July19
Candidate: Joshua Solberg
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Gregory Bewley (Chair), Mark Campbell
Time and Place: Thursday, July 12, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 431 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Susceptibility of Quadcopter Flight to Turbulence
July17
Candidate: Robert Carson
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Paul Dawson (chair), Matthew Miller, Derek Warner
Time and Place: Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 10:00 a.m., 106 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Characterization of Deformation Heterogeneity during Cyclic Loading of Polycrystalline Materials using Crystal Plasticity
July5
Candidate: Reece Kearney
Candidate’s Field: Aerospace Engineering
Committee: Gregory Bewley (Chair), Lance Collins, Edwin Cowen
Time and Place: Thursday, June 28, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 431 Upson Hall
Title: Measuring Cloud Droplet Dynamics in Turbulence
July5
Candidate: Samalis Santini De Leon
Candidate’s Field: Aerospace Engineering
Committee: Daniel Selva (Chair), Mason Peck
Time and Place: Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 12:00 p.m., 331 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Intelligent Data Understanding Technologies for Entry Descent and Landing: Applications for Future Missions to Mars
July5
Candidate: Pau Garcia Buzzi
Candidate’s Field: Aerospace Engineering
Committee: Daniel Selva (Chair), Mason Peck
Time and Place: Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 9:00 a.m., 331 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Assessment of Constellation Designs for Earth Observation: Application to the TROPICS Mission
June26
Candidate: Antione Robin
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Abraham Stroock (Chair), Robert Thorne, Fernando Escobedo
Time and Place: Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 246 Olin Hall
Dissertation Title: Coexistence of Solid and Supercooled Liquid. Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Dynamic
June25
Candidate: Min Zheng
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Silvia Ferrari (Chair), Ross Knepper
Time and Place: Monday, June 18, 2018, 10:00 a.m., 531 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: A Probabilistic Path Planning Approach for Directional Mobile Sensors
June25
Candidate: Jonathan Daudelin
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Mark Campbell (chair), Hadas Kress-Gazit, Silvia Ferrari
Time and Place: Monday, June 18, 2018, 12:30 p.m., 431 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Active Perception and Planning for Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots
June21
Candidate: Kartikay Gupta
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Max Zhang (Chair), Jefferson Tester
Time and Place: Thursday, June 14, 2018, 10:00 a.m., 2159 Snee Hall
Dissertation Title: Predictive Control of Heat Pump and Thermal Energy Storage for Flexible Heating
June20
Candidate: Marysol Luna
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Christopher Hernandez (Chair), Marjolein van der Meulen, Ilana Brito
Time and Place: Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 331 Upson Hall
Title: The Influence of the Gut Microbiome on Bone and Joint Disease