2018 Past PhD Comprehensive Exams

Sina Talebi Moghaddam, Monday, January 15, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Title: Laser-Based Aerosolized Nanoparticle Diagnostics: Enhancing the Spectroscopic Model

Supervisor: Kyle Daun


Farid Samara, Wednesday, March 7, 2018; Room ERC - 3012 - 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Title: Load and Fatigue Alleviation of Wind Turbine Blades Using Trailing Edge Flaps

Supervisor: David Johnson


Moslem Sadeghi Goughari, Thursday, March 22, 2018; Room E5 - 3052 - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Title: Real-Time Monitoring of Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Breast Cancer Using Intelligent Thermography

Supervisors: H. J. Kwon / Soo Jeon


Brock Watson, Monday, March 26, 2018; Room EC4 - 1104 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Title: Characterization and Modelling of Adhesive Bonds in Tension and Shear at Elevated Loading Rates

Supervisors: Duane Cronin / Michael Worswick


Abu Bakar Amirool Bismie, Wednesday, April 4, 2018; Room E3-4117 - 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Roll Bonding Process of Aluminum Sheet with Embedded Terfenol-D Particles for Vibration Suppression Application

Supervisors: Mustafa Yavuz / Eihab Abdel-Rahman


Maryam Razavi, Thursday, April 5, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Title: Interfacial Behaviour between Transient Nanoparticles and a Substrate and Its Application in Air Filtration

Supervisor: zhongchao Tan


Shiyi Yang, Monday, April 9, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Target Object Learning and Coordination of Arm and Hand for Human-Like Motion Planning

Supervisor: Soo Jeon


Mohammad Hadi Razmpoosh, Wednesday, April 11, 2018; Room E5 - 3052 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Laser Beam Welding of Zn-Coated 22MnB5 Press-Hardening Steel

Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Elliot Biro


Weijia Cui, Wednesday, April 11, 2018; Room EC4 - 1139 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Development of Multiplex and Intelligent Microfluidics System Integrated with Microwave Resonators for Sensing and Heating

Supervisor: Carolyn Ren


Yanjun Qian, Thursday, April 12, 2018; Room E5 - 3052 - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Title: Development of Ultrasonic Tactile Sensing Device

Supervisor: Hyock Ju Kwon


Rabindranath Sharma, Monday, April 23, 2018; Room EC4 - 1139 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Title: A Thermal Geo-Storage Technology for Retrieval and Input of Periodic Energy Salvaging from Compressed Air Energy Storage  (A Thermal Geo-Stripes CAES)

Supervisor: Roydon Fraser


Jason Rebello , Tuesday, April 24, 2018; Room ERC - 3012 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Title: Active Visual SLAM Using Dynamic Camera Clusters

Supervisor: Steven Waslander


IIknur Umay, Monday, April 30, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Title: Integrated Task and Motion planning of Multi-Robot Manipulators in Industrial and Service Automation

Supervisors: Baris Fidan / William Melek


Sante DiCecco, Friday, June 1, 2018; Room EC4 - 1104 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Influence of the Initial Temper on the Warm Formability Response of Age-Hardenable Sheet Aluminum Alloys

Supervisors: Michael Worswick / Cliff Butcher


Yu Wang, Thursday, June 7, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Title: The Effect of Bridge Geometry on Seam Welding  Quality in Aluminum Porthole Die Extrusions

Supervisors: Mary Wells


Yitian Xing, Friday, June 29 , 2018; Room ERC - 3012 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Title: Application of the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Short-Term and Very Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting

Supervisors: William Melek / Fue-Sang Lien


Hasan Jumaah Mrayeh, Thursday, July 5, 2018; Room ERC - 3012 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Title: Nanoparticle Focusing on Aerodynamic Lens (NFAL)

Supervisor: Fue-Sang Lien


M. Taamjeed Rahmaan, Thursday, July 26, 2018; Room EC4 - 1139 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Title: Constitutive and Fracture Characterization of High Strength Aluminum Alloys at Elevated Strain Rates

Supervisors: Mike Worswick / Cliff Butcher


Marie Hebert, Friday, July 27, 2018; Room E3 - 4117 - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Title: Automated Active Control of Droplets in Microchannels Through Pressure-Driven Flow Using visual Feedback --towards a Modular Platform

Supervisors: Carolyn Ren / Jan Huissoon


Milad Mosharafi, Thursday, August 2, 2018; EIT 2044 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Title: Improving Passive Magnetic Inspection method (PMI) for Assessing the Corrosion Conditions of Reinforced  Concrete

Supevisors: Roydon Fraser / Maurice B. Dusseault


Amr Kamel, Tuesday, August 14, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Title: Dynamic Adaptive Mirrors

Supervisors: Mustafa yavuz / Eihab Abdel-Rahman


Pedram Samadian, Friday, September 7, 2018; Room EC4 - 1104 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Characterization and Modelling of Fracture in Hot-Stamped Tailor-Welded Blanks

Supervisors: Michael Worswick / Clifford butcher


Moslem Sadeghi Goughari, Tuesday, September 25, 2018; Room E3 - 4117 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Enhancing Focused Ultrasound Therapy Using Nano-Scale Agents

Supervisors: Hyock Ju Kwon /  Soo Jeon


Pranav Agrawal, Monday, October 15, 2018; Room E5 - 3006 - 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Title: Damping Characterization and Dynamics of Periodically Wrapped Cable harnessed Structures

Supervisor: Armaghan Salehian


Inna Novodchuk, Wednesday, November 7, 2018; Room E5-3052 - 1:00 PM - 4PM

Title: B/N Co-Doped Graphene Oxide Gel As A Sensitive Channel Material In A Field Effect Transistor Breast Cancer Biosensor

Supervisors: Mustafa Yavuz / Michal Bajcsy


Francis Lacombe, Thursday, November 29, 2018; Room ERC - 3012 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Title: Laminar-Turbulent Transitin Prediction of Complex Compressible Flows Via Parabolized Stability Equations

Supervisor: Jean-Pierre Hickey


Matthew Courtney, Tuesday, December 4, 2018; Room E3 - 4117 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Title: Droplet Microfluidics with Microwave Sensing for Active Feedback Control in High-Throughput Screening

Supervisor: Carolyn Ren


Mehdi Abroshan, Wednesday, December 5, 2018; Room E3 - 4117 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Integrated Stability and Tracking Control System for Autonomous Tractor-Trailer Vehicles

Supervisor: Amir Khajepour


Kissan Mistry, Thursday, December 6, 2018; Room E5 - 3052 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Tunable Thin Films for Nanoscale Devices

Supervisors: Kevin Musselman / Mustafa Yavuz


Pablo Daniel Enrique, Monday, December 17, 2018; Room E5-3052 - 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Title: Repair and Functionalization of Traditional and Additive Manufactured Ni-Superalloys for Aerospace Applications

Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Ehsan Toyserkani