Student Defenses

Name: Ali Tivay Committee Members:  Professor Jin-Oh Hahn, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Perinkulam Krishnaprasad, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor Hosam FathyProfessor Nikhil ChopraProfessor Yancy Diaz-Mercado Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM NOTE: This defense will take place via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/3546982448?pwd=ZGFLRUR0MVFlL3B4Wm5PZFgraGxIdz09 Title: Inference-Based Modeling, Monitoring, and Control Algorithms for Autonomous Medical Care Abstract: Autonomous medical care systems are relatively recent developments in biomedical research […]

Name: Ali Berk Kahraman Date: June 10th at 10:00 AM; NOTE: This defense will be taking place virtually. Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/4487374796  Meeting ID: 448 737 4796 Committee Members: Associate Professor Johan Larsson (Chair/Advisor) Professor James Baeder Asst. Professor Cristoph Brehm Professor James Duncan Professor Arnaud Trouve (Dean’s Representative) Title of dissertation: Adaptivity in Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulation Abstract: In

Name: Parham Dehghani Title: BURNING EMULATIONS OF CONDENSED PHASE FUELS ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Committee Members: Dr. Peter Sunderland, ChairDr. James G. QuintiereDr. John L. deRisDr. Arnaud TrouveDr. Reinhard RadermacherDr. Christopher Cadou, Dean’s Representative Date: 6/7/2022Time: 11:00AMLocation: 3106B, J.M. Patterson Building Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9827241119 Abstract: Little is known about the fire hazards of solids and liquids in microgravity. Ground-based

Name: Dongyu Chen Committee Members: Professor Reinhard Radermacher, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Amir Riaz, Co-ChairProfessor Vikrant C. AuteProfessor Jelena Srebric Professor Siddhartha DasProfessor Bao YangProfessor Peter B. Sunderland, Dean’s Representative Date: Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM Location: EGR 088-2162 (DeWALT Meeting) Abstract: Phase change materials (PCMs) are widely used in thermal energy storage systems, as they can absorb and release

Name: Lei Gao Title: Optimum Design and Operation of Combined Cooling Heating and Power (CCHP) System With Uncertainty Committee Members:Prof. Reinhard Radermacher (Chair/Advisor)Prof. Mark FugeProf. Steven GabrielProf. Jelena SrebricProf. Peter Sunderland, Dean’s RepProf. Yunho HwangProf. Vikrant Aute Date: Monday, May 2nd, 2022Time: 9:00 AMLocation: EGR-4164B (ENGR)Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/6085437805?pwd=NlRsYWIwSHczR1k4bkxaUnZENkJmQT09 (ID: 6085437805, passcode: 926173) Abstract:Combined cooling, heating,