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Spring 2023

Chen, Yu

Bio-based composites made from bio-renewable and biodegradable constituents have been proposed as alternatives to petroleum-based composites for a variety of applications. However, studies have shown that in many cases, these bio-based composites are hydrophilic, and their viscoelasticity can be...

Spring 2023

Pal, Sanhita

High entropy alloys (HEAs) are a new class of advanced metallic materials that have received significant attention in recent years due to their stable microstructures and promising properties. They are characterized by their peculiar mixing of five or more principal elements in equimolar...

Fall 2023

Mohamed, Mostafa

Osseointegrated implants rely on the direct structural and functional attachment of an implant to the surrounding bone tissues. These implants are used in various fields including dentistry, bone conduction hearing and lower-limb amputations. Determining the quality of the bond between the...

Spring 2023

Zamani, Milad

Industrial flaring is a notable global contributor to carbon dioxide emissions and other key pollutants, such as black carbon, oxides of nitrogen, and unburnt hydrocarbons. Introducing a separate assisting fluid near the base of these flames affects their hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and...

Spring 2023

Pawlenchuk, Taylor J

Wind farms are often concentrated geographically as they are cited in areas with strong resources. While this maximizes energy generation, it can decrease the value of that energy, particularly as the relative amount of wind increases in the overall system. Wind energy is growing rapidly in...

Spring 2023

Freeman, Benjamin R.S.

This dissertation introduces a new flow analysis technique based on the Fourier-Averaged Navier- Stokes (FANS) equations. It details their application to educing the effect of fluid forces on flow physics. The derivation and interpretation of the method is described, and details of how...

Spring 2023

Gordon, David C

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) has the potential to significantly reduce engine out oxides of nitrogen NOx emissions, while maintaining a high fuel efficiency compared to existing lean-burn spark ignition engines. HCCI is characterized by compression induced autoignition of a lean...

Spring 2023

Bahanan, Amgad AA

Cooling towers are utilized in a wide variety of industrial applications for dissipating waste heat into the atmosphere. The design of effective, economical, and environment-friendly cooling towers is paramount for industrial applications. In this thesis, a numerical optimization framework for...

Fall 2023

Javed, Kashif

The increasing energy demand, dependency on fossil fuels, reduction in their reserves, and rise in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have drawn global attention toward a more viable alternative, such as biofuels produced from agricultural residue biomass, which is an abundantly available type of...

Fall 2023

Wubneh, Abiy

There has been a growing interest in integrating melt-electrospinning (MES) with three-dimensional (3D) fabrication methods to produce constructs with controlled internal micro-architectures. One application area that could benefit from this integration is bone tissue engineering (TE). Due to the...