Student Defenses

Title: New Methodology for Predicting Ultimate Capacity of One-Sided Composite Patch Repaired Cracked Aluminum Plate Date: Wednesday, Dec 11th, 2019 Time: 10:00am Location: Martin Hall, EGR-2164 Committee: Professor Hugh Bruck (Chair) Professor Peter Chung Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Professor Teng Li Professor Sung Lee (Dean’s Representative, Aerospace Department) Abstract Composite patch repairs are an alternative to […]

Title: Design and Development of potassium formate based Atmospheric Water Harvester Date: Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 Time: 1:30PM Location: EGR-3164 Martin Hall (Aerospace conference room) Committee Members:  Dr. Jungho Kim, Chair Dr. Yunho Hwang Dr. Gary Pertmer

Title: MAXIMIZING THE FINANCIAL RETURNS OF USING LIDAR SYSTEMS IN WIND FARMS FOR YAW ERROR CORRECTION APPLICATIONS  Date: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 Time: 8:00am Location: DeWalt Conference Room Martin Hall (EGR-2162 Committee: Professor Peter Sandborn (Chair) Professor Patrick McCluskey Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Professor Laurent Fresard Professor James Baeder (Dean’s Representative) Abstract: Wind energy is an important

Title: WATER, ION, AND GRAPHENE: AN ODYSSEY THROUGH THE MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS Date: Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 Time: 10:00am Location: DeWalt Martin Hall (EGR2162) Committee Members:  Associate Professor Siddhartha Das, Chair Associate Professor Amir Riaz Associate Professor Peter Chung Associate Professor Yifei Mo Minta Martin Professor Liangbing Hu, Dean’s Representative

Title of thesis: Investigation of Swirl Assisted Colorless Distributed Combustion (CDC) for Gas Turbine Application Date: Friday, October 25th, 2019 Time: 3:30pm Location: EGR 2164 Committee Member: Professor Ashwani Gupta, Chair Professor Bao Yang Associate Professor Gary Pertmer Abstract:  Colorless Distributed Combustion (CDC) is a novel method to enhance flame stability and thermal field uniformity, increase

Title: DEVELOPING HYBRID PHM MODELS FOR PIPELINE PITTING CORROSION, CONSIDERING DIFFERENT TYPES OF UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGES IN OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS Date: Monday, Oct. 21st, 2019 Time: 11:00 am Location: Martin Hall EGR-0159 Committee Members: Assistant Professor Katrina M. Groth, Chair/Advisor Professor Mohammad Modarres Professor Ali Mosleh Assistant Professor Mark D. Fuge Professor Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Dean’s Representative