Recent PhD Graduates
Anticipated for 2018
Shadi Ahmadi Darani
System Architecture Optimization Using Hidden Genes Genetic Algorithms with Applications in Space Trajectory Optimization
Ting Bao
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Renewable Energy from Flooded Mines for Geothermal Applications
El Hachemi Bouali
Analyzing the Life-Cycle of Unstable Slopes Using Applied Remote Sensing Within an Asset Management Framework
Liang Chang
Graphene Electrodes for Supercapacitors and Capacitive Deionization
Jeana L. Collins
Droplet Insulator Dielectrophoresis: A Multiplexing Platform for Characterization of Particles/Cells
- Doctoral Program in Chemical Engineering
- Advisor Adrienne R. Minerick
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award Recipient
- Lecturer
Pegah Kord Forooshani
Model Polymer Systems Containing Catechol Moieties to Tune Hydrogen Peroxide Generation for Anti-bacterial and Wound Healing Applications
Marine Foucher
Evolution of Large Lava Flows in Rift Setting: Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Insights into the Greenstone Flow
Pei Hou
Long-Term Changes in Extreme Air Pollution Meteorology and Implications for Air Quality
Brandon Jackson
Meniscus Modeling and Emission Studies of an Ionic Liquid Ferrofluid Electrospray Source Emitting from a Magneto-Electric Instability
- Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics | Defense
- Advisor L. Brad King
- Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
- Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholarship Recipient
- Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
- Spiky Ferrofluid Thrusters Can Move Satellites
- ISP Lab Researcher Interviewed by LiveScience
- Michigan Tech Aerospace
- ISP Lab Researchers and Alumni Attend IEPC 2017
- ISP Lab Researchers Visit Yale
- ISP Lab Submits Video to APS Gallery of Fluid Motion
- Michigan Tech in Global Trajectory Optimization Competition
Mehdi Jafari
A Bayesian Network Approach to Battery Aging in Electric Vehicle Transportation and Grid Integration
- Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering | Defense
- Advisor Lucia Gauchia Babe
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
- Effect of the Real-World Driving Styles on EV Battery Performance and Aging
- Graduate Student Research in Mobility
- Energy Systems: Shaping the Future
Tanvir Khan
Evaluation, Improvement, and Application of Models of Environmental Fate and Transport of Atmosphere-Surface Exchangeable Pollutants (ASEPs)
- Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering | Defense
- Advisor Judith Perlinger
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Assessment of Air-Water Exchange of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Compounds:
New Insights from a Global Database - Center for Water and Society
- Evaluation of five dry particle deposition parameterizations for incorporation into atmospheric transport models
Aditya Kumar
Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality: Sensitivity to Global Change, Atmospheric Composition and Emission Sources
- Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering |Defense
- Advisor Shiliang Wu
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
- Mercury emissions from wildfires: present day estimates and impacts of 2000-2050 global change
- Impacts of 2000-2050 Global Change on Wildfire Emissions of Mercury
- Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury to the Great Lakes Region under Future Global Change Scenarios
- Global Mercury Emissions from Biomass Burning: Resolving the Regional Variation and Dependence on Vegetation Type
- Impacts of Land Cover Change on Biomass Burning Emissions of Mercury
Aref Majdara
Computationally Efficient Algorithms for Offline and Online Density Estimation for High-Dimensional Data
Rui Shi
Environmental Sustainability Assessments of Liquid Transportation Biofuels Derived from Algae and Oilseed
Husam Sweidan
Resource Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks for an Improved Field Coverage and Distributed Target Tracking
- Doctoral Program in Electrical Engineering | Defense
- Advisor Timothy Havens
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Teaching Assistant
- Doctoral Finishing Fellowship Recipient
- William and Gloria Jackson Endowed Professorship (Fellowship)
- Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Machines Engineering Lab
Julie Tomasi
Investigation of Mechanical, Electrical, and Thermal Properties of Particulate/Fiber/Polymer Composites
Luting Wang
Study of Modeling and Optimal Control of Plug-In Electric Vehicles and the Integration with Smart Grid
Shuo Wang
Regeneration of Pericellular Matrix of Human Chondrocytes Cultured in Oxidized Methacrylated Alginate
Yangyu Wang
The Interaction of Ignition and In-Cylinder Flow on Flame Kernel Development and its Impacts on Combustion in an Optically Accessible Direct Injection Engine
Le Zhao
An Experimental and Computational Study of Fuel Spray Interaction: Fundamentals and Engine Applications
Saeedeh Ziaeefard
Extending Maneuverability of Internally Actuated Underwater Gliders, an Attempt to Develop an Open Platform for Research and Education