Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical behavior of the materials
Doctoral Candidate Name: Elnaz Haddadi Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: December 11, 2023 – 3:30 PM Defense Location: DUKE-308 Committee chair’s Name: Alireza Tabarraei Committee Members: Ron Smelser, Harish Cherukuri, Tobi Ogunro Abstract: Materials science aims to explore the properties and behaviors of different materials, from metals to advanced carbon structures. This dissertation […]
Designing Hierarchical Infrastructure-based Traffic Control Frameworks for Large-Scale Heterogeneous Traffic Networks
Doctoral Candidate Name: Pouria Karimi Shahri Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: December 8, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/97702163883 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Amirhossein Ghasemi Committee Members: Dr. Scott David Kelly, Dr. Srinivas Pulugurtha, Dr. Artur Wolek, Dr. Dipankar Maity Abstract: Autonomous vehicles have gained huge interest across private industry, academia, government, […]
Mechanical behavior of the materials
Doctoral Candidate Name: Elnaz Haddadi Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 10, 2023 – 3:30 PM Defense Location: DUKE-308 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Alireza Tabarraei Committee Members: Dr. Ron Smelser, Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Tobi Ogunro Abstract: Materials science aims to explore the properties and behaviors of different materials, from metals to advanced […]
INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL AND FLUID FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF AM SURFACES WITH DIFFERENT BUILD ORIENTATIONS THROUGH CFD AND EXPERIMENTS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Kuldeep Mandloi Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 8, 2023 – 2:30 PM Defense Location: Duke Centennial Hall Committee chair’s Name: Harish Cherukuri Committee Members: Chris Evans, Jason Fox, Angela Allen Jimmie Miller Abstract: Additive manufacturing (AM), particularly laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), is of great interest to the aerospace […]
KNEE BIOMECHANICS AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY ANALYSIS FOR PATIENTS WITH TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY PATIENTS DURING DAILY ACTIVITIES
Doctoral Candidate Name: Fangjian Chen Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 9, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: DUKE 324 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Naiquan Zheng Committee Members: Dr. Linquan Bai, Dr. Russell Keanini, Dr. Jing Yang Abstract: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a prevalent solution for severe knee osteoarthritis, yet the comparative […]
ANALYSIS OF BASEBALL PITCHING: AN INVESTIGATION OF SHOULDER EXAM, BIOMECHANICS, AND INJURY
Doctoral Candidate Name: Hannah L Stokes Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: October 16, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Duke Centennial Hall, Room 308 Committee chair’s Name: Nigel Zheng, Ph.D. Committee Members: Yanqing Sung, Ph.D., Russell Keanini, Ph.D., June-Tao Guo, Ph.D. Abstract: Throwing arm injuries are common because of the demand on the […]
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF PVDF-TRFE PIEZO- AND PYROELECTRIC SENSORS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Rafi Marandi Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 25, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: DCH 106A – CPM Conference room Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. Stuart Smith, Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. Maciej Noras Abstract: Additive manufacturing, specifically the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method, has emerged […]
Numerical simulations of single-phase and multiphase reacting flows under shock and detonation conditions
Doctoral Candidate Name: Prashant Tarey Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 26, 2023 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/93118585380 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Praveen Ramaprabhu Committee Members: Dr. Douglas Schwer, Dr. Russell Keanini and Dr. Yuri Godin Abstract: We describe using detailed numerical simulations, the properties of detonation waves occurring in single-phase […]
Numerical simulations of single-phase and multiphase reacting flows under shock and detonation conditions
Doctoral Candidate Name: Prashant Tarey Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 17, 2023 – 4:30 PM Defense Location: Virtual https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/93118585380 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Praveen Ramaprabhu Committee Members: Dr. Douglas Schwer, Dr. Russell Keanini and Dr. Yuri Godin Abstract: We describe using detailed numerical simulations, the properties of detonation waves occurring in single-phase […]
Additive manufacturing of 3D printed SiC composites: Strengthening and densification through surface modification and use of mineral binders
Doctoral Candidate Name: Sujithra Chandrasekaran Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 19, 2023 – 2:00 PM Defense Location: Duke 234; Contact student for Zoom link Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Ahmed El-Ghannam Committee Members: Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Charles Lee, Dr. Didier Dreau Abstract: Dense and porous Silicon Carbide (SiC) ceramics […]