Browsing Undergraduate Research Scholars Capstone (2006–present) by Department "Mechanical Engineering"
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Accurate Human Motion Estimation Using Inertia Measurement Units for Use in Biomechanical Analysis Vision-based motion capture systems (MCSs) are often used as a way to create full-body virtual models of human beings, for applications ranging from movie Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) to biomechanical analysis of human ...
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(2013-09-19)The brake torque of a direct-injection diesel engine is known to plateau over a range of injection timings. Injection timing affects the engine’s ignition delay and the fractions of fuel which burn in premixed and diffusion ...
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Literature Review Heart disease is a leading cause of death in developed countries. It typically is a slow killer, with atherosclerosis slowly worsening throughout the course of a patient’s lifetime, often only revealing ...
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(2017-04-24)High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are multi-principal element alloys at near-equiatomic concentrations that can have superior properties such as high irradiation resistance, high fatigue resistance, and high temperature usage, ...
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This research will determine what controller type and code must be implemented to ensure the operation of a natural gas compressor station engine stays within emission standards. The natural gas pipeline compressor stations ...
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(2010-07-14)The objective of the research was to develop a fully automated vehicle car door that can detect any object obstructing its path during operation. A fully automated door concept has not yet been implemented in the car ...
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(2011-08-08)Over the past few decades, the likeliness of an attack from explosives has increased dramatically. Hence, the need to find a reliable device with the ability to detect explosives has increased even more. Sensing schemes ...
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(2011-08-08)The objective of this research was to mitigate fluctuations of a levitated ping pong ball within a vertical wind tunnel (VWT) prototype. This was made possible by remodeling the VWT system with its inherent nonlinear ...
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Centrifugal compressors take in large volumes of gases, some of which are toxic and extremely dangerous. To contain these gases and avoid any leakages from taking place, dry gas seals are utilized. Dry gas seals need to ...
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(2013-02-27)In a Lithium-ion battery, increases in the effective conductivity can lead to a reduction in internal cell resistance and improved cell performance. Previous efforts to improve cell conductivity have focused on the effect ...
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(2013-02-06)As a result of increasing oil prices and consumer environmental awareness, “green” products such as electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity, but the energy storage technologies that make such products possible ...
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Flexible, transparent electrodes (FTEs) can be used in many applications, such as wearable electronics, flexible touch screens, and semitransparent solar cells. Researchers have successfully created stretchable, bendable, ...
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The objective of this project is to study the effects of different surface textures and patterns on the wear mechanisms involved, and the cumulative damage on these surfaces. Laser surface texturing (LST) is used to ablate ...
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(2021-05-10)The aerodynamic sabot discard process is crucial to the success of hypervelocity testing using less than ideal projectile launch properties or sub-caliber projectiles in smooth bore launchers. Achieving efficient sabot ...
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This research looks at the cross-cultural communication practices, in particular those related to languages, used by engineers working in Arabian Gulf multinational corporations. Cross-cultural communication was particularly ...
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(2013-02-06)The RichtmyerMeshkov instability (RMI) is a hydrodynamic instability resulting from an impulsive acceleration of a density gradient. This instability was first described in the theoretical work of Richtmyer [2], and later ...
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Improving BSFC through Multiple Injections and Varying Cetane Number for a Medium Duty Diesel Engine (2017-04-28)Due to their relatively low carbon dioxide emissions and superior fuel efficiency performance, interest in further utilization of diesel engines for commercial and industrial use continues to grow. The concept of multiple ...
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(2017-05-05)High performance fabrics are an integral part of modern soft ballistic body armor. Currently, the most common practice has been to use woven fabrics in these applications. This work is intended as an early study exploring ...
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(2011-12-01)The world’s energy consumption is at a crossroads. While petroleum coffers continuously yield enough petroleum to meet the current state of energy consumption, increases in energy consumption and advancements in technology ...
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(2014-10-06)The electrical current profiles of two mediums, helium and argon, in a sinusoidally driven floating electrode dielectric barrier discharge jet acting on a substrate were examined for differences. It was noted that the argon ...