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Thesis Defense: Vishal Sivasankar

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Title: Electrokinetic transport in nanochannels grafted with backbone charged Polyelectrolyte brushes Date/Time: August 03, 2020 – 2:00 pm Examining Committee: Dr. Siddhartha Das – Chair/Advisor Dr. Amir Riaz  Dr. Taylor J Woehl  Abstract: In this thesis, we study the electrokinetic transport in nanochannels functionalized with pH- responsive backbone charged polyelectrolyte (PE) brushes modeled using thermodynamically […]

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Dissertation Defense: Sriram Hariharan

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Title: Experimental Investigations and Scaling Analyses of Whirling Flames Date: Thursday 23 July, 2020 Time: 3:00pm (Eastern), 12:00 (Pacific) Advisory Committee Professor Michael J. Gollner, Chair & Advisor  Professor Elaine S. Oran, Co-Chair & Co-Advisor  Professor Arnaud Trouvé  Professor Peter B. Sunderland  Professor James H. Duncan  Professor Christopher Cadou  Professor Konstantina Trivisa, Dean’s Representative Abstract

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ORISE Research Participation Opportunities

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The ORISE Research Participation Program at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is an educational and training program designed to provide college students, recent graduates, and university faculty opportunities to connect with the unique resources of the FDA. With the support of an assigned mentor, participants have authentic research experiences using equipment not found on most college

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Dissertation Defense: Cory Knick

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Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Nanoscale Shape Memory Alloy Mems Actuators Author: Cory Ray Knick Date & Time: July 1, 2020 – 2:30-3:30pm Committee: Dr. Hugh Bruck, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Chair Dr. Christopher Morris, Branch Chief, US Army Research Laboratory Dr. Patrick McCluskey, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Don DeVoe, Professor and

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Thesis Defense: Mohammad Alsalti

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Title: Development and In-Silico Evaluation of a Closed-Loop Fluid Resuscitation Control Algorithm with Mean Arterial Pressure Feedback. Author: Mohammad Alsalti Date & Time: June 26, 2020 – 2:00pm Committee:  Dr. Jin-Oh Hahn (Chair)  Dr. Nikhil Chopra Dr. Axel Krieger  Abstract: A model-based closed-loop fluid resuscitation controller using mean arterial pressure (MAP) feedback is designed and later evaluated on an

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Dissertation Defense: Yiyuan Qiao

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Title: Personal cooling system with phase change material Author: Yiyuan Qiao Committee members: Dr. Reinhard Radermacher(Chair) Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi Dr. Jelena Srebric Dr. Bao Yang  Dr. Amir Riaz  Dr. Yunho Hwang Date: June 26, 2020, 2:00 pm Abstract: Personal cooling systems are attracting more attention recently since they can set back building thermostat setpoint to achieve energy

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Open Positions with the FDA

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The ORISE Research Participation Program at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is an educational and training program designed to provide college students, recent graduates, and university faculty opportunities to connect with the unique resources of the FDA. With the support of an assigned mentor, participants have authentic research experiences using equipment not found on

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The Fulbright U.S. Student Program

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Are you interested in conducting research abroad for the 2021-22 academic year? The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Fulbright awards give master’s students, master’s alumni, and PhD students, opportunities for international experience, personal enrichment, and an open exchange of ideas with citizens of other

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Dissertation Defense: Randy T. Ganye

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Title: High Wave vector acoustic metamaterials: Fundamental studies and applications Committee Members Professor Miao Yu, Chair Professor Amr Baz Professor Balakumar Balachandran Professor Sarah Bergbreiter Professor Timothy Horiuchi, Dean’s Representative Date & Time: Wednesday, May 27th at 10:30 AM Abstract: Acoustic metamaterials are artificially engineered structures with subwavelength unit cells that hold extraordinary acoustic properties.

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