Student Defenses

Title: EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF FLAME HEAT FEEDBACK AND OXIDATIVE PYROLYSIS FOR SIMULATION OF BENCH SCALE FIRE TESTS Author: Conor McCoy Date/Time: Thursday, August 5th | 9:30am Examining Committee:Professor Stanislav I. Stoliarov, ChairProfessor Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Richard E. LyonProfessor Arnaud TrouvéProfessor Bao Yang Abstract: Two important bench scale fire tests, the cone calorimeter […]

Title: Experiments and Semi-empirical Modeling of Buoyancy-driven, Turbulent Frame Spread over Combustible Solids in a Corner Configuration. Author: Dushyant Chaudhari Day/Time: Aug 4, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Examining Committee: Professor Stanislav I. Stoliarov, ChairProfessor Christopher Cadou, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor Arnaud TrouvéProfessor Johan Larsson Dr. Isaac Leventon Abstract: The increased use of engineered complex polymeric

Title: MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION AND CONTROL FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES Author: Chu Xu Date/Time: 08/02/2021  12:00pm-2:00pm Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9255782074 Examining Committee: Dr. Hosam K. Fathy, Chair/AdvisorDr. Chunsheng Wang, Dean’s representativeDr. Balakumar BalachandranDr. Miao YuDr. Michael G. PechtDr. Paul Stephen Albertus Abstract:This dissertation examines the challenge of (i) estimating the internal states of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries based on an experimentally-parameterized

Title: COUPLED OSCILLATOR ARRAYS: DYNAMICS AND INFLUENCE OF NOISE Author: Abdulrahman Alofi Day/Time: Wednesday July 28th from 11:00 am to 1:00 p.m. Examining Committee: Professor Balakumar Balachandran, Chair and AdvisorProfessor Amr Baz, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Abhijit Dasgupta, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Nikhil Chopra, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Sung Lee, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Dean’s Representative)

Title: Design and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Lightweight Metal Structures with Equivalent Compliance and Fatigue Resistance Author: Luis Santos Day/Time: Monday, July 19th, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST Committee members: Professor Hugh A. Bruck (Chair)Professor Abhijit DasguptaProfessor Mark D. FugeProfessor F. Patrick McCluskeyProfessor Sreeramamurthy Ankem (Dean’s Representative) Abstract:Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been a disruptive manufacturing technology allowing for control

Title: Studies of Inclined Flame Instabilities and the Relationship Between Wildland Fire Exposure and Structure Destruction Day/Time: Friday, July 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm EST Committee members: Dr. Michael Gollner (Chair)Dr. Anya Jones (Dean’s rep)Dr. Ken KigerDr. Johan LarssonDr. Elaine Oran, Arnaud Trouvé Abstract: The present work investigates two aspects of the wildland fire problem: the structure and

Title: Computational Modeling of Nanoscale Vibrational Energy Transfer in Crystalline RDX Author: Gaurav Kumar Date/Time: 20th July 2021 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Examining Committee: 1) Professor Peter W. Chung, Chair/Advisor (ENME) 2) Professor Oded Rabin, Dean’s Representative (MSE) 3) Professor Bao Yang (ENME) 4) Professor Abhijit Dasgupta (ENME) 5) Professor Yifei Mo (MSE) Abstract: Energetic

Title: Advanced Packaging and Thermal Management of DC-DC Converters and Novel Correlations for Manifold Microchannel Heatsinks Author: Sevket Umut Yuruker Date/Time: July 2nd, 3:00pm – 5:00pm Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/4052654764 Committee Members:Professor Michael Ohadi, ChairProfessor Patrick McCluskeyProfessor Jungho KimProfessor Amir RiazProfessor Christopher Cadou, Dean’s Representative Abstract: An advanced packaging configuration of a dual-active-bridge 10 kW DC-DC converter

Title: A Bayesian Network Perspective on the Elements of a Nuclear Power Plant Multi-Unit Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Author: Jonathan DeJesus Segarra Day/Time: Friday, July 16, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) Examining Committee:Dr. Michelle BensiDr. Mohammad ModarresDr. Gregory Baecher Dr. Katrina GrothDr. Robert BunditzDr. Vedran Lekic ABSTRACT Nuclear power plants (NPPs) generated about

Title: Towards Trust and Transparency in Deep Learning Systems through Behavior Introspection & Online Competency Prediction Author: Julia Filiberti Allen Date/Time: Monday, June 28th at 1pm Committee Members:Professor Steven A. Gabriel, Chair, Dept. of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Dinesh Manocha, Dean’s Representative, Dept. of Computer ScienceProfessor Jin-Oh Hahn, Dept. of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Shapour Azarm, Dept. of Mechanical