2010 Past MASc Seminars

Elena Bassiachvili - Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 10:00am, E3-4117
Thesis Title:Effect of Heavy Phosphorus Doping on the Young?s Modulus and Residual Stress of Polysilicon Thin Films
Supervisor: Patricia Nieva

Chris Morton - Monday, August 23rd, 2010, 10:00am, DWE 2536 
Thesis Title: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Flow Development over Cylinders with Stepwise Discontinuities
Supervisor: Serhiy Yarusevych

Phil Lockhart - Thursday, August 19th, 2010, 1:00pm, E3-4117
Thesis Title: Primary Blast Injury to the Head: Numerical Prediction and Evaluation of Protection 
Supervisor: Duane Cronin

Mohammadreza Saeedi - Thursday, August 19, 2010, 10:00 am, ERC 3012
Thesis Title: A Mean Value Internal Combustion Engine in MapleSim
Supervisor: Roydon Fraser and John McPhee

MD Aminul (Rana) Islam - Wednesday, August 18th, 2010, 11:00am, E3-4117
Thesis Title: Corrosion of Alternative Grades of Reinformcing Steel in Concrete
Supervisor: Carolyn Hansson

Jennifer Li - Wednesday, August 18th, 2010, 9:30am, E3-3119
Thesis Title: The Effect of Weld Design on the Formability of AHSS.
Supervisor: Norman Zhou

Dan Hasenpouth - Wednesday, August 18th, 2010, 8:30am, E2-2354F
Thesis Title: High Strain Rate Behavior of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheet 
Supervisor: Michael Worswick

Bo Yang Yu - Tuesday, August 10th, 2010, 1:00pm, E3-4117
Thesis Title: Microfluidic Large Scale Intergation and its Application in Image Based Microflow Cytometry
Supervisor: Jan Huissoon and Carolyn Ren

Dan Gordon - Tuesday, August 10th, 2010, 2:00pm, ERC 3012
Thesis Title: Precision Control of High Speed Drives Using Active Vibration Damping
Supervisor: Kaan Erkorkmaz

Mohammad-Mehdi Mirzazadeh 
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010, 10:30am, E3-4117
Thesis Title: The Effect of Shot-peening on the Fatigue Limits of Four Connecting RodSteels
Supervisor: Alan Plumtree

Adam Horsman - Friday, July 30th, 2010, 1:00pm, ERC 3012
Thesis Title: Design Optimization of a Porous Radiant Burner
Supervisor: Kyle Daun

Huilong Ma - Tuesday,July 27th, 2010, 2:00pm, E2-2354
Thesis Title: Thermal Modeling of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Automotive Applications
Supervisor: Rick Culham and Rob Gorbet

Badr Bedairi - Monday, July 26th, 2010, 1:00pm, E2-2354F
Thesis Title: Assessment of Crack in Corrosion Defects in Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
Supervisor: Duane Cronin and Allan Plumtree

James Rigsby - Monday, July 19, 2010, 1:00pm, E2-2354F
Thesis Title: Machining Speed Gains in a 3 Axis CNC Lathe Mill 
Supervisor: Sanjeev Bedi

Yagun Li - Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 11:00 am, ERC 3012
Thesis Title: Multi-phase Multi-dimensional Analysis of PEMFuel Cells with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Oxygen Bleeding.
Supervisor: Xianguo Li

Badr Bedairi - Wednesday, July 7th at 10:00am, ERC 3012
Title: Numerical Failure Pressure Prediction of Crack in Corrosion Defect in Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines.
Supervisor: Duane Cronin

Gary Chen - Friday, June 25th at 10:00am, ERC 3012
Title: Analysis of Semi-Rigid Connections Subject to Fire Loads in a Steel Framework
Supervisor: Beth Weckman

Kandarp Patel - June 15th, 2010 at 5:00pm, E3-4117
Title: Web Based Automatic Tool Path Planning Strategy for Complex Sculptured Surfaces
Supervisor: Sanjeev Bedi

Sebastien Brideau - May 10th, 2010 at 1:30pm, PRC 3012
Title: Predictive Model for PV/Thermal Impinging Jet Solar Collector
Supervisor: Michael Collins

Michael McCracken - Monday, April 26th, 2010 at 10:00 am, PRC 3012
Topic: Assessing Au-Al Wire Bond Reliability Using Integrated Stress Sensors 
Supervisor: Michael Mayer

Jonathan McKinley - Friday, April 23rd at 9:00am, E3-4117
Topic:Warm Forming of Aluminum Brazing Sheet Experiments and Numerical Simulations
Supervisor: Mike Worswick

Gerardo Salas Bolanos - Thursday, April 22nd at 1:30pm, E3-4117 
Topic: Optimization of Three-Axis Vertical Milling of Sculputed Surfaces
Supervisor: Sanjeev Bedi

Chris Best - Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 1:00pm, PRC 3012
Topic: Measurement of Fuel Regression Rate of a Pool Fire in Crosswind With and Without a Large Downwind Blocking Object.
Supervisor: Beth Weckman

Dayna Chan - Monday, April 19th, 2010 at 10:00 am, E2-2354F 
Topic: Development of a Flatbed Inkjet Printing and Cutting System.
Supervisor:Kaan Erkorkmaz

Seyed Aliakbar Hosseini - Thursday, April 15th, 2010, 10:00 am
Topic: Assessment of the Crack in Corrosion Defects in Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
Supervisors: Allan Plumtree and Duane Cronin

Billy Tam - Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at 3:00 pm, E2-2354F 
Topic: Micro-welding of Nitinol Shape Memory Alloy.
Supervisor: Norman Zhou

David Effa - Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at 10:00 am, E3-4117 
Topic: Electro-Thermal Mechanical Modeling of Microbolometers for Reliability Study.
Supervisor: Patricia Nieva

Erik Skensved - March 25, 2010
Topic: Air Jets for Lift Control in Low Reynolds Number Flow
Supervisor: David Johnson

Tyson Josey - March 19, 2010
Topic: Investigation of Blast Load Characteristics on Lung Injury
Supervisor: Duane Cronin

Michael Bishop- January 27, 2010 
Topic: Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Wall Adaption on Flow Over a Cylinder in a Modernized Adaptive-Wall Wind Tunnel.
Supervisor: S. Yarusevych

Jeff Gorniak - January 20th, 2010
Topic: Design and Metrology of a Precision XY Planar Stage
Supervisor: Kaan Erkorkmaz

Saman Hosseini - January 20th, 2010
Topic: Design, Fabrication and Control of Magnetic Capsule Robot for the Human Esophagus
Supervisor: B. Khamesee

Hajar Sharif - January 14th, 2010
Topic: Development of a Novel Porogen Insertion System Used in Solid Freeform Fabriction of Porous Biodegradable Scaffolds with Heterogeneous Internal Architectures
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani