Mechanical Engineering

Doctoral Candidate Name: Chunjie Fan Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: August 10, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Duke centennial hall 345 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Stuart Smith Committee Members: Dr. Jimmie Miller, Dr. Joshua Tarbutton, Dr. Qiuming Wei, Dr. Tom Suleski Abstract: The motivation of this research is to build systems that […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Pavitra Krishnan Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 22, 2021 – 1:30 PM Defense Location: Duke centennial hall 308 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Qiuming Wei Committee Members: Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Youxing Chen, Dr. Laszlo Kecskes, Dr. Don Chen Abstract: High performance, light weight alloys are need-of-the particularly in the […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Amirahmad Zare Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 28, 2021 – 3:00 PM Defense Location: Online (Zoom) https://uncc.zoom.us/j/98901182430?pwd=Mk5SNU9jcDhiYnhSVVpmMnpJV05zdz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Weimin Wang Committee Members: Dr. Nenad Sarunac, Dr. Russell Keanini, Dr. Mona Azarbayjani Abstract: Residential buildings contribute about 22% of the national energy use in the U.S. Space […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Dustin K. Gurganus Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 16, 2021 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Duke Centennial Hall: Room 106A Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew Davies Committee Members: Dr. Thomas Suleski, Dr. Jimmie Miller, Dr. Konstantinos Falaggis Abstract: Freeform optics have bridged the gap from theoretical to practical application […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nishant Ojal Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: July 6, 2021 – 1:00 PM Defense Location: https://uncc.zoom.us/j/91676825976?pwd=NWVkcE5ZTUMramlnNDc1N2RVV2FWdz09 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Harish P. Cherukuri Committee Members: Dr. Ronald E. Smelser, Dr. Alireza Tabarraei, Dr. Shen-En Chen Abstract: In this thesis, a combined approach based on the Finite Element (FE)  and Smoothed […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Xiang Gao Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 23, 2021 – 10:00 AM Defense Location: Webex Committee chair’s Name: Jun Xu Committee Members: Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Mesbah Uddin, Dr. Howie Fang, Dr. Wei Fan Abstract: Si/C composite materials have attracted enormous research interest as the most promising candidates for […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: JAVAD KHALESI Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 15, 2021 – 11:00 AM Defense Location: Virtual meeting Committee chair’s Name: DR. NENAD SARUNAC Committee Members: Dr. Harish Cherukuri, Dr. Russell Keanini, Dr. Yuri Godin, Dr. Wesley Williams Abstract: A supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton power cycle is considered as one […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Kumar Arumugam Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: April 9, 2021 – 12:30 PM Defense Location: MEES conference room, Duke 324 Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Stuart Smith Committee Members: Dr. Jimmie Miller, Dr. Tsinghua Her, Dr. Joshua Tarbutton, Dr. Xingde Dai Abstract: A unifying theme of this thesis is the implementation […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas E. Sizemore Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 30, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Committee in person and stream via Google Meet Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew A. Davies Committee Members: Dr. Christopher Evans, Dr. Youxing Chen, and Dr. Thomas Suleski Abstract: Ultra-precision manufacturing is a deterministic method […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Nicholas Sizemore Program: Mechanical Engineering Defense Date and Time: November 30, 2020 – 9:00 AM Defense Location: Committee in person and stream via Google Meet Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Matthew A. Davies Committee Members: Dr. Christopher Evans, Dr. Youxing Chen, and Dr. Thomas Suleski Abstract: Ultra-precision manufacturing is a deterministic method of […]