Candidate: Joyce Fang
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Dmitry Savransky (chair), Hadas Kress-Gazit, James Lloyd
Time and Place: Friday, June 8, 2018, 10:00 a.m., 431 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Online Model-based Estimation for Automated Optical System Alignment and Phase Retrieval Algorithm
Candidate: Himanshu Goyal
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Time and Place: Monday, June 4, 2018, 2:00 p.m., 106 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Multiscale Modeling of Biomass Thermochemical Conversion
Candidate: Yoav Baumgarten
Candidate’s Field: Aerospace Engineering
Committee: Mark Campbell (Chair), Mark Psiaki, David Hysell
Time and Place: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 9:00 a.m., 531 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Navigation Using High-Frequency Ground Beacons and Ionosphere Model Corrections
Candidate: Daniel Asselin
Candidate’s Field: Aerospace Engineering
Committee: Charles Williamson (Chair), Olivier Desjardins, Edwin Cowen
Time and Place: Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 10:00 a.m., 331 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Vortex Dynamics: Influence of a Wall on a Vortex Pair and Flapping Airfoil Propulsion
Candidate: Elizabeth Ellis
Candidate’s Field: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Committee: Shefford Baker (Chair), Mike Thompson, Matthew Mille
Time and Place: Friday, May 18, 2018, 10:00 a.m., 531 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Defect-Mediated Transformations in Thin Metal Films
Candidate: Matthew Kasemer
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Paul Dawson (chair), Matthew Miller, Shefford Baker
Time and Place: Monday, May 14, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 106 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: A Framework for Modeling Discrete Deformation Twinning in Hexagonal Crystals
Candidate: Gabriel Soto
Candidate’s Field: Aerospace Engineering
Committee: Dmitry Savransky (Chair), Philip Nicholson, Daniel Selva
Time and Place: Monday, May 7, 2018, 1:00 p.m., 531 Upson Hall
Title: Orbital Design and Scheduling Techniques for Space Science and Exoplanet-Finding Missions
Candidate: Erik Taylor
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Eve Donnelly (Chair), Lara Estroff, Christopher Hernandez
Time and Place: Monday, May 7, 2018, 9:30 p.m., 201 Thurston Hall
Title: Validation and Implementation of FTIR and Raman Bone Mineral Outcomes to Characterize Bone Disease
Candidate: Yawen Deng
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Kirstin Petersen (Chair), Ross Knepper
Time and Place: Thursday, May 3, 2018, 9:00 a.m., 331 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Scalable Compiler for Distributed Assembly with TERMES
Candidate: Yiwen Hua
Candidate’s Field: Mechanical Engineering
Committee: Kirstin Petersen (Chair), Ross Knepper
Time and Place: Thursday, May 3, 2018, 8:00 a.m., 331 Upson Hall
Dissertation Title: Building 3D-Structure with An Intelligent Robot Swarm