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Dissertation Defense – Seyed Fouad Karimian

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Title: THERMODYNAMIC AND INFORMATION ENTROPY-BASED PREDICTION  AND DETECTION OF FATIGUE FAILURES IN METALLIC AND COMPOSITE  MATERIALS USING ACOUSTIC EMISSION AND DIGITAL IMAGE  CORRELATION Author: Seyed Fouad Karimian Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2:00 – 4:00 PM.  Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9968970907 Examining Committee: Professor Mohammad Modarres, Advisor and Chair  Professor Hugh Bruck, Co-Advisor Professor Aris Christou Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Professor Katrina Groth Professor Norman […]

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Thesis Defense – Aishwarya Prashant Gaonkar

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Title: ASSESSMENT OF THE  FIDES RELIABILITY PREDICTION METHODOLOGY Author: Aishwarya Prashant Gaonkar Advisory Committee:Professor Michael G. Pecht Professor Peter SandbornProfessor Patrick McCluskeyProfessor Diganta Das Date/Time: Wednesday, April 21 9:00-11:00AM Abstract: The FIDES Guide is a reliability prediction handbook published by a group of European defense and aerospace manufacturers under the supervision of the French Ministry of

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Dissertation Defense – Ruben Acevedo

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Title: INVESTIGATING FLUIDIC ENHANCEMENTS FOR SOFT ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS Author: Ruben Acevedo List of Committee Members:Professor Ryan D. Sochol, Chair/ AdvisorProfessor Hugh A. BruckProfessor Miao YuProfessor Don DeVoeProfessor Peter Kofinas, Dean’s Representative Day/Time: Wednesday April 14 @ 1:00 pm Abstract: Over the past decade, the field of soft robotics has established itself as uniquely suited for applications that

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Dissertation Defense: Caleb Hammer

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Title: The Effects of Gravity on Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Author: Caleb Hammer Day/Time: Thursday, April 15th, 2021 | 10:00-11:30AM Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/91747518263 Committee Members:Professor Jungho Kim, ChairProfessor Christopher Cadou, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor Kenneth KigerProfessor Reinhard RadermacherProfessor Amir Riaz Abstract: Flow boiling is a method of phase change heat transfer used widely in electronics cooling, refrigeration,

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Thesis Defense – Camila Correa Jullian

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Title: Data Requirements to Enable PHM for Liquid Hydrogen Storage Systems from a Risk Assessment Perspective Author: Camila Correa Jullian Day/Time: April 15, 2021 | 1:00pm (Eastern) Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/7492613806 Examining Committee Dr. Katrina M. Groth, ChairDr. Mohammad ModarresDr. Reinhard RadermacherDr. William Buttner, Special Member  Abstract: Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) provides tools to aid the development

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Dissertation Defense – Kiran Raj Goud Burra

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Title: Investigation into Pyrolysis and Gasification of Solid Waste Components and Their Mixtures Author: Kiran Raj Goud Burra Date/Time: March 29th, 2021 | 11:00 AM Dissertation Committee:Professor Ashwani K. Gupta, ChairProfessor Nam Sun WangProfessor Bao YangProfessor Gary A. PertmerProfessor Dongxia Liu, Dean’s Representative Abstract:Carbon neutral sources such as abundant biomass reserves and landfill-destined high energy density wastes

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Dissertation Defense: Harnoor Sachar

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TItle: Atomistic and theoretical description of liquid flows in polyelectrolyte-brush-grafted nanochannels Author: Harnoor Singh Sachar Date/Time: March 30, 2021 (Tuesday), 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9765159282 List of Committee MembersDr. Siddhartha Das (Chair)Dr. Amir RiazDr. Peter W. ChungDr. Don DeVoeDr. Silvina Matysiak (Dean’s Representative) AbstractPolyelectrolyte (PE) chains grafted in close proximity stretch out

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Dissertation Defense – Preethi Ravula

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Title: Numerical and Experimental Studies on Dynamic Interactions of Robot Appendages with Granular Media Date/Time: Mar 25, 2021, 12:15 PM EST Committee Members:Professor Balakumar Balachandran, Chair and AdvisorProfessor Abhijit Dasgupta, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Teng Li, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Peter W. Chung, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Derek Richardson, Department of Astronomy (Dean’s Representative) Abstract:

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Dissertation Defense: Abdullah Alsharhan

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Title: Additive Manufacturing of Microfluidic Technologies via In Situ Direct Laser Writing Day/Time: Thursday Feb 11th 2021, 10:45am-12:45pm Examining Committee: Ryan Sochol (Chair)Don DeVoeEleonora TubaldiAxel KriegerReza Ghodssi (Dean’s Represenative) Abstract: Innovations in microfluidic technologies hold great promise for a wide range of chemical, biomedical, and soft robotic applications. Unfortunately, key drawbacks associated with soft lithography-based microfabrication processes hinder

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Dissertation Defense – Chaolun Zheng

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Title: ADVANCED ABSORPTION MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN REFREGIATION Date/Time: January 12, 2021 2:00PM – 4:00PM Committee: Prof. Bao Yang (Chair)Prof. Amir RiazProf. Peter B. SunderlandProf. Teng LiProf. Chunsheng Wang (Dean Representative). Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/94210112455?pwd=MjVWRS9TVXR4cENFb2t3aTlTR0ljUT09 Abstract: Absorption chillers, which utilize heat as the primary energy input, have been considered a more environment-friendly alternative to vapor-compression cooling systems. The thermodynamic properties

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