C. Graduate Student Thesis Committees

C. Graduate Student Thesis Committees

Automotive Air Conditioning Compressor” (12/95)

Subjected to Side Impacts” (12/96)

Pin Cam Design Based on the Parameters Used for the Axial (5/97)

Vane Rotary Engine (Beta Design)”

Halder, Tuhin - “Design Analysis of the Vane of an MSME

Axial Vane Rotary Compressor” (5/97)
Saunders, Erik - “School Bus Children - Seat Interaction MSME

in Frontal Collisions: An Articulated Seat” (6/97)

of an Automatically Deployed Roll Over Protective (5/98)

Structure (AutoROPS)”
Lu, Zhijian - “Acceleration Simulation of a Vehicle with a MSME

Continuously Variable Power Split Transmission” (7/98)

on the CTHA” (11/98)

on Brittle Oxide Scale Erosion” (11/98)

and Data Acquisition Module for Testing of the CTHA” (5/99)

Devices Used for Emissions Control on Diesel Engines (12/99)

Employed in Underground Coal Mines “

Kern, Justin – “Inventory Prediction of Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle MSME

Emissions” (4/00)

Elsherbini, Khaled - “Contrawound Toroidal Helical Antenna Ph.D.

Modeling Using the FDTD Method “ (4/00)
McIntyre, Dustin – “The Coaxial Cavity Resonator as a MSME

Prototype RF IC Engine Ignition Source” (7/00)

An On-Road Emissions Measurement System Study” (9/00)

From Diesel Engines Equipped With Oxidation Catalysts” (9/00)

Devices with a Split Exhaust Configuration” (5/01)

Techniques for a Mobile Emissions Monitoring System” (5/01)

Mobile Emissions Measurement System” (5/01)

Measurement Components for a Heavy-Duty Diesel Powered (5/01)

Vehicle Mobile Emissions Measurement System (MEMS)
El-Sherbeeny, Ahmed - “A Non-Invasive Technique for MSME

Monitoring Miotic Eye Responses” (6/01)

Steel/Composite Pipe for High Pressure Applications” (6/01)

Modeling” (7/01)

Cirillo, Emily - “Development of a Micro-Dilution Tunnel System MSME

For In-Use, On-Board Heavy Duty Vehicle Particulate Matter (8/01)

Emission Measurement”

Barnett, Ryan - “Characterization of Infield Vehicle Activity Data MSME

and Exhaust Emissions from Diesel Powered Off-Road (8/01)

Vehicles”

Of Diesel-Fueled Truck Engines and Hybrid Electric Bus (8/01)

Engines to the Federal Test Procedure Cycle”
Nennelli, Anjali - “Simulation of Heavy-Duty Hybrid Electric MSME

Vehicles” (12/01)

Bane, Brad – “A Comparison of Steady State and Transient MSME

Emissions from a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine” (5/02)

Hybrid Vehicles” (8/02)

Contribution to Atmospheric Pollutant Inventories” (10/02)

With MEMS Using a Portable FID and a Novel Exhaust (12/02)

Flow Meter”
Gilbert, Marcus – “Characterization of Infield Duty Cycles and MSME

Exhaust Emissions from Diesel Powered Off-Road Heavy (12/02)

Duty Equipment”
Rohrbaugh, Jeremiah – “Characterization of Infield Duty Cycles MSME

and Exhaust Emissions from Diesel Powered Off-Road Heavy (12/02)

Duty Equipment”
Buffamonte, Thomas – “Evaluation of Regulated Emissions from MSME

Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles in the South Coast Air Basin” (5/03)

Continuously Variable Transmission” (5/03)

on a Scaled V-22 Model” (5/03)

Characterization on Prediction of Diesel Engine Emissions” (5/03)

Two-stroke Compression Ignition Direct Injection Linear (8/03)

Engine”
Aravelli, Aparna – “Real-time Measurement of Oxides of Nitrogen MSME

from Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines” (12/03)

from Catalyzed Trap-Equipped Non-Road Heavy-Duty (12/03)

Diesel Engines”
Stillwagon, Shannon – “Potential Field Theory and Its Applications MSME

to Classical Mechanical Problems” (12/03)

from On-Highway Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines” (12/03)

Comparison of On-Road Routes to the Federal Test Procedure” (2/04)

Using a Novel Aftertreatment System” (5/04)

Marine Engines” (5/04)

Platform for a C-130 Aircraft” (5/04)

C-130 Project Oculus Mechanical Arm/Pod Sensor (7/04)

Deployment System Using the Finite Element Method”
Hashemi, Nastraran - “Effects of Artificial Neural Networks Speed- MSME

Based Inputs on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Emissions Prediction” (8/04)

Hybrid Electric Vehicles” (10/04)

“In-use” Emissions from Stationary and Portable (10/04)

Diesel Sources”
Vellaisamy, Ramprabhu - “Assessment of NOx Destruction in MSME

Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines by Injecting Nitric Oxide (3/04)

into the Intake”
Swartz, Matthew - “Nitric Oxide Conversion in a Spark Ignited MSME

Natural Gas Engine “ (5/04)

Polarizer for Visible Light Attenuation by Linear Translation” (7/04)

Vehicle Emissions Inventory Prediction Methodology” (5/05)

for Neural Networks” (8/05)

(TACs) and Particulate Matter Emissions from Heavy-Duty (8/06)

Natural Gas Engines”
Shade, Benjamin – “A Work-Based Window Method for Ph.D.

Calculating In-Use Brake-Specific Oxides of Nitrogen (5/06)

Emissions of Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines”
Williams, Kenneth – “A Rotational Arm Connection Point Design MSME

for a C-130 Aircraft Standardized Sensor Platform” (8/06)

Investigation of Dielectrics for us in Quarter Wave Coaxial (8/06)

Cavity Resonators”
Burt, Andrew – “Refinement of Numerical Models and Parametric Ph.D.

Study of SOFC Stack Performance” (8/06)

C-130 Aircraft Sensor Platform” (8/06)

for On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines” (8/06)

Terrain on Emissions, Fuel Economy, and Engine Behavior” (12/06)

Vision Compensation Techniques” (12/06)

Two-Dimensional Inertial Gas Separator” (12/06)

Stationary Lean-Burn Natural Gas Reciprocating Engine” (4/07)

For In-Use Emissions” (6/07)

Effect for Use as a Design Tool” (7/07)

Coaxial Cavity Ignitor” (5/08)

for an Aircraft Sensor Deployment System” (5/08)

Circulation Control Blowing Slots for Rotorcraft Use” (5/08)

Flywheel Rotating in an Enclosure” (8/08)

Techniques for Diesel Particulate Filters on NOx and (12/08)

PM Emissions”
George, Sam – “Investigation of Lubricant Oil Consumption and its Ph.D.

Contribution to Particulate Matter Emissions” (12/08)

Oscillating Microbalance as Compared to a Gravimetric (12/08)

Method for Particulate Matter Measurement”
Khan, ABM S. – “Route and Grade Sensitive Modeling of Fuel Ph.D.

Efficiency and Emissions for Diesel Buses” (6/09)

Palm Oil-Based and Soybean Oil-Based Biodiesel Fueled (8/09)

Heavy-Duty Transit Buses”
Morgan, Derrick – “Wireless Sensor Networks in Underground MSME

Structures” (8/09)

and Ignition Systems Testing” (12/09)

(12/09)

Control Strategy for Transport Refrigeration Units” (5/10)

Mold Tool to Fabricate and Control Inner Mold Surface (8/10)

Contour of a Composite Wing Spar”
Sathi, Venkata – “Investigation of HDDE Exhaust Flow Mixing MSME

Devices to Enhance SCR Performance” (8/10)

Circulation Control” (12/10)

Distribution from a DPF-Equipped Diesel Truck Fueled (12/10)

with Biodiesel Blends”
Shields, Kevin – “CFD Applications in Airship Design” MSME

(12/10)
Merritt, Brock – “Juxtaposition of In-Use Vehicular MSME

Emissions Measurement Equipment” (7/11)
Morris, Melissa – “Development of an Artificial Neural Network to Ph.D.

Predict In-Use Engine Emissions” (7/11)

for Advanced Design and Control of Diesel Particulate Filters” (12/11)

Analysis of a Diesel Engine Operating on Vegetable Oil” (5/12)

Nanoparticle Emissions during Low Temperature Combustion (5/12)

using Fuels for Advanced Combustion Engines (FACE)”
Sayres, Adam – “Investigation of Performance Degradation of a MSME

Johnson Matthey SCRT™” (5/12)

Inflatable Structure for Tunnel Safety” (8/12)

Fabrics and Webbings for Inflatable Structure Applications” (8/12)

System” (12/12)

NO₂ Emissions Characteristics of Compression Ignition Dual (5/13)

Fuel Engines”
Thiruvengadam, Arvind – “Characterization of the Composition   Ph.D.

and Toxicity of Particulate Matter Emissions from Advanced (5/13)

Heavy-duty Natural Gas Engines” 
Smallwood, John – “Investigation of the Dual-Fuel Conversion  MSME

of a Direct Injection Diesel Engine” (8/13)

and Thermal Response of a Laser Spark Plug” (8/13)

Variability in Particulate Mass Emissions from Current (8/13)

Model Year Diesel and Natural Gas Engines”
Mencini, Chris – “TBD”  Ph.D.

(12/13)
Escobar, Jose – “Computational Strategies for Faster Combustion Ph.D.

Simulations with Detailed Chemistry” (8/14)
Al-Samari, Ahmed – “Impact of Intelligent Transportation Systems Ph.D.

on Parallel Hybrid Electric Heavy Duty Vehicles” (8/14)

Plumes Emitted by Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles: Wind Tunnel (5/14)

Studies”
Pradhan, Saroj – “ Investigating the Potential of Waste Heat MSME

Recovery as a Pathway for Heavy-Duty Exhaust (12/14)

Aftertreatment Thermal Management”
Cozzolini, Alessandro – “Development and Calibration of an  Ph.D.

a Advanced DOC-DPF Model to Predict Soot Accumulation (12/14)

and Pressure Drop in Diesel Particulate Filters ”
Kappanna, Hemanth K. – “Development of a Reference Dataset Ph.D.

to Evaluate PEMS Post-Processing Software” (12/14)