Author: Rafael MezaDate/Time: November 5th, 2025 at 2:00 PM ESTLocation: EGR-2164 Committee Members: Title: Fiber Optic Sensing of Strain and Temperature for Structures in a Hypersonic Flow Abstract: Research into multi-sensor fiber Bragg grating networks has the potential to benefit aircraft health monitoring systems. The overall goal of this thesis research is to demonstrate that FBG sensors can be used
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Author: Mehdi Dadfarnia Date/Time: October 30TH, 2025 at 3:00 PM ESTLocation: 1117 Clark Memorial Conference Room (limited seating) | Zoom(Code: 541012) Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Approaches to Evaluate Condition Monitoring-Based Technologies for Manufacturing Maintenance and Risk Management Abstract: Emerging advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) create new opportunities for improving manufacturing system performance. Maintenance plays a
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Author: Murilo NicoluzziDate/Time: October 27th, 2025 at 3:30 PM ESTLocation: Martin Hall, Rm. 2164 Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Air-Cooled Heat Sink for an Electric-Propulsion Aircraft Application Based on the Manifold-Minichannel Concept Abstract: The growing demand for efficient thermal management in high-power electric propulsion systems has driven the exploration of innovative cooling solutions for aircraft applications. This research investigates the feasibility of
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Author: Alejandro JimenezDate/Time: October 16th, 2025 at 2:00 PM ESTLocation: EGR-0151, Glenn L. Martin Hall Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Evaluating the Risk Trade-Offs of Pressure Relief Devices in Hydrogen Systems Abstract: Hydrogen is increasingly being used as an energy carrier because of its potential to reduce carbon emissions in transportation and heavy industry. Nevertheless, this transition necessitates establishing an infrastructure
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Author: Joy ShenDate/Time: October 2nd, 2025 at 12:30 PM ESTLocation: EGR-1179, Glenn L. Martin Hall Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: A Monte Carlo Augmented Bayesian Network Approach to External Flood Probabilistic Risk Assessments Abstract: Nuclear power plant (NPP) sites are vulnerable to external flooding, which can impact the safe operation and shutdown of reactors. Flood protection features mitigate flood
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Author: Samarpan Chakraborty Date/Time: September 24th, 2025 at 2:00 PM ESTLocation: EGR-3164, Glenn L. Martin Hall | Zoom Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: PHYSICS-BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN INVESTIGATIONS INTO RAPID WAVE FORMATIONS IN OCEANS Abstract: attached
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Author: Raashiq Ishraaq Date/Time: September 15th, 2025 at 1:00 PM ESTLocation: ERF-1207, IREAP Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Atomistic Description of Cationic Polyelectrolyte Brushes Using Molecular Simulations and Machine Learning Abstract: Densely grafted polymer and polyelectrolyte (PE) brushes, owing to their significant abilities to functionalize surfaces for a plethora of applications such as sensing, diagnostics, current rectification, surface-wettability
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Author: Vedant Kumar Date/Time: July 18th, 2025 at 11:00 AM ESTLocation: EGR-2164, Glenn Martin Hall | Zoom Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Modeling and analysis of canonical turbulent shear flows Abstract: Turbulent flows are ubiquitous in engineering systems, however analyzing such flows around engineering-relevant geometries using turbulence-resolving simulations is difficult due to computational cost constraints. Therefore, to advance our ability to
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Author: Olivia Young Date/Time: July 17th, 2025 at 10:00 AM ESTLocation: EGR-2164, Glenn Martin Hall | Zoom Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: DIRECT LASER WRITING FOR SOFT ROBOTIC COMPONENTS Abstract:
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Author: Elizabeth JordanDate/Time: July 10th, 2025 at 1:00 PM ESTLocation: EGR-2164, Glenn Martin Hall Committee Members: Title of Dissertation: Scenario Generation-Based Single- and Multi-Objective Robust Optimization under Fixed and Variable Interval Uncertainty Abstract: Multi-objective robust optimization is a prominent field of optimization that deals with problems that have multiple, at least partially conflicting objectives, are subject to some constraints, and
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