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MEAM Alumni Newsletters

 

Where are they now?

PhD Students

Altug, Erdinc, 2003: Istanbul Technical University

Belta, Calin, 2003: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Drexel University

Briggs, Jonathan, 2001, Charles Schwab Corporation.

Campos, Mario, 1992, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Das, Aveek, 2003: Sarnoff Corporation.

Desai, Jaydev, 1998: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

Esposito, Joel, 2002: US Naval Academy

Gao, Hongxia, 2000: College of Automation Science & Eng, S. China Univ. of Technology

Howard, William Stamps, 1995, President, Stability Technology

Kim, Jung-Ha, 1990, Kookmin University, Korea

Krovi, Venkat Narayan, 1998: Asst. Prof, SUNY

Long, Gregory, 1990, Senior Engineer, Technique Applied Science

Nebozhyn, Michael, 2000: Postdoc, Wistar Institute, U Penn

Ouerfelli, Mohamed, 1994, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabiaz

Patankar, Neelesh
, 1997: Asst Prof, ME, Northwestern University

Sarkar, Nilanjan, 1993, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Saxena, Anupam
, 2000: Asst. Prof, ME, IIT, Kanpur

Song, Peng, 2002, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University

Sugar, Tom, 1999, Assistant Professor in MAE at Arizona State University


Recent Thesis

  • Al-Sharqawi, Hassan Siraj. 2002
    "Conjugate transient computational analysis of flow, heat, and mass transfer in desiccant-airflow systems"

  • Song, Peng. 2002
    "Modeling, analysis and simulation of multibody systems with contact and friction"

  • Kraus, Peter R. 2002
    "Modeling of rigid body contacts for dynamic simulation"

  • Esposito, Joel M. 2002
    "Simulation and control of hybrid systems with applications to mobile robotics"

  • Wang, Xiaoye. 2002
    "Vision-based characterization, manipulation, and control of objects using compliant tools"

  • Yi, Mingqiang. 2001
    "Fluid flow and mixing in micron-size conduits"

  • Kim, Moon H. 2001
    "Magnetic actuation in low temperature cofired ceramics and kapton polyimide film based mesoscale electro mechanical systems"

  • Briggs, Jonathan P. 2001
    "On the control of shape memory alloy fiber-reinforced composites"

  • Zhu, Mingyu. 2000
    "Direct numerical simulation: of sold-liquid flow of newtonian and viscoelastic fluids"

  • Mankame, Nilesh Dhananjaya. 2000
    "Modeling of electro-thermal-compliant micromechanisms"

  • Parker, Michelle L. 2000
    "Modeling of loop heat pipes with applications to spacecraft thermal control"

  • Zhang, Hong. 2000
    "Motion control for dynamic mobile robots"

  • Gao, Hongxia. 2000
    "Numerical studies of microcarrier particle dynamics and associated mass transfer in rotating-wall vessels"

  • Steplight, Solomon. 2000
    "Sensing and control for mobile robots in urban environments with application to stair climbing"

  • Xu, Dong. 2000
    "Skeletal shape optimization of compliant mechanisms"

  • Saxena, Anupam. 2000
    "Topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear compliant mechanisms for flexibility, stiffness and strength"

  • Nebozhyn, Michael V. 2000

  • "Variational self-consistent estimates for the effective behavior of viscoplastic polycrystals"

  • Yoo, Taeseung. 1999
    "Analytic mechanics of hyper-elastic wrist braces"

  • Jefferson, George J. 1999

  • "Bifurcation and stability of spherical shells and cavities in a plastic medium"

  • Xu, Yan. 1999
    "Crack propagation associated with stress-assisted diffusion of impurities under creep conditions"

  • Sugar, Thomas G. 1999
    "Design and control of cooperative mobile robotic systems"
  • Sripada, Srinivas S. 1999
    "Fundamental studies of plasma applications in microelectronic manufacturing and flames: fluid mechanics, phase-change, and heat transfer"

  • Braginsky, Michael V. 1999
    "Local elastic properties and wave propagation in superlattices"

  • Girard, Kevin P. 1999
    "Permeability and mechanical properties of langmuir-blodgett multilayers"

  • Krovi, Venkat Narayan. 1998
    "Design and virtual prototyping of user-customized assistive devices"

  • Kailasam, Mahesh. 1998
    "General constitutive theory for particulate composites and porous materials with microstructure evolution"

  • Mark, Douglas Kiang. 1998
    "Heat transfer and fluid mechanics issues relating to closed recirculating aquaculture systems with a focus on temperature control and the application of heat pumps"

  • Luo, Ming. 1998
    "Incompatibility theory of non-local plasticity and applications"

  • Desai, Jaydev P. 1998
    "Motion planning and control of cooperative robotic systems"

  • Lo, Janzen. 1998
    "Recursive dynamics and optimal control techniques for human motion planning"

  • If you wish to view additional MEAM PhD thesis titles/abstract, you may search the Penn Library at: http://www.library.upenn.edu, click on "Franklin catalogue," then click on "guided key word search." Under guided key word search type the following: Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Thesis.

     


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