Mechanical Engineering
Variable Shearing Holography
Doctoral Candidate Name: Prithiviraj Shanmugam Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 21, 2023 – 12:00 PM Defense Location: Duke Centennial Hall, Room 324 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Konstantinos Falaggis Committee Members: Dr. Matthew A Davies, Dr. Jimmie Miller, Dr. Taufiquar Khan Abstract: From the perspective of manufacturing, it is not always ideal to […]
Thermo Mechanical Modeling and Analysis of Precision Glass Molding Process
Doctoral Candidate Name: Dhanooj Bobba Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 14, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: DCH 324 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish P. Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. Christopher J. Morgan, Dr. Ronald E. Smelser, Dr. Konstantinos Falaggis, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Thomas J. Suleski Abstract: In recent decades, the demand […]
Investigation of Gas Metal Arc Welding as a Potential Method for Additive Manufacturing of Magnesium Alloys
Doctoral Candidate Name: Christoph Andreas Johann Kossack Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 21, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: DCH 106A – CPM Conference Room Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. HaiTao Zhang, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Tobi Ogunro Abstract: Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) was investigated as a […]
THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF PRECISION GLASS MOLDING PROCESS
Doctoral Candidate Name: Dhanooj Bobba Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 14, 2023 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: DCH 324 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish P. Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. Christopher J. Morgan, Dr. Ronald E. Smelser, Dr. Konstantinos Falaggis, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Thomas J. Suleski Abstract: The need for ultra-precision optical […]
Machining and Chatter Avoidance: Predictive Analytics and Uncertainty Analysis
Doctoral Candidate Name: Maryam Hashemitaheri Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: March 29, 2023 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Duke Centennial Hall, Room 106 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. Brigid Mullany, Dr. Konstantinos Falaggis, Dr. Taufiquar R Khan Abstract: The focus of this dissertation is on the topic of chatter […]
Exploration of structure-property relationship and Growth mechanism of 1D nanowires using transmission electron microscopy
Doctoral Candidate Name: Manira Akter Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: December 21, 2022 – 10:00 PM Defense Location: Zoom (https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/97274987319?pwd=ZXl2VjhqL0s3NWVvT2ZLMzhkdnBHdz09) Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Terry Xu Committee Members: Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Thomas Schmedake Abstract: One dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials are the materials having one external dimension outside the nanoscale […]
Improved fidelity of triangulation sensor measurements in optical inspection
Doctoral Candidate Name: Milad Hosseinpour Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2022 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: Duke 106 Conference Room Committee chair’s Name: Prof. Edward P. Morse Committee Members: Dr. Jimmie Miller, Dr. Wesley Williams, Dr. Robert Cox (from graduate school) Abstract: With the evolution of gear design requirements for new […]
Mechanical Instability of the Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chunhao Yuan Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2022 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: Duke 276 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jun Xu Committee Members: Dr. Ronald E. Smelser, Dr. Qiuming Wei, Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. Tiefu Zhao, Dr. Tao Hong Abstract: All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered promising candidates for […]
Mechanical Instability of the Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Doctoral Candidate Name: Chunhao Yuan Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 11, 2022 – 11:30 AM Defense Location: Duke 276 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Jun Xu Committee Members: Dr. Ronald E. Smelser, Dr. Qiuming Wei, Dr. Haitao Zhang, Dr. Tiefu Zhao, Dr. Tao Hong Abstract: All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered promising candidates for […]
Fracture and mechanical properties of graphene-like two-dimensional materials using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations
Doctoral Candidate Name: Md Imrul Reza Shishir Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 9, 2022 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Duke – 106A Committee chair’s Name: Alireza Tabarraei Committee Members: Harish P. Cherukuri, Jun Xu, Donald Jacobs Abstract: Graphene is a monoatomic thick sheet of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms tightly packed in a honeycomb […]