Student Defenses

Author: Zachary Coogan Date/Time: April 18th, 2025 at 11:30 AM EST Location: DeWalt Seminar Room (Room 2164), Glenn L. Martin Hall Committee members: Title of Thesis: Development and Deployment of a Soft Robotic Gripper: Harnessing Pressure for Object Recognition Through Deep Learning  Abstract: Soft robotic manipulators are uniquely suited to handle objects with diverse textures, shapes, and stiffnesses, thanks to their highly […]

Date/Time: April 21st, 2025 at 10:30 AM EST Location: DeWalt Seminar Room (Room 2164), Glenn L. Martin Hall Committee members: Title of Thesis: Online Surrogate-Based Multi-Objective Design Optimization using Generative Adversarial Networks with Constraint Assistance Abstract: Multi-objective design optimization problems can be computationally expensive, as is the case with many engineering optimization problems, due to the original objective and/or constraint

Author: Andrew Shore Date/Time: April 15th, 2025 at 9:30am EST Location: EGR-2164, Glenn L. Martin Hall | Zoom Committee members: Title of thesis: Modeling control strategies of a high-performance energy recovery ventilator in NIST’s Net Zero Energy Residential Test Facility Abstract: With the acceleration of climate change causing increased global temperatures, reduced polar ice caps, and more severe weather, reducing carbon

Author: Jehnae Linkins Date/Time: April 11th, 2025 at 11am EST Location: EGR-1179, Glenn L. Martin Hall | Zoom Link Committee members: Title of dissertation: Engineering While Black: Centering Lived Realities to Disrupt Design and Build Black Futures Abstract: This dissertation, Engineering While Black: Centering Lived Realities to Disrupt Design and Build Black Futures, interrogates the manifestations of anti-Blackness within engineering spaces and

Author: Victoriia Grabovetska Date/Time: April 15th, 2025 at 2pm EST Location: EGR-0151, Glenn L. Martin Hall  Committee members: Title of dissertation: Identifying Risk Scenarios of a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Facility for Hydrogen Production at Nuclear Power Plants Abstract: Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) is a developing technology for the production of clean hydrogen. SOE is a key technology used in a high

Author: Sara Honarvar Date/Time: April 11th, 2025 at 12pm EST Location: EGR-2164, Glenn L. Martin Hall  Committee members: Title of dissertation: Learning Interaction Behavior in Distributed Intelligent Systems Abstract: This dissertation develops a formal framework for learning robust, state-dependent interaction behaviors in distributed intelligent systems. While learning-based approaches are increasingly used in applications of multi-agent systems such as robotics and crowd-aware

Author: Zhengda Yao Date/Time: March 28th, 2025 at 12:30pm EST Location: EGR-2164, Glenn L. Martin Hall | Zoom  Committee members: Title of Dissertation: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF AN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT HEAT EXCHANGER CO-DESIGNED FOR MANUFACTURABILITY AND THERMAL-HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE Abstract: 

Author: Sebastian Winther Date/Time: March 25th, 2025 at 12pm EST Location:  AVW 1146 Committee members Dr. Patrick McCluskey, Chair Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta Dr. Peter Sandborn Title of thesis: Multilayer electronic structures produced by additive co-deposition of metal and ceramic Abstract: Conventional manufacturing processes for electronics are wasteful and expensive. Co-deposition additive manufacturing offers a promising approach for fabricating high-temperature

Author: Camille Levine Date/Time: March 27th, 2025 at 9:30am EST Location: EGR-2164, Glenn L. Martin Hall | Zoom  Committee members: Dr. Katrina Groth, Chair Dr. Mohammad Modarres Dr. Peter Sandborn Dr. Yunfei Zhao Dr. Michelle Bensi, Dean’s Representative Title of dissertation: Expanding the Causal Logic Foundations of Human Reliability Analysis Abstract: Human reliability analysis (HRA) seeks to identify opportunities for operator

Author: Sophia Relph Date/time: March 11th, 2025 at 4pm EST Location: EGR-2164, Glenn L. Martin Hall | Zoom Committee members: Professor Ken Kiger, ChairProfessor Isabel Lloyd, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor David BigioProfessor Jungho KimProfessor Amir RiazProfessor Scott Giese Title of Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Air Entrainment by Disturbed Plunging Jets Abstract: