Student Defenses

Title: MODELING OF ADVANCED HEAT PUMP CYCLES AND AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF A SMALL-SCALE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES Date: March 31st 9am-11am Location: EGR-4164B Join Zoom Meetinghttps://umd.zoom.us/j/2112804847?pwd=Q0lhdHp2NTZuNG40OTBodW10RjdjQT09 Meeting ID: 211 280 4847Passcode: 65hXXk Committee members:Dr. Amir RiazDr. Bao YangDr. Jelena SrebricDr. Peter B. Sunderland, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Reinhard Radermacher, ChairDr. Yunho Hwang Abstract:Unlike conventional vehicles powered […]

Author: Nikhil Oberoi Title: MULTI-FIDELITY PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY FOR LARGE EDDY SIMULATION Committee members: Professor Johan Larsson, Chair/AdvisorProfessor Christoph Brehm, Dean’s representativeProfessor Kenneth KigerProfessor Arnaud TrouvéProfessor Jacob Wenegrat Location: EGR-2164 Date and time: March 28, 2.00 pm Abstract: Designing engineering systems involving fluid flow under uncertainty or for optimality often requires performing many computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations. For

Author: Vishal S Sivasankar Title: Simulation of Polymeric Drop Dynamics: Effect of Photopolymerization, Impact Velocity, and Multi-material Coalescence Day/Time: March 29, 11:00 am | Location: EGR 2164 (DeWalt Seminar Room Committee Members: Dr. Siddhartha Das, Chair/Advisor Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta Dr. Amir Riaz Dr. Eleonora Tubaldi Dr. Peter Kofinas, Dean’s Representative

Author: Xiaotian Xu Date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, at 1:00 pm Location: EGR-1131B Zoom (for the Public Presentation):https://umd.zoom.us/j/7739971299?pwd=L3Z4T1dNTlVUT2kxU241ekwxS2RpZz09 Advisory Committee:Professor Yancy Diaz-Mercado, Chair/Advisor Professor Nikhil Chopra Professor Hosam K. Fathy Professor Jin-Oh Hahn Professor Erick Rodriguez-Seda, Special MemberProfessor Derek A. Paley, Dean’s Representative Title of Dissertation: Multi-Agent Spatial Coordination Via Time-Variations In Coverage Control Abstract: Coverage control of multi-agent systems (MASs) spatially spreads

Author: Sai Etha Dissertation title: Molecular-scale exploration of interactions between drops and particles with a polymeric layerDate, time and venue: 3/16/23 from 3-5pm in EGR 2164 Committee Members:  Dr. Siddhartha Das (Chair) Dr. Taylor J Woehl (Dean’s Representative) Dr. Pratyush Tiwary Dr. Amir Riaz Dr. Avik Dutt Abstract: Surface-grafted polymer molecules have been extensively employed for

Author: Namkyoung Lee Date: Friday, March 17th, 2023, at 10:30 am Location: EGR-2164 Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkfuCrrzwoH9aKI60Y6SIXknB_NnBugyuM?_x_zm_rtaid=6SbQ52e7TFKsE1qdZ94tGg.1678212040878.bfb2c061cac0aca9eb0188a0a320b8cd&_x_zm_rhtaid=709 Committee Members: Dr. Michael Pecht, Chair / AdvisorDr. Michael H. Azarian, Co-chair / Co-advisorDr. Yunfeng Zhang, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Balakumar BalachandranDr. Mark FugeDr. Gregory W. Vogl Title of Thesis: Interpretable and Speed Adaptive Convolutional Neural Network for Prognostics and Health Management of

Author: Tanjebul Alam Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 9:30 am Location:  Room EGR-2164 Committee Members: Research Professor Vikrant Aute, Mechanical Engineering, Chair/Advisor Professor Bao Yang, Mechanical EngineeringAssociate Professor Damena Agonafer, Mechanical Engineering Title of Thesis:  DEVELOPMENT, VALIDATION AND APPLICATION OF RESISTANCE -CAPACITANCE BASED MODELS (RCM) FOR PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL HEAT EXCHANGERS Abstract: Latent thermal energy storage use

Author: Mohammad Rubyet Islam Date: 13th of December 2022, @12:00 PM to 2 PM Location: DeWalt Seminar Room (EGR-2164), Building 088, 2164 Martin Hall Committee Members: Dr. Peter A Sandborn, Advisor and ChairDr. William Regli, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Mohammad ModarresDr. F. Patrick McCluskeyDr. Abhijit Dasgupta Title of Paper: “DYNAMIC PROGNOSTIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT FOR RESPONSE TIME BASED REMAINING USEFUL LIFE PREDICTION OF SOFTWARE

Author: Abhishek Ram Title: An Application-Specific Approach for Qualification Procedure Development Date & Time: Friday, December 02, 2022 at 9:00 AM Location: EGR-2164 (Martin Hall, DeWALT Seminar Room) Committee Members: Dr. Diganta Das (Chair) ​Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta​ Dr. Peter Sandborn Dr. Michael Azarian Abstract:  Qualification is a process that demonstrates whether a product meets or exceeds specified requirements.

Author: Timothy Kim Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 2:00 pm Location: Martin Hall, Room EGR-4164B (CEEE Meeting Room) Committee Members: Research Professor Yunho Hwang, Chair Professor Bao Yang Professor Jungho Kim Title of Paper: “ENABLING CO2 ISOTHERMAL COMPRESSION USING PISTON AND INTEGRATED GAS COOLER” ​Abstract: New avenues of decreasing environmental impacts and increasing the efficiency of HVAC systems are constantly