Title: Mixed Complementarity Modeling in the Global Natural Gas Market Author: Justin (Chad) Huemme Date & Time: Monday, May 11, 2020 – 12:00PM Committee Professor Steven Gabriel, Chair/Advisor Professor Shapour Azarm Associate Professor Qingbin Cui Abstract: This thesis describes the development and capabilities of an updated mixed complementarity problem model of the global natural gas market derived from […]
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Title: Co-design for Multi-subsystem and Vehicle Routing-and-Control Problems Author: Tianchen Liu Date & Time: Friday, May 15, 2020 – 2:00PM. Committee: Professor Shapour Azarm, Chair/Advisor Professor Nikhil Chopra, Co-advisor Professor Balakumar Balachandran Professor Jin-Oh Hahn Professor Nuno Martins Professor Miao Yu Abstract: Co-design refers to the process of integrating optimization of the physical design with
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Title: “Energy Audit and Modeling of High Energy-consuming Buildings in the University of Maryland.” Date/Time: Friday May 8, 2020; 3-5pm Committee Members: Dr. Michael Ohadi (Chair), Dr. Yunho Hwang, Dr. Bao Yang Abstract: The goal of this thesis project is to analyze and optimize energy usage in the Biopsychology building and Gossett Football House
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Title: Droplet and Bubble Measurements in Turbulent Free-Surface Flows Defense Date and Time: Friday, April 17 starting at 10:00 am. Important Note about Connectivity: If any prospective audience member is having issues connecting to the Zoom Meeting via the link provided, please email Professor James Duncan (duncan@umd.edu), who can send you a personal invitation link. Committee Members: Professor
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Title: “The Dynamic Characterization of Impact-mitigating Materials Using Electromagnetic Velocity Gauges” Date: Friday, April 10th, 2020 Committee Members: Dr. William L. Fourney, ChairDr. Balakumar BalachandranDr. Amr M. S. Baz
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Title: “Modeling And Simulation Of Novel Medical Response Systems For Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest”Date: Monday, April 20th, 2020 Committee Members: Professor Jeffrey Herrmann, ChairProfessor Mohammad ModarresProfessor Shapour AzarmAssistant Professor Monifa Vaughn-CookeAssociate Professor Keith Herold, Dean’s Representative
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Title: “Effects of Rest Time and Temperature on Graphite – LiCoO2 Battery Degradation” Date: Friday, April 17thTime: 11:00amLink: https://umd.zoom.us/j/380744735 Committee Members: Professor Michael Pecht, Chair/Advisor Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Professor Peter Sandbord Professor Mark Fuge Professor Eric Wachsman, Dean’s Representative Abstract: Lithium-ion batteries are used as energy storage devices in a variety of applications ranging from small portable electronics
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Title: “Experimental Investigation into the Heat Transfer Mechanism of Oscillating Heat Pipes using Temperature Sensitive Paints.” Date: Wednesday, April 08thTime: 11:00am Committee Members: Professor Jungho Kim, ChairProfessor Reinhardt RadermacherProfessor Bao Yang
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Title: DYNAMICS AND HAZARDS OF CASCADING FAILURE IN CELL ARRAYS: ANALYSIS, PASSIVE MITIGATION, AND ACTIVE SUPPRESSION Defense date and time: Friday- Feb 28, 2020 at 10 am Location: A. James Clark Bldg. (AJC 2132) Committee members: Professor Stanislav I. Stoliarov, Chair Professor Dongxia Liu, Dean’s Representative Professor Arnaud Trouve Professor Marino diMarzo Professor Peter Sunderland
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Title: Deep Adversarial Approaches in Reliability Date: Tuesday, December 17th Time: 1pm Location: AV Williams 2460 ECE Conference Room Committee Members: Professor Mohammad Modarres, Chair Associate Professor Enrique Lopez Droguett Assistant Professor Mark Fuge Assistant Professor Katrina Groth Professor Balakumar Balachandran Professor Mohamad Al-Sheikhly (Dean’s Representative) Abstract: Reliability engineering has long been proposed with the problem
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