Glossectomy
Creator:: Darmont Araya, Francis Mosheh
Advisor:: Radhakrishnan, Pradeep
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2019-04-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

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

Unpowered Assistive Knee Brace for Sit-to-Stand Transition

Creator:: Paul, Ethan N
Advisor:: Troy, Karen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-05-26
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

Vibration Analysis of Modern Fire Apparatus

Creator:: Haase, Zachary Stephen
Advisor:: Fofana, Mustapha S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-26
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

WPI AIAA Research Rocket for the Investigation of Recovery and Staging

Creator:: Fleming, Siobhan M, Buhler, Jared, Huleatt, Thomas A, Cummings, Nicholas C, Coverstone, Troy R, McDonald, Theodore Beckos, Renaud, Patrick, and Yocom, Megan
Advisor:: Blandino, John J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-03-10
Resource Type:: Major Qualifying Project

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

A Feasibility Study on Using Infrared- transmitting Fiber-optics for Thermal Imaging

Keyword:: thermography, Scanning, fiber-optics, infrared, and Thermal Imaging
Creator:: Manning, Bryan James
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2017-03-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

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

Multiple resonant multiconductor transmission line resonator design using circulant block matrix algebra

Keyword:: circulant block matrix algebra, Multiple resonance, and multiconductor transmission line resonator
Creator:: Tadanki, Sasidhar
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2018-05-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

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

Development of an Infrared Direct Viewer Based on a MEMS Focal Plane Array

Keyword:: MEMS, IR, Holography, Nomarski DIC, Reflectometry, Infrared Imaging, Direct View, Holographic Interferometry, Differential Interference Contrast, Color Differentiation, Color Perception, and Color Difference
Creator:: Blocher, Garth M
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-07-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

An Affordable Portable Obstetric Ultrasound Simulator for Synchronous and Asynchronous Scan Training

Keyword:: Ultrasound, Simulation, Education, and Obstetric
Creator:: Liu, Li
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2016-01-13
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

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

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

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

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

Computational and Experimental Approach for Non-destructive Testing by Laser Shearography

Keyword:: NDT, FEA, Opto-mechanical Engineering, Digital Image Processing, and Laser Shearography
Creator:: Chen, Xiaoran
Advisor:: Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-08-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Characterization and Compensation of Hysteretic Cardiac Respiratory Motion in Myocardial Perfusion Studies Through MRI Investigations

Keyword:: Emission tomography, Cardiac Imaging, Respiratory Motion, Modeling Hysteresis, and MRI
Creator:: Dasari, Paul Krupaker Reddy
Advisor:: King, Michael A and Mendelson, Yitzhak
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-04-24
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

Semi-Automatic Registration Utility for MR Brain Imaging of Small Animals

Keyword:: Image Registration and MRI
Creator:: Song, Yang
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2014-01-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Passive Resonant Coil Based Fast Registration And Tracking System For Real-Time Mri-Guided Minimally Invasive Surgery

Keyword:: Stereotactic surgery, MRI guided intervention, Image based registration and tracking, Passive imaging coil, and Minimally invasive surgery
Creator:: Ma, Yunzhao
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-05-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

Force Sensing and Teleoperation of Continuum Robot for MRI-Guided Surgery

Keyword:: Fabry-Perot interferometer, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Prostate cancer, brachytherapy, continuum robot, haptics, biopsy, piezoelectric motor, image-guided intervention, Teleoperation, and Surgical Robotics
Creator:: Su, Hao
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-04-24
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Structural and Functional Connectivity Analyses of Rat Brains Based on fMRI Experiments

Keyword:: fMRI, rat atlas, and functional connectivity
Creator:: Wang, Yao
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-02-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Design of a High Speed Clutch with Mechanical Pulse-Width Control

Keyword:: Clutch, Flywheel, switch-mode, transmission, hybrid, CVT, and CAM
Creator:: Cusack, Jessy L
Advisor:: Van de Ven, James D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2013-03-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Optimization for Commercialization of A Two Degree of Freedom Powered Arm Orthosis

Keyword:: upper extremity, Orthosis, and rehabilitation
Creator:: Toddes, Steven Paul
Advisor:: Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Technical and Economic Performance Assessment of Pd/Alloy Membrane Reactor Technology Options in the Presence of Uncertainty

Keyword:: Monte Carlo simulation, Hydrogen production, Process intensification, Water gas shift reaction, IGCC, Uncertainty, Net Present Value, Pd/alloy-based Membrane Reactors, Process economic analysis, and Process safety
Creator:: Koc, Reyyan
Advisor:: Ma, Yi Hua and Kazantzis, Nikolaos K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-13
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Chemical Engineering

The Design and Realization of a Sensitive Walking Platform

Keyword:: legged robotics, tactile feedback, and bipedal motion
Creator:: Chernyak, Vadim
Advisor:: Torres-Jara, Eduardo and Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Magnetic Resonance Image segmentation using Pulse Coupled Neural Networks

Keyword:: fibroglandular, adipose, Gaussian Mixture Models, GM, breast cropping, Neural Networks, WM, Expectation Maximization, brain cropping, CSF, PCNN, small mammals, brain segmentation, and Segmentation
Creator:: Swathanthira Kumar, Murali Murugavel M
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-05-08
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Finite Element Method Modeling of Optoconductance in Metal-Semiconductor Hybrid Devices

Keyword:: Conductivity, Finite Element Method, transport, and diffusion
Creator:: Girgis, Alexi M
Advisor:: Ram-Mohan, L. Ramdas
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-11-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Physics

Electromechanical System Integration for a Powered Upper Extremity Orthosis

Keyword:: Motor Control, Muscular Dystrophy, Orthosis, and Electromechanical
Creator:: Scarsella, Michael John
Advisor:: Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-04-17
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Tetrahedral Meshes in Biomedical Applications: Generation, Boundary Recovery and Quality Enhancements

Keyword:: Finite Element, constrained, tetrahedron, tetrahedral element, FEM, mesh smoothing, mesh generation, and delaunay
Creator:: Ghadyani, Hamid R
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-03-30
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

MRI-Compatible Pneumatic Actuation Control Algorithm Evaluation and Test System Development

Keyword:: MRI-compatible lock, sliding mode control, pneumatic actuator, and MRI-compatible robot
Creator:: Wang, Yi
Advisor:: Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2010-09-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Development and implementation of automated interferometric microscope for study of MEMS inertial sensors

Keyword:: MEMS, automation, Interferometry, and gyroscope
Creator:: Marinis, Ryan Thomas
Advisor:: Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2009-05-07
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

A General Purpose Computational Approach to the Design of Gradient Coils for Arbitrary Geometries

Keyword:: MRI and gradient coil
Creator:: Lemdiasov, Rostislav A
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2004-09-21
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

A Method Of Moments Approach for the Design Of RF Coils for MRI

Keyword:: RF COILS, Method of Moments, and MRI
Creator:: Obi, Aghogho A
Advisor:: Ludwig, Reinhold
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-05-12
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Electrical & Computer Engineering

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rat Retina

Keyword:: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mn54-autoradiography, Manganese Enhanced MRI, High-Resolution MRI, RCS Rat, Retinal Degeneration, Rat Retina, and Blood Volume Imaging
Creator:: Bhagavatheeshwaran, Govind
Advisor:: Sotak, Christopher H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2008-04-16
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Biomedical Engineering

Automatic Affine and Elastic Registration Strategies for Multi-dimensional Medical Images

Keyword:: Image Registration, Image Reconstruction, MRI, and Medical Image
Creator:: Huang, Wei
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-05-02
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

An Injury-Mimicking Ultrasound Phantom as a Training Tool for Diagnosis of Internal Trauma

Keyword:: injury mimicking, Ultrasound, and trauma
Creator:: Rowan, Matthew Ivan
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C. and Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2006-12-20
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Development of a modular interferometric microscopy system for characterization of MEMS

Keyword:: Interferometry, shape and deformation measurement, Vibration, thermal, MEMS, vacuum, scanning white light, and vibrometry
Creator:: Klempner, Adam R.
Advisor:: Pryputniewicz, Ryszard J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-01-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Functional MRI Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies to Map the Olfactory System of a Rat Brain.

Keyword:: Registration, Rat Brain Atlas, fMRI, and Segmentation
Creator:: Kulkarni, Praveen P
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2006-01-19
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Development and Application of Semi-automated ITK Tools Development and Application of Semi-automated ITK Tools for the Segmentation of Brain MR Images

Keyword:: Canny Edge, Fast Marching, Segmentation, ITK, CMake, Geodesic, Level Set, Laplacian, and Watershed
Creator:: Kinkar, Shilpa N
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Computer Science

Semi Automatic Segmentation of a Rat Brain Atlas

Keyword:: rat atlas, MRI, Algorithm, and Segmentation
Creator:: Ghadyani, Hamid R.
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-05-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

Vibration Control of Large Scale Flexible Structures Using Magnetorheological Dampers

Keyword:: MR Dampers, Structural Vibration Control, and Flexible Structures
Creator:: Liu, Wei
Advisor:: Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-03-10
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Degree:: PhD
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

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