• Quantitative evaluation of the HTC Vive virtual reality system in controlled movement. 

  Jost, Tyler Abraham, 1994- (2019-04-24)

  Modern virtual reality systems enable users to be immersed in a virtual world. Validation of the HTC Vive will assure users and developers that games and applications made for the system are accurate representations of the ...

• An investigation into the electrical, optical, and microstructural effects of aluminum-doping amorphous indium zinc oxide via ultra-high vacuum co-sputter deposition. 

  Reed, Austin Spencer, 1994-; 0000-0003-1571-704X (2019-04-24)

  Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO) has emerged as a high-potential material candidate for electronic applications involving novel flexible and transparent devices. IZO’s rapid growth can be attributed to its high carrier mobility ...

• Conservative intervention through changing shoe type to reduce injury risk factors in walking and running. 

  Drewelow, Grant Austin, 1995- (2019-04-17)

  Running and walking are associated with various injuries. Because the injury mechanisms for these injuries are mechanical in nature, a logical way to conservatively reduce injury risk is by wearing shoes that alter the ...

• Direct rheological characterization of polymer and polymer composite filament used in fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing. 

  Chen, Jingdong, 1992-; 0000-0002-9904-6433 (2018-11-28)

  Understanding the behavior of polymer melt flows is important for predicting final part quality and improve processing performance, particularly in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) Additive Manufacturing (AM). There are ...

• A photogrammetric method for measuring transient frost surface roughness. 

  Miyauchi, Taber Scott, 1994-; 0000-0003-0687-9039 (2018-11-26)

  Cold-soaked fuel frost (CSFF) is a form of aircraft wing contamination that results in aerodynamic degradation. Unless a certification exemption for a specific aircraft model is provided by the FAA, an operator of an ...

• Correlation of skin friction and convective heat transfer on surfaces with realistic roughness variations. 

  Shannon, Timothy Andrew, 1991- (2018-11-13)

  Ice accretions can considerably degrade the in-flight performance and safety of an aircraft. Increases in aerodynamic drag and decreases in lift and stall angle of attack limit aircraft maneuverability, and can destabilize ...

• Modal analysis of aerospace and geophysical boundary layers. 

  Mosser, Nicholas Paul, 1994- (2018-04-20)

  A linear stability code was written and used to calculate the stability of surface and bottom Ekman layers. Then, the stability of a water column containing both a surface and bottom Ekman layer was calculated to investigate ...

• Effect of inlet hole geometry on surface film cooling effectiveness from compound angle, shaped holes. 

  Bonjonia, Berkley William, 1993- (2018-01-05)

  The gas turbine engine operates at temperatures that far exceed the melting point of the metals from which they are made. Cooling air from the high pressure compressor must be used to cool the components in the hot sections ...

• A method for replicating ice accretion roughness using multi-scale analog distributions. 

  Clemenson, John-Mark, 1994- (2018-03-23)

  A new approach of creating an analog surface for a surface with natural roughness is presented based on the hypothesis that the dominant skin friction and heat transfer augmentation mechanisms are 1) the vortex shedding ...

• Can changing running shoes immediately reduce the risk of tibial stress fractures? 

  Tavares, Jennifer E., 1990- (2018-04-23)

  Running is becoming a more popular sport worldwide however many runners suffer from tibial stress fractures (TSF). While there are various kinematic, kinetic, and anthropometric risk factors associated with TSF, it is ...

• Convection from ice roughness surfaces using scaled Reynolds numbers for larger NACA 0012 airfoils. 

  Williams, Zachary Alan, 1994- (2018-04-24)

  Ice accretions that develop on aircraft surfaces during flight adversely impact performance by increasing weight and drag, while also decreasing lift and stall margin. Previous studies at Baylor University characterized ...

• Thermal boundary layer measurements using planar laser induced fluorescence. 

  Seitz, Sara Toudeshki, 1984-; 0000-0002-8921-1976 (2018-04-09)

  An experimental arrangement of toluene-based Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) has been developed and applied to the study of free and impinging jets formed with air. In the toluene-based PLIF experiment, the flow ...

• The effects of fiber orientation on stiffness and thermal expansion of large volume, anisotropic, short-fiber, composite material fabricated by Fused Filament Fabrication. 

  Russell, Timothy D., 1993- (2017-09-14)

  Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is a rapidly improving 3D printing technology that can be used for manufacturing complex parts. The properties of these parts can be improved by adding short-fibers to the polymer feedstock. ...

• Convection from laser-scanned ice roughness at multiple accretion vent times. 

  McCarrell, Jaime Lynn, 1993- (2017-11-15)

  Ice accretions degrade aircraft flight safety and performance by decreasing the lift and stall angle, increasing the drag, and increasing the aircraft weight. A recent study found that the commonly used realistic ice ...

• Annual energy use of series and parallel fan powered terminal units. 

  Lu, Di, 1993- (2017-12-06)

  Traditional mass and energy balance component models of fixed and variable airflow series and parallel fan powered terminal units (FPTUs) were used to estimate the annual energy use in a small office building with hourly ...

• Linear stability analysis of Mach 10 nitrogen flow over 7-deg half-angle cones. 

  Sakakeeny, Jordan, 1993- (2017-08-02)

  Linear stability theory (LST) analysis was performed on Mach 10 7-degree half-angle straight cones in nitrogen for comparison with experimental results obtained in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Hypervelocity ...

• Three dimensional topology optimization with orthotropic material orientation design for additive manufacturing structures. 

  Jiang, Delin, 1992- (2017-08-02)

  Products produced with Additive Manufacturing often have anisotropic microstructures that form material layers are added during processing. Carbon fiber filled polymer deposited in beads with the Fused Filament Fabrication ...

• Characterizing hip motion during activities of daily living. 

  Fuller, Carley E., 1993- (2017-07-27)

  In the United States alone, 332,000 people received a total hip replacement (THR) each year [1 – need to reattach ref]. Following a total hip arthroplasty, doctors get asked by their patients if they can still do particular ...

• Nondestructive inspection and characterization of complex engineering materials via ultrasound techniques. 

  Stair, Sarah L., 1990- (2017-06-19)

  Nondestructive evaluation methods have grown increasingly popular and necessary in a variety of industries. For example, the aerospace industry uses such techniques to inspect aircraft components for damage prior to making ...

• Design and implementation of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging system using an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar sensor. 

  Ernzen, Brian Thomas. (2016-04-14)

  This thesis documents the design and implementation of a radar imaging system. A rail system was constructed to control the location of an off-the-shelf ultra-wideband (UWB) radar along a linear path. Range imaging, ...

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