
THESES + 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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If the "Read more and download" link does not work, there is no electronic version of that thesis or dissertation at this time.
Design and Analysis of Two Compliant Mechanism Designs for Use in Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments
Jason L. Dearden
2016
M.S. Thesis
Modeling, Design and Testing of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms in Spinal Arthroplasty
Peter Halverson
2010
Ph.D. Dissertation
Compliant, In-plane Ratchet and Pawl Micromechanisms for Safety Applications
John Kennedy
2003
M.S. Thesis
Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Grasping with Application to Mechanical Disc Brakes
Scott Brooks
2003
M.S. Thesis
Compliant Mechanisms Subjected to Compressive Loadings
Alex Guerinot
2003
M.S. Thesis
Metamorphic Process for Compliant Ortho-planar Mechanism Design
Daniel Carroll
2002
M.S. Thesis
Principles for the Design and Development of Modular Consumer-Products
Chris Mattson
2001
M.S. Thesis
High Production Manufacturing Considerations for Metallic Compliant Mechanisms with Long Thin Beams
Aaron Herring
2001
M.S. Thesis
Implementing Compliant Mechanisms in Micro-Electo-Mechanical Systems
Deanne Clements
2000
M.S. Thesis
Behavior Models for Compliant Continuously Variable Transmissions
Clint Mortensen
2000
M.S. Thesis
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms
John Parise
1999
M.S. Thesis
Demonstration of the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model for Macro and Micro Compliant Pantographs
Andrew Nielson
1998
M.S. Thesis
Variable Compliance Via Magneto-Rheological Materials
Alisa Henrie Millar
1997
M.S. Thesis
Modeling and Analysis of Compliant Bi-stable Mechanisms Using the Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model
Patrick Opdahl
1996
M.S. Thesis
Functionally Binary Pinned-Pinned Segments
Brian Edwards
1996
M.S. Thesis
The Pseudo-Rigid-Body-Model Concept and its Application to Micro Compliant Mechanisms
James Derderian
1996
M.S. Thesis