PhD Comprehensive Exams and Defences

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

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


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 E3 - 4117 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