School of Mechanical Engineering Theses and Dissertations
Original work in partial fulfillment of a graduate degree in the School of Mechanical Engineering.
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Novel Color-Coded Pulse-Burst Microscopy System for Ultra-High Spatially and Temporally Resolved Imaging of Primary Atomization in Engine-Relevant Diesel Sprays
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-03-13)Primary atomization, the process of forming droplets from a high-pressure jet, is not a well understood phenomena because it is difficult to study experimentally. Primary atomization occurs on the micron scale over the ... -
Multi-agent open architecture for process monitoring and part certification
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-02-23)Methods to connect manufacturing machines, processes, and sensors have rapidly developed through the fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0. Data collection is now possible at every point in a production ... -
Experimental investigation of microstructure and properties in structural alloys through image analyses and multiresolution indentation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-01-22)This work addresses the challenges in the investigation of structural alloy microstructures and their mechanical properties at multiple length scales. The investigations are performed on small volume ferrite-pearlite steel ... -
Learning to manipulate latent representations of deep generative models
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-01-14)Deep generative models have emerged as a tool of choice for the design of automatic music composition systems. While these models are capable of learning complex representations from data, a limitation of many of these ... -
SOLUTION PROCESSING OF STRIPES, PATCHES AND DIGITAL PATTERNS USING A NOVEL SLOT DIE COATING-INSPIRED APPROACH
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-30)In recent decades, printing and coating techniques have received interest for manufacturing of low-cost wearable electronics, sensors, displays, photovoltaics, and energy storage devices. The functionality of these devices ... -
Bayesian Estimation of Grain Scale Elastic-Plastic Intrinsic Material Properties via Spherical Indentation Measurements and the Exploration of Design of Experiments Strategies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-28)This thesis is focused on establishing and demonstrating a statistical framework for the objective fusion of data acquired from multiscale experiments and multiscale models performed to understand and predict the intrinsic ... -
Atomistic studies of structure-property relationships in actinide and transition metal alloys
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-25)In this thesis, structure-property relationships are investigated for a series of nuclear material systems using density functional theory (DFT). Each chapter presents a unique problem within the field of nuclear materials ... -
Systems for Noninvasive Assessment of Biomechanical Load in the Lower Limb
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-24)Every move you make—and, yes, every step you take—is the result of action at a joint, and so proper joint function is pivotal to the way we explore and interact with the world around us. Unfortunately, joint function is ... -
Empathic Effects of Auditory Heartbeats: A Neurophysiological Investigation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-22)I hypothesized that hearing the heartbeat of another person would affect listeners’ empathic state, and designed an experiment to measure changes in behavior and cardiac neurophysiology. In my experiment, participants (N ... -
CMUT array design and fabrication for high frequency ultrasound imaging
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-20)High frequency ultrasound imaging is utilized in a broad range of applications from intravascular imaging to small animal imaging for preclinical studies. Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) possess ... -
Engineered microfluidic platforms to enable the interrogation of metastatic extravasation under physiologically relevant hydrodynamic forces
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-27)Over 90% of all cancer-related deaths result from metastasis, a multistep process that occurs in the blood or lymphatic vasculature under hydrodynamic forces. During metastasis, cancer cells leave the primary tumor, ... -
Fluid dynamics of biological and mechanical olfaction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-03-25)The sense of smell is critical to a number of animals, from moths all the way to the largest mammal on land, the elephant. Despite these animals ranging across eight orders of magnitude in body mass, there are commonalities ... -
STUDYING NORMAL MODES IN AMORPHOUS THERMOPLASTICS: POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE), POLYSTYRENE, AND POLYVINYL CHLORIDE
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-27)We have studied normal vibrational modes in three amorphous thermoplastic polymers. Our studies have focused on determining how different classes of modes interact to give rise to thermal conductivity. We have found that ... -
Simultaneous velocity and density measurements of fully-developed Rayleigh-Taylor turbulent mixing
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-09)The dynamics of molecular mixing and the energy transfer process in the Rayleigh- Taylor instability (RTI) are studied through the collection and analysis of simultaneous density-velocity field measurements. Statistically ... -
Microstructure Sensitive Multiscale Modeling of Fracture in Polycrystalline metals
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-03)Systematic exploration of the correlation between macroscale properties and microstructure attributes provides decision support to design new material microstructures with tailored properties. Currently no systematic ... -
High Shear Arterial Thrombosis: Microfluidic Diagnostics and Nanotherapeutics
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-12-20)Ischemic cardiovascular events remain the leading causes of death in the world, largely due to ineffective preventative therapies and diagnostic tools. This work investigated the development of a physiologically relevant, ... -
Composing and Decomposing Electroacoustic Sonifications: Towards a Functional-Aesthetic Sonification Design Framework
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-05-01)The field of sonification invites musicians and scientists for creating novel auditory interfaces. However, the opportunities for incorporating musical design ideas into general functional sonifications have been limited ... -
COMET-GPU: A GPGPU-Enabled Deterministic Solver for the Continuous-Energy Coarse Mesh Transport Method (COMET)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-04-28)The Continuous-Energy Coarse Mesh Transport (COMET) method is a neutron transport solution method that uses a unique hybrid stochastic-deterministic solution method to obtain high-fidelity whole-core solutions to reactor ... -
Bio-inspired locomotion using oscillating elastic plates
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-04-30)We develop a fluid-structure interaction computational model based on the lattice Boltzmann method and the thin plate model to investigate the impact of different strategies for bio-inspired locomotion with an oscillating ... -
Waste heat recovery, thermal storage, and heat pumping in drying processes
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-04-12)Drying is a ubiquitous process in a wide range of applications and industries, including residential and commercial clothes dryers, agriculture, chemical processing, and pharmaceutical industry. Clothes dryers have become ...
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