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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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