Student Defenses

UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE: JIAN ZHOU

Author: Jian Zhou Title: VOLUMETRIC SOLAR ABSORBING FLUIDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN TWO-PHASE THERMOSYPHON Date/time: May 22nd at 1:00pm EST Location: 2164 DeWALT Seminar Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/3656005874?omn=94830805862) Committee members: Dr. Bao Yang, Advisor and ChairDr. Peter B. SunderlandDr. Amir RiazDr. Yunho HwangDr. Chunsheng Wang, Dean’s Representative Abstract: A two-phase thermosyphon is a passive system

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UPCOMING THESIS DEFENSE: EDWIN FISHMAN

Author: Edwin Fishman Title: The Natural Response of Uniform in Air and Partially Submerged in a Quiescent Water Body Date/time: April 24th at 10:00am Location: 3179K Aerospace Engineering Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members:Professor James Duncan, Advisor & ChairProfessor Miao YuProfessor Kenneth Kiger Abstract: The free vibration of three aluminum plates (.4 m wide, 1.08 m

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UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE: ZAHRA NOZARIJOUYBARI

Author: Zahra Nozarijouybari Title: Optimal Probing of Battery Cycles for Machine Learning-Based Model Development  Date/time: April 29th at 2:00pm Location: 2162 DeWALT Conference Room, Glenn L. Martin Hall. Committee members:Professor Hosam Fathy, Advisor & ChairProfessor Mark FugeProfessor Steven A. GabrielProfessor Teng LiProfessor Chunsheng Wang, Dean’s Representative Abstract:

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UPCOMING THESIS DEFENSE: MATTHEW KEELER

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

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UPCOMING THESIS DEFENSE: CASHEN DINIZ

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

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UPCOMING THESIS DEFENSE: ANTHONY FABBRI

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

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UPCOMING DISSERTATION DEFENSE: YEKANTH RAM CHALUMURI

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

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UPCOMING THESIS DEFENSE: SIDNEY MOLNAR

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

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