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Established in 1891, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is one of 9 academic departments within the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri (est. 1839) in Columbia, Missouri. The Department offers the following undergraduate and graduate degrees: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BS ME), Master of Engineering, Master of Science in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Doctoral Degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. There are currently about 600 undergraduate and graduate students studying in the department.
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Parametric ideal cycle analysis of a scramjet engine at a constant combustion mach number
(2016)The 1920’s and 1930’s saw the development of the turbojet engine and turbofan engine,respectively. Supersonic combustion ramjet or scramjet engine development began in the United States the early 1950’s after the development ... -
Dynamic and efficiency characteristics of an inlet metering valve controlled fixed displacement pump
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This project developed the inlet metering system. An inlet metering system represents a new option in hydraulic pump design. Traditional pressure controlled hydraulic pumps rely on either swashplate displacement (for ... -
Enhancement of the cooling performance of microchannel heat sinks
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Design of a customized, semi-autonomous, single arm robotic manipulator for a hazardous environment
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Heat transfer analysis in a finned heat sink embedded with two-phase heat pipes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The semiconductor technology development, as fast as consumer demands, led to advancements in miniaturization and power of computer chips. The low efficiency that transfers a significant amount of energy into waste heat ... -
Elastic wave absorption in laser-cut acoustic metamaterial plates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This dissertation presents the modeling technique for design and analysis of lasercut acoustic metamaterial plates (LCMPs) capable of acoustic/elastic vibration suppression. The conventional acoustic metamaterial plate ... -
Low-temperature sintering and fabrication research of ceramics and numerical simulation on elastic, pressure drop and heat transfer properties of open cell foams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) was chosen as a sintering aid to lower the sintering temperature of the ZnO-TiO2 system. The effect of V2O5 on the sintering behavior of ZnO-TiO2 ceramics and cermets was studied as a function of ... -
Hybrid lattice Boltzmann and finite volume method for fluid flow and heat transfer simulations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The fluid flow and heat transfer problems encountered in industry applications span into different scales and there are different numerical methods for different scales problems. Multiscale methods are needed to solve ... -
Reducing energy waste in centrifugal pump systems through the implementation of BEP optimized pressure and flow control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)There currently exists a gap in the technology surrounding centrifugal pumps. When looking at modern literature regarding the application of centrifugal pump systems, the existing methods for control are throttle and speed ... -
Thermal effects of high energy and ultrafast lasers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Heat transfer describes the exchange of thermal energy, between physical systems depending on the temperature and pressure, by dissipating heat. The fundamental modes of heat transfer are conduction or diffusion, convection ... -
On-plane flexible and solid-state rechargeable lithium-MnO2 microbatteries from laser inducded graphene
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The thesis presents a flexible and solid state Li-MnO2 microbattery based on laser induced graphene (LIG) produced from commercial polyimide. To achieve this, interdigitated on-plane LIG electrodes were fabricated on ... -
Study of micro-sized particle deposition using DEM, CFD-DEM and SPH approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Self-assembly and packing of colloids and micro or nano scale particles has become a subject of great interest due to widespread advancement of micro-scale technologies. In this thesis, several numerical analyses are ... -
Optimal path planning of an unmanned combat aerial vehicle with obstacle avoidance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The objective of this study is to optimize path planning for an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) with obstacle avoidance by minimizing fuel consumption. A nonlinear constrained optimization solver, Fmincon, is used ... -
Dynamic model of sandwich structure with viscoelastic middle layers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Composite materials have been increasingly used in various types of engineering systems such as aeronautics, aerospace and civil engineering to minimize the structural weight. Viscoelastic layer has a level of energy ... -
A preliminary study of shock driven multiphase hydrodynamic instabilities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This thesis details work performed towards the completion of a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Two topics are discussed towards the study of shock driven multiphase hydrodynamic instabilities. The first topic, ... -
Design and optimization of dissipative elastic metamaterials and their applications for broadband blast and shockwave mitigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Elastic/Acoustic metamaterials comprise a new class of composite materials that possess unique effective material properties owing to their locally resonant substructures. Because of the inherent local resonance mechanism, ... -
Multiscale modeling and simulation of laser interaction with metals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The electron temperature dependent electron heat capacity, electron thermal conductivity and effective electron-phonon coupling factor are modeled and computed on the basis of ab initio quantum mechanics (QM) calculation. ... -
Numerical investigation of two phase flow using automatic controller system and chaotic approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)An automatic and intelligent system to recognize the two-phase water-air flow regime in a vertical tube based on fuzzy logic and genetic algorithm is proposed. Two approaches, volume of fluid (VOF) and Eulerian model, were ... -
Heat and mass transfer of ambient air flowing over cold fins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Moisture condensation takes place as ambient air is contacting a surface with a temperature lower than the dew point. In the current investigation, a theoretical model predicting heat and mass transfer of ambient air flowing ... -
Evaluation of modulus of polycaprolactone fused deposition modeling 3D printed tissue scaffolds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Damage to the articular surface of the knee is a fairly common injury. In one study of 31,516 knee arthroscopies 61% of the patients featured chondral lesions. In a review of 931 athletes, 225 were found to have full ...