Theses and Dissertations

The following is a list of theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the CMR. Electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) can be accessed by selecting the associated link and selecting "access item" on the abstract. The BYU ETD database can be searched at the following site: BYU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. For theses and dissertations without an ETD, hard copies are available through the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.

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Methods for Designing Compact and Deployable Origami-Inspired Flat-Foldable Spacecraft Antennas and Other Systems

Collin Ynchausti
2023 PhD Dissertation

Theses + Dissertations

Methods for Designing Compact and Deployable Origami-Inspired Flat-Foldable Spacecraft Antennas and Other Systems

Selecting and Optimizing Origami-Based Patterns for Deployable Space Systems

Laser Forming of Compliant Mechanisms and Flat-Foldable Furniture

Characterizing Behaviors and Functions of Joints for Design of Origami-Based Mechanical Systems

Development of an Origami Inspired Composite Deployable Structure Utilizing Compliant Joints as Surrogate Folds

Incorporating Stability in Deployable Origami-Based Engineering Applications

On Creases and Curved Links: Design Approaches for Predicting and Customizing Behaviors in Origami-Based and Developable Mechanisms

Designing Developable Mechanisms on Conical and Cylindrical Developable Surfaces

Enabling Compact Devices Through Origami and Developable Mechanisms

Techniques for Using Internal Strain-Energy Storage and Release in Origami-Based Mechanical Systems

Joint Analysis of and Applications for Devices with Expanding Motions

Developing Origami-Based Approaches to Realize Novel Architectures and Behaviors for Deployable Space Arrays

Methods for Creating Rigid Foldability in Origami-Inspired Deployable Mechanisms

Augmented Design Capabilities for Origami Tessellations

Art to Engineering: Curved Folding and Developable Surfaces in Mechanism and Deployable Structure Design

A Definition and Demonstration of Developable Mechanisms

Using Collapsible Systems to Mitigate Buckling in Thin Flexible Instruments in Robotic Surgery

Origami-Based Design of Fold States and Stability

Packing Sheet Materials into Cylinders and Prisms Using Origami-Based Approaches

Developing New Classes of Thick-Origami-Based Mechanisms: Conceal-and-Reveal Motion and Folding Printed Circuit Boards

Considering Manufacturing in the Design of Thick-Panel Origami Mechanisms

Developing Hybrid Thickness-Accommodation Techniques for New Origami-Inspired Engineered Systems

Highly Compressible Origami Bellows for Harsh Environments

Selecting Surrogate Folds for Use in Origami-Based Mechanisms and Products

Design and Analysis of Two Compliant Mechanism Designs for Use in Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments

Stiffness Reduction Strategies for Additively Manufactured Compliant Mechanisms

Development of a Thickness Accommodation Technique for Origami-Inspired Design

Deployable and Foldable Arrays of Spatial Mechanisms

Design and Manufacture of Meso-Scale, Robotic Surgical Instruments

An Approach for Designing Origami-Adapted Products with Aerospace Mechanism Examples

Using the Offset Panel Technique to Develop Innovative Origami-Based Applications

Compliant Mechanisms for Deployable Space Systems

Modeling and Testing of Bistable Waterbomb Base Configurations

Elastic Energy Absorption via Compliant Corrugations

Compliant Joints Suitable for Use as Surrogate Folds

Design Considerations in the Development and Actuation of Origami-Based Mechanisms

Origami-Based Design for Engineering Applications

Fully Compliant Mechanisms for Bearing Subtraction in Robotics and Space Applications

A Study of Action Origami as Systems of Spherical Mechanisms

Identifying Potential Applications for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms and Evaluating Their Suitability for Credit-Card-Sized Products

Investigation of Compliant Space Mechanisms with Applications to the Design of a Large-Displacement Monolithic Compliant Rotational Hinge

A Method for Exploring Optimization Formulation Space in Conceptual Design

The Application of Origami to the Design of Lamina Emergent Mechanisms (LEMs) with Extensions to Collapsible, Compliant and Flat Folding Mechanisms

Evaluation and Development of Actuators for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms with Emphasis on Flat Solenoids

Mechanical Properties and MEMS Applications of Carbon-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Forests

Devices and Methods for Electro-Physical Transport of DNA across Cell Membranes

Characterization of the Mechanical Response of the Lumbar Spine

Spinal Implant with Customized and Non-Linear Stiffness

Expanding Lamina Emergent Mechanism (LEM) Capabilities: Spherical LEMs, LEM Joints, and LEM Applications

Mathematical Model and Experimental Exploration of the Nanoinjector Lance Array

A Generalized Two-Dimensional Model to Reconstruct the Impact Phase in Automobile Collisions

A Design Framework that Employs a Classification Scheme and Library for Compliant Mechanism Design

Straightness of Growth For Carbon Nanotube Microelectromechanical Systems

Design and Analysis of a Compliant Mechanism Spinal Implant

Modeling, Design and Testing of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms in Spinal Arthroplasty

Development of Criteria for Lamina Emergent Mechanism Flexures with Specific Application to Metals

Design Principles and Preliminary Actuation Approaches For Novel Multiple-Layer Lamina Emergent

Piezoresistive Models for Polysilicon with Bending or Torsional Loads

Off-axis Stiffness and Piezoresistive Sensing in Large-Displacement Linear-Motion Microelectromechanical Systems

Principles, Functions and Concepts for Compliant Mechanically Reactive Armor Elements

Multi-physics Modeling and Calibration for Self-sensing of Thermomechanical In-plane Microactuators

Design and Testing of a Pumpless Microelectro-Mechanical System Nanoinjector

Achieving Complex Motion with Fundamental Components for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Fundamental Components for Lamina Emergent Mechanisms

Characterizing the Three-dimensional Behavior of Bistable Micromechanisms

Design and Fabrication of Out-of-Plane Silicon Microneedles with Integrated Hydrophobic Microchannels

Integrated Piezoresistive Sensing for Feedback Control of Compliant MEMS

Elliptical Rolling Link Toggle Mechanisms for Passive Force Closures with Self-Adjustment

Large-Displacement Linear-Motion Compliant Mechanisms

Multi-Stable Compliant Rolling-Contact Elements

The Piezoresistive Effect In Microflexures

Development of Deployable Wings for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Compliant Mechanisms

Large 3-D Deflection and Force Analysis of Lateral Torsional Buckled Beams

Compliant Ortho-Planar Spring Behavior Under Complex Loads

Modeling and Validation of Tension-Element Based Mechanisms for Golf Ball-Club Impact

Piezoresistive Sensing of Bistable Micro Mechanism State

Ortho-Planar Mechanisms for Microelectromechanical Systems

Dual-stage Thermally Actuated Surface-micromachined Nanopositioners

Simulation-based Design Under Uncertainty for Compliant Microelectromechanical Systems