Ph.D. and Master's degree completed defenses

November-December 2023

Ph.D. degrees:

• John Douglas Basile, Biomedical Engineering, “Investigating the Safety Profile of Body-Coupled Ultrasound for
  the Auditory System and Tissue Heating During Stimulation,” Advisor: Hubert Lim
• Akash Pundalik Bhat, Civil Engineering, “Photolysis of Fluorochemicals: Tracking Fluorine, Use of UV-LEDs, and
  Computational Insights,” Advisor: Bill Arnold
• Paul LeGendre Blanchard, Chemical Engineering, “Engineering Miniprotein Scaffolds for Cancer Targeting,”
  Advisor: Ben Hackel
• Soham Chakraborty, Electrical Engineering, “Robust Dynamic Resilient Power Grids Enabled By Modern
  Control Framework,” Advisor: Murti Salapaka
• Weiqi Chen, Mechanical Engineering, “Gasoline Engine-out Particulate Matter Characterization and Control and
  Low-Cost Particulate Matter Light-Scattering Sensing,” Advisors: David Kittelson and David Pui
• Peter Christenson, Electrical Engineering, “Ultra-sensitive Methods for the Detection of Disease-Associated
  Misfolded Proteins,” Advisors: Sang-Hyun Oh and Casim Sarkar
• Tien Do, Computer Science, “Towards Reality: Egocentric Environment Understanding for Mobile Devices,”
  Advisors: Stergios Roumeliotis and Hyun Soo Park
• Scott S Dossa, Physics, “Modeling the Role of High Pressure on the Optical Floating Zone Technique and Analysis
  of High-Pressure, High-Temperature Diamond Growth,” Advisors: Jeffrey Derby and Jorge Vinals
• Cecilia Christine Douma, Chemistry, “Microfluidic Assays for Assessing Oligonucleotide Catalyst Abundance and
  Monitoring Biomolecule Concentration in Real Time,” Advisor: Michael Bowser
• Thomas Alexander Gebhart, Computer Science, “Sheaf Representation Learning,” Advisor: Paul Schrater
• Rahul Ghosh, Computer Science, “Entity-Aware Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning for Scientific Knowledge
  Discovery,” Advisor: Vipin Kumar
• Joseph Habeck, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, “Characterizing Stratospheric Aerosol Particles and Particle Effects
  on Hypersonic Flight Vehicles,” Advisor: Graham Candler
• Connor Bahram Hashemi, Electrical Engineering, “Low-Signal Passive Non-Line-of-Sight Imaging,” Advisor:
  James Leger
• Alex Donald Hayes, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, “Atmospheric Density-Compensating Model Predictive Control
  for the Targeted Reentry of the HyCUBE Spacecraft Using Drag Modulation,” Advisor: Ryan Caverly
• Tyler Ross Hendrickson, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, “Compressible Corrections for Turbulence Models in High
  Speed Boundary Layer Flow,” Advisor: Graham Candler
• Eliza Jane Herrero, Chemistry, “Development and Optimization of Planar Potentiometric Sensors for
  Point-of-Care Use,” Advisor: Phil Buhlmann
• Jennifer Jeanine Kang, Biomedical Engineering, “Deciphering Heterogeneities in Cellular Decision Making,”
  Advisor: Casim Sarkar
• Lindsey Metcalf Kenyon, Earth Sciences, “Quantifying Mantle Flow, Crystal Preferred Orientation, and Shear Wave
  Splitting in the Mantle Wedge of Subduction Zones with Geodynamic Approaches,” Advisor: Ikuko Wada
• Ryan Eric Leighton, Chemistry, “Development of Coherent Raman Depletion Microscopy for Probing
  Bacteriorhodopsin’s Proton Pumping Activity as a Function of Structural Organization,” Advisor: Renee Frontiera
• Huaqing Mao, Astrophysics, “1D Equilibrium Model for Core Convection in Massive Main-Sequence Stars,”
  Advisor: Paul Woodward
• Michelle Mastrianni, Mathematics, “Discrepancy and Energy in Various Geometric Settings,” Advisor: Dmytro
  Bilyk
• Cameron David Meyers, Earth Sciences, “Experimental Deformation of Olivine Aggregates,” Advisor: David
  Kohlstedt
• Madeline Louise Nyblade, Earth Sciences, “NO THESIS,” Advisors: Gene-Hua Ng, and Mike Dockry
• William Michael Postiglione, Materials Science and Engineering, “Electrochemical Control of Oxygen Stoichiometry and Materials Properties in Ion-Gel-Gated Cobaltite Thin Films,” Advisor: Chris Leighton
• Michael Martin Revering, Physics, “Search for Disappearing Muons via Fixed-Target Interactions in the CMS
  Calorimeters,” Advisor: Jeremiah Mans
• Olivia Marie Schroeder, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, “Multi-Physics Modeling of Ablative Processes,” Advisor:
  Graham Candler
• Christopher Joseph Schuler, Earth Sciences, “Biogeochemical Factors Impacting the Habitability of the Soudan
  Formation: Iron and Sulfur Cycling, Biofilms, and Fracture Surface Alteration,” Advisors: Cara Santelli and Brandy
  Toner
• Chen Shi, Mathematics, “Scattering of The Collinear Three-Body Problem,” Advisor: Rick Moeckel
• Koorosh Vaziri, Computer Science, “Supporting the Understanding of Architectural Interiors with
  Non-Photorealistic Rendering in Virtual Reality,” Advisor: Victoria Interrante
• Koorosh Vaziri, Computer Science, “Supporting the Understanding of Architectural Interiors with
  Non-Photorealistic Rendering in Virtual Reality,” Advisor: Victoria Interrante
• Dayou Zhang, Chemistry, “High-Accuracy and Low-Cost Electronic Structure Theory for Strongly Correlated
  Systems,” Advisor: Donald Truhlar
• Hongyuan Zhang, Mechanical Engineering, “In Situ Adaptive Tabulation of Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Phase Change
  Models for the Numerical Simulation of High-Pressure Transcritical Flows with Multiple Components,” Advisor: Suo Yang
• Xi Zhang, Physics, “Mesoscopic Transport in Novel Graphene Quantum Devices,” Advisor: Ke Wang
• Xinwei Zhang, Electrical Engineering, “A Unified Framework for Understanding Distributed Optimization
  Algorithms: System Design and its Applications,” Advisors: Mingyi Hong and Sairaj Dhople

Master's degrees (thesis):

• Nicholas Gabriel Bravo-Frank, Robotics, “Holographic Air-quality Monitor (HAM),” Advisor: Jiarong Hong
• Lakshay Dhingra, Mechanical Engineering, “Kinematic Modeling of Hybrid Active FREE Soft Actuators,” Advisors:
  Julianna Abel
• Edith Luveina Joseph, Mechanical Engineering, “Lumped Parameter Modeling of Changes in Liver Hemodynamics
  Due to Cirrhosis,” Advisor: Jeff Tithof
• Ian Douglas Knoll, Biomedical Engineering, “Development of a Verified Distal End for 3D-Printed Transtibial
  Prosthetic Sockets,” Advisor: Andrew Hansen
• Nikolas Pardoe, Robotics, “Drone Swarming and Active Gimbal Control for Flow Field Imaging,” Advisor: Jiarong
  Hong
• Evan Douglas Sand, Mechanical Engineering, “Design and Operation of a Rotatable Valve Cam to Improve the
  Efficiency of a Hydraulic Motor in an Inline Hydro-Mechanical Transmission,” Advisor: Perry Li

Master's degrees (non-thesis):

• Chunhua Chen, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Advisor: Chuanhe Yu
• Shilpa Deshpande, Robotics, Advisor: Maria Gini
• Awot A Hailom, Security Technologies, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Zilong He, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Sungyon Lee
• Anisha Khetan, Data Science, Advisor: Sisi Ma
• Shao-Yu Lo, Chemistry, Advisor: Ian Tonks
• Whitney Rueckl, Financial Mathematics, Advisor: Rina Ashkenazi
• Amber Lynn Walton, Chemical Engineering, Advisors: Paul Dauenhauer and Daniel Frisbie
• Ming-Hong Yang, Computer Science, Advisor: David Du
• Nikolas Casimir Zuchowicz, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: John Bischof
• Alejandra Acevedo Montano, Chemistry, Advisor: Gwendolyn Bailey
• Rayan Al-Barry, Computer Science, Advisors: Satish Kumar and Mitchell Luskin
• Mason Robert Balster, Civil Engineering, Advisors: Timothy LaPara and Raymond Hozalski
• Jayanth Bharadwaj Bangalore Satyesh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Keshab Parhi
• Matthew Benjamin Berg, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Jacob Selden Bransky, Civil Engineering,  Advisor: Alireza Khani
• Payton John Buendorf, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Naomi Burks, Mathematics, Advisor: Jasmine Foo
• Thomas James Cameron Jr., Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Uwe Kortshagen
• Mike Cao, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Cristian Camilo Chica Castaño, Mathematics, Advisor: Gilad Lerman
• Monica Madeline Claxton, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Tianhong Cui
• Sebastian Enrique Coll, Civil Engineering, Advisor: Alireza Khani
• Joel Deutsch, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Ramesh Harjani
• Mouhamad Ali Elamine, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Maxim Erickson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Donatello Materassi
• Andre Espindola, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Rajesh Rajamani
• Sterling Follis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Jeong-Hyun Cho
• Supreeth Gadamsetty, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Michelle Marie Galarneau, Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Casim Sarkar
• Shonal Gangopadhyay, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Siyad Liban Gedi, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Cooper W. Gray, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Jeff Tithof
• Martin Steven Herrera Perez, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: James Van De Ven
• Jon-Michael Hoang, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Rui Hong, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Kazmyn Huynh, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Tanner Jack, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Archit Kalla, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Kavinesaan Karpaya, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Silas Swarnakanth Kati, Data Science, Advisor: Erich Kummerfeld
• Joseph Michael Kemmerling, Electrification Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Navanshu Khare, Data Science, Advisor: Ru Zhang
• Gurkan Kilicaslan, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Advisor: Maziar Hemati
• Hyunjoon Kim, Computer Science, Advisor: Stephen McCamant
• Corey Robert Knutson, Computer Science, Advisor: Junaed Sattar
• Naga Venkata Durga Prasad Kokku, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Jacob Francis Kotzenmacher, Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Casim Sarkar
• Lauren Ellise Laufman, Astrophysics, Advisor: Evan Skillman
• Yueh-Chen Lee, Physics, Advisor: Andrey Chubukov
• William Burlingame Lewis II, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Daoyuan Li, Computer Science, Advisors: Tim Lodge and Ilja Siepmann
• Kelly Ann Lindsay, Computer Science, Advisor: Vipin Kumar
• Dat Vy Luong, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Shashank Magdi, Data Science, Advisor: Erich Kummerfeld
• Akshat Satyanarayan Mallya, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Allison Hubel
• Mrinal Managoli, Robotics Advisor: Vassilios Morellas
• Levi Thomas Mathwig, Computer Science, Advisor: Daniel Keefe
• Frances Bernhardt McAfee, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Cody Stephen Miller, Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Casim Sarkar
• Brett Richard Neuman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: Georgios Giannakis
• Daniel Wai Hou Ng, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: Michael McAlpine
• Samuel Paul O'Brien, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Colin Ornelas, Data Science, Advisor: Jie Ding
• Iuliia Pan, Computer Science, Advisor: Daniel Keefe
• Andrew Petrescu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Miles Steven Priebe, Robotics, Advisor: Karthik Desingh
• Kurt Robert Prudhomme, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Ellyson Lynn Roepke, Robotics, Advisor: Vassilios Morellas
• Brandon James Ross, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Michael Sergey Rossa, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Naman Bhavesh Sanghvi, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Zachary David Schmitz, Computer Science, Advisors: Ben Hackel and Stefano Martiniani
• Yanchen Shan, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Abinash Sinha, Computer Science, Advisor: Jaideep Srivastava
• Steven Sleder, Computer Science, Advisor: Zhi-Li Zhang
• Dacoda Christie-Marie Speidel, Biomedical Engineering, Advisor: Casim Sarkar
• Arun Srinivasan, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Advisor: William Cooper
• Abigail Marie Stitgen, Chemistry, Advisor: Christy Haynes
• Stephen Anthony Stone, Mechanical Engineering, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Nicole Andree Perez, Data Science, Advisors: Erich Kummerfeld and Xiaotong Shen
• Krithika Sundaram, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Ninh Khang Tran, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Guo Wei, Financial Mathematics, Advisor: Rina Ashkenazi
• Shaowei Wu, Physics, Advisor: Gregory Pawloski
• Ruide Xie, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Koki Yaita, Chemical Physics, Advisor: Renee Frontiera
• Zhenyu Yang, Computer Science, Advisor: NO ADVISOR
• Shelby Ziccardi, Computer Science, Advisor: Stephen Guy