Student Defenses

Title: High Wave vector acoustic metamaterials: Fundamental studies and applications Committee Members Professor Miao Yu, Chair Professor Amr Baz Professor Balakumar Balachandran Professor Sarah Bergbreiter Professor Timothy Horiuchi, Dean’s Representative Date & Time: Wednesday, May 27th at 10:30 AM Abstract: Acoustic metamaterials are artificially engineered structures with subwavelength unit cells that hold extraordinary acoustic properties. […]

Title: A Probabilistic Risk Assessment Based Approach to Understanding and Managing the Risks of Natural Gas Distribution Piping in the United States Author: Sara Lyons Committee Members: Dr. Mohammad Modarres (Chair), Dr. Katrina Groth, Dr. Jeffrey Herrmann Date & Time: Fri May 22, 2020 1pm – 2:45pm Eastern Time Abstract: Two hundred sixty-nine regulated pipeline

Title: Cost-effective Prognostics and Health Monitoring of Locally Damaged Pipelines with High Confidence Level   Committee Members: Dr. Mohammad Modarres, Advisor and Chair.Dr. Shapour Azarm, Co-advisorDr. Balakumar Balachandran  Dr. Mark FugeDr. Katrina GrothDr. Kayo Ide, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Vasiliy Krivtso Date & Time: Friday, June 5, 2020. 2:00-4:00 PM Abstract: Localized pipeline damages, caused by degradation processes such as corrosion,

Title: Design and Analysis of a Novel, Ultra-Light, Cyrogenic Dewar for Balloon-Borne Observatories Author: Samuel Denker Date & Time: May 26, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Committee: Professor Marino DiMarzo, ChairProfessor Jungho KimResearch Professor Yunho HwangDr. Alan Kogut (outside scientist) Abstract: The deployment of cryogenic Dewars aboard high-altitude balloons is critical to

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

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

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