Student Defenses

Author: Nehemiah Emaikwu Committee Members: Professor Reinhard Radermacher, ChairProfessor Ichiro Takeuchi, Co-ChairProfessor Yunho HwangProfessor Amr BazProfessor Bao YangProfessor Peter B. Sunderland Date: Friday, April 15th, 2022 Time: 1:30 PM Location: EGR-2164 (DeWALT Conference Room) Abstract: Elastocaloric solid-state refrigerants rival conventional refrigerants in lower environmental impact, but require significant advancements to gain widespread implementation. Two barriers which prevent adoption are

Author: Satwik KommulaDate: Friday, April 15th, 2022 Time: 2-4pm Location: 088-2162 DeWALT Committee Members: Dr. Michael H. Azarian, ChairProfessor Peter SandbornProfessor Patrick McCluskey Title: Impact of Ripple Current on MLCCs Abstract: The trend toward miniaturization along with the availability of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) in a wide range of voltage ratings and capacitances, makes MLCCs a viable option to be used in applications

Author:  Han Zhou Date: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 at 4:00pm Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, Room EGR-2164 Committee Members: Professor Amr Baz, ChairProfessor Bala BalachandranProfessor Nikhil ChopraProfessor Abhijit DasguptaProfessor Sherif Aggour, Dean’s Representative Title: ACTIVE NON-RECIPROCAL ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS Abstract: This dissertation presents different configurations of active Acoustic MetaMaterials (AMM) which are proposed in order to control the flow of vibration and

Author: Michael Dawson Committee Members: Professor Jeffrey Herrmann- Assistant Professor Yancy Diaz-Mercado Mark Fuge Title: Metareasoning Approaches to Thermal Management During Image Processing Date: Friday, April 15th, 2022 Time: 10:00 AM Location: EGR-2164 (DeWALT Conference Room) Abstract: Resource-constrained electronic systems are present in many semi- and fully-autonomous systems and are tasked with computationally heavy tasks such as image processing. Without sufficient cooling,

Author:  Sergio Manuel Ignacio Cofre Martel  Date: Friday, April 8th, 2022 at 1:00PM Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, Room EGR-2164 Committee Members: Professor Dr. Mohammad Modarres, Chair + Dr. Enrique Lopez Droguett, Co-ChairProfessor Mark FugeProfessor Katrina GrothProfessor Balakumar BalachandranProfessor Gregory Baecher, Dean’s Representative Title: A Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Big Machinery Data in Prognostics and Health Management for Complex Engineering

Author:  Walter Arias-Ramírez. Date: Friday, April 8th, 2022 at 11:00AM Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, Room EGR-2164 Committee Members: Professor Dr. Johan Larsson, ChairProfessor Dr. Amir RiazProfessor James DuncanProfessor Kenneth KigerProfessor Dr. James D. Baeder,Representative Title: A multi-fidelity approach to sensitivity estimation in large eddy simulation. Abstract:  An approach to compute approximate sensitivities in a large eddy simulation (LES) is proposed and

Author: Amirhossein Yazdkhasti Date: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 at 12:00PM Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, Room EGR-0159 Committee Members: Professor Miao Yu, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Amir BazProfessor Balakumar BalachandranProfessor Nikhil ChopraProfessor Timothy Horiuchi, Dean’s Representative Title: PASSIVE AND ACTIVE GRADED-INDEX ACOUSTIC METAMATERIALS: SPATIAL AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING Abstract: Acoustic metamaterials, similar to their electromagnetic counterparts, are artificial subwavelength materials designed to manipulate sound waves.

Author: Jeffrey Twigg Date: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 at 3:30pm Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, Room EGR-2164 Committee Members: Professor Nikhil Chopra, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Miao YuProfessor Yancy Diaz-MercadoProfessor Shapour AzarmProfessor Dinesh Manocha, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Brian Sadler Title: On the Control of Robotic Parasitic Antenna Arrays Abstract:     Wireless networking is challenging in safety, security, and rescue contexts where network infrastructure may be damaged or compromised. Radio communication between ground robots at the lower end of the Very High Frequency (low-VHF) band

Author: Parth Rakesh Desai Date: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 9:30 AM Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, Room EGR-0159 Committee Members: Professor Siddhartha Das, Chair Dr. Keir C. NeumanProfessor Peter ChungProfessor Paul PaukstelisProfessor Don DeVoeProfessor Jason Kahn, Dean’s Representative Title of Dissertation: EFFECT OF MISMATCHED BASE PAIRS ON DNA PLECTONEMES  Abstract: Base pair mismatches in