The SMART Scholarship is a program that allows students (undergraduate and graduate) to partner with various DoD facilities across the U.S. to conduct research with government employees. The benefits of the scholarship include tuition and stipend in addition to guaranteed summer internships and a job after graduation! See the flyer attached for more information. The application period […]
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Summary This is a Student Internship opportunity under the Pathways Program. NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We’re looking for a Student Trainee (Engineering) to join our team! This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 08/20/2021. Responsibilities The Engineering Laboratory (EL) promotes U.S. innovation
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Title: EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF FLAME HEAT FEEDBACK AND OXIDATIVE PYROLYSIS FOR SIMULATION OF BENCH SCALE FIRE TESTS Author: Conor McCoy Date/Time: Thursday, August 5th | 9:30am Examining Committee:Professor Stanislav I. Stoliarov, ChairProfessor Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Dean’s RepresentativeDr. Richard E. LyonProfessor Arnaud TrouvéProfessor Bao Yang Abstract: Two important bench scale fire tests, the cone calorimeter
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Title: Experiments and Semi-empirical Modeling of Buoyancy-driven, Turbulent Frame Spread over Combustible Solids in a Corner Configuration. Author: Dushyant Chaudhari Day/Time: Aug 4, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Examining Committee: Professor Stanislav I. Stoliarov, ChairProfessor Christopher Cadou, Dean’s RepresentativeProfessor Arnaud TrouvéProfessor Johan Larsson Dr. Isaac Leventon Abstract: The increased use of engineered complex polymeric
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Title: MODEL-BASED ESTIMATION AND CONTROL FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES Author: Chu Xu Date/Time: 08/02/2021 12:00pm-2:00pm Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9255782074 Examining Committee: Dr. Hosam K. Fathy, Chair/AdvisorDr. Chunsheng Wang, Dean’s representativeDr. Balakumar BalachandranDr. Miao YuDr. Michael G. PechtDr. Paul Stephen Albertus Abstract:This dissertation examines the challenge of (i) estimating the internal states of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries based on an experimentally-parameterized
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Title: COUPLED OSCILLATOR ARRAYS: DYNAMICS AND INFLUENCE OF NOISE Author: Abdulrahman Alofi Day/Time: Wednesday July 28th from 11:00 am to 1:00 p.m. Examining Committee: Professor Balakumar Balachandran, Chair and AdvisorProfessor Amr Baz, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Abhijit Dasgupta, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Nikhil Chopra, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProfessor Sung Lee, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Dean’s Representative)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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