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  • Assessing Mass Diffusion Modeling in Premixed Flames

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    Fillo, Aaron J.
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    Implementing multicomponent diffusion in numerical combustion studies is computationally expensive due to the challenges involved in computing diffusion coefficients. As a result, mixture-averaged diffusion treatments or simpler methods are used to avoid these costs. However, the accuracy and appropriateness of the mixture-averaged diffusion model has not been verified for three-dimensional...
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    challenging process and I cannot thank you enough. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Dr. Jason Schlup is a co-author

  • Developing a Methodology to Study the Effects of Adhesive Flow Penetration on Wood Adhesive Bond Performance by using Micro X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) and Digital Volume Correlation (DVC)

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    Ching, Daniel Jackson
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    Wood composites are an important renewable structural material which can be a net carbon sink when used in combination with sustainable forest management practices and high rates of log utilization. Adhesive bondlines are an essential part of composites, and for wood composites, they determine the moisture durability and mechanical performance...
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    Developing a Methodology to Study the Effects of Adhesive Flow

  • Achieving Transparency in Human-Collective Systems

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    Roundtree, Karina A.
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    Collective robotic systems are biologically-inspired and exhibit behaviors found in spatial swarms (e.g., fish), colonies (e.g., ants), or a combination of both (e.g., bees). Collective robotic system popularity continues to increase due to their apparent global intelligence and emergent behaviors. Many applications can benefit from the incorporation of collectives, including...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Karina A. Roundtree for

  • Providing Informative Feedback for Learning in Tightly Coupled Multiagent Domains

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    Rockefeller, Golden C.
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    Autonomous agents that sense, decide, act, and coordinate effectively with each other are critical in many real-world domains such as autonomous driving, search and rescue missions, air traffic management, and underwater or deep space exploration. All such domains share a key difficulty: though high-level mission goals are clear to system...
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    underwater or deep space explo- ration. All such domains share a key difficulty: though high-level mission

  • A Computational Framework for Resilience-Informed Design

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    Hulse, Daniel E.
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    It is desirable for complex engineered systems to perform missions efficiently and economically, even when these missions' complex, variable, long-term operational profiles make it likely for hazards to arise. It is thus important to design these systems to be resilient so that they will actively prevent and recover from hazards...
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    degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering presented on December 7, 2020. Title: A

  • Hybrid flowshop scheduling with dual resources in a supply chain

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    Mehravaran, Yasaman
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    This dissertation addresses a hybrid-flow shop scheduling problem with dual resource constraints in a supply chain. Most of the traditional scheduling problems deal with machine as the only resource. However, other resources such as labor is not only required for processing jobs but are often constrained. Considering the second resource...
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    presented on April 17, 2013. Title: Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling with Dual Resources in a Supply Chain

  • From running birds to walking robots : optimization as a unifying framework for dynamic bipedal locomotion

    Creator:
    Hubicki, Christian M.
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    Bipedal locomotion is a complex phenomenon to understand and control, making it difficult for legged robots to achieve the speed, agility, efficiency, and robustness of their animal counterparts. This thesis argues for the use of numerical optimization to investigate and implement bipedal control as it applies to biology, dynamical models,...
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    From Running Birds to Walking Robots: Optimization as a

  • Towards a guided framework for innovative engineering through the generation and evaluation stages of concept design

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    Oman, Sarah Kay
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    This work proposes a framework of concept generation and evaluation that takes into consideration the benefit of creativity and innovation in current market trends. By educating engineers in how to increase creativity in concept design and assess it quantitatively, the next generation of designers will be a step ahead of...
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    Engineering presented on June 13, 2012. Title: Towards a Guided Framework for Innovative Engineering

  • A framework for assessing and improving the resilience of complex engineered systems during the early design process

    Creator:
    Mehrpouyan, Hoda
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    As modern systems continue to increase in size and complexity, they pose significant safety and risk management challenges. System engineers and much of the government research efforts are focused on understanding the attributes and characteristics that emerge from the interactions of components and subsystems. As a result, the objective of...
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    A Framework for Assessing and Improving the Resilience of

  • Mechanical Design for Robot Locomotion

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    Abate, Andrew M.
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    Robotic limbs have been shown to enable mobility in unstructured, real-world terrain; they allow robots to step around cluttered environments, scramble up hills, carry heavy loads, and even perform acrobatics. However, mechanical limbs cannot operate as a means for such dynamic locomotion if they are simply treated as general articulated...
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    even perform acrobatics. However, mechanical limbs cannot operate as a means for such dynamic