Mechanical Engineering
 

Spring 2002 Graduates

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
GraduateAdvisorThesisDegree
Steven David Behrend Non-thesisMS
Eric Mitchell Cooper Installation of a Transverse Bulkhead in the Stern and It's Effects on Stability in Small Fishing Vessels.MS
Charles R. Firkins The Design and Construction of a Cooling System for a Laser Diode.MS
Lynn Roth Ginter Non-thesisMS
Ammar H. Hakim Solution to Inverse Problems in Radiative Transfer to Characterize Optical Properties of Ocean Waters.MS
Brice Aaron Johnson The Development of a Co-cured Sandwich Edge Close Out Joint.MS
Richard Vincent Kent An Experimental Study of a Rotating Disk and Spindle System Subjected to Rocking Excitations.MS
Hyun Chul Kim Non-thesisMS
Sarah Colline McQuaide Three-Dimensional Virtual Retinal Display Using a Deformable Membrane Mirror.MS
Viral Shantilal Mehta Analysis of Design and Manufacturing of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells..MS
Paul Joseph Tijerina Moore A Comparison of the Performance Characteristics of a Large Snow Machine Equipped with Three-inch Carbides and No Studs Versus a Large Snow Machine Equipped with Studs and Six Inch Carbides on Hard Packed Snow and Ice.MS
Mark Pacpaco Design and Implementation of a Pneumatic Shifter System for a Fomula SAE Racecar.MS
Todd Zachary Somerfeld Non-thesisMS
Louis C Van Belle Validation and Verification of Models Using CFD and Parameter Estimation.MS


Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
GraduateAdvisorDissertationDegree
Jeffrey Joseph BerkleyG. Turkiyyah,
M. Ganter
Haptic Rendering of Deformable Bodies Using Real-time Finite Element Analysis: An Application to Surgical Simulation.PhD
Shih-Hui ChaoJ. GarbiniAquisition and Reconstruction of Three-dimensional Images by Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy.PhD
Jr-Yi ShenI-Y. ShenVibration of Rotating Disk/Spindle Systms with Flexible Housing/Stator Assemblies.PhD