Student Defenses

Author: Matthew Keeler Title: DESIGN NOVELTY EVALUATION THROUGH ORDINAL EMBEDDING: COMPARISON OF NOVELTY AND TRIPLET ERRORS Date/time: April 19th at 12:00pm Location: 2164 DeWALT Seminar Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members:Professor Mark D. Fuge, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Shapour AzarmProfessor Nikhil Chopra Abstract:A practical and well-studied method for computing the novelty of a design is to construct […]

Author: Cashen Diniz Title: Denoising the Design Space: Diffusion Models for Accelerated Airfoil Shape Optimization Date/time: April 16th at 9:30am Location: 2164 DeWALT Seminar Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members:Professor Mark D. Fuge, Chair/AdvisorProfessor James BaederProfessor Michael Otte Abstract: Generative models offer the possibility to accelerate and potentially substitute parts of the often expensive

Author: Anthony Fabbri Title of dissertation: Second Wave Mechanics Date/time: April 16th, 2024 at 2:00pm Location: 2162 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members: Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic experienced very well-documented “waves” of the virus’ progression, which can be analyzed to predict future wavebehavior. Common wave shape patterns can be identified in real-timedata, to predict the pattern

Author: Matthew Weiner Title of dissertation: A Framework For Remaining Useful Life Prediction and Optimization For Complex Engineering Systems Date/time: April 15th, 2024 at 10:00am Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/6365088363 Location: 2164 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members: Abstract:

Author: Yekanth Ram Chalumuri Title of dissertation: TOWARDS AUTOMATION OF HEMORRHAGE DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS Date/time:  April 10th, 2024 at 12pm Location:  ERF 1207 (IREAP Building) Committee members: Dr. Jin-Oh Hahn, Advisor and Chair Dr. Yang Tao, Dean’s Representative Dr. Hosam Fathy Dr. Mark Fuge Dr. Yancy Diaz-Mercado Dr. Andrew Reisner Abstract: This thesis primarily focuses on developing algorithms and methodologies to achieve

Author: Sidney Molnar Title of dissertation: Metareasoning Strategies to Correct Navigation Failures of Autonomous Ground Robots Date/time: April 8th, 2024 at 10:00am Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9892794999?omn=94673990602 Location: 2164 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members: Abstract: Due to the complexity of autonomous systems, theoretically perfect path planning algorithms sometimes fail because of unexpected behaviors that occur when these systems

Author: Christina Nikiforidou Title of dissertation: Locomotion on Granular Media: Reduced-Order Models Date/time:  April 3rd, 2024 at 9:30am Location: 2164 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members: Dr. Balakumar Balachandran, Advisor and Chair Dr. Peter Chung  Dr. Teng Li Abstract: (attached)

Author: Gurtajbir Herr Title of dissertation:  ON DATA-BASED MAPPING AND NAVIGATION OF UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLES Date/time:  April 3rd, 2024 at 12:00pm Location: AVW 1146 (ISR seminar room) Committee members: Dr. Nikhil Chopra, Advisor and Chair Dr. Anubhav Datta, Dean’s Representative Dr. Balakumar Balachandran Dr. Miao Yu Dr. Yancy Diaz-Mercado Abstract: Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) have seen tremendous advancement in their capabilities and

Author: Weidi Yin Title of dissertation:  De-conflicting Management of Fluid Resuscitation and Intravenous Medication Infusion Date/time:  April 4th, 2024 at 12:15pm Location: 2164 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members: Dr. Jin-Oh Hahn, Advisor and Chair Dr. Robert M. Sanner, Dean’s Representative Dr. Hosam Fathy Dr. Nikhil Chopra Dr. Yancy Diaz-Mercado Abstract: (attached)

Author: Sangeeth Balakrishnan Title of dissertation: MACHINE LEARNING IN SCARCE DATA REGIME FOR DESIGN AND DISCOVERY OF MATERIALS Date/time: March 29th, 2024 at 10am Location: 2164 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members: Dr. Peter Chung, Advisor and Chair Dr. Mark Fuge, Co-chair Dr. Yifei Mo, Dean’s Representative Dr. Nikhil Chopra Dr. Hugh