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Staff and Faculty Directory
Contact the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
( Attendance is at the discretion of the supervisor and student who hold the exam)
Olakunle Betiku - Wednesday, January 11, 2023 from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, E5-3052 - in person
Title: The Role of Microstructural Modifications in Improving the Mechanical Performance of Resistance Spot Welded Automotive Steels
Supervisor: Elliot Biro
Minghao Ning - Friday, January 13, 2023 trom 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - remote
Title: A Fast and Safe Motion Planning Method for Autonomous Vehicle Through Point Cloud Based Potential Field
Supervisor: Amir Khajepour
Ahmad Reza Alghooneh - Monday, January 16, 2023 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM remote
Title: A Multi-Frame Approach to Radar-camera Fusion for Autonomous Vehicle Object Detection
Supervisor: Amir Khaejpour
Pouya Panahandeh - Friday, January 20, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - remote
Title: Vehicle Navigation Using Graph -Based Method and Game Theory
Supervisors: Amir Khajepour / Baris Fidan
Ali Gharamohammadi - Thursday, January 26, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM - remote
Title: In-cabin Health Care Monitoring by Sensors
Supervisors: Amir Khajepour / George Shaker
Nadia Azizi - Tuesday, February 7, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM remote
Title: Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Copper Alloys: From Process Parameter Optimization to Oxidation Analysis
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani
PhD Defense
(Attendance is at the discretion of the supervisor and student who hold the defense)
Alejandro Martinez - Tuesday, January 10, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM online
Title: Monitoring and Control of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes Using Ultrasound
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani
Francis Lacombe - Friday, January 13, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM E5-3006 in person
Title: Stability of compressible boundary layers in presence of smooth roughness and wall temperature effects
Supervisor: Jean-Pierre Hickey
Chia-Pei Wang - Friday, January 13, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM - EC4-1104 in person
Title: Virtual Model Building for Multi-Axis Machine Tools using Field Data
Supervisors: Kaan Erkorkmaz / John McPhee
Nivas Ramachandiran - Friday, January 20, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - remote
Title: Structure Property Correlation in Additive Manufactured Ti - 5553 Component
Supervisors: Adrian Gerlich / Ehsan Toyserkani
Neel Pratik Bhatt - Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 11:30 AM-2:30 PM - remote
Title: Trajectory Prediction of Dynamic Objects in Urban Driving Settings for Autonomous Driving
Supervisors: Amir Khajepour / Ehsan Hashemi
Ali Ghatei Kalashami - Tuesday, February 28, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Remote
Title: An integrative investigation of liquid metal embrittlement in the Fe-Zn system: From responsible mechanisms to mitigation strategies
Supervisor: Norman Zhou
Muhammad Shehryar Khan - Wednesday, March 8, 2023, from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM remote
Title: Improving the multiscale morphological and mechanical properties of laser welded Al-Si coated ultra-high strength 22MnB5 press-hardened steels
Supervisor: Norman Zhou / Elliot Biro
Mobin Khamooshi - Friday, March 24, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Remote
Title: Cooperative Vehicle Perception and Localization Using Infrastructure-based Sensor Nodes
Supervisors: Amir Khajepour / Ehsan Hashemi
Sirshendu Misra - Tuesday, April 11, 2023 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM E5-3052 in person
Title: Wetting at Interfaces: From Drops to Microorganisms
Supervisor: Sushanta Mitra