2019 past PhD defences

Munur Sacit Herdem; Friday, Feb 15, 2019; Room EC4 - 1139; 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Supervisors: Feridun Hamdullahpur / Siamak Farhad

Title: Multiphysics Modeling of a Microchannel Methanol Steam Reformer for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Systems


Noah Ryder, Monday, March 25, 2019; Room ERC - 3012; 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Supervisor: Beth Weckman

Title: Use of Sensors for Fire Detaction and Monitoring


Abbas Ghasemi, Friday, April 12, 2019; Room ERC - 3012; 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Supervisor: Xianguo Li

Title: Cortex Dynamics at the Exiot of a Rectangular Duct


Koksal Nasrettin, Tuesday, April 16, 2019; Room E5 - 3052; 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Supervisor: Baris Fidan

Title: Adaptive and Optimal Motion Control of Multi-UAV Systems


Joerg Ahne, Monday, April 8, 2019, Room ERC - 3012; 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Supervisor: Zhongchao Tan

Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Electrospun Metal Based Nanofibers for Nanoaerosol Filtration


Yuze Huang, Monday, April 29, 2019; Room ERC - 3012; 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Supervisors: Ehsan Toyserkani / Behrad khamesee

Title: Comprehensive Analytical Modeling of Laser Powder-Bed / Fed Additive Manufacutirng Processes and an Associated Magnetic Focusing Module


Waqas Muhammad, Monday, April 29, 2019; Room E5 - 3052; 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Title: Experiemntal Investigation and Multi-Scale Modeling of Strain localizaiotn, Shear Banding and Fracture in Precipitation Hardended Aluminum Alloys

Supervisor: Kaan Inal


Mohammadreza HIRMAND, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, Room MC - 2009; 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Title: Non-differentiable Energy Minimization for Cohesive Fracture in a Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Framework

Supervisors: K. Papoulia / H. Jahed


Hassan Askari, Friday, May 10, 2019, Room E3 - 4117; 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Title: Towards Intelligent Tires and Self-Powered Sensing Using Flexible Generators

Supervisors: Amir Khajepour / Behrad khamesee


Kamyar Rouindej, Thursday, May 16, 2019, Room E5 - 3006; 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Title: Study of Electrical Grid Profile and Behavior and Its Impact on Design and Operation of Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) System

Supervisor: Roydon Fraser


Halit Zengin, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, Room E5 - 3052; 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Title: Multiple-Model Robust Adaptive Vehicle Motion Control

Supervisors: Baris Fidan / Amir Khajepour


Ming Xiao, Wednesday, July 31, 2019, Room E5 - 3006; 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Title: One-Dimensional Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterial Based Memristive Device and Its Neuromorphic Computing Application

Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Walter Duley


Shiyi Yang: Friday, September 6, 2019, Room E5 - 3052; 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Title: Enhanced Learning Strategies for Tactile Shape Estimation and Grasp Planning of Novel Objects

Supervisor: Soo Jeon


Song Yang, Thursday, October 10, 2019; Room E5 - 3052; 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Title: Evaporation of Liquid Wall Film in Direct Injection Spark ignition Engine-Like Conditions

Supervisor: Xianguo Li