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Title: Experimental Investigations and Scaling Analyses of Whirling Flames Date: Thursday 23 July, 2020 Time: 3:00pm (Eastern), 12:00 (Pacific) Advisory Committee Professor Michael J. Gollner, Chair & Advisor  Professor Elaine S. Oran, Co-Chair & Co-Advisor  Professor Arnaud Trouvé  Professor Peter B. Sunderland  Professor James H. Duncan  Professor Christopher Cadou  Professor Konstantina Trivisa, Dean’s Representative Abstract […]

Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Nanoscale Shape Memory Alloy Mems Actuators Author: Cory Ray Knick Date & Time: July 1, 2020 – 2:30-3:30pm Committee: Dr. Hugh Bruck, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Chair Dr. Christopher Morris, Branch Chief, US Army Research Laboratory Dr. Patrick McCluskey, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Don DeVoe, Professor and

Title: Development and In-Silico Evaluation of a Closed-Loop Fluid Resuscitation Control Algorithm with Mean Arterial Pressure Feedback. Author: Mohammad Alsalti Date & Time: June 26, 2020 – 2:00pm Committee:  Dr. Jin-Oh Hahn (Chair)  Dr. Nikhil Chopra Dr. Axel Krieger  Abstract: A model-based closed-loop fluid resuscitation controller using mean arterial pressure (MAP) feedback is designed and later evaluated on an

Title: Personal cooling system with phase change material Author: Yiyuan Qiao Committee members: Dr. Reinhard Radermacher(Chair) Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi Dr. Jelena Srebric Dr. Bao Yang  Dr. Amir Riaz  Dr. Yunho Hwang Date: June 26, 2020, 2:00 pm Abstract: Personal cooling systems are attracting more attention recently since they can set back building thermostat setpoint to achieve energy

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