2014 PhD Defense

Kaushik Saha - Friday, August 8, 2014; Room E5 - 3006 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Title: Modelling of Cavitation in Nozzles for Diesel Injection Applications
Supervisor: Xianguo Li

Maryam Younessi Sinaki - Friday, August 1, 2014; Room E5 3052 - 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Title: Numerical Modeling of Methane Thermal Decomposition for Hydrogen Production in a Fluidized Bed Reactor
Supervisor: Feridun Hamdullahpur

Nasim Paryab - Friday, June 20, 2014; Room E3 4117 - 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Title: Finite Element Methods to Analyze Helical Stent Expansion
Supervisors: Pearl Sullivan / Duane Cronin

Seyed Aliakbar Hosseini - Friday, June 6, 2014; Room E3 4117 - 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Title: Crack in Corrosion Flaw Assessment in Thin-Walled Pipe
Supervisors: Duane Cronin / Alan Plumtree

Zeyad Almutairi - Friday, May 23, 2014; Room E5 3006 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Title: Experimental Studies of the Hydrodynamics of Liquid Droplets Generation and Transport in Microchannels
Supervisors: Carolyn Ren and David Johnson

Dariush Ghaffari Tari - Wednesday, April 30, 2014; Room E5 3006 - 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Title: Room and Elevated Temperature Constitutive Response of Polycrystalline Materials Exhibiting Tension-Compression Asymmetry Under Monotonic Loading
Supervisor: Mike Worswick

Peng Peng - Wednesday, April 9, 2014; Room EIT 3145 - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Title: Size Effects of Silver Nanowires on Room-Temperature Nanojoining Mechanisms and Mechanical Properties
Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Adrian Gerlich

Chekema Prince - Friday, March 28, 2014; Room E5 3052 - 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Title: Flow in the Vascular System Post Stent Implantation: Examining the Near-Stent Flow Physics to Guide Next-Generation Stent Design
Supervisor: Sean Peterson

Andrew Pequegnat - Monday, March 17, 2014; Room E3 4117 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Title: Novel Laser Based NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Processing Protocol for Medical Device Applications
Supervisor: Norman Zhou

David Olabode Adeosun - Friday, March 7, 2014; Room E5 3052 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Title: Analysis of Fire Performance, Smoke Development & Combustion Gases from Flame Retarded Rigid   Polyurethane Foams
Supervisor: Elizabeth Weckman

Ismail Bayezit - Friday, February 28, 2014; Room E5 3052 - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Title:Practical Coordination of Multi-Agent Systems in Formation
Supervisors: Baris Fidan; Jan Huissoon

Soroosh Hassanpour - Monday, February 24, 2014; Room E5 3006 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: Dynamics of Gyroelastic Continua
Supervisor: Glenn Heppler