Master's Defences



Lucas Tang, December 5th, 1:00pm EST, Zoom meeting

Title: Smart Light Therapy Glasses for Sleep, Cognition, and Mental Wellness

Supervisor: Dr. Zhao Pan
 


Ardhendu Shekhar Bhattacharya , October 23, 2025, 1:30pm, E5-2004

Title: Influence of the Coating on the Radiative and Conductive Heat Transfer of 22MnB5 Steel in Hot Stamping

Supervisor: Kyle Daun


Mahdis Salehpoor, September 4, 2025, 11:00am, Teams

Title: Performance Analysis and Optimization of
Hybrid Edge-Cloud Architectures for Real-Time Robotics Applications

Supervisor: Amir Khajepour


Kevin Joseph, August 5, 2025, 3:00pm, E5 3052

Title: Gaze-Enabled Grasping Assistance For Teleoperation of Robotic Manipulators

Supervisor: Professor Yue Hu


Arko Roychoudhury - August 8, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00am, TEAMS

Title: Pulsed Laser Micro welding of Si to Cu for die attachment

Supervisor - Professor Peng Peng


Nikhila Kalia - July 31, 2025, 9:00am, Online

Title: Turbulence Closure Modeling Using Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks and Bayesian Optimization

Supervisor: Fue-Sang Lien


Cedric Attias-May 30, 2025, 1:00pm, E3 4117

Title: Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of Major League Baseball Pitching
Biomechanics to Reduce Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury and
Improve Performance

Supervisor: John McPhee


Huizhe Zheng - May 5, 2025, 9:30 am, online

Title: Comparative Analysis of MPC and Integrated Skyhook-LQR Controllers for a CDC Damper Suspension System in Passenger Cars

Supervisor: Amir Khajepour


Shaswat Garg - April 9, 2025, 1:00pm, E3 2114

Title: Reinforcement Learning Based Motion Planner and Trajectory Tracker for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Supervisor: Baris Fidan


Michelle Dieu Thao Huynh - April 3, 2025, 2:00pm, E3 4117

Title: A Characterization Scheme to Assess the Heating Performance of Developed
Biological Solders for Laser Tissue Welding

Supervisor: Michael Mayer


Alex-George Meclaus - April 2nd 2025 at 10:30 am, online

Title: Aerosol Jet Printing of Alumina Insulation Layer for High-Temperature Sensing Applications 

Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani


Navpreet Kaur - March 28, 2025, 11:00am, ERC 3012

Title:  Numerical-Based Thermal Analysis of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Supervisor: Xianguo Li


Mohsen Mondegari - Dec 13th  2024 in E5-3006, 3:00pm

Title: Modeling Ablation in Al/CuO Nanothermite Pellet Combustion

Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Pierre Hickey


Jonathan Chu - December 11, 2024, 1:00pm, E5 3052

Title: Detection of Cervical Spine Vertebrae on MRI towards Improving Multi-modal Image Registration

Supervisor: Stewart McLachlin and Alexander Wong


Sophia Ngan -  Friday, December, 6, 2024, 1:30 pm, EC 1104

Title: Multi-Physics Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Implementation to Enhance Vertebral Fracture in a Finite Element Model of a Lower Cervical Spine Segment Under Compression

Supervisor: Duane Cronin


Matheus Seif Reis -  November 29, 2024, at 1:30 pm, EC4-1104 (in person)

Title: Neck Injury Risk in Non-Neutral Position Rear Impact Scenarios Using a Reference Geometry-Based Head Repositioning

Supervisor: Duane Cronin


Andrew Ko - 29 November 2024 - 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Online

Title: Durability of Aluminum-Copper Laser Welds for EV Battery Applications

Supervisor: Hamed Jahed and Adrian Gerlich


Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Seminars