Announcements

Title: Design and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Lightweight Metal Structures with Equivalent Compliance and Fatigue Resistance Author: Luis Santos Day/Time: Monday, July 19th, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST Committee members: Professor Hugh A. Bruck (Chair)Professor Abhijit DasguptaProfessor Mark D. FugeProfessor F. Patrick McCluskeyProfessor Sreeramamurthy Ankem (Dean’s Representative) Abstract:Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been a disruptive manufacturing technology allowing for control […]

Title: Studies of Inclined Flame Instabilities and the Relationship Between Wildland Fire Exposure and Structure Destruction Day/Time: Friday, July 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm EST Committee members: Dr. Michael Gollner (Chair)Dr. Anya Jones (Dean’s rep)Dr. Ken KigerDr. Johan LarssonDr. Elaine Oran, Arnaud Trouvé Abstract: The present work investigates two aspects of the wildland fire problem: the structure and

Title: Computational Modeling of Nanoscale Vibrational Energy Transfer in Crystalline RDX Author: Gaurav Kumar Date/Time: 20th July 2021 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Examining Committee: 1) Professor Peter W. Chung, Chair/Advisor (ENME) 2) Professor Oded Rabin, Dean’s Representative (MSE) 3) Professor Bao Yang (ENME) 4) Professor Abhijit Dasgupta (ENME) 5) Professor Yifei Mo (MSE) Abstract: Energetic

Title: Advanced Packaging and Thermal Management of DC-DC Converters and Novel Correlations for Manifold Microchannel Heatsinks Author: Sevket Umut Yuruker Date/Time: July 2nd, 3:00pm – 5:00pm Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/4052654764 Committee Members:Professor Michael Ohadi, ChairProfessor Patrick McCluskeyProfessor Jungho KimProfessor Amir RiazProfessor Christopher Cadou, Dean’s Representative Abstract: An advanced packaging configuration of a dual-active-bridge 10 kW DC-DC converter

Title: A Bayesian Network Perspective on the Elements of a Nuclear Power Plant Multi-Unit Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Author: Jonathan DeJesus Segarra Day/Time: Friday, July 16, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) Examining Committee:Dr. Michelle BensiDr. Mohammad ModarresDr. Gregory Baecher Dr. Katrina GrothDr. Robert BunditzDr. Vedran Lekic ABSTRACT Nuclear power plants (NPPs) generated about

Title: Towards Trust and Transparency in Deep Learning Systems through Behavior Introspection & Online Competency Prediction Author: Julia Filiberti Allen Date/Time: Monday, June 28th at 1pm Committee Members:Professor Steven A. Gabriel, Chair, Dept. of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Dinesh Manocha, Dean’s Representative, Dept. of Computer ScienceProfessor Jin-Oh Hahn, Dept. of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Shapour Azarm, Dept. of Mechanical

Title: INTELLIGENT INTERSECTION MANAGEMENT THROUGH GRADIENT-BASED MULTI-AGENT COORDINATION OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND VEHICLES Author: Manuel Aurelio Rodriguez Date/Time: July 7, 2021 1pm-3pm Zoom Meeting: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5586796034 List of committee membersDr. Hosam Fathy (Chair)Dr. Yancy Diaz-MercadoDr. Shapour AzarmDr. Jin-Oh HahnDr. Derek Paley (Dean’s Representative) AbstractThis dissertation examines the problem of coordinating both traffic lights plus connected and