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Spring 2014

Izadi, Hossein

This thesis focuses on fabrication of aluminum matrix composites using friction stir processing. Al 5059 alloy was selected as the matrix alloy, and the effect of processing parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties of this alloy was studied in detail. Friction stir processing was...

Fall 2011

Low, Qing Xun

Electrodeposition and co-electrodeposition methods were used to prepare: (1) copper coated nickel foam; (2) copper-ceria coated nickel foam. Both of these coatings formed a copper-nickel alloy after heat treatment in reducing atmosphere. These coatings have low, stable resistance when exposed to...

Spring 2018

Hodder, Kevin J

Due to the natural heterogeneity of rock there exists a large variance between samples in geomechanical engineering testing. Additionally, the number of samples available for testing that meet the screening requirements for grain size, mineralogy, bedding orientation and moisture content can...

Fall 2019

Chen, Yulan

Surface functionalization methods are critically important for materials research community in endowing surfaces with multiple novel and unique properties. Plant-derived polyphenolic compounds exhibit material-independent adhesive affinity and form versatile coatings via synchronous oxidation and...

Fall 2021

Tehinse, Olayinka B

This research aimed to understand the effect of mean load pressure fluctuations on crack growth in near-neutral pH (NNpH) environment. This work contributes to a larger effort to develop a crack growth predictive model based on variable amplitude loading. The motivation for this study is that...

Fall 2015

Sammaknejad, Nima

A large volume of literature exists on fault detection and isolation for industrial processes. In a general view, these various methods may be divided into process model based and process history based fault diagnosis. In both classes, there has been a recent focus on extracting the temporal...

Fall 2018

Arifin, B M Sirajeel

Fault Detection, Isolation and Remediation of Real Processes",,eng,"Fault Detection, Change Detection, Leak Detection, Control Valve Stiction, Stiction-Compensation","The goal of process control and monitoring system is to operate the process plants safely, reliably and in fault-free mode. Even a...

Fall 2018

Dar, Danish

This research reports a feasibility study based on simulation for the production of dimethyl ether via the dehydration of methanol using catalytic distillation. Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic model is used for the reaction in the simulation. Simulations are based on a catalytic distillation column...

Fall 2019

Kwak, Seraphina Jinyeong

Data is becoming more valuable as there are still many uncertainties and hidden information that have yet to be discovered. For this reason, the application of data analysis and machine learning in the industry is becoming more popular. For example, SAGD (steam assisted gravity drainage) is a...

Spring 2018

Pourmohammadbagher, Mohammad

Nano-colloids are present or arise in diverse processes, from the manufacturing of solar panels and pharmaceutics, treatment of mine tailings, and a lead example to the production of unconventional hydrocarbon resources and molecular fluids are frequently added to the colloids during processing....