Browsing by Author "Barth, Eric J"

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    • AN ACTIVE STIRLING THERMOCOMPRESSOR: DYNAMIC MODELING AND CONTROL 
      Thomas, Benjamin Seth; 0000-0003-1006-1731 (2022-05-16)
      Department: Mechanical Engineering
      Much of the energy consumed by the world’s industrial sectors is lost as waste heat. Concurrently, manufacturing facilities also require vast, valuable quantities of compressed air, air that is most often produced from ...
    • Design and Evaluation of Soft Robotic Powered Hand Orthoses to Assist the Neurologically Impaired 
      Ledoux, Elissa Danielle; 0000-0002-7448-658X (2023-12-15)
      Department: Mechanical Engineering
      Stroke and other neurological events affect millions of people across the globe every year, leaving more than half of them with significant upper limb impairment (over 350,000 annually in the US alone). After conducting ...
    • Enabling Technologies for Image-Guided Interventions with Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots 
      Pitt, Edward Bryn; 0000-0003-1839-6616 (2021-05-07)
      Department: Mechanical Engineering
      The desire to marry surgical robotics with surgical image guidance can be seen as a natural response to the limitations imposed by minimally invasive surgery. Compared to the human hand, surgical robots can offer reduced ...
    • Model Based Design and Evaluation of Measurement Systems 
      Howard, Joseph Thomas; 0000-0002-8064-6623 (2023-11-17)
      Department: Mechanical Engineering
      As modern engineering challenges grow more complex, the demand for novel methods of sensing the world around us and more accurate models to explain that world grow in tandem. This dissertation seeks to advance the state ...