Theses, dissertations, professional papers, and doctoral projects from graduate students in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Detector Arrays for Nuclear Security and Safeguards Applications, Jessica Hartman

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Morphological and Energy Transport Optimization of Spectrally-Selective Solar Absorber Coatings at Mesoscale, Dale Karas

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Design Optimization and Control of a Fully Actuated Hexrotor UAV for Use in Aerial Manipulation Applications, Jameson Yau Sung Lee

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Fluid Structure Interaction Study of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Surgical Treatment Using Suture-Patch Device on the Patient’s Tongue, Yang Liu

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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Silk Fibroin for Optical Applications, Corey Bryce Malinowski

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Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle for Solar Dish Concentrator Clean Energy Production, Danielle Nobles-Lookingbill

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Numerical Study of Biopolymer Implants for Distal Femoral Condyles– Finite Element Simulations, Luke Olsen

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The Design, Modeling, and Optimization of a Biomimetic Soft Robot for Fluid Pumping and Thrust Generation Using Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Zakai Jedidiah Olsen

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Numerical Study of Oxidation in Stainless Steel Alloy Ep-823 by Liquid Lead-Bismuth Eutectic, Rajyalakshmi Palaparty

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A Numerical Model of an Axial Wind Turbine, Andrew Liam Poland

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Comprehensive Study of Spray-Painting and 3d Printing Fabrication Methods for Nafion® and Nafion® Equivalents in Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators and Sensors, Sarah Trabia

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Investigations into the Airside Cooling of a Heat Exchanger, David Vallet

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CFD Modeling of Smoke Movement in an Atrium, Robin Wu

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The Effect of Titanium Dioxide on Nucleate Pool Boiling Using an Aluminum Substrate, Kevin Yim

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Nanomaterials for Solar Distillation Technology, Jack Warren Stoddard Cheney

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The Validation and Verification of LES Modeling Using KIVA, David Fyda