Student Defenses

UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE – AUSTIN LEWIS

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Defense Date: Friday April 1, 2022 at 1:00pm Location: Martin Hall 088-2162 Title: Dynamic Bayesian Network Updating Approaches for Enabling Causal Prognostics and Health Management of Complex Engineering Systems Committee Members: Associate Professor Katrina Groth, Chair Assistant Professor Michelle Bensi Professor Jeffrey Herrmann Professor Mohammed Modarres Professor Gregory Baecher, Dean’s Representative Abstract: Complex engineering systems […]

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UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE – MD. TURASH HAQUE PIAL

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Author: Md. Turash Haque Pial Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 3:30 pm Location: Martin Hall, Room EGR-2162 Committee Members: Professor Siddhartha Das, Chair Professor Peter W. Chung Professor Amir Riaz Professor Pratyush Tiwary Professor Yifei Mo, Dean’s Representative Title of Dissertation: ATOMISTIC EXPLORATION OF DENSELY-GRAFTED POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES: EFFECT OF APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD AND MULTIVALENT

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UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE – DAVID JOHNSON

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Author: David Johnson Date: Friday, March 18, 2022 at 3:30 pm Location: Martin Hall, Room EGR-0159 List of Committee Members:Assistant Professor Monifa Vaughn-Cooke, Advisor and ChairProfessor Mohammad ModarresProfessor Jeffrey HerrmannAssistant Professor Allison ReillyProfessor Gregory Baecher, Dean’s Representative Title of Paper: ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS OF ADVERSE EVENTS USING A HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS APPROACH Abstract: Large scale

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UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE – PAUL LARA

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Author: Paul Lara Thesis Title: EMBEDDED HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL EFFECTS ON FAILURE MECHANISMS AND MODELS Date/Time: February 18th, 2022 | 2-4pm Location: EGR 2154 Examining Committee: Professor Hugh Bruck, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Abhijit DasguptaProfessor Teng LiProfessor Patrick F. McCluskeyProfessor Ankem Sreeramamurthy, Dean’s Representative Abstract: Embedded high frequency signal effects can have a deleterious effect on the fatigue

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UPCOMING THESIS DEFENSE – JI BAE

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Author: Ji Bae Thesis Title: ENERGY CONSUMPTION REDUCTION OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ENERGY AUDIT ANALYSIS Date/Time: February 18th, 2022 | 4-5pm Location: EGR 2164 Examining Committee: Professor Michael Ohadi, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Amir ShooshtariProfessor Bao YangProfessor Jungho Kim Abstract: According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), about 38 quads of the

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Dissertation Defense – Yonatan Saadon

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Author: Yonatan Saadon Date/Time: October 22 | 2-4pm Location: EGR 2164 Examining Committee Professor Patrick McCluskey, ChairProfessor Hugh BruckProfessor Mark FugeProfessor Peter SandbornProfessor Mohamad Al-Sheikhly (Dean rep) Abstract: Accurate prediction of the remaining useful life (RUL) of a degrading component is crucial to prognostics and health management for electronic systems, to monitor conditions and avoid reaching failure while minimizing downtime.

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In-Person Thesis/Dissertation Defense Procedures

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The Graduate School has stipulated that starting on August 30, 2021, all thesis and dissertation defenses must occur fully in person unless an exemption has been granted by the Graduate School. The defending student and committee must be physically present in the examination room during the entire defense and during the committee’s private deliberations following

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Dissertation Defense – Hanlong Wan

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Title: NEXT GENERATION HEAT PUMP SYSTEM EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES Author: Hanlong Wan Date/Time: 9/2/21 | 2:00PM-4:00PM Location/Room: EGR4164B Martin Hall (CEEE’s conference room). Advisory Committee:Prof. Reinhard K. Radermacher, ChairProf. Peter Sunderland, Dean’s RepresentativeResearch Prof. Yunho HwangProf. Nikhil ChopraProf. Jelena SrebricProf. Bao Yang Abstract:Energy consumption of Heat Pump (HP) systems plays a significant role in the world

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Dissertation Defense – Mahsa Doosthosseini

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Title: Analysis and Optimization of Input Trajectories for Parameter Identifiability in Multi-Compartment Dynamic System Models Author: Mahsa Doosthosseini Date/Time: 08/17/2021  12:30 pm-2:30 pm Examining Committee: Dr. Hosam K. Fathy  (Chair/Advisor)Dr. Alisa Morss Clyne (Dean’s representative)Dr. Joseph S. FriedbergDr. Jin-Oh HahnDr. Simona OnoriDr. Monifa Vaughn-Cooke Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/6260893257 Abstract: This dissertation examines the interconnected problems of (i)

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Dissertation Defense – Weiping Diao

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Title: DEGRADATION ANALYSIS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH KNEE POINTS Author: Weiping Diao  Day/Time: 08/26/2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST Examining Committee: Dr. Michael Pecht, ChairDr. Chunsheng Wang, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Michael AzarianDr. Hosam FathyDr. Paul AlbertusDr. Stanislav I. Stoliarov Abstract:  Commercialization of lithium-ion batteries has enabled applications ranging from portable consumer devices to high-power electric vehicles to become commonplace.

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