Graduate Presentation Archive

Please see below for previous graduate presentations.

AY 2020 - 2021

Time/Date/Location	Speaker Name	Title of Presentation/Abstract
10:00 am, Monday, October 26, 2020 Zoom	Graham Freedland, PhD Dissertation Defense	An Investigation of Entrainment Processes for a Jet in Cross-flow: The Quantification of Turbulent Contributions and their Importance on Accurate Modeling.
9:00 am, Monday, November 2, 2020 Zoom	Kristin Travis, MSME Thesis Defense	Characterization of Inertial Particles in the Turbulent Wake of a Porous Disk
10:00 am, Friday, December 11, 2020 Zoom	Carly Rogan, MSME Project Presentation	Shear and Thermal Cycling Behavior of SnBi Alloys
11:00 am, Friday, December 11, 2020 Zoom	Ande Kitamura, MSME Project Presentation	Micro Interconnect Mechanical stability in Cryogenic Temperature Environment: The effect of cryogenic temperature shearing and cryogenic thermal cycling (CTC)
11:00 am, Thursday, March 18, 2021 Zoom	Lindie Burgess, MSME Project Presentation	Test Jig Design: Gathering Torque Profiles About the Knee Joint of a Biomimetic Humanoid Bipedal Robot
9:30 am, Friday, March 19, 2021 Zoom	Soobin Kang, MSME Project Presentation	Predicting Thermal Reliability of Solder Joint Alloy with a Machine Learning model
10:00 am, Friday, March 19, 2021 Zoom	Samuel Oladji, MSMSE Project Presentation	Reliability of Solder Joints using Machine Learning with Time as Parameter
1:00 pm, Friday, March 19, 2021 Zoom	Jesse Goodman, MSME Project Presentation	Bubble Rupture in Microgravity
2:00 pm, Friday, March 19, 2021 Zoom	Kendra Young, MSMSE Project Presentation	Identification of degradation signatures in SAC405 and Sn-58Bi interconnects thermal cycling utilizing EBSD analysis
9:00 am, Friday, May 7, 2021 Zoom	Ondrej Fercak, MSME Thesis Defense	Fixed Bottom Wind Turbine Wave-Wake Interaction
1:00 pm, Friday, May 7, 2021 Zoom	Sam Mohler, MSME Thesis Defense	An Analysis of Capillary Flow in Parallel Channels
Thursday, May 20, 2021 Zoom	Nakyung Oh, MSME Project Presentation	Evaluate the stability of molds or products manufactured by using 3D printing
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Zoom	Gregory Sakradse, MSME Thesis Defense	The return to anisotropy across a jet in crossflow
Friday, June 4, 2021 Zoom	Arman Ahari, MSME Thesis Defense	Improved Predictive Modeling Techniques for Non-linear Solder Material Behavior

AY 2019 - 2020

Time/Date/Location	Speaker Name	Title of Presentation/Abstract
10:00 am, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 EB 402L	Suhyun Lee, MSME Thesis Defense	The Optimized Synthesis of Copper Nanowire for High-quality and Fabrication of Core-shell Nanowire
10:00 am, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 EB 510	Yubin Lee, MSME Thesis Defense	The optimization of machining parameters for milling operations by using the Nelder-Mead simplex method
10:30 am, Thursday, November 7, 2019 EB 502J	Mohanad Radhi, PhD Dissertation Defense	Passive Separation of Binary Fluid Mixtures in Microchannels Using Lattice Boltzmann Method
1:30 pm, Friday, December 6, 2019 OND 54	Richa Sharma, MSMSE Project Presentation	Low melting temperature interconnect drop test and ball shear test using elemental tuning and edgebond adhesive
2:30 pm, Friday, December 6, 2019 OND 54	Scott Fuller, Jr., MSMSE Project Presentation	Shear Strength Analysis of Micro Solder Interconnects using Current Stressing and Related Temperature Effects
11:00 am, Monday, December 9, 2019 EB 510	Ahmed Sdir Loza, MSME Project Presentation	Flatness, Surface Roughness, Gloss and Surface Energy of 3D Printed Polymer Inserts and Injection Molded Polypropylene Parts
10:30 am, Wednesday, December 11, 2019 OND 54	Naveen Weeraskera, MSME Project Presentation	Volatile Organic Compound Transfer in Ventilation Devices and Further Analysis in Transport in Porous Media
1:00 pm, Friday, December 13, 2019 EB 402L	Dan Ringle, MSME Thesis Defense	A Numerical Investigation of Microgravity Evaporation
12:30 pm, Monday, March 16, 2020 EB 510	Caleb Turner, MSME Thesis Defense	Droplet Ejections During Wet Lab Operations Aboard Spacecraft
9:30 am, Thursday, May 7, 2020 Zoom	Sarah Smith, MSME Thesis Defense	Dynamic Effects of Inertial Particles on the Wake of Recovery of a Model Wind Turbine
10:00 am, Friday, May 29, 2020 Zoom	Yasser Alizadeh, MSME Project Presentation	Improving the Performance of 3D Printed Molds for Injection Molding using Hollow Structures
11:15 am, Monday, June 1, 2020 Zoom	Matthew Survilo, MSME Thesis Defense	Indoor Air Quality Impacts of a Woodstove Exchange Program in Washington County, Oregon
10:00 am, Thursday, June 4, 2020 Zoom	Sleight Halley, MSME Project Presentation	Conjugate Heat Transfer and the Resulting Thermal Strain in Polymer 3D Printed Plastic Injection Molds
11:00 am, Friday, June 5, 2020 Zoom	Christopher Moore, MSME Project Presentation	Development of the Sportsman's Winch
12:00 pm, Friday, June 5, 2020 Zoom	Mohammad Sharif Poor, MSME Project Presentation	Mechanical Property tuning in Similar and Dissimilar Metal Additive manufacturing (AM) using Cold Metal Transfer (CMT)
1:00 pm, Friday, June 5, 2020 Zoom	Yeonjin Baek, MSME Project Presentation	Investigating multi-scale interconnects and interfaces microstructure evolution and thermo-mechanical reliability using EBSD
2:00 pm, Friday, June 5, 2020 Zoom	Ruben Contreras, MSMSE Project Presentation	Sintering Parameter Optimization for Cu-Ag and Cu Paste interconnects in Electric Vehicles Power modules
10:00 am, Monday, June 8, 2020 Zoom	Nicholas Ries, MSMSE Project Presentation	Graphene and Its Corrosion Resistant Effects: A Study into Mechanisms, Synthesis, and Applications
2:00 pm, Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Zoom	Dibyesh Shrestha, MSMSE Project Presentation	Synthesis and characterization of graphene for copper diffusion barrier application
10:00 am, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Zoom	Josh Carlson, MSME Project Presentation	Design, Modeling, and Control of a Magnetic Levitation System for Controls Engineering Education
10:00 am, Thursday, June 11, 2020 Zoom	Montadar Saad, MSME Project Presentation	Application and Justification of an Artificial Intelligence Based Approach to Reliability Assessment of Electronic Devices and Systems
1:00 pm, Thursday, June 11, 2020 Zoom	Mitch Sikapizye, MSME Project Presentation	Thermal Characterization of Vertical Carbon TIM for Platform Validation
3:00 pm, Thursday, July 9, 2020 Zoom	Hawwa Kadum, PhD Dissertation Defense	Mechanics of Canopy Turbulence

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AY 2018 - 2019

Time/Date/Location	Speaker Name	Title of Presentation/Abstract
12:00 pm, Monday, October 29, 2018 EB 510	Kavita Meduri, PhD Dissertation Defense	Carbon-Supported Transition Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic and Electromagnetic Applications
10:00 am, Friday, December 6, 2018 EB 510	Logan Torres, MSME Thesis Defense	Capillary migration of large confined drops in non-wetting wedges
10:30 am, Tuesday, December 11, 2018 EB 510	Karl Cardin, MSME Thesis Defense	Rebound of large jets from hydrophobic surfaces in low-gravity
11:00 am, Friday, February 15, 2019 EB 402L	Kyung-Eun Min, PhD Dissertation Defense	A Study of Thermal Energy Storage Systems of Phase Change Materials: Thermophysical Properties and Numerical Simulations
11:30 am, Friday, March 8, 2019 EB 510	Andrew Glick, MSME Thesis Defense	Infinite Photovoltaic Solar Arrays: Considering Momentum and Heat Transfer
2:00 pm, Thursday, March 21, 2019 EB 402L	Ryan Catabay, MSMSE Project Presentation	Modification of TiO2 Photocatalytic Films and Application for Water Purification
9:00 am, Friday, March 22, 2019 EB 510	Ben Bolen, MSME Project Presentation	Bipedal Robot Leg Kinematics
11:00 am, Friday, March 22, 2019 EB 402L	Mitchell Flynn, MSMSE Project Presentation	Investigation of low temperature sintering process of copper paste as an alternative die attach in automotive power modules
2:00 pm, Friday, March 22, 2019 EB 402L	Andy Hsiao, MSMSE Project Presentation	Effects of Conformal Coating on SAC Solder Reliability in WLCSPs
3:00 pm, Friday, March 22, 2019 EB 510	Chinh Vu, PhD Dissertation Defense	Fatigue Improvement and Behavior of New Aluminium 700 Series Alloy
2:30 pm, Thursday, March 28, 2019 EB 510	Otto Zietz, PhD Dissertation Defense	Development of Graphene Synthesis and Characterization Techniques toward CMOS Applications and Beyond
9:00 am, Friday, May 10, 2019 EB 510	Ryan Scott, MSME Thesis Defense	Characterizing Tild Effects on Wind Plants
11:00 am, Friday, May 10, 2019 EB 510	Cody Scharzenberger, MSME Thesis Defense	Design of a Canine Inspired Quadruped Robot as a Platform for Synthetic Neural Network Control
12:00 pm, Thursday, June 13, 2019 EB 402L	Ryan Smith, MSMSE Project Presentation	Manufacturing dissimilar metal parts using cold metal transfer
3:00 pm, Thursday, June 13, 2019 EB 402L	Pawel Buczkowski, MSMSE Project Presentation	Additive Manufacturing of a Ti-6AI-4V and Mechanical Property Attenuation
10:00 am, Friday, June 14, 2019 EB 510	Josh Lake, MSME Project Presentation	Reaction Wheel Control System for a Small Satellite
11:00 am, Friday, June 14, 2019 OND 23	Timothy Mathews, MSMSE Project Presentation	Exploring fault isolation SEM based techniques EBAC and EBIRCh and Mechanical stability of micro interconnects in Cryogenic temperature environments
10:00 am, Friday, June 28, 2019 EB 510	Connor Morrow, MSME Thesis Defense	Tracking Center of Mass with Limited Inertial Measurement Units
2:30 pm, Monday, July 1, 2019 EB 402L	Samuel Olson, MSMSE Project Presentation	Low Temperature Growth of Graphene on Ultra-Thin Catalysts
10:00 am, Tuesday, July 2, 2019 EB 510	Rawand Rasheed, MSME Thesis Defense	Non-Contact Distillation

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AY 2017 - 2018

Time/Date/Location	Speaker Name	Title of Presentation/Abstract
11:00 am, Friday, November 3, 2017 EB 510	Ahmet Tanrikulu, MSMSE Thesis Presentation	Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Additive Manufacturing Titanium Alloys After Thermal Processing
1:00 pm, Friday, November 3, 2017 EB 421	Aruna Palaniappan, MSMSE Project Presentation	Long Term Contact Reliability Study of Press Fit Connector Pin
3:00 pm, Friday, November 3, 2017 EB 510	Tamara Dib, MSME Thesis Defense	Relationship between Anisotropy and Dispersive Stress in Wind Plants with Variable Spacing
3:00 pm, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 EB 402L	Alin Resiga, MSME Thesis Presentation	Design Optimization of CNC Machine
3:00 pm, Friday, January 26, 2018 EB 402L	Erin Schmidt, MSME Thesis Presentation	Low-gravity Droplet Jump with Electrostatic Rebounds
4:00 pm, Thursday, March 15, 2018 EB 402L	Kristen Auclair, MSME Project Presentation	Design for manufacturability and the manufacturing process: Fabrication of the fuel injector and load cell assembly for a liquid fueled rocket engine
1:30 pm, Friday, March 16, 2018 EB 102	Elizabeth Camp, PhD Dissertation Defense	Wind Energy and Wind-Energy-Inspired Turbulent Wakes: Modulation of Structures, Mechanisms and Flow Regimes
10:00 am, Monday, March 19, 2018 EB 402L	Shree C. Aier, MSMSE Project Presentation	Fabrication and Use of Alumina-coated Carbon Nanowire Arrays in Cancer Research
2:00 pm, Thursday, March 22, 2018 EB 402L	Clint Everett, MSME Project Presentation	A Study of the Roll Axis for Quadcopter Flight Control
10:00 am, Friday, March 23, 2018 EB 510	Kyle Viestenz, MSME Project Presentation	The Inverted Pendulum: A Sensor and Controls Testbed
3:00 pm, Friday, March 23, 2018 OND 54	Thomas Langston, MSMSE Project Presentation	Multi-Property Enhancement of Additive Manufactured Aluminium Alloy using Cold Metal Transfer and Electro-Spark Deposition
3:00 pm, Thursday, May 10, 2018 EB 510	Wade Hilts, MSME Thesis Presentation	Emulating Balance Control Observed in Human Test Subjects with a Neural Network
1:00 pm, Friday, May 11th, 2018 EB 510	Alex Steele, MSME Thesis Presentation	Biometric Design and Construction of a Bipedal Walking Robot
10:00 am, Thursday, June 7, 2018 EB 402L	Bao Phan, MSME Project Presentation	The Ecosystem for Design Assessment and Verification
2:00 pm, Friday, June 8, 2018 EB 402L	Brian Lux, MSME Project Presentation	Design, Build, and Testing of 3-Axis CNC Mill
3:00 pm, Monday, June 11, 2018 EB 402L	Suming Wang, MSMSE Thesis Presentation	Novel 2D Structure Nanomaterial Synthesis and IR Absorption
9:00 am, Wednesday, June 13, 2018 EB 402L	Pradeep Ramasubramanian, MSME Thesis Presentation	Ozone-surface exchange and transport and transformation near ventilation air supply
4:00 pm, Thursday, June 14, 2018 OND 23	Mohamed Sheikh, MSMSE Project Presentation	Multi-axis loading condition induced stress impact on solder interconnection stability from pad and via interactions during thermal cycling

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AY 2016 - 2017

Time/Date/Location	Speaker Name	Title of Presentation/Abstract
9:30 am, Thursday, October 31, 2016 EB 102	Graham Freedland, MSME Thesis Defense	Investigation of Jet Dynamics in Cross-Flow: Quantifying Volcanic Plume Behavior
10:30 am, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 EB 510	Mohammed Al-Saedi, MSME Thesis Defense	Development of 3D accelerometer Testing System
4:00 pm, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 EB 510	Nicolas Johnson, MSMSE Thesis Defense	Building Energy Model Calibration for Retrofit Decision Making
1:00 pm, Thursday, November 3, 2016 EB 510	Emily Bedell, MSME Thesis Defense	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structure from Motion Biomass Inventory Estimates
11:00 am, Tuesday, December 13, 2016 EB 402L	Otto Zietz, MSMSE Project Presentation	Scalable Graphene Synthesis Via Inductively Coupled Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (ICPCVD)
10:00 am, Tuesday, March 21, 2017 EB 402L	Alan Carr, MSME Project Presentation	Design and Implementation of a Six Degree of Freedom Parallel Robotic Platform
12:30 pm, Wednesday, March 22, 2017 EB 402L	Brian Kolb, MSME Project Presentation	Exploring Fatigue Resistance Improvement in Materials with Finite Elements Analysis
2:00 pm, Thursday, March 23, 2017 EB 402L	Oleg Pogodayev, MSME Project Presentation	Evaluation of the Materials Characteristics Demands of the Oil and Gas Pipelines Applications
1:00 pm, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 EB 402L	Taylor Sharpe, MSME Project Presentation	Fluorescent Spectroscopy as a Potential Tool for in-situ Drinking Water Quality Monitoring
2:00 pm, Monday, June 12, 2017 EB 510	Bianca Viggiano, MSME Project Presentation	Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of Experimental Multiphase Pipe Flow
3:00 pm, Tuesday, June 13, 2017 EB 402L	Kianoush Aghai, MSME Project Presentation	Influence of Nanostructured AI2O3 Additions on the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Fe-based Nanocomposites
9:00 am, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 EB 402L	Thomas Lindner, MSME Project Presentation	Wafer-Scale High-Quality Graphene Transfer
11:00 am, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 EB 510	Colby Neal, MSMSE Project Presentation	STEM Tomography Methods for Semiconductor Technology
2:00 pm, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 EB 402L	Karmand Rasheed, MSME Project Presentation	Design and Evaluation of an Active Knee Joint using Festo Pneumatic Muscles
10:00 am, Tuesday, July 11, 2017 EB 510	Omed Abbass, PhD Dissertation Presentation	Ozone Interaction with Indoor Building Materials and HVAC Filters
9:00 am, Thursday, July 27, 2017 EB 402L	Matthew Melius, PhD Dissertation Presentation	Mechanisms and Identification and Unsteady Separation Development and Remediation

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