2013 Past MASc Seminars

Jiwon Lee - December 19, 2013, at 10:30 A.M. Room E5 3052
Title:Shape Optimization of Vertical-type Probe Needle Integrated with Floating Mount Technology
Supervisor: Dr. H.J. Kwon

Vahid Babakeshizadeh - December 18, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. Room E5 3052
Title: Biologically-inspired Motion Control for Kinematic Redundancy and Self-sensing Exploitation for Energy Conservation in Electromagnetic Devices
Supervisor: Dr. S. Jeon

Guhari Preet Singh - December 18, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. Room E6 2022
Title: Designing of Research Vehicles in the context of Post-Secondary Education Institutions
Supervisor: Dr. R. Fraser

Michael Giannikouris - December 18, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. Room E6 2002
Title: Design and Control of a Unique Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Supervisor: Dr. R. Fraser

Neil Mathew - December 12, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. Room E5 3052
Title:  Discrete Path Planning Strategies for Coverage and Multi-robot Rendezvous
Supervisor(s):  Professor S. Waslander, Professor S. Smith

Patel Pratik - December 11, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. Room E5 3052
Title: Development of Electromagnetic Micro-Energy Harvesting Device
Supervisor: Dr. B. Khamesee

Munur Sacit Herdem - December 3, 2013 at 3:30 P.M. Room E5 3052
Title: Combined Coal Gasification and Alkaline Water Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production
Supervisor: Dr. F. Hamdullahpur

Manal Alhazmi - October 29, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. Room E5 3052
Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Metal-Insulator-Metal Diode and Gray Scale Lithography
Supervisors:  Professor Mustafa Yauvz and Professor Bo Cui

Ferhat Aydinoglu, October 1, 2013 - 2:00 P.M. Room E5 3052
Title: Design and Fabrication of MIM Diodes with Single and Multi-Insulator Layer
Supervisor:  Professor Mustafa Yavuz

Ankur Agrawal - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 12:00 p.m. - E3 4117
Thesis Title: Performance Improvement of Automotive Suspension Systems using Inerters and an Adaptive
Controller
Supervisor: Amir Khajepour

Kaiwei Chen - Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 2:00 p.m. - ERC 3012
Heat Generation Measurements of Prismatic Lithium-ion Batteries
Supervisor: Xianguo Li

Hyunsung Jung - Monday August 12th, 2013 - 2:30 p.m. - E5 2007
Thesis Title:  Thermal and Structure Analysis of the Blow Moulded Air Duct
Supervisor:  Hyock Ju Kwon

Arwa Saud Abbas - Monday August 12th, 2013 - 10:00 a.m. - E5 2007
Thesis Title:  Nanofabrication Using Electron Beam Lithography
Supervisor(s):  Mustafa Yavuz and Bo Cui

Kamal Joshi - Wednesday August 8th, 2013 - 10:00 a.m. - E3 4117
Thesis Title:  Braking Availability Tester (BAT) for Winter Runway
Supervisor:  Soo Jeon

Kang Pan - Tuesday August 6th, 2013 - 10:30 a.m. - E5 3052
Thesis Title:  Experimental studies on iron-based catalytic combustion of natural gas
Supervisor:  John Wen

Pavlo PennerTuesday July 30th , 2013 – 9:30 a.m.- E5 3052
Thesis Title: Resistance Spot Welding of Al to Mg with Different Interlayers
Supervisor: Norman Zhou and Adrian Gerlich

Bryn Jones Tuesday July 23rd, 2013 – 2:00 p.m. - E5 3052
Thesis Title: A Technique for Fire Gas Analysis of Rigid Foams
Supervisor: Beth Weckman

Matthew Twynstra Monday July 22nd, 2013 – 2:30 p.m. - ERC 3012
Thesis Title:Laser Absorption Chemical Species Tomography
Supervisor: Kyle Daun

Yusuke Koda – Friday July 19th , 2013 – 01:00 p.m.- ERC 3012
Thesis Title: Lattice Boltzmann Method for Simulating Turbulent Flows
Supervisor: Fue-Sang Lien

Seyed Ali Madani Tonekaboni Friday July 12th , 2013 – 11:00 a.m.- E5 - 3052
Thesis Title: Modeling and Analysis of the Buckling Phenomena in the Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Biomembranes
Supervisor: Mikko Karttunen and Kyle Daun

Dan WesterbaanTuesday July 9th , 2013 – 9:30 a.m.- E5 3052
Thesis Title: Fiber Laser Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels
Supervisor: Norman Zhou

Derek Hartman – Wednesday May 29th, 2013 – 2:00 p.m.- E5 3006
Thesis Title: Robust Model for Fatigue Life Estimation from Monotonic Properties Data for Steels
Supervisor: Prof. Glinka

Gerald ShuckTuesday May 28th, 2013 – 10:00 a.m. - E5-2007
Thesis Title: Double-Sided Arc Welding of AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheet
Supervisor: Prof. David Weckman

Bohiouli-Zanjani, Golnaz- Friday May 17th, 2013 – 11:30 p.m. - E5-2103
Thesis Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Nanothermites for Joining
Supervisor(s): Prof. Zhou and Prof. Wen

Steven Grant- Wednesday April 24th, 2013 – 1:30 p.m. -  E5 3052
Thesis Title: Methodology for the Performance Evaluation of Ceiling Recessions for Vertical Floor Opening Protection
Supervisor(s): Prof. EJ Weckman

Mohammed Alusail - Friday April 19th, 2013 – 2:00 p.m. -  E5 3052
Thesis Title: Residual Stress In Circular Thin Plates Using Two Dimensional X-Ray Diffraction and Finite Element Analysis
Supervisor(s): Prof. Yavuz and Prof. Abdel-Rahman

Turker Dagdelen – Thursday April 18th, 2013 – 2:00 p.m.- E5 3006
Thesis Title: Failure Analysis of Thick Wire Bonds
Supervisor: Prof. Yavuz and Prof. Abdel-Rahman

M. Saleh Lavaee - Tuesday April 16th, 2013 – 2:30 p.m. -  E5 3052
Thesis Title: Waste to Energy (WTE): Conventional and Plasma-assisted Gasification Technologies - Experimental and Modelling Studies
Supervisor(s): Prof. Wen and Prof. Nathwani

Olabanjo Ogunlowore Friday April 12th, 2013 – 10:00 a.m. E5 2007
Thesis Title: Realtime Motion Planning for Manipulator Robots Under Dynamic Environments:An Optimal Control Approach
Supervisor(s): Soo Jeon

Jeff WangThursday April 11th, 2013 – 10:00 a.m.- E5 3006
Thesis Title: Multiple Memory Material Processing for Augmentation of Local Pseudoelasticity and Corrosion Resistance of NiTi-based Shape Memory Alloys
Supervisor: Norman Zhou

Ahmet Camlica Tuesday April 9th, 2013 – 10:30 a.m. E5 2007
Thesis Title: Least-Squares Based Adaptive Source Localization with Biomedical Applications
Supervisor(s): Baris Fidan, Mustafa Yavuz

Arun Das - Tuesday April 9th, 2013 - 2:30 p.m. E3 4117
Thesis Title: Scan Registration Using the Normal Distributions Transform and Point Cloud Clustering Techniques
Supervisor: Steven Waslander

Tom Sheehan - Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 – 11:00 a.m. E5 3006
Thesis Title: Royal Canadian Navy Evaluation of Handheld Aerosol Extinguishers
Supervisor: Elizabeth Weckman