PhD Comprehensive Examination
(Attendance is at the discretion of the supervisor and student who hold the exam)
JaeEun Shin - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00PM E3 - 4117
Title: Studying Privacy Risks in Human-Robot Interactions:Toward Privacy-Safe Domestic Social Robots
Supervisors: Yue Hu / Leah Zhang-Kennedy
Ali Mohammadnejad - Tuesday, March 4, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM E3 - 4117
Title: Additive Manufacturing of Tungsten and TiAl alloys: Investigating Printability and Experimental and Modeling Analysis
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani
Hossein Rajabzadeh - Friday, March 14, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM online
Title: Efficient Learning in Foundation Models
Supervisor: Hyock Ju Kwon
Cheong Kenneth - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from :9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EC4-1104 in person
Title: Kinematic Hardening Characterization and Springback Prediction of 6xxx-series Aluminum Alloys
Supervisor: Cliff Butcher
Jialin Wang - Thursday, April 3, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Online
Title: Riblet Design and Turbulence Modeling for Efficient Drag Reduction in Aviation
Supervisors: Fue-Sang Lien / Eugene Yee
Li-Hsin Chen - Friday, April 4, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM online
Title: Advancing Aircraft Icing Research: Integrating Experiments, Computational Modeling, and Machine Learning for Improved Prediction and Scaling
Supervisors: Fue-Sang Lien
Dogu Ozyigit - Monday, April 14, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EC4-1104 Hybrid
Title: Advanced Metal-Insulator-Metal Diodes for Terahertz Applications and Graphene FET Fabrication for Biosensing Applications
Supervisors: Mustafa Yavuz / Michael Bajcsy
Connor Jacob MacRobbie - Monday, April 14, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 2:00PM E5 - 3052 in-person
Title: Combustion of Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulant for Sustainable Space Infrastructure Development
Supervisors: John Wen / Jean-Pierre Hickey
Zohreh Mohammadi - Wednesday, April 23, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM in EC4-1104
Title: Characterizing and modelling the temperature-dependent nonlinear friction behaviour of unidirectional non-crimp fabrics to support the development of a high-fidelity macroscopic forming simulation model
Supervisor: John Montesano
PhD Defense
Kaiping Zhang - Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM E3-4117 in person
Title: Microstructure control and property enhancement of NiTi-stainless steel dissimilar joint
Supervisors: Peng Peng / Norman Zhou
Manyou Sun - Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052 Hybrid
Title: Development of Novel Surface Finishing Processes for Additively Manufactured Metal Parts
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani
Fatima Suleiman - Friday, April 4, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5-2004 Hybrid
Title: Improving Pyrometry of Advanced High Strength Steels during Intercritical Annealing
Supervisor: Kyle Daun
Nadia Azizi - Monday, April 7, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Online
Title: Laser powder bed fusion of copper alloys: From process parameter optimization to oxidation analysis
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani
Sahar Toorandaz Kenari - Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 9 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052 Hybrid
Title: Novel Machine Learning-Driven Platforms for In-Situ Prediction of Vertical and Top Surface Roughness in Laser Powder-Bed Fusion
Supervisor: Ehsan Toyserkani
Maziar ShafieiDarabi - Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM online
Title: Development of Microwave-Microfluidic Sensors for Plastic Detection in Environmental Samples
Supervisor: Carolyn Ren
Zuolong Chen - Friday, April 18, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Online
Title: Model Materials and Reactor Systems for Artificial Leaves in Solar Energy Conversion Applications
Supervisor: Yimin Wu
Sante DiCecco - Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EC4 - 1104 Hybrid
Title: Elevated Temperature Formability of Precipitation Hardenable Sheet Aluminum Alloy
Supervisors: Mike Worswick / Cliff Butcher
Shima Akbarian - Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM E5 - 3052 in person
Title: Advance Laser Weld Brazing of Zinc-Coated Automotive Steels: Process Optimization of AI-Enhanced Inspection, Tailored Intermetallic Formation, and the Evolution of Mechanical Behaviour
Supervisor: Elliot Biro
Ahmed Saieed - Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052 Hybrid
Title: Kinematic and Thermodynamic Effects on Particle Clustering in Turbulent Flows
Supervisor: Jean-Pierre Hickey
Qiaoyun Chen - Thursday, August 14, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052 Hybrid
Title: Interface engineering and additive engineering toward high-performance perovskite solar cells
Supervisors: Kevin Musselman / Bo Song