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Force Prediction in the Compression Sealing of an Ultra-thin Elastoviscoplastic Membrane

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McNeff, Patrick Scot

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The objective of this paper is to demonstrate a method for mechanically characterizing a 25 μm thick elastoviscoplastic hemodialysis membrane and for quantifying the force required to use that membrane in compression sealing. First, methods are developed for mechanically characterizing the thin elastoviscoplastic membrane. Then, a finite element model is...

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Masters Thesis
Multi Objective Aerodynamic Design in Formula SAE

Creator:

Arscott, Phillip J.

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This thesis examines the effect of aerodynamics on Formula SAE cars. Due to the different objectives of the Formula SAE events, an understanding of the car's complete aerodynamic design is necessary. Using a half car computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model, a series of sensitivity studies are conducted to determine trends...

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Masters Thesis
Radiation Emissions from Turbulent Diffusion Flames Burning Large Hydrocarbon Fuels

Creator:

Zeuthen, Eric D.

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The purpose of this study is to measure and compare radiation emissions from flames burning large hydrocarbon fuels to assist in understanding how the molecular composition changes radiation emissions. Radiative heat transfer is significant because it is a primary mode of heat transfer for many combustion devices. This study also...

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Masters Thesis
Applications of an Agent-Based Approach to Automated Structure Design

Creator:

Kiff, Robin E.

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This thesis details the applications of a new method of agent-based structure synthesis. The goal of this research is to create structures that meet a structural goal within a simulated physics environment. The method proposed works as an iterative process of changing the structure, evaluating the new structure and using...

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Masters Thesis
Assessing Student Conceptual Understanding : Supplementing Deductive Coding with Natural Language Processing Techniques

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Arbogast, Christian

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Assessing student conceptual understanding is a valuable method for gauging specific student learning outcomes but can be difficult and time consuming to measure. This research investigates the potential of automating some intermediary steps of a qualitative analysis of student conceptual understanding with tools from the field of Natural Language Processing...

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Masters Thesis
Design of Experiments to Support Automated Assembly Planning

Creator:

Liu, Yue

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Assembly time estimation is a key factor in evaluating the performance of the assembly process in an automated assembly process. The overall goal of this study is to develop an efficient assembly time estimation method by generating the prediction model from an experimental design. In order to estimate these times,...

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Capstone Project
Robots Against Infectious Diseases : A Technologically Grounded, Human-Centered Exploration

Creator:

Kraft, Kory

Abstract:

Robots have the potential to protect health care workers, provide patient care, and ultimately save lives in infectious disease outbreaks. Nevertheless, infectious disease outbreak scenarios present unique technological and social challenges for robotics. This work explores what robots can and should do in the fight against infectious diseases. We present...

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Masters Thesis
Design and Development of a Salticid Inspired Jumping Robot

Creator:

Tachella, Ramsey

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The ability to jump allows small robots to traverse rough terrain, clear large obstacles, and quickly reach elevated locations. These abilities have applications in a variety of areas such as, search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and urban warfare. The primary focus in current state-of-the-art jumping robots has been on jumping...

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Masters Thesis
Towards a Conceptual Change Model to Support Organizational Change Efforts

Creator:

Hille, Joshua D.

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Many projects fail because employees and managers have different understandings of project "success" or "value". Other projects fail because managers are unable to effectively align organizational values with those of their employees. This problem is widely understood, but there is little empirical research that specifies the nature and effect of...

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Masters Thesis
Dividing Complex Parts into Multiple Pieces for Advanced Joining and Additive Manufacturing

Creator:

Massoni, Brandon R.

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Poor material utilization is inherent to conventional manufacturing processes, leading to high material waste and machining times. Additive manufacturing processes attempt to solve this issue by allowing production of near-net shapes, but the processes may be too expensive or infeasible. By leveraging both processes in a single part, the waste...

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Masters Thesis
Heat Treatment Effects on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of CPM-M4 Tool Steel

Creator:

Fast, Cody P.

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Variations in heat treatments have significant effects on the microstructure of tool steels. For CPM-M4 tool steel, the changes in microstructure and mechanical properties were observed based off of variations in temperature. Five heat treatments with constant exposure time and variable austenitizing and tempering temperatures were performed on samples of...

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Masters Thesis
Lift Enhancement of Pliant Wings Through Bio-Mimicry

Creator:

Osterberg, Nathaniel Brent

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Flexible aerodynamic surfaces have been shown to favorably influence flight characteristics at low Reynolds numbers by increasing lift, angle of attack at stall, and resistance to perturbation. The objective of the research presented within this thesis is to investigate the influence of two aspects of flight observed in biological flyers,...

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Masters Thesis
Using Automation to Understand Sustainable Design Trade-Offs and to Promote Environmental Sustainability in the Early Design Phase

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Wisthoff, Addison K.

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Sustainable product design is becoming an important component of the development of consumer products. Currently there are limited design resources to aid in the creation of environmentally sustainable products. The purpose of this research is to theorize a new method for integrating sustainable design knowledge into the early design phase...

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Masters Thesis
An Application of Visual Management to Reduce In-house Material Handling Wastes in SMEs with High Product Variety and Low Volume

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Kopriva, Cody

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Small and medium-sized enterprises that are characterized by high-mix, low-volume, and highly variable production operations often have unstructured material movement processes that are prone to material handling wastes. These sub-optimal material handling systems are oftentimes a result of small and medium-sized enterprise's limited resources. Current tools to assist organizations in...

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Masters Thesis
Evaluating Cultural Dimensions to Design Better User Interfaces

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Miller, Robert

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Cultural differences between designers and users is an important aspect to consider when designing products for other countries. However, many prominent authors in the human factors engineering field have failed to specifically address how to identify and utilize cultural differences in user interface (UI) design. This research evaluated if design...

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Masters Thesis
Composite Tools and Optimization in Racecars to Reduce Mass and Design Time

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Wagoner, Marshall

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Designing a carbon fiber chassis for the Global Formula Race car has historically proven to be both time intensive and difficult. The goal of this thesis is to improve the design process for testing Global Formula Racing team's composite chassis sandwich panels. Consideration was taken regarding Formula SAE rules, and...

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Masters Thesis
Floating Offshore Wind Array Systems Optimization off the US West Coast using an Extended Pattern Search Algorithm

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Forinash, Caitlin P.

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The large wind resource off the United States West Coast has the potential to generate wind power for millions of homes, yet the high cost of energy for offshore wind power compared to traditional sources has slowed the development of offshore wind farms in the US. The four studies presented...

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Masters Thesis
Design of Complex Engineered Systems Using Multiagent Coordination

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Soria Zurita, Nicolás Francisco

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This thesis is the combination of two research publications working toward a unified strategy in which the design of complex engineered systems can be completed using a multiagent coordination approach. Current engineered system modeling techniques segment large complex models into multiple groups to be simulated independently. These methods restrict the...

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Masters Thesis
Fused Filament Fabrication of Filled Polymers for Metal Additive Manufacturing

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Barmore, Brenton

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Additive manufacturing (AM) is a relatively new manufacturing technique that can create high complexity parts out of many materials in low volume. The fused filament fabrication (FFF) is the lowest cost AM process and is capable of producing only thermoplastic components. Powder injection molding (PIM) is a high volume low...

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Masters Thesis
Planning Under Uncertainty for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Skeele, Ryan

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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has grown out of traditional research and military applications and has captivated the commercial and consumer markets, showing the ability to perform a spectrum of autonomous functions. This technology has the capability of saving lives in search and rescue, fighting wildfires in environmental monitoring, and...

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Blunck, David L.3
Dupont, Bryony3
Haapala, Karl R.3
Albertani, Roberto2
Balasubramanian, Ravi2
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Barbosa, Andre3
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Allani, Sai Krishna1
Arbogast, Christian1
Arscott, Phillip J.1
Barmore, Brenton1
Biederman, Moriah1
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2010-201940

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Mechanical Engineering22
Robotics8
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Materials Science4

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Sealing (Technology)3
Flame2
Heat -- Transmission2
Human-robot interaction2
Hydrocarbons -- Combustion2
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