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Improving Inkjet Printing Processes for Achieving Stretchable and Flexible Traces with Small Linewidths
Keyword:
inkjet printing
,
conductive traces
,
flexible hybrid electronics
, and
printed electronics
Creator:
Pratt, Nicholas
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-12-10
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Design and Development of a Novel Train of Four Monitoring Device
Keyword:
Medical Device
Creator:
Guo, Shu
Advisor:
Moradi, Lee
and
Sabuncu, Ahmet Can
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-07-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
An Automated Design Tool for Sensor and Actuator Integration in Mechatronic Systems
Keyword:
Graph representation
,
Automatic Circuit Generation
,
Circuit simulation
,
Code generation
, and
Arduino
Creator:
Le, Cam Tu
Advisor:
Radhakrishnan, Pradeep
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-20
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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
Investigation of Narrow-Width Cuffs for Wearable Upper-Arm Oscillometric Monitoring of Blood Pressure
Keyword:
Blood pressure monitoring
,
Blood pressure
,
Oscillometry
, and
Wearable
Creator:
Karmen-Chan, Asha
Advisor:
Zhang, Quan
and
Zheng, Yihao
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-08-16
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Early Detection of Disease Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath through Nanomaterials-Based Sensors: A Comprehensive Investigation
Keyword:
Cancer biomarkers
,
Biosensors
,
In-vitro diagnosis
,
Disease diagnosis
, and
Nanomaterials
Creator:
Aasi, Aref
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Processing Effects on O and H in Ta Powder for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Keyword:
Processing
,
Powder
,
Hydrogen
,
Tantalum
,
Additive Manufacturing
, and
Oxygen
Creator:
Lyon, Ashton
Advisor:
Cote, Danielle
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Organic and Perovskite Light Emitting Devices: Effects of Interfacial and Layer Cracking on Device Performance and Failure Mechanisms
Keyword:
Energy Conversion
,
OLED Degradation
,
Mechanical Testing
,
Light Emitting Device
,
Interfacial Failure
, and
Perovskite
Creator:
Cromwell, Jaya
Advisor:
Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2023-05-05
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Fundamental and Applied Studies in Modular and System-Level Novel Drying Technologies
Keyword:
Computational fluid dynamics
,
system-level modeling
,
energy reduction
,
heat and mass transfer
,
drying
, and
porous medium
Creator:
Asar Sarikaya, Munevver Elif
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-11-13
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
Enhancing the Resolution of Inkjet Printing Through Modification of Ink/Substrate Interaction
Creator:
Masroor Shalmani, Maryam
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-08-11
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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
Development of digital holographic vibrometry methods for determination of mechanical properties of bioengineered tissues
Keyword:
High-resolution Optical Metrology
,
Holographic Vibrometry
,
Machine Learning
,
Bioengineered Tissues
, and
Computational Modeling
Creator:
Hiscox, Colin
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Study of Small Scale EHD Driven Flow Distribution Control and Understanding of the Effect of Temperature on EHD Conduction Pumping Performance
Creator:
Talmor, Michal
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
DRYING OF MOIST POROUS MEDIA WITH ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ATOMIZER FOR SPRAY DRYING
Keyword:
Ultrasonic dehydration
,
Dielectrophoresis
,
Moist porous media
,
Spray drying atomizer
,
Drying
, and
Electrohydrodynamics
Creator:
Yang, Mengqiao
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Coupled Sensor Configuration and Path-Planning in Uncertain Environments using Multimodal Sensors
Keyword:
Sensor Networks
,
Trajectory and Path Planning
,
Bayesian Methods
,
Cooperative Perception
, and
UAVs
Creator:
St. Laurent, Chase
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-04-28
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Soft Robotic Gripper with Integrated Perception and Autonomous Classification
Creator:
Chu, Ashley
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2022-05-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Developing Machine Learning Models to Predict Influence of Heat Treatments on the Tensile Properties of Ti6Al4V Parts Prepared by Selective Laser Melting
Keyword:
Ti6Al4V
,
Mechanical Properties
,
Artificial Neural Network
,
Heat Treatment
,
Machine Learning
, and
Selective Laser Melting
Creator:
Yang, Zhaotong
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Experimental Investigation of the Material Removal Rate in Grinding of Calcified Plaque by Rotational Atherectomy
Keyword:
Grinding wheel size
,
Material removal rate (MRR)
,
Calcified plaque grinding
,
Rotational speed
,
Tissue Phantom
, and
Rotational atherectomy
Creator:
Li, Xinxiao
Advisor:
Zheng, Yihao
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Lyapunov-based Guidance of Underwater Autonomous Vehicles for Real Time Pollutant Source Localization
Keyword:
Underwater autonomous vehicles
,
Guidance
,
Nonlinear Dynamics
,
Pollutant source tracking
,
Advection-Diffusion PDE
, and
Lyapunov based control
Creator:
Torres Arosemena, Gabriel A.
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-07-02
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER USING JET REATTACHMENT NOZZLES OVER STATIONARY AND MOVING SURFACES - EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY
Creator:
Farzad, Milad
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2021-05-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
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
Nursing Robot Teleoperation via Motion Mapping Interfaces
Keyword:
Nursing Robots
,
Robot Teleoperation
, and
Human Robot Interaction
Creator:
Unni Krishnan, Achyuthan
Advisor:
Li, Zhi
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-16
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
INTERACTIVE ROUTE-PLANNING AND MOBILE SENSING WITH A TEAM OF MULTIPLE ROBOTIC VEHICLES TO SATISFY LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC SPECIFICATIONS
Creator:
Fang, Jie
Advisor:
Cowlagi, Raghvendra V.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-08-12
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Controlled Synthesis of Nanostructured Two-dimensional Tin Disulfide and its Applications in Catalysis and Optoelectronics
Keyword:
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
,
Tin disulfide (SnS2) Nanoflakes
,
Photodetectors
,
Close Space Sublimation
,
2D Metal Dichalcogenides
, and
Nanotechnology
Creator:
Giri, Binod
Advisor:
Rao, Pratap M.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Improving the Fatigue Life of Cylindrical Thread Rolling Dies
Keyword:
Fatigue Life
,
Metal Forming Simulation
,
Thread Rolling Die
,
Thread Rolling
,
Die Stress Analysis
, and
Rolling Contact Fatigue
Creator:
Willens, David C.
Advisor:
Sisson, Richard D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-14
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Design, Development and Characterization of a Wrap Spring Clutch/Brake Mechanism as a Knee Joint for a Hybrid Exoskeleton
Keyword:
Trade Study Approach
,
Testing and Open Sourced
,
Biomechanics
,
Exoskeleton Knee Joint
,
Analytical Based Design
, and
Wrap Spring Clutch/Brake Mechanism
Creator:
Subra Mani, Vishnu Aishwaryan
Advisor:
Fischer, Gregory S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2020-05-16
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Liquid Biopsy Using The Nanotube-CTC- Chip
Keyword:
Carbon Nanotube
,
Circulating Tumor Cell
,
Biosensor
,
Cancer Diagnosis
, and
Micro Array
Creator:
Loeian, Seyed Masoud
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-05-27
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
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
Electrospun Separator for Structural Battery Applications
Keyword:
structural battery
,
separator
,
lithium-ion battery
,
electrospinning
, and
fiber
Creator:
Keaswejjareansuk, Wisawat
Advisor:
Liang, Jianyu
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-04-24
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cold Sprayed Aluminum and Titanium Alloys
Keyword:
Aluminum
,
Cold Spray
,
Indentation
, and
Titanium
Creator:
Bond, Trevor
Advisor:
Soboyejo, Winston
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-04
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Specially Shaped Optical Fiber Probes: Understanding and Their Applications in Integrated Photonics, Sensing, and Microfluidics
Keyword:
D-shape Optical Fiber
,
Specially Shaped Optical Fibers
,
Micro/nano-photonics
,
Tapered Optical Fiber
,
Microfluidics
, and
Optical Fiber Sensor
Creator:
Ren, Yundong
Advisor:
Liu, Yuxiang
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2019-12-06
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
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
Influence of Immersed Conductive Objects on the Burning Behavior of Oil Soaked Sands
Keyword:
OIL SOAKED SAND
Creator:
Arava, Shivaprasad
Advisor:
Rangwala, Ali S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-09-07
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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
Effects of Liquid Superheat on Droplet Disruption in a Supersonic Stream
Keyword:
droplet
Creator:
Yanson, Logan M
Advisor:
Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2005-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Experimental Testing of a Computer Aided Heat Treatment Planning System
Keyword:
Heat treatment
Creator:
Vaidya, Rohit Subhash
Advisor:
Rong, Yiming
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2003-08-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
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
COMSOL Multi-physics model for Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMD’s)-Nafion composite Based Electromechanical Actuators
Keyword:
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs)
,
IPMC
,
FEM
,
COMSOL
, and
Electromechanical actuator
Creator:
Sawant, Ronit Prasad
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-08-10
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Virtual Coordination in Collective Object Manipulation
Keyword:
Collective behaviors
,
Swarm Systems
, and
Object Manipulation
Creator:
Tasdighi Kalat, Shadi
Advisor:
Onal, Cagdas
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-04-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Computational modeling of triple layered microwave heat exchanger
Keyword:
Computational modeling
,
thermal runaway
, and
microwave heat exchanger
Creator:
Mohekar, Ajit
Advisor:
Tilley, Burt S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-04-24
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Computational Modeling of Tethered Undersea Kites for Power Generation
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
Tethered Underwater Kite Systems
, and
Ocean Renewable Energy
Creator:
Ghasemi, Amirmahdi
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
and
Tryggvason, Gretar
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2018-02-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Flow Distribution Control and Thermal Homogenization with EHD Conduction Pumping and Experimental Studies in Pool Boiling and Internal Condensation
Keyword:
Conduction pumping
,
Electrohydrodynamic (EHD)
,
Internal condensation
,
Flow distribution control
,
Pool boiling
, and
Thermal homogenization
Creator:
Yang, Lei
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2017-09-07
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Realization and Lateral Stable Workspace Analysis of an Axially Symmetric Scalable Hexapod Robot
Keyword:
Scalable
,
Stability
,
hexpod
,
stable workspace
, and
Workspace
Creator:
Qu, Long
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-09-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Carbon nanotubes micro-arrays: characterization and application in biosensing of free proteins and label-free capture of breast cancer cells
Keyword:
field effect transistor
,
carbon nanotube
,
sensing
,
circulating tumor cells
,
label free
,
cancer cells
,
capture
,
biosensor
, and
micro arrays
Creator:
Khosravi, Farhad
Advisor:
Panchapakesan, Balaji
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-08-16
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Adaptive distributed observers for a class of linear dynamical systems
Keyword:
Distributed unknown input observer
,
Interconnected systems
,
Distributed functional observer
,
Distributed estimation
, and
Distributed Kalman filter
Creator:
Heydari, Mahdi
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Effect of Humpback Whale-Like Protuberances on Hydrofoil Performance
Keyword:
hydrofoil performance
,
humpback whale
, and
leading edge protuberances
Creator:
Custodio, Derrick
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
High Voltage Electrolyte Based on Fluorinated Compounds for High Energy Li-ion Chemistry
Keyword:
Li-ion batteries
,
High energy and high voltage battery system
, and
Fluoridated electrolyte
Creator:
He, Meinan
Advisor:
Wang, Yan
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2016-12-08
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Feasibility for Orbital Life Extension of a CubeSat Flying in the Lower Thermosphere
Keyword:
orbital
,
CubeSat
,
electrospray
,
GPS
,
thermosphere
,
Energy
, and
LEO
Creator:
Martinez, Nicolas
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
,
Blandino, John J.
, and
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-07-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
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
CubeSat Design and Attitude Control with Micro Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
Keyword:
attitude control
,
Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
, and
CubeSat
Creator:
Lu, Ye
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-29
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Global Enhanced Vibrational Kinetic Model for Radio-Frequency Hydrogen Discharges and Application to the Simulation of a High Current Negative Hydrogen Ion Source
Keyword:
plasma simulation
,
plasma chemistry
,
global model
,
ion sources
, and
gas discharge devices
Creator:
Averkin, Sergey Nikolaevich
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-04-02
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Nanomechanics and Nanoscale Adhesion in Biomaterials and Biocomposites: Elucidation of the Underlying Mechanism
Keyword:
Hydrogels
,
Drug Eluting Stent
,
Hemicellulose
,
Atomistic Simulations
,
Lignin
, and
Cellulose
Creator:
Youssefian, Sina
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-12-15
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Scale-Model Testing of Tethered Undersea Kites for Power Generation
Keyword:
kite power
and
renewable energy
Creator:
Fredette, Ryan
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-07-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Minimizing Water Requirements for Electricity Generation in Water Scarce Areas
Keyword:
renewable energy
,
electricity generation
, and
water requirements
Creator:
Stults, Erica Suzanne
Advisor:
Bar-On, Isa
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-05-04
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Development of a multi-wavelength lensless digital holography system for 3D deformations and shape measurements of tympanic membranes
Keyword:
Tympanic membrane
,
Shape measurements
,
multi-wavelength metrology
,
lensless digital holography
, and
3D deformations
Creator:
Lu, Weina
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
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
Terrestrial and Micro-Gravity Studies in Electrohydrodynamic Conduction-Driven Heat Transport Systems
Keyword:
boiling
,
Electrohydrodynamics
,
meso-scale
, and
heat transport
Creator:
Patel, Viral K.
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2015-03-25
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
Vortex Generator Jet Flow Control in Highly Loaded Compressors
Keyword:
highly loaded blades
,
gas turbines
,
linear compressor cascade
,
active flow control
,
vortex generator jet
, and
passive flow control
Creator:
Baiense, Jr., Joao C
Advisor:
Evans, Simon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-07-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
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
Boundary Conditions for Granular Flows at Penetrable Vibrating Surfaces: Applications to Inclined Flows of Monosized Assemblies and to Sieving of Binary Mixtures
Keyword:
Vibrating Sieves
,
Vibrating Boundaries
,
Boundary Conditions
,
Binary Mixtures
,
Particle Segregation
,
Inclined Flows
, and
Granular Flows
Creator:
El Khatib, Wael
Advisor:
Richman, Mark W.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-26
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Numerical and Experimental Study of Heat and Mass Transfer Enhancement using Phase Change Materials
Keyword:
Phase Change Materials
,
Numerical
,
Experimental
,
Evaporation
,
Heat and Mass Transfer
,
Natural Convection
, and
Drying
Creator:
Khakpour, Yasmin
Advisor:
Yagoobi, Jamal
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-05-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Attitude Synchronization of Spacecraft Formation with Optimization and Adaptation of Consensus Penalty Terms
Keyword:
spacecraft formation
,
attitude synchronization
, and
gain adaptation
Creator:
Zhang, Kewen
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Development of a parameter-insensitive artificial immune system for structural health monitoring
Keyword:
Structural Health Monitoring
,
structural parameter value
, and
Artificial Immune System
Creator:
Zhang, Jiachen
Advisor:
Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-23
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Soft-Body Interconnect For Self-Reconfigurable Modular Robots
Keyword:
interconnect mechanism
and
soft-body material
Creator:
Ying, Min
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2014-04-21
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Interferometric Optical Readout System for a MEMS Infrared Imaging Detector
Keyword:
Interferometry
,
IR Imaging
, and
MEMS
Creator:
Tripp, Everett
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-19
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Deformation Mechanisms in Bioinspired Multilayered Materials
Keyword:
Nacre
,
Toughening mechanism
,
Bioinspired materials
, and
Multilayered
Creator:
Askarinejad, Sina
Advisor:
Rahbar, Nima
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-09-12
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Powering of endoscopic cutting tools for minimally invasive procedures
Keyword:
ABAQUS
,
contact stress
,
von Mises yield criterion
,
cutting geometry
,
Minimally invasive surgery
, and
sample cutting
Creator:
Chen, Kehui
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-06-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Estimation of the Concentration from a Moving Gaseous Source in the Atmosphere Using a Guided Sensing Aerial Vehicle
Keyword:
State Estimation
,
PDEs
,
Source Detection
, and
Sensing Aerial Vehicle Guidance
Creator:
Court, Jeffrey
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
and
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Smoothed Dissipative Particle Dynamics Methodology For Wall-Bounded Domains
Keyword:
SDPD
,
DPD
,
Mesoscopic
,
Virtual Particle
,
SPH
, and
Wall-Bounded
Creator:
Yang, Jun
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-29
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Inlet Vortex Formation Under Crosswind Conditions
Keyword:
FLUENT
,
engine
,
Circulation
,
Vortex
,
computational
,
fluid dynamics
,
CFD
,
Aerodynamics
,
inlet vortex
,
aircraft
,
inlet
,
formation
,
intake
, and
distortion
Creator:
Horvath, Nathan Rosendo
Advisor:
Evans, Simon
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Nonlinear Computational Model of Floating Wind Turbines
Keyword:
Computational Fluid Dynamics
,
Wind turbine
, and
Offshore structure
Creator:
Nematbakhsh, Ali
Advisor:
Tryggvason, Gretar
and
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2013-04-25
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Analytical Workspace, Kinematics, and Foot Force Based Stability of Hexapod Walking Robots
Keyword:
Hexapod Walking Robot
,
Stability Margin
, and
Workspace
Creator:
Agheli Hajiabadi, Mohammad Mahdi
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
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
Effect of Electron Bombardment on the Size Distribution of Negatively Charged Droplets Produced by Electrospray
Keyword:
droplet fission
,
electrospray
, and
inductive charge detector
Creator:
Shi, Xiaochuan
Advisor:
Blandino, John J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-09
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
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
Scale Model Experiments on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
Keyword:
wind energy
,
renewable energy
,
floating wind turbines
,
wind turbines
, and
scale model
Creator:
Naqvi, Syed Kazim
Advisor:
Olinger, David J.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-05-23
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
Numerical Analysis of Transient Teflon Ablation with a Domain Decomposition Finite Volume Implicit Method on Unstructured Grids
Keyword:
Transient Ablation
,
Finite Volume Method
,
Teflon
,
Unstructured Grid
,
Crank-Nicolson Method
, and
Domain Decomposition
Creator:
Wang, Mianzhi
Advisor:
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-04-25
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical 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
Air Gap Elimination in Permanent Magnet Machines
Keyword:
magnets
,
Electromagnetics
,
ferrofluid
,
generators
, and
electric motors
Creator:
Judge, Andy
Advisor:
Van de Ven, James D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-18
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Structural Health Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis based on Artificial Immune System
Keyword:
Damage Detection/Fault Diagnosis
,
Artificial Immune System
, and
Structural Health Monitoring
Creator:
Xiao, Wenchang
Advisor:
Hou, Zhikun
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-02-29
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
Modeling and Testing of a Series Elastic Actuator with Controllable Damping
Keyword:
Compliance with Precision
and
SEA
Creator:
Iyer, Sidharth Suresh
Advisor:
Nestinger, Stephen
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2012-01-11
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis on the Liquid Piston Gas Compression
Keyword:
CFD
,
gas compression
, and
liquid piston
Creator:
Wong, Lak Kin
Advisor:
Van de Ven, James D.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-12-06
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
An Investigation of Incipient Jump in Industrial Cam Follower Systems
Keyword:
Follower Jump
,
Cam Follower
,
Dynamic Modeling
, and
Vibration
Creator:
Belliveau, Kenneth D
Advisor:
Norton, Robert L.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2002-08-19
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Development of a High Speed, Robust System for Full Field-of-View 3D Shape Measurements
Keyword:
Fringe Projection
,
Temporal Phase Unwrapping
,
Structured Light
, and
High-Speed Shape Measurements
Creator:
Zervas, Michael Jay
Advisor:
Furlong-Vazquez, Cosme
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-08-26
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
The Passive Scalar Concentration and Velocity Fields of Isolated Turbulent Puffs
Keyword:
passive scalar
,
Turbulnet Puffs
, and
Velocity field
Creator:
Ghaem-Maghami, Elham
Advisor:
Johari, Hamid
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-08-01
Resource Type:
Dissertation
Degree:
PhD
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
A Dynamic Parameter Identification Method for Migrating Control Strategies Between Heterogeneous Wheeled Mobile Robots
Keyword:
Adaptive Control
,
trajectory tracking
,
Mobile robots
, and
robot dynamics
Creator:
Laut, Jeffrey W
Advisor:
Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-05-27
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Design of a Power-Assist Hemiplegic Wheelchair
Keyword:
hemiplegia
,
Wheelchair
,
Design
,
one-arm
, and
power-assist
Creator:
Liadis, Keith Nicholas
Advisor:
Hoffman, Allen H.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2006-05-09
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
MS
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
Analysis of the performance and stability of a passive recirculation loop for hydrogen delivery to a PEM fuel cell system
Keyword:
PEM
,
pressure control valve
, and
passive recirculation
Creator:
Sutherland, Erika Susanne
Advisor:
Fofana, Mustapha S.
Publisher:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:
2011-04-28
Resource Type:
Thesis
Degree:
ME
Unit (Department):
Mechanical Engineering
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