Student Defenses

Name: Keshav Rajasekaran Title: Bio-Inspired flow sensors and their application in Unmanned Air Vehicles Date: 07/22/2022 Time: 9AM – 11AM Location: EGR 2164 Committee members: Professor Miao Yu, Chair Professor Sarah Bergbreiter, Co-Chair Professor Don Devoe Professor Nikhil Chopra  Professor Ryan Sochol Professor Pamela Abshire (Dean’s Representative) Abstract: Small-scale unmanned air vehicles require lightweight, compact, and […]

Name: Lena Johnson Title: Evaluating Flight Time in a Flapping-Wing UAV Through Intermittent Gliding and Flapping Time: July, 22 4:00-6:00pm EGR-2162 DeWalt Meeting Room Committee Members:  – Dr. Hugh Bruck: Committee Chair – Dr. Derek Paley: Dean’s Representative – Dr. Miao Yu – Dr. Yancy Diaz-Mercado – Dr. Nikhil Chopra Abstract: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly

Name: Gyeong Sung Kim Title of dissertation: Heat and mass transfer analysis and performance improvement study for air gap membrane distillation Defense Date: 7/21/2022 at 10am Location: Rm. 4164B, Glenn L. Martin Hall Zoom link : https://umd.zoom.us/j/3218334573?pwd=TkJFbkozbllBTi9qQlNpOFJGVG12QT09 Committee members:  Professor Reinhard K. Radermacher, ChairProfessor Kenneth Yu, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor Jungho KimProfessor Peter SandbornProfessor Bao YangResearch Professor Yunho Hwang

Name: Bahram Parvinian Defense Date: July 7th, 2022 at 10am Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, EGR-2162 Committee Members: Professor Jin-Oh Hahn, Advisor/Chair Professor Yang Tao, Dean’s Representative Professor Balakumar Balachandran Professor Yancy Diaz-Mercado Professor Monifa Vaughn-Cooke Professor Pras Pathmanathan Title: A FRAMEWORK FOR CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENT OF SUBJECT-SPECIFIC PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS  Abstract: Physiological closed-loop controllers and decision support systems are medical

Name: Azin Sadat Mousavi Defense Date: July 5th, 2022 at 2 pm Location: Glenn L. Martin Hall, EGR-2164 Committee Members: Associate Professor Jin-Oh Hahn, Advisor/Chair Professor Alison Flatau, Dean’s Representative Professor Balakumar Balachandran Professor Hosam Fathy Professor Miao Yu Title: Ballistocardiography: Mathematical Modeling, Analysis, and Application to Cardiovascular Health Monitoring Abstract: The main goal of

Name: Sebastian Antonio Romo Duenas Defense Date: June 21st, 2022 at 1pm. Location: Glenn Martin Hall, EGR-2162. Committee Members: Jelena Srebric, Ph.D. (Advisor/Chair) Reinhard Radermacher, Ph.D. Bao Yang, Ph.D. Dongxia Liu, Ph.D. Peter Sunderland, Ph.D. (Dean’s Representative) Title: A Validated Modeling Framework for Performance Analyses of Experimental and Proven Desalination Technologies Abstract: There is a wide array of

Name: Ali Tivay Committee Members:  Professor Jin-Oh Hahn, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Perinkulam Krishnaprasad, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor Hosam FathyProfessor Nikhil ChopraProfessor Yancy Diaz-Mercado Date: Thursday, June 16th, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM NOTE: This defense will take place via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/3546982448?pwd=ZGFLRUR0MVFlL3B4Wm5PZFgraGxIdz09 Title: Inference-Based Modeling, Monitoring, and Control Algorithms for Autonomous Medical Care Abstract: Autonomous medical care systems are relatively recent developments in biomedical research

Name: Ali Berk Kahraman Date: June 10th at 10:00 AM; NOTE: This defense will be taking place virtually. Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/4487374796  Meeting ID: 448 737 4796 Committee Members: Associate Professor Johan Larsson (Chair/Advisor) Professor James Baeder Asst. Professor Cristoph Brehm Professor James Duncan Professor Arnaud Trouve (Dean’s Representative) Title of dissertation: Adaptivity in Wall-Modeled Large Eddy Simulation Abstract: In

Name: Parham Dehghani Title: BURNING EMULATIONS OF CONDENSED PHASE FUELS ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Committee Members: Dr. Peter Sunderland, ChairDr. James G. QuintiereDr. John L. deRisDr. Arnaud TrouveDr. Reinhard RadermacherDr. Christopher Cadou, Dean’s Representative Date: 6/7/2022Time: 11:00AMLocation: 3106B, J.M. Patterson Building Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9827241119 Abstract: Little is known about the fire hazards of solids and liquids in microgravity. Ground-based

Name: Dongyu Chen Committee Members: Professor Reinhard Radermacher, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Amir Riaz, Co-ChairProfessor Vikrant C. AuteProfessor Jelena Srebric Professor Siddhartha DasProfessor Bao YangProfessor Peter B. Sunderland, Dean’s Representative Date: Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM Location: EGR 088-2162 (DeWALT Meeting) Abstract: Phase change materials (PCMs) are widely used in thermal energy storage systems, as they can absorb and release