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 - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM E5 - 3006
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
Xing Xing - Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4 PM on-line
Title: A Smart Monitoring System for EV Motor Fault Diagnosis
Supervisors: William Melek / Wilson Wang
Shiyuan Song - Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from 9:00 AM -12 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Forming Behavior of Laser Welded Advanced High Strength Steels
Supervisor: Elliot Biro
Shengfeng Xue - Monday, May 5, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM online
Title: A Green Synthesis of Catalysts for Water Electrolysis and Fuel Cells
Supervisor: Xianguo L
Lanyu Li - Friday, June 6, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: An AOT-based Data Assimilation for Lagrangian Flow Field Reconstruction
Supervisor: Zhao Pan
Peyman Alimehr - Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Holistic Sustainability for LPBF - Tailored Productivity, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties for Low-Alloy Ultra High Strength Steels
Supervisor: Mihaela Vlasea
Ali Rezaei - Wednesday, June 18th, 9:30 AM -12:30 PM E5 - 2004
Title: Laser Powder Bed Fusion of High-Strength Aluminum Alloys: Printability, Microstructure Control, and Property Enhancement
Supervisor: Mihaela Vlasea
Johann Barry Scheepers - Wednesday, July 30, 2025 from 9:00-12:00 2025 at EC4 - 1104
Title: Machine Learning-Based Frameworks to Predict the Large-Strain Behavior and Failure of Metals
Supervisor: Kaan Inal
Dylan Dylan - Thursday, July 31, 2025 from 8:30 AM -11:30 AM at EC4-1104
Title: A new Machine Learning Framework for Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of Aluminum Alloys
Supervisor: Kaan Inal
Nipin Lokanathan - Thursday, August 7, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3006
Title: Multi-scale modeling of flow and heat transfer in additively manufactured hierarchical design architectures
Supervisors: Jean-Pierre Hickey / Mihaela Vlasea
Ali Waqas - Monday, August 11, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3006
Title: Aerial Hyperspectral Imaging for Building Envelope Diagnostics and Energy Performance Modeling
Supervisor: Mohamad Araji
Jihui Yan - Tuesday, August 12, 2025 from 9 AM to 12 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Fabrication of high entropy alloy coatings using electrospark deposition
Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Peng Peng
Haoran Zhang - Monday, September 8, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM online
Title: Ex-situ and In-situ Characterizations of Tantalum Alloy Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysers and Fuel Cells
Supervisor: Xianguo Li
Baizhou Zhang - Wednesday, September 10, 2025 from 2.30 PM to 5.30 PM at E5-3052
Title: Switching behavior device engineering for Neuromorphic Computing
Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Yimin Wu
Nazmul Hossain - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM E5 - 3006
Title: Moisture/water droplet based energy harvesting
Supervisors: Norman Zhou / Aiping Yu
Wei Wei - Wednesday, September 24, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM E5 - 3006
Title: Synergistic conversion of alcohols to value-added products via anodic electrocatalysis
Supervisor: Yimin Wu
Jonathan Ly - Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM ERC - 3012
Title: Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition of Metalcone Thin Films and Coating Applications
SupervisorL Kevin Musselman
Maryam Dialameh - Friday, November 14, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Online
Title: Enhancing PTMC Segmentation During RFA Surgery
Supervisor: H. J. Kown
Junrong Zhang - Friday, November 14, 2025 from 2:30 PM - 5:30PM E5 - 3052
Title: On the Jets Induced by a Cavitation Bubble near perforated structures
Supervison: Zhao Pan
Berkay Yuksel - Wednesday, January 14, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: A Study on 7xxx Aluminum Hot Stamping: Forming, Aging and Application
Supervisor: Cliff Butcher
Nicholas Dow - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM online
Title: Characterization of Oxygen Availability in Post-Flashover Compartment Fires
Supervisor: Beth Weckman
Lyndon Tang - Monday, November 24, 2025 from 9:00 AM -12:00 pm EC4-1104
Title: A Latent Embedding Framework for Personalized User-Exoskeleton Motion Intention Coordination
Supervisor: Arash Arami
Chiasung Liu - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Remote
Title: Adaptive and Model Predictive Path Tracking Control of Autonomous Vehicles
Supervisor: Baris Fidan
Ornel Jose Padilla Estrada - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Understanding graphene inception and growth by investigating early-stage particle formation
Supervisor: Kyle Daun / Christof Schulz
NEEL SANJAY AGARWAL - Monday, December 1, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E7 2343
Title: The Role of Filler Wire Chemistry in High-Speed Laser Welding of Al-Si Coated 22MnB5 Steel Sheets
Supervisor: Norman Zhou / Adrian Gerlich
Thanacha Choopojcharoen - Tuesday, December 2, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM E3 - 4117
Title: Collaborative Estimation, Coordination, and Control of Autonomous Multi-Vehicle Systems via Distributed Optimization
Supervisor: Baris Fidan
Jeswin Joseph - Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM E3 - 4117
Title: A multi-fidelity predictive tool for aerothermal assessment of hypersonic vehicles
Supervisor: Jean-Pierre Hickey
Alan Woo - Thursday, December 4, 2025 9:30 AM-12:30 PM E5 - 3006
Title: Characterization of Feedstock Powder and Fatigue Behavior of AA6061 Cold Spray Additive Re-Manufactured Structural Components
Supervisor: Hamid Jahed Motlagh
Mahdi Hasanzadeh Azar - Thursday, December 4, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ERC - 3012
Title: Performance Enhancement of Perovskite Thin Film and Quantum Dot Solar Cells and Photodetectors via Femtosecond Laser Ablation Processing
Supervisor: Kevin Musselman
Arpan Raj Singh - Friday, December 5, 2025 from 8:30 AM -11:30 AM E5 - 3052
Title: Improvements in Processing Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer Data for Detecting and Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
Supervisor: Kyle Daun
Mu-An Tsai - Friday , December 5, 2025, from1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title: Applications of Ground-based Hyperspectral Imaging for Emissions Monitoring from Diffused Methane Sources
Supervisor: Kyle Daun
Ehsan Tahvilian - Friday, January 30, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Human Motor Optimality for Lowerlimb Exoskeleton Control: A Personalized Approach to Gait Rehabilitation
Supervisor: Arash Arami
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
Matheus Correia - Thursday, June 19, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EC4 - 1104 in person
Title: Investigation of Neck Posture and Muscle Activity on Cervical Spine Impact Kinematics Using a Finite Element Human Body Model
Supervisors: Duane Cronin / Stewart McLachlin
Niloofar Eftekhari - Friday June 20, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 -3052
Title: Effect of Feedstock Powder, Processing Parameters, and Post-Heat Treatment on Additively Manufactured Low-Pressure Cold-Spray Cu Alloys: Development of Heterogeneous material for Enhanced Strength and Ductility
Supervisor: Hamid Jahed
Connor Toppings - Monday, July 21, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM ERC - 3012
Title: Boundary Layer Transition on Airfoils and Wings in Unsteady Low-Reynolds Number Flows
Supervisor: Serhiy Yarusevych
Youchao Teng - Wednesday, July 23, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM QNC 5402 (confidential)
Title: Programmable Gelatin Hydrogels via Ionic Modulation and Structural Design for Mechanical Properties, and Tissue Regeneration
Supervisors: Yimin Wu / Michael Tam
Ahmet Gulsaran - Monday, July 28, 2025 from 11:15 AM to 2:15 PM E5-2004
Title: Miniaturized Sensors: Effects, Packaging, and Interface
Supervisors: Mustafa Yavuz / Eihab Abdel-Rahman
Mazin Oheil Khalati - Monday, July 28, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Cold Spray Assisted Mg/Al Dissimilar Resistance Spot Welds
Supervisors: Hamid Jahed /Adrian Gerlich
Mohammad Munshed - Wednesday, August 6, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM E5 - 2004
Title: A New Human and Ecological Stochastic Air Toxics Risk Assessment Methodology for Mobile Sources
Supervisors: Roydon Fraser / Jesse The
Victor Shi - Thursday, August 7, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EC4-1104
Title: Deep Learning -Assisted Digital Image Techniques for In-situ Damage Characterization of Non-crimp Fabric Reinforced Reactive Thermoplastic Composites
Supervisor: John Montesano
Pranav Nath - Friday , August 8, 2025 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM E5 - 3006
Title: One-Dimensional Turbulence: From Extreme Reynolds Number Turbulence to Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers
Supervisor: Jean-Pierre Hickey
Bersu Bastug Azer - Monday, August 11, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Defect Engineering of Titanium Dioxide Nanostructures: From Fundamentals to Applications
Supervisors: Mustafa Yavuz / Michael Pope
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
Yang Wang - Wednesday, September 3, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM On-line
Title: Virtual Platform Design and Implementation for Magnetic Levitation Actuator Digital Twin With AI-Based Modeling and Control
Supervisor: Behrad Khamesee
Arvin Hosseinzadeh - Friday, September 5, 2025 from 10:30 AM-1:30 PM - Online
Title: An Optimal Knowledge Retention Framework for Continual Learning in Data Stream Scenarios
Supervisors: Amir Khajepour / Shojaeddin Chenouri
Mohammadreza Ghorbani - Monday, September 8, 2025 1:30 PM-4:30 PM On-line
Title: Fault Diagnosis and Reliability-Based Topology Selection in Vehicle State Estimation Systems
Supervisor: Amir Khajepour
Ali Zardoshtian - Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Functionally graded additive manufacturing of Inconel625 and CuCrZr alloys
Supervisors: Ehsan Toyserkani / Hamid Jahed
Farid Mafi Shourestani - Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM On-line
Title: Computationally Efficient Multi-Model Adaptive Control and Estimation for Uncertain Systems
Supervissor: Amir Khajepour
Keith Calder - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Online
Title: A Novel Framework for Performance-Based Fire Safety in the National Building Code of Canada
Supervisor: Beth Weckman
Taha Waqar: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM E7-7363
Title: Design of high strength aluminum alloys for directed energy deposition additive manufacturing
Supervisor: Michael Benoit
Stephen Robinson-Enebeli - Wednesday, November 26, 2025 from 11: 00 AM to 2:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Investigating the origins of observed data-model discrepancies during time-resolved laser-induced incandescence
Supervisors: Kyle Daun / Christof Schulz
Advaith Advaith Narayanan - Thursday, December 11th, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EC4 - 1104
Title: On the Influence of Boundary Condition on the Sheared Edge Fracture Limits of a 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Ste
Supervisor: Cliff Butcher
Maryam Soleimani - Thursday, December 11, 2025 from 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Remote
Title: Short-Pulsed Laser processing of Metal-Oxide Nanomaterials: Role of Defects in Properties, Nanojoining, and Sintering
Supervisors: Peng Peng / Norman Zhou
Renan Portela - Friday, December 12, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Effects of Stabilizing Binder on the Formability, Microstructure, and Mechanical Performance of Wet Compression Molded Unidirectional Non-Crimp Fabric Composites
Supervisors: John Montesano / Alfredo Rocha de Faria
Joel Pennings - Friday, January 23, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Tailoring Native and Transition Metal Catalytic Sites in Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Sustainable Material Design
Supervisors: Mustafa Yavuz /Michael Pope
JiUng Kim - Friday, January 16, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM E5 - 3052
Title: Determination of Liquid Metal Embrittlement Crack Propagation Kinetics During Resistance Spot Using In-Situ Monitoring
Supervisor: Elliot Biro