Student Defenses

Title: Phonon mediated thermal transport in transition-metal dichalcogenides Date: Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, 2019 Time: 11:00am Location: Martin Hall  EGR-2164 Committee Members: Professor Peter Chung (Chair) Professor Bao Yang Professor Agis Iliadis (Dean’s Representative, Electrical and Computer Science Department) Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Professor Patrick McCluskey Dr. Sina Najmaei (Special Member for the committee, ARL research scientist)

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