List of MS Theses
Academic Year: 2014-2015
Ardavan Ardeshirilajimi
Optimization of reverse supply chain for remanufacturing returned products
Advisor: Dr. Farhad Azadivar
Matthew Joseph Oliveira
Biophysical impact of trehalose in mammalian cell desiccation preservation connective desiccation of Sessile droplet
Advisors: Dr. Sankha Bhowmick & Dr. Alex Fowler
Academic Year: 2013-2014
Ghasemi, Amirmahdi
Computational simulation of the interaction between moving rigid bodies and two-fluid flows
Advisor: Dr. Mehdi Raessi
Salvucci, Michael V.
Improving through-thickness thermal conductivity of carbon fiber composites using various methods to create a conductive interfacial boundary layer, in combination with short Z-axis flocked carbon fiber
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Academic Year: 2012-2013
Cardoso, Shane Michael
Sensing of damage in epoxy composites under quasi-static shear and fracture loading using carbon nanotube network
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
Chiriac, Noemi Asiia
Architectural decomposition and its effect on modularity
Advisor: Dr. Katja Holtta-Otto
Codyer, Stephen R.
Accelerating computational simulations of incompressible interfacial flows using a heterogeneous GPU/CPU computing framework
Advisor: Dr. Mehdi Raessi
Genco, Nicole E.
Emphatic experience design
Advisor: Dr. Katja Holtta-Otto
Jalali, Niloofar
Statistical mode-based simulation for GD&T design synthesis and multi-scale roughness analysis of cylindrical feature
Advisor: Dr. Wenzhen Huang
Lake, Christopher D.
Improving the thermal conductivity of organic polymer laminar composites using long z-axis flocked carbon fiber
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Liu, Che-Wei
Analysis of a high solidity hydrokinetic turbine using computational fluid dynamics
Advisor: Dr. Raymond N.Laoulache
Liu, Jinya
Process capability evaluation method for manufacturing with GD&T specification
Advisor: Dr. Wenzhen Huang
Rugerri, David J.
A finite element analysis of mode I double cantilever beam bending of an organic polymer laminated composite
Advisor: Dr. Miles Sundermeye
Valkovski, Pres P.
Magnetic levitation: nonlinear adaptive model fuzzy-pid contoller
Advisor: Dr. Tesfay Meressi
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Bender, Steven P.
Fabrication and characterization of graded powder metal structures for bone implants
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
Colon, Hector O.
Projectile impact behavior of flock fiber z-reinforced composites
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Kaushik, Anirudh
Z-reinforcing fibrous laminar composites using inter-ply electro-deposited fibers
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Konda, Bharath Reddy
Statistical mode-based technique for effective GD&T simulation on rectangular planar features
Advisor: Dr. Wenzhen Huang
Medas, Matthew R.
Optimization of asphalt solar collector for pavement temperature reduction and harvest of energy
Advisor: Dr. Sankha Bhowmick
Nashed, Bahaa S.
Damage analysis of projectile impacted laminar composites
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Padamati, Sashank
Quasi-static and dynamic constitutive behavior of reinforced hydrogels inside liquid environment
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
Vadlamani, Vendat Kalyan
Electro-mechanical response of CNT’s embedded epoxy composites under quasistatic tensile loading
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Beaune, Allen
The effect of spreading a vertically directed jet impinging a sharp density interface
Advisor: Dr. Peter Friedman
Collins, Brent
Controlled deposition of electrospun fibers
Advisor: Dr. Alex J. Fowler
Garigipati, Tejaswi
Numerical analysis of straight-blade vertical axis turbine using the vortex lattice method
Advisor: Dr. Raymond N. Laoulache
Kaile, Arun
Determination of fracture parameters and stress fields of orthotropic functionally graded materials using finite element analysis
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Venkatatesh, Gurudutt
Efficiency analysis of vertical axis hydrokinetic turbine computation fluid dynamics
Advisor: Dr. Raymond N, Laoulache
Academic Year: 2009-2010
Abotula, Sandeep
Pulse shaper design and high strain rate behavior of aerospace aluminum alloys
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
MacLure, Alyre D.
Effect of pressure cycling on polyurethane/aluminum adhesive fracture energy
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
Singh, Anshul Kumar
An object oriented approach to function based modeling in product development
Advisor: Dr. Katja Holtta-Otto
Singh, Ranaway Arjun
The effect of four dimensional design attributes on product similarity and product family look
Advisor: Dr. Katja Holtta-Otto
Tuteja, Sumit
The effect of product design elements on a company’s financial performance
Advisor: Dr. Katja Holtta-Otto
Academic Year: 2008-2009
Crowley, John Bernard
Design and fabrication of Hopkinson Bar setup and dynamic characterization of UHMW polyethylene/hydroxyapatite nanocomposites
Advisor: Dr. Vijaya B. Chalivendra
Pahwa, Ankit
Kernel density estimation and acceptance-rejection sampling in process capability analysis of unknown multivariate distributions
Advisor: Dr. Wenzhen Huang
Reis, Justin A.
Optimizing of desiccation buffers utilizing disaccharides
Advisor: Dr. Sankha Bhowmick
Yan, Hao
Fracture toughness, conductivity and damping properties of z-directional reinforced composites
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Academic Year: 2007-2008
Borsari, Joshua M.
Experimental investigation of the effects of surfactants on CHF and MHF
Advisor: Dr. Peter Friedman
Chennamaraju, Abishek
Integrated tolerance allocation and fixture layout optimization by number theoretic methods in multi-station assembly systems
Advisor: Dr. Wenzhen Huang
Desai, Rajendrakumar Amribhi
Application o DOE method to study the grinding of graphite-epoxy composite
Advisor: Dr. Sherif D. El Wakil & Dr. K. Srinagesh
Mahajan, Bharat Uhas
Design and control of a ‘robotic spider’ for controlled drawing of fine diameter nitrocellulose fibers
Advisor: Dr. Tesfay Meressi
Nguyen, Danh Cong
Application of genetic algorithms to gene interactive rules to design a process for preventing the formation of cancerous cells
Advisor: Dr. Farhad Azadivar
Rawski, Martin
Behavior-based topological navigation system for a restroom cleaning robot using RFID-TAGS
Advisor: Dr. Farhad Azadivar
Sitaula, Ranjan
Quantification of thermophysical state and interaction of trehalose-salt/trehalose-biologics: implication in the desiccation preservation of mammalian cells
Advisor: Dr. Sankha Bhowmick
Academic Year: 2006-2007
Feng, Liang
Fracture toughness of through thickness flock fiber reinforced laminar composites
Advisor: Dr. John M. Rice
Hoeg, Daniel P.
Investigation of a coaxial airblast atomizer using particle image velocimetry
Advisor: Dr. Peter Friedman
Kalpesh Shah, Bhavik
Thermal therapy of liver cancer HEPPG2 cells: evaluation of important treatment parameters using cell injury kinetics
Advisor: Dr. Sankha Bhowmick
Meyer, Jr, William James
Experimental simulations of phase mingling in a subaqueous lava fountain
Advisor: Dr. Peter Friedman
Rajan, Vivek
Comparative study of multivariate indexed K-means and multivariate indexed K-median algorithm
Advisor: Dr. Paul Fortier
Reategui Pizarro, Eduardo E.
Study of the viability of mammalian cells in liquid nano-droplets
Advisor: Dr. Alex J. Fowler
Vadakoot, Vidya Divakaran
Factors affecting the instability threshold of negatively buoyant fountains
Advisor: Dr. Peter Friedman
Wang, Zhen
Hydrodynamics and collection efficiency of two-phase turbulent jet flow over a rotating sphere
Advisor: Dr. Raymond N. Laoulache