Author: Eesh Kamrah Date: Monday, April 10th, 2023 at 1:30 pm Location: EGR-4164B Committee Members: Title of Thesis: ‘A STUDY TO EVALUATE WHEN TO NOT USE DIVERSE EXAMPLES Abstract: Design researchers have struggled to provide quantifiable forecasts on whether diversity helps or hinders the design search process. [1] This thesis studies this problem by answering the following question “how

Author: He (Andy) Yun Title of dissertation: Manufacturability and Reliability of Additively Manufactured Planar Transformer Windings using Silver-based Paste Date, time, & location of defense: Monday, 4/10, from 1 – 3 PM, at 1131B Martin Hall Committee members: Prof. F. Patrick McCluskey (Advisor & Chair) Prof. Aris Christou Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta Prof. Hugh Bruck Prof.

Author: Kendyl Waddell Title: NEAR-LIMIT SPHERICAL DIFFUSION FLAMES AND COOL DIFFUSION FLAMES Committee Members:Dr. Peter Sunderland, ChairDr. Christopher Cadou, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Fernando Raffan-MontoyaDr. Stanislav StoliarovDr. Arnaud Trouve Date and time: April 10, 2023 at 1:00 pm Location: Fire and Risk Alliance Conference Room, 3106 J.M. Patterson Building Zoom link:https://umd.zoom.us/j/7068085301?pwd=MEpuemxyOStaN0h2MkZ6Sno1ZG1vUT09 Abstract: To combat the rising threats of climate change, current combustion technologies

Author: Andres Alfredo Ruiz-Tagle Palazuelos Title: Exploiting Causal Reasoning to Improve the Quantitative Risk Assessment of Engineering Systems Through Interventions and Counterfactuals Date and Time: 04/10/2023 at 11:30 AM Location:  Clark Memorial Conference Room 1117 in A. James Clark Hall Zoom invite:  https://umd.zoom.us/j/2803971669?pwd=SXZPazNZamczZ0xrMEVxV3MxTC9sQT09 Committee members: Abstract: The main strength of quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to enable risk management by providing

Author: Bhargav Sai Chava Title: Atomistic Exploration of Water and Salt Confined in Sub-Nanometer and Nanometer Wide Boron-Nitride Nanotubes Advisory Committee: Dr. Siddhartha Das, Chair/Advisor Dr. Pratyush Tiwary Dr. Amir Riaz Dr. Po-Yen Chen Dr. Yifei Mo, Dean’s Representative Day/Time: April 6, 3:00 pm Location: EGR 2162 (DeWALT Conference Room)

Author: Vincent PaglioniDate: April 6, 2023Time: 3:00pmLocation: EGR 2164 (DeWalt Conference Room)Zoom (public) with link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/6552181941?pwd=a3g3T2k1anJndk8vV0ZMbnI3ZW9HUT09Passcode for meeting is “VPDefense” Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Improving the Foundational Knowledge of Dependency in Human Reliability Analysis

Author: Alec Van Slooten Date: Monday, April 3rd, 2023, at 2:00 pm Location: EGR-2164 Committee Members: Title of Thesis: Investigation of Latent Spaces for Airfoil Design and Optimization Abstract: Airfoil optimization is critical to the design of turbine blades and aerial vehicle wings, among other aerodynamic applications. This design process is often constrained by the computational time required to perform

Author: Andres Alfredo Ruiz-Tagle Palazuelos Title: Exploiting Causal Reasoning to Improve the Quantitative Risk Assessment of Engineering Systems Through Interventions and Counterfactuals Date and Time: 04/10/2023 at 11:30 AM Location:  Clark Memorial Conference, Room 1117, in Clark Hall Zoom invite:  https://umd.zoom.us/j/2803971669?pwd=SXZPazNZamczZ0xrMEVxV3MxTC9sQT09 Committee members: Abstract: The main strength of quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is to enable risk management by providing causal