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Spring 2024

Beaulieu, Eric J.

In order to store large quantities of intermittent renewable energy, proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWE) can be used to produce hydrogen which can then be used in a fuel cells to retrieve the energy. One limitation of PEMWE is that the catalysts used, commonly platinum and...

Spring 2024

McNally, Jakub T

Hydrogen as a fuel has the potential to reduce tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions of vehicles to near-zero, while also allowing for the generation of a hydrogen-based economy and lowering humanity's dependence upon oil. Hydrogen-diesel dual fuel combustion, where hydrogen and diesel are combusted...

Spring 2024

Arora, Piyush

Direct rapid investment casting integrates additive manufacturing (AM) technology into conventional investment casting. This approach addresses the challenges of high lead time and cost but is effective only on a small scale (up to a cube of 0.3 m side). It utilizes thermoplastics such as...

Spring 2024

Philip, Anish Abraham

The thesis details the design and development of a method to additively manufacture continuous carbon fiber in a polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polymer matrix at a large scale. The majority of the additive manufacturing techniques are limited by size and printing time. Furthermore, the mechanical...

Spring 2024

Jelani Batcha, Mohamed Rizwan

Helix-25 is a screw-propelled mobile robot designed by Copperstone Technologies® to survey hazardous ponds and fields. Currently this robot is manually operated, which may not be feasible during various circumstances. The control strategies for screw propelled robots have been limited, with a...

Spring 2024

Chen, Yinuo

Oil and gas pipelines (OGP) play a crucial role in sustaining the economy. With the increasing speed of pipeline network building, there is a corresponding growth in energy supply and demand. Nevertheless, numerous pipeline network safety operating issues arise during oil and gas transportation,...

Spring 2024

Fotso Nzeche, Audrey Danielle

In the ongoing energy transition and renewable energy era, maintaining the integrity and resilience of power distribution networks is paramount. It is necessary to minimize power outages and deliver electricity to consumers safely and reliably. Underground power cable failures are one of the...

Spring 2024

Minootan, Zahra

Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are one of the leading causes of death in the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 262 million people were diagnosed with Asthma in 2019 alone. Among current drug delivery systems for the...

Spring 2024

Weerasinghe, Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage KS

Bones in the skull are connected by craniofacial sutures, which are joints made of collagen fibers, vasculature, and an extracellular matrix. Sutures are straight and flexible at an organism’s early ages and develop various morphological characteristics during growth. Patent (unfused) sutures...

Spring 2024

Islam, Saqeeb

The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a better understanding of the behavior of particles within a particle-laden turbulent channel flow, as well as evaluate the suitability of the flow facility to measure particle-laden flows. Suitability of the flow loop for measurements of particle-laden...