Student Defenses

Author: Lingxi Kong Defense date/time/location: July 18th, 2023 at 2:30pm in EGR-2164 Committee Members: -Prof. Michael G. Pecht (Chair) -Prof. Lourdes G. Salamanca-Riba (Dean’s Representative) -Prof. Hosam K. Fathy -Prof. F. Patrick McCluskey -Prof. Stanislav I. Stoliarov -Prof. Michael H. Azarian Title of Dissertation: “In-situ Investigation of Lithium Dendrite Growth and Its Interactions with a […]

Author: Pattanun Chanpiwat Date, time, & location: Committee members: Title: Three Essays on Optimization, Machine Learning, and Game Theory in Energy Abstract: This dissertation comprises three main essays that share a common theme: developing methods to promote sustainable and renewable energy from both the supply and demand sides, from an application perspective. The first essay (Chapter 2)

Author: Lingzhe WangDate and time: June 23th, 2023, at 2:00 PM Location: EGR-2162, DeWALT meetingZoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/2731945012Zoom meeting ID: 273 194 5012 Committee: Professor Jelena Srebric, Chair/Advisor Professor Hosam Fathy Professor Jin-Oh Hahn Professor Bao Yang Professor Donald Milton, Dean’s Representative Title: Occupant-oriented Indoor Environmental Controls in Public Spaces Abstract: The indoor environment has significant impacts on the health and comfort of

Author: Mohamed Mohsen Ahmed Title: Development of a Lagrangian-Eulerian Modeling Framework to Describe Thermal Degradation of Porous Fuel Particles in Simulations of Wildland Fire Behavior at Flame Scale Date and time: May 26, 2023, at 9:00 AM Location: Fire and Risk Alliance Conference Room, 3106 J.M. Patterson Building Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/7685207098 Zoom meeting ID: 768 520

Author: Jacob Welch Date/Time/Location: April 24th, 1:30-3PM, ERF 1207. Title of Thesis: Spectral Methods of Modeling and Calculating Fatigue in Electronic Interconnects List of Committee Members: Abhijit Dasgupta (Chair) Michael Osterman Avik Dutt Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to provide a predictive estimate of fatigue damage accumulation in PWA interconnects using purely frequency-domain (spectral)

Author: Drew Hohenhaus Title: Prediction and Closed-Loop Control of Blood Pressure for Hemorrhage Resuscitation Date/Time: April 17th at 11:00 am Location: EGR 2162 Committee: Dr. Jin-Oh Hahn, ChairDr. Hosam FathyDr. Yancy Diaz-Mercado Abstract: Hemorrhage is responsible for a large percentage of mortality worldwide and the majority of fatalities on the battlefield. Resuscitation procedures for hemorrhage

Author: Mohamed Mohsen Ahmed Title of Dissertation: Development of a Lagrangian-Eulerian Modeling Framework to Describe Thermal Degradation of Porous Fuel Particles in Simulations of Wildland Fire Behavior at Flame Scale Date and time: April 14, 2023, at 8:30 AM Location: Fire and Risk Alliance Conference Room, 3106 J.M. Patterson Building Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/7685207098 | Zoom

Author: Eesh Kamrah Date: Monday, April 10th, 2023 at 1:30 pm Location: EGR-4164B Committee Members: Title of Thesis: ‘A STUDY TO EVALUATE WHEN TO NOT USE DIVERSE EXAMPLES Abstract: Design researchers have struggled to provide quantifiable forecasts on whether diversity helps or hinders the design search process. [1] This thesis studies this problem by answering the following question “how

Author: He (Andy) Yun Title of dissertation: Manufacturability and Reliability of Additively Manufactured Planar Transformer Windings using Silver-based Paste Date, time, & location of defense: Monday, 4/10, from 1 – 3 PM, at 1131B Martin Hall Committee members: Prof. F. Patrick McCluskey (Advisor & Chair) Prof. Aris Christou Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta Prof. Hugh Bruck Prof.

Author: Kendyl Waddell Title: NEAR-LIMIT SPHERICAL DIFFUSION FLAMES AND COOL DIFFUSION FLAMES Committee Members:Dr. Peter Sunderland, ChairDr. Christopher Cadou, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Fernando Raffan-MontoyaDr. Stanislav StoliarovDr. Arnaud Trouve Date and time: April 10, 2023 at 1:00 pm Location: Fire and Risk Alliance Conference Room, 3106 J.M. Patterson Building Zoom link:https://umd.zoom.us/j/7068085301?pwd=MEpuemxyOStaN0h2MkZ6Sno1ZG1vUT09 Abstract: To combat the rising threats of climate change, current combustion technologies