Browsing by Author "Allaire, Douglas"
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Swain, Anshuman (2020-11-18)Most of the current electric vehicles use a single reduction gear set powertrain architecture as their transmission. This is largely due to the fact that the electric motors, unlike engines, produce very high torques at a ...
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Distribution Optimal Importance Weights For Efficient Uncertainty Propagation Through Model Chains Sanghvi, Meet (2019-11-12)This thesis proposes a least squares formulation to determine a set of empirical importance weights to achieve a change of probability measure. The objective of the thesis is to estimate statistics from a target distribution ...
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Singh, Arjun (2020-11-05)Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are utilized in numerous industries and in recent years with the advent of learning techniques, the focus is now on developing Self – aware UAVs that rely on an array of environmental sensors ...
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Ecological Decentralization for Improving the Resilient Design of Urban Water Distribution Networks Rodriguez, Luis Angel (2023-04-13)Urban water distribution networks have provided potable water to communities and households worldwide over the last century. Within the last two decades, there has been a rise in complications with water distribution systems ...
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Friedman, Samuel Isaac (2019-05-02)Uncertainty propagation through coupled multiphysics systems is often intractable due to computational expense. In this work, we present a novel methodology to enable uncertainty analysis of expensive coupled systems. The ...
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James, Jaylen R (2022-04-01)Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) and its subsequent propagation are powerful tools for estimating material property and performance distributions. As the paradigm of materials discovery within an Integrated Computational ...
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Halbert, Tyler Raymond (2015-05-20)In engineering decision making, particularly in design, engineers must make decisions under varying levels of uncertainty. While not always the case, oftentimes one of the options available to an engineer is the ability ...
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Brehm, Colton Daniel (2020-04-14)The sustainability of industrial practices is a growing point of emphasis in the research and business communities demanding effective systems-level solutions. EcoIndustrial Parks (EIPs), networks of co-located industries ...
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Patrick, Shawanee O (2021-12-07)There are millions of people who are unable to be mobile without the use of mobility aids. Being mobile, and more specifically walking, has a great impact on a person’s quality of life. Not being able to walk, as well as ...
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Monjur, Mohammed Sadaf (2023-04-05)Identifying suitable materials is crucial for developing sustainable, cost-effective, and energy-efficient chemical processes as they directly influence the operating conditions and process performance. However, selecting ...
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Malawey, David Paul (2016-05-06)Cubesats are tiny space exploration vessels with a lower cost than most satellites in history. Rapidly, studies are taking place on this technology to the degree that published papers on cubesats seem to have doubled between ...
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Molkeri, Abhilash (2021-09-13)Technological advancements such as efficient jet engines and nuclear reactors rests on our ability to design and discover new materials. Historically, discovery of new materials has relied on Edisonian approach, but it is ...
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Couperthwaite, Richard Andrew (2021-06-23)Microstructure sensitive design (MSD) has become an essential component of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME). There are effectively two components to MSD, multi-scale, microstructure sensitive materials ...
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Rooney, Warren William (2016-12-14)Many large-scale, complex engineering systems experience significant cost and schedule overruns during their developments. There are many factors that contribute to these overruns, including increased system complexity, ...
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Thomison, William Dillon (2017-05-09)While the growing number of computational models available to designers can solve a lot of problems, it complicates the process of properly utilizing the information provided by each simulator. It may seem intuitive to ...
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Whittier, Alex Walter (2021-07-14)Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is a popular approach for managing the technical aspects of large, complex systems. It provides a disciplined framework for capturing emergent properties and interactions early in the ...
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Ghoreishi, Seyede Fatemeh; Molkeri, Abhilash; Srivastava, Ankit; Arroyave, Raymundo; Allaire, Douglas (ASME, 2018-08-01)Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) calls for the integration of computational tools into the materials and parts development cycle, while the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) calls for the acceleration ...
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Weaver-Rosen, Jonathan M. (2021-06-29)Parametric optimization is the process of solving an optimization problem as a function of currently unknown or changing variables known as parameters. Parametric optimization methods have been shown to benefit engineering ...
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Allen, Richard C. (2018-07-31)In this work we present a novel solution strategy for the development of processing facilities for shale natural gas fields that is more sustainable and cost effective. The foundation of our methodology is to utilize ...
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Galvan, Edgar (2016-08-30)The aim of this research is to introduce the notion of parametric optimization (PO) as a useful approach for solving systems design challenges. In this research, we define PO as the process of finding the optimal solution ...