Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Mackowski, Daniel"

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Application of Low Melt Alloys as Compliant Thermal Interface Materials: A Study of Performance and Degradation under Thermal Duress

Roy, Chandan (2016-07-08)

Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are a crucial part of thermal management in micro-electronics and often can account for a significant portion of the overall thermal budget. Generally, materials with high thermal ...

Experimentation and Modeling of NOx Formation in a Small Turbo-Charged Diesel Engine

Thames, Matthew (2012-12-05)

In this thesis a detailed investigation into the primary formation characteristics and modeling approaches for the formation of NOx in turbo-charged diesel engines is presented. Through this investigation a multi-layered ...

Feasibility Study for a Novel Micropump Design That Utilizes Shape Memory Alloy Diaphragm and Blood Flow

Thrasher, Mark (2010-08-05)

Many different types of micropumps have been designed to pump a variety of fluids at the micro-liter level. Some of the major short-comings of these designs are leaks due to moving parts, lack of tolerance to bubbles, ...

Interfacial Thermal Resistance Measurements of Solution Deposited CNT Films on Copper Substrates

Zheng, Yi (2015-07-28)

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been regarded as one of the most promising materials for electronics applications during the past two decades according to their outstanding electrical properties. However, the fabrication ...

Investigation of Heat Transfer and Bonding During Material Jetting Additive Manufacturing

Khanal, Krishna (2018-11-15)

Optimum process parameters are critical to achieve deposits of high metallurgical integrity during material jetting additive manufacturing. The most important process parameters include deposition temperature, substrate ...

Molecular dynamics studies of phase transition of n-alkanes mixtures, coupling-decoupling mechanism affecting thermal interfacial conductance of n-alkanes and Fokker-Planck theory of lattice thermal conductivity of crystalline solids

Zeng, Yi (2019-12-05)

Renewable energy sources, such as solar energy or geothermal energy, are promising to complement or even substitute unsustainable fossil fuel energy sources in direct thermal energy utilization. The requirement of a reliable ...

Parametric Study of a Commercial-Scale Biomass Downdraft Gasifier: Experiments and Equilibrium Modeling

Gautam, Gopal (2010-08-04)

Biomass has already emerged in the renewable energy arena as one of the promising candidates for the future. Biomass has been a major source of fuel for human from the existence of mankind. Rapid urbanization and widespread ...

Prediction of light scattering by plane parallel media

Ramezan pour, Bahareh (2019-07-03)

The primary motivation of this research is to recognize and establish features of particle deposit reflectivity and absorptivity which have potential for remote detection and characterization of the deposit. In order to ...