2013 Graduation Celebration Program

2013

Graduation Celebration and Project Displays

University of California, Irvine Engineering Gateway Plaza

Friday, June 14

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Welcome

to the fourth annual Samueli School of Engineering Graduation Celebration featuring our senior students’ design projects. This year, we present 98 projects, including poster displays and demonstrations involving more than 500 students.

At the Samueli School, all of our engineering programs combine science, engineering fundamentals, design principles and application, culminating in a senior design project.

Our graduating seniors are among the most competitive in the country and are workforce ready. They’ve received not only a rigorous academic education, but many have also received “hands-on” engineering design and research experience. Please take your time to browse the various projects that our students have worked hard on all year.

We are proud of this year’s graduating class accomplishments and wish them success in their future endeavors.

Thank you for sharing in this special occasion.

This afternoon’s schedule:

1:00 to 4:00 2:00

2:30

Project Displays

Order of the Cake and Engineer Ceremony Refreshments

Dean’s Recognition of Graduates

3:00

About The Order (excerpt from www.order-of-the-engineer.org) The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer.

The first ceremony was held on June 4, 1970 at Cleveland State University. Since then, similar ceremonies have been held across the United States at which graduate and registered engineers are invited to accept the Obligation of the Engineer and a stainless steel ring. The ceremonies are conducted by Links (local sections) of the Order.

The Order is not a membership organization; there are never any meetings to attend or dues to pay. Instead, the Order fosters a unity of purpose and the honoring of one’s pledge lifelong.

The Obligation is a creed similar to the oath attributed to Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) that is generally taken by medical graduates and which sets forth an ethical code. The Obligation likewise, contains parts of the Canon of Ethics of major engineering societies.

Initiates, as they accept it voluntarily, pledge to uphold the standards and dignity of the engineering profession and to serve humanity by making the best use of Earth’s precious wealth.

unleashing innovation

inspiring ingenuity creating opportunities

Cake & Refreshments (3:00pm)

2013 STUDENT PROJECT DISPLAYS

(1:00 - 4:00pm)

Biomedical Engineering Projects Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Projects Civil and Environmental Engineering Projects Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Projects Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Projects

Order of the Engineer Registration

Steel Bridge & Concrete Canoe

Dean’s Presentation (2:00pm) Order of the Engineer (2:30pm)

Design Build Fly & Human Powered Aircraft

Formula Energy & Electric Invitational

Student & Visitor Registration

Department of Biomedical Engineering Projects

An App for Automated Screening of Aortic Stenosis This project aims to develop an iPhone/iPad or Android app that could aid in the diagnosis of aortic stenosis and provide necessary education around the disease and treatment guidelines. It would be a valuable tool for clinicians treating these patients.

Students: Piyush Gupta, Mark Keating, Borna Khavari, Jigar Shah, Bakr Teebi Mentor: Rita Birchard Artificial Anatomical Beating Heart for the Training of Heart Devices This training model will be used to perform several cardiology procedures. The design and construction of this model will allow a greater understanding of the anatomical constraints of developing catheter-based devices for cardiology.

Students: Joseph Gomez, Jin Kim, Stephen Lee, Timothy Macagba, Sohan Weeraratne Mentor: Anthony Nobles Assisted Walker The project idea was suggested by Mr. Andrew Ekelem, a T-11 paraplegic, who described a training device that relieves the patient’s arms when standing or walking. The device should help the user go from a sitting to standing position, and enable the user to focus on walking, not balancing him/herself. This multifaceted project includes the investigations of materials, design, safety, FDA, and consumer satisfaction issues.

Students: Kristine Bonifacio, Michelle Sangalang, Kenny Tran, Eric Wilde, Kevin Yokota Mentor: Glen Rabito Automated Microfluidic HIV Immunoassay Platform for Developing Nations Develop a portable, low-cost diagnostic device (MDchip Diagnostic Device) with the following design objectives: (1) portable diagnostic device suitable for use in developing countries, (2) targets diagnosis of HIV epidemic in a resource limited setting, (3) lowcost and high throughput performance, and (4) clear identification of positive and negative diagnosis.

Students: Natasha Felsinger, Nigel Fernandez, Patrick Kahn, Huylong Ngo, Vlad Satchouk Mentors: William Tang, Oladele Ogunseitan

Catheter-Based Suturing Device The device will be used in cardiac surgery and cardiology and need to withstand sterilization and FDA and CE Mark testing levels for functionality and safety.

Students: Maxwell Daly, Timothy Keo, Brianne Lucchesi, Ethan Parker, Abdullah Siddiqui, Phong Tran Mentor: Anthony Nobles Circulating Tumor Cells Detection System The goal will be to design a complete device starting with sample collection, sample introduction into the device, CTC capture and detection and finally, the display of the results.

Students: Burgwald Basey, Ji Hwang, Kevin Limtao, Andrea Navarro, Nika Nikbakht, Derya Yilmaz Mentor: Brad Sargent Combining Triangulation and Patterned Infrared Illumination—Three-Dimensional Vein Imaging This imaging system will be applicable toward current medical device systems for implantation, atherosclerosis, and other medical applications. The imaging system should be able to accurately size and locate (coordinates) the veins being imaged.

Students: Kathleen Mendoza, Leila Nazemi, Edgar Pena, Steven Serna Mentor: David Yang, Abraham Lee, Bernard Choi Deflectable Tip Guidewire There is a need for a steerable guidewire that allows the physician to deflect the tip to allow vessel selection. MEMS components or other actuation technologies may be leveraged to create a controllable motion.

Students: Ruben Alanis-Luu, Hanna Chang, Michael Kim, Saharat Pinyo, Christopher Yeung Mentor: Chris Folk Developing a Portable, Low-Cost Malaria Diagnostic Platform Recent findings indicate that PLDH is present in the saliva of infected patients, making this target enzyme an ideal candidate biomarker without the need to draw and test blood.

Students: Chase Davis, Priyanka Jain, Ryan Kwong, Katherine Lee, Eric Nguyen, Reaz Rahman Mentors: William Tang, Oladele Ogunseitan

Distally Expanding Catheter for Increased Ischemic Clot Aspiration This project aims to develop a 3-D deflectable catheter that may either: (1) select vessels via catheter deflection, or (2) allow increased aspiration of clot in ischemic stroke cases by increasing the diameter of the distal section of the catheter.

Students: Christian Crouzet, Urmila Janardan, Meghan Knight, Princeton Saroha, Daniel Youssef Mentor: Chris Folk

Optical Phantom for OCT Imaging Calibration This project aims to customize the geometry of a corneal phantom to suit current commercial applications. The ideal corneal phantom would be easily reproduced and more cost-effective than using cadaver eyes for performance testing.

Students: Jonah-Micah Jocson, Ali Mansouri, Jason Merz, Erik Olson, Hamid Yaqubi Mentor: Jeremy Dong

FitWell: “Be Fit, Live Well” The project goal is to develop a platform that integrates off-the-shelf sensors into a portable device that provides regular monitor and recordings of multiple vital signs, interprets the results, and provides feedback and warning to the users.

Students: John Lam, Michael Lum, Amanda Ngo, Tracey Tien, Jonathan Vo Mentor: Bruce Sargeant

Pressure Release Alert System for Spinal Cord Injury Patients A system which detects and warns SCI patients when they have neglected to perform a pressure release maneuver and also provides physicians with a summary of the patients’ pressure release habits to help reduce the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers.

Students: Stephanie Gonzales, Joshua Nguyen, Oluchi Okafor, Carine Todmia Mentor: An Do

Home-Based Spasticity Monitoring Device The goal of this project is to develop a custom-personalized device to automatically monitor spasticity in an at-home setting.

Students: Brian Anderson, Brandon Chimits, Kevin Jalalipour, Kristen Macneal, Jacob Moebius Mentor: David Reinkensmeyer Magnetic Balloon Retractor Automatic Retraction for Laparoscopic Surgery “Magnetic balloon retractor” is a technology whereby you can deploy a small ferrous liquid filled balloon into the abdominal cavity, or into a target organ to act as a retraction target.

Students: Parinaz Abiri, Alexandra Crampton, Anh La, Albert Liao, Nicole Mendoza Mentor: Brad Sharp

Real Time PCR on a Microfluidic CD for Point of Care Applications The goal in the development of such μTAS devices is to design a disposable platform that combines multiple steps, such as for sample preparation, calibration, detection, or a number of other useful functions.

Students: Seyed Khalessi Hosseini, Baolong Tien Nguyen, Kimberly Sarrisin Mentor: Lawrence Kulinsky Smartphone Analyzer of Microfluidic Agglutination Students need to deliver an optical detection component that will be integrated with a handheld analyzer that provides straightforward readouts from disposable assay devices.

Students: Emma Gallarza, Jennifer Lee, Max Mao, Albert Truong Mentor: Arlene Doria

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Projects

Digital Heat: Large Scale Cooling System and Applications on Modern Facilities Recycle heat waste from modern facilities, such as Microsoft data centers, as green energy resources.

Students: Rachele Fiske, Paul Gabot, Jonathan Haydt, Marc Kryger, Joseph Lacasella, Peter Mac, Bogdan Rusu Mentor: Gang Xu

Solar-Powered Airplane The project is to design, build and test a solar-powered airplane.

Students: Alvin Cao, Joseph Cuevas, Christopher Gay, Kenny Miranda, Jonathan Wong Mentor: Albert Yee

Max_pirin: Aspirin Production with Job Shop/Flow Shop Scheduling Apply Job Shop/Flow Shop scheduling technique in “aspirin� production line.

Students: Iba Aguilar, Brian Bacho, Eric Cheng, Steven Lam, Long John Nguyen, Tiffany Yu-Ting Sun, Andrew Wang Mentor: Gang Xu

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Projects

An Independent Two-Lane Expansion Bridge The objective of this project is to design an independent two-lane bridge constructed of cast-in-place reinforced concrete box girders in order to serve as an expansion for the existing bridge (Caltrans bridge #18 located in Devore, CA at the I-15 & I-215 junction). The goals of the design are to improve freeway operations, reduce accidents, and improve travel time along the corridor.

Students: Ashley Coakley, Michelle Garcia, Eber Navarrete, Jacob Rhodes, Laura Rojas Mentor: Ayman Mossalam Atmospheric and Geomorphic Research Center The Atmospheric and Geomorphic Research Center (AGRC) explores the capability of integrating a building structure and artificial landforms to create optimum environments for energy generation.

Students: Carter Cox, Gabrielle Custodio, Jefferson Du, Megan Kile, Michael Mah, Jesse Plasmyer Mentor: Steve Bucknam

Bus Rapid Transit System The objective of this design project is to provide the residents of the city of Sacramento, CA, with a safe and efficient transportation alternative, at a fair cost to the consumers, by means of a bus rapid transit system (BRT).

Students: Paulo Ayala, Daniel Bothwell, Tiffany Nguyen, Birgitta Ongawan, John Song Mentor: Will Recker City of Bellflower Municipal Water System High Capacity Well The city of Bellflower, CA, is planning to install a groundwater well in order to increase local water supply. The objective of this project is to provide a cost-effective design alternative to increase water supply and reduce the dependency on imported water from the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California.

Students: Daniel Chien, Joshua Goldstein, Andrea Hernandez, Jonathan Kazarian, Nicholas Lowe Mentor: Russ Detwiler

City of Irvine Intersection Improvements Traffic study and geometric design of longterm improvements for the Jamboree Road and Main Street intersection located in the city of Irvine, CA. Students: Wilson Chan, Marichrisse Gabon, Ibrahim Hafeez, Leila Salehi, Sarah Tasnim, Amir Zahlan Mentor: Jay Jayakrishnan

Hydrology Study and Storm Drain Design Hydrology study using the rational method to calculate peak flow before and after development, and the design of a storm drain system to manage runoff generated by the decrease in coverage of permeable soil.

Students: Mary Danielson, Sarah Leung, Iris Lim, James Matthews, Katherine Wong Mentor: Amir AghaKouchak

Construction Management of the Sand Canyon Grade Separation Project This project will apply construction management techniques to evaluate design alternatives for the Sand Canyon Grade Separation Project and simultaneously determine feasible methods for implementation during the construction phase.

Students: Connor Culligan, Aakash Mehta, Kevin Nguyen Mentor: Steve Bucknam

Infrastructure for a Community Park This project focuses on the design of community park infrastructure, including pedestrian underpassage, masonry building, sound wall, steel trellis, and light pole foundation.

Students: Arlando Arif, Paul Curry, Tsz Lee, Oscar Ortiz, Anthony Paulos, Jorge Pelayo, Richard Wu Mentor: Anne Lemnitzer

Freeway Interchange Design Analysis and design alternatives of freeway interchange improvements for the SR-55 and MacArthur junction in the city of Irvine, CA. Students: Erik Chin, Elliot Huang, Nathan Kwok, Dennis Pham-Le, Clever Tan Mentor: Jean-Daniel Saphores HealthCare Facility Design of a healthcare facility with a roof penthouse and partial basement constructed on a sloped site in a high seismic activity area.

The structure will consist of a concrete-overmetal deck rooftop, steel beams and columns, and special moment-resisting frames.

Students: Ivan Magana, Ariyan Manshadi, Tai Ta, Jonathan Tapia, Shayesteh Vafaeifard, Taylor Watanabe Mentor: Farzin Zareian Hesperia Lift Station and Pipeline Design of a lift station for a twodevelopment phase project, including gravity line, force main, wet well, pumps, and an odor control facility.

Students: Trisha Barlow, Troy Edwards, Steven Henderson, Dylan Lafrance, Christine Tran Mentor: Brett Sanders

Kern County Water Banking Project Design of a water banking system in Kern County for the Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD), including well design, piping, electrical systems, and berm crossing.

Students: Titus Chen, Quan Chi, William Kadonaga, Luan Tran Mentor: Soroosh Sorooshian Multi-Story Building with Subterranean Parking 1 The design of this multistory building will consist of four-stories of residential space, a reinforced concrete base-level retail floor, and two levels of subterranean parking. The design process of the structural systems will include shear walls, two-way slabs, and brace frames to handle seismic, wind, and gravitational loads.

Students: Mohamed Badawi, Anthony DiPasupil, Jeffrey Lee, Mitchell Shibley, Thanhhy To Mentor: Lizhi Sun

Multi-Story Building with Subterranean Parking 2 The objective of this project is to design a four-story apartment complex with groundlevel retail and subterranean parking. The structure is a decoupled unit comprising of a rigid wood system for the apartment section and a concrete system for the retail and parking sections.

Students: Ali Aoude, Huong Bui, Dina Elkinawy, Kiet Ly, Calvin Nguyen Mentor: Lizhi Sun Residential Site Development Design of residential subdivision for detached housing in planning area six of the city of Irvine, CA. Design elements to include rough grading, lot configuration, street, storm sewer, domestic water design, and fire code implementation.

Students: Jose Ramos, Nikolaus Sabath, Juan Zavala Mentor: Jasper Vrugt Riverside Community College District Multi-Use Facility Prestige Construction is designing the Riverside Community College District building to function as a multipurpose office building with a public patio to allow for lounging and outdoor activity. This project focuses on designing the frame members, connections, and foundations to support against gravity, seismic, and wind loads.

Students: Michael Emami, Long Nguyen, Eric Robles, Justin Sakakura, Vivian Seto, Yunfei Wang Mentor: Farzin Zareian Roadway Design This project involves designing the optimum roadway network and geometric design for the city of Irvine, CA, including drainage system and pavement materials in order to sufficiently withstand forecasted traffic volumes.

Students: Michael Hetland Janet Kuo, Kyle La Viscount, Do Park, Kibret Temesgen Mentor: Stephen Ritchie

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Projects

Sewer Pipeline Design Our team will design a new gravity sewer line in downtown Laguna Beach by streamlining the sewer collection process and removing an inverted siphon condition.

Students: Desiree Flores, Luis Mejia, Justin Smith, Matthew Vera, Angela Yu Mentor: Sunny Jiang Traffic Impact Analysis Study This project involves analyzing the traffic impact and parking requirements associated with a mixed-use development at the intersection of Laguna Canyon Road and Sand Canyon Avenue in the city of Irvine, CA. Students: Ashlee Fayazrad, Nghi Le, Angelina Leong, Michelle Nguyen, Francis Sy Su Mentor: Michael McNally Traffic Impact Analysis and Signal Design The team will identify existing and future traffic impact of a planned hotel development along Harbor Boulevard in the city of Garden Grove, CA. Traffic impact will be assessed and mitigation measures will be recommended.

Students: Tiffany Giordano, Jacqueline Kim, Akshar Mathur, Nadeem Noorzay, Phillip Yang Mentor: Michael McNally Traffic Signal Design Intersection analysis and traffic signal design at Park Street and Alameda Avenue in the city of Alameda, CA. The objective will be to determine the optimal lane configuration and traffic control in order to provide a high level of service, while simultaneously in synchronization with the surrounding network.

Students: Kevin Dao, Jonathan Delgado, Melissa Lai, Ji Lee, Eduardo Lopez Mentor: Wenlong Jin

Two-Story Higher Education Building Design of a two-story higher education building comprised of steel columns and composite steel beams, concrete and metal deck flooring, lightweight roof diaphragm, shear walls, and continuous and shallow spread footings. The facility will be designed to withstand gravity and seismic forces.

Students: Mario Camacho, Jason Chen, Dorothy Chung, Christian Hall, Wilson Lu, Arlyn Reyes, Reginaldo Urbiztondo Mentor: Anne Lemnitzer UC Irvine Biodigester The UC Irvine Biodigester is a dry anaerobic fermentation facility that uses plant trimmings and domestic waste as input, resulting in the production of methane gas during the production stages, which can be utilized for energy generation, as well as a byproduct of fertilizer to promote plant and tree growth on campus.

Students: Christopher Carson, Joshua Smeenge, Byron Valencia, Shin-Young Yu Mentor: Diego Rosso UCI Redwood Grove Bioswale UC Irvine is planning to incorporate a water treatment feature on campus to improve the water quality of runoff directed into the San Diego Creek. The proposed bioswale will be designed to improve water quality by pollutant particle settling and to provide an aesthetic location behind the Ayala Science Library to better utilize the site for the enjoyment of the UCI community.

Students: Victoria Biggs, Josh Gisi, Willoughby Peterson, Jessica Satterlee, Stephani Torres Mentor: Kristen Davis Well Water Treatment The design of two wells in the Inland Empire in order to reduce the dependence on the Colorado River, including a treatment system that involves filtration with disposable cartridges to reduce turbidity, and ion exchange to treat for perchlorates and nitrates.

Combined, these two wells will have the capacity to pump 3,600 acre feet per year.

Students: Haly Herrera, Nicole Idiart, Megan Lee, Alex Leu, Andrew Takahashi, Brian Tang Mentor: Bill Cooper

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Projects

Air Duct Efficiency Attachment (ADEA) Automated air duct vent registers based on user-given set points.

Students: Philip McDougall, Alexandra Rose, Avaz Sobhani Mentor: Rainer Doemer DDS Solar Umbrella A solar umbrella for customers to charge their electronic devices outdoors when there is no power outlet.

Students: David Cheng, Scott Lee, Daniel Ly Mentor: Mark Bachman Electronic Sparring System Taekwondo sparring gear with embedded sensors to collect real-time force and location data and provide valuable competition, training, and play feedback in the computer app.

Students: Vahan Hartooni, Nicholas Lajeunesse, Muhammad Zaman Mentor: Garnet Hertz Energy Everlasting A power-generation system for developing countries that utilizes thermoelectric module.

Students: Jyotika Nalwa, Christine Nguyen, Kyle Shiue, Jason Tan Mentor: C.C. Lee Fitness Tracking Headphones A heart monitor that records the user’s pulse and keeps track of workout sessions so that optimum performance is achieved.

Students: Lucia Diaz, Kevin Kamishin, Jessica Szeto, Patrick Szulc Mentor: Nader Bagherzadeh GPS-driven Autonomous ROBOT A GPS-guided vehicle that navigates to a series of way-points with an accuracy of 1-to-2 meters.

Students: Young Choi, Eric Giese, Youn Jeong, Robert Moreno Mentor: Issac D. Scherson

Home Automation A home automation system that allows users to control consumer devices and manage homes from anywhere on a single, easy-touse iPhone application.

Students: Kevin Carlin, Kevin Morita, Christopher Suchil, Michelle Tyler Mentor: Ian Harris

Low-Power Transmitter Sensor A low-power sensor transmitter network capable of detecting anomalies in the frequency signature of industrial machinery.

Students: George Fang, Abraham Lin, David Shin Mentor: Michael Green

Home Energy Management System Energy monitoring agents to create intelligent power schedules that lead to greener environments and lower monthly bills.

Students: Clifford Huang, Timothy Kwan, Kevin Sison, Vinh Trinh Mentor: Mohammad Al Faruque

microBeat A portable synthesizer that takes a MIDI input and outputs musical sounds.

Students: Trisha Das, Sivan Goldstein, Matthew Martin Mentor: Henry Lee

Integrated Electroplating System An electroplating system that utilizes a pulse-reverse plating technique to deliver high-quality metal finishes for prototyping applications Students: Zachary Davis, Christopher Hurst, Jordan Linford, Amy Pham Mentor: Mark Bachman Kinection An innovative gesture recognition system which grants users control of their television using a wide range of simple body motions.

Students: Daryl Alfaro, Moises Alvarado, Ameen Manghi, Quan Nguyen Mentor: Nader Bagherzadeh Labile Lighting System A solar-powered dynamic lighting system for small off-grid structures.

Students: Seyedbabak Jalalichimeh, Djamil Rummun, Richard Vu, Jeffrey Wu Mentor: Nader Bagherzadeh Low-Cost Digital Microscope with Remote Stage Low-cost and portable optical microscope to image the sample and to control the stage on a graphical user interface.

Students: Timothy Hernandez, Anthony Tran, Lynn Tran, Regina Wiher Mentor: C.C. Lee

Micromouse A Micromouse robot designed to navigate any maze by using sensors to detect walls, and a MCU to map the maze to memory.

Students: Timothy Chan, Irvin Huang, Alvin Perlas Mentor: Ian Harris Power-Saving Smart Lights Motion-activated lighting system with automated dimming function controlled by ambient light.

Students: Timothy Chan, Steven Ji, Andrew Sather, Alan Tran Mentor: Mark Bachman Power Supply System with a USB Port A USB port with a boost circuit to provide 12 v output.

Students: Sukho Kang, Kyaw Phyo, Chuanyang Xie, Xi Zhou Mentor: Keyue Smedley Powerless Bicycle Odometer Powerless bicycle odometer with smartphone integration.

Students: David Carreon, Collin Mehring, Michael Wang, Kevin Wood Mentor: C.C. Lee

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Projects

R.A.T.S. (Rodent Application Tracking System) A low-cost counting device that quantifies rat wheel-running activity.

Students: Jorge Chumbipuma, Enrique Guevara, Edgar Pena, Hong Wong Mentor: Syed Jafar Ripple A portable hi-fi music system.

Students: Kenneth Ching, Andrew Perez, Arvind Prabhakar, Awad Sharif Mentor: Ender Ayanoglu Robocam An automated video-recording system that follows a subject as they move around the room, eliminating the need for a cameraman.

Students: Raisa Cuevas, Tom Huang, Nicholas Ma, Jainam Shah Mentor: G.P. Li Save-a-Watt Save money on your electrical bill with Sav-awatt—the power is at your fingertips.

Students: Eric Nelson, Adrian Taruc, Thomas Tran, Chris Yin Mentor: Fadi Kurdahi Smart RC Car RC car automated driving system that detects and avoids obstacles in order to reach a beacon.

Students: Thierry Abinader, Ivan Nizkorodov, Justin Pao, Joseph Wang Mentor: Nader Bagherzadeh Smart Sprinkler Controller Smart sprinkler controller to save water in an irrigation system.

Students: I-Chih Huang, Dong Kim, Aria Sarraf, Stephen Vusca Mentor: Mark Bachman Tessa An innovative driver drowsiness detection and alert system.

Students: Jose Altamirano, Tony Doan, Hai Huynhlam, Andy Yeung Mentor: Rainer Doemer

Transmission Line Delay at Low FreqUENCY A model made of black boxes and two coupled transmission lines of 40 feet to simulate a transmission line of thousands of feet.

Students: John Kim, Alexandra Payne, Kevin Ramirez, Michael Stevens Mentor: Filippo Capolino UCI Electric Race Car A control system that monitors various input sensors on an electric car and controls the throttle and safety system.

Students: Kevin Dinicola, Bryan Eidson, Lawrence Ho, Sandra Hom Mentor: Michael McCarthy Vent-ficcient Temperature Control System (VTCS) A system to monitor temperatures throughout buildings and control air flow by opening or closing vents automatically via RF communication.

Students: Kevin Moslehpour, Omar Munoz, Shivam Patel, Jonathan Turcios Mentor: C.C. Lee Vmap (Virtual Mapping System) A system to create 3-D maps of interior spaces using the Microsoft Kinect.

Students: Scott Gettinger, Ina Liu, Christopher Miliotti, Robert Ovcharenko Mentor: Deva Ramanan WaterSaber An intelligent irrigation system that pulls weather data from the Internet to regulate watering schedule.

Students: Patrick Borricano, Sergio Lopez, James Pham, Raymund Ramos Mentor: Fadi Kurdahi ZipScope Test and measurement solution for characterizing communications components such as low-noise amplifiers, mixers, or other devices with either an analog or digital output.

Students: Justin Bass, Anh Cao, William Hillhouse III, Aaron Paff Mentor: Lee Swindlehurst

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Projects

Advanced Combustion Technology Our main focus in this research is to optimize the use of an entrained flow reactor so it can produce 5 percent or less of carbon; the only difference is that the entrained flow reactor that we use is approximately 1/10th the full size. The only parameters that we can control are temperature and excess oxygen. It needs to contain 5 percent or less carbon in the ash so it can be recycled for further use.

Students: Jose Jacobo Jr., Navid Saeidi Advisor: Professor Derek Dunn-Rankin AIAA Design/Build/Fly The Design-Build-Fly (DBF) project team is building an aircraft to compete in a contest hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). In addition to providing a challenging aircraft design experience, the DBF members gain teamwork and leadership skills and experience that prepare them to enter the aero-industry.

Students: Shaun Abdelkerim, Ana Arakaki, Hugo Banh, Albert Barber, Sarah Black, Jessica Chean, Sun-Che Chen, WeiHan Chen, Michael Gamboa, Geoffrey Dubridge, Michaela Fleming, Daniel Grant, Varun Jasuja, Kevin Kho, John Parcell, Ravi Patel, Joseph Petrilli, Charles Poblete, Erik Reyno, Roi Rivera, Zachary Satterfield, Bruno Vu, Robert Zavala Advisor: Professor Robert Liebeck AIAA Human Powered Airplane The Human Powered Aircraft (HPA) project is working on modeling and testing thrust systems and developing sizing programs for a human-powered aircraft.

Students: Alecxandre Andre, Jacob Boyer, Joe King, Joseph Liu, Cassandra MargitanThomas, Veronica Swanson Advisors: Professor Robert Liebeck, Professor Kenneth Mease ASCE Concrete Canoe This intercollegiate competition challenges students to design, fabricate, and construct a 20-foot long canoe made of concrete, which will be raced in five events and judged on various criteria. The canoe must comply with annually updated rules that are modeled from realistic challenges faced in canoe design and construction.

Students: Gabrielle Custodio, Isamar Escobar, Nicholas Lowe, Wade Monsen, Willoughby Peterson Advisor: Professor Ayman Mosallam

ASCE Steel Bridge Steel Bridge is a year-long project that allows students to design, manufacture and assemble a bridge according to strict guidelines and dimensions. Students work in a hands-on environment, learning to weld and work with various metal shop tools.

The project is then displayed at the annual ASCE-PSWC conference, where team members participate in a timed assembly and judging round.

Students: Nicole Idiart, Tsz Nok Lee, Nicholas Lo, Matthew Wagstaff Advisors: Professor Ayman Mosallam, Dr. Rashid Miraj CD Fluidics This project focuses on the integration of medical diagnostics and microfluidics for miniaturized diagnostic devices. CD microfluidics, pioneered at UCI, offers simple pumping and valving mechanisms that allow for the integration of multiple steps on a single disc.

Student: Baolong Nguyen, Kimberly Sarrisin, Ali Khalessi Advisors: Professor Marc Madou, Dr. Lawrence Kulinsky Educational PowerGenerating Wind Spinner Kit - Peter Dunn-Rankin Design and prototype of low-cost educational energy-generating and lighted wind spinners for children ages 8-12.

Students: Melinda Malley, Miles Newton, (Tina) Yingshan Tan, Carlos Solorzano, (Toby) Yaotian Zhang Advisor: Dr. John Garman Electrochemical Energy To improve the efficiency of the hydrogen production process of electrolysis by designing an electrolysis device that will then be used to examine how electrolysis is affected by variation of the following parameters: Electrode material and spacing, type of electrolyte and water temperature.

Students: Natali Chau, Arshitha Vaidhyanathan Advisor: Professor Yun Wang

Exospine for People with Spinal Cord Injury Wheelchair based body-weight support system for patients with spinal cord injuries.

Allows patients to move naturally while performing functional tasks for diagnostic and rehabilitative purposes.

Student: Mike Conroy Advisor: Professor David Reinkensmeyer GSM-Based Lighting Ballast Health Monitoring System Intellicon Design and prototype of a GSM-based notification system for UV lamp ballast health monitoring.

Students: Irvin Huang, Venu Madhav Gundeti, Alvin Perlas, Michael Blank, Trisha Das, Donjon Baclig, Nicholas Ma Advisor: Dr. John Garman Integration of Gas Turbine/ Chiller This project develops a combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system that can reduce peak loads on the electrical grid and increase the overall system efficiency to more than 90 percent. Furthermore, the approach provides increased flexibility regarding how chillers are to be integrated with a given microturbine.

Students: Shang-Hsuan Chung, Ryan Maxwell, Rena Yang Advisor: Professor Vincent McDonell Motion Capture System for a Robotic Overhead Support Our main goal is improve the motion capture capabilities of a system that provides up to 300 pounds of unloading so rehabilitation patients can practice walking, balancing and walking up and down steps.

Students: Basheer Afaneh, David Hirschberg, Walter Morales, Miller Ramirez Advisors: Professor David Reinkensmeyer, Jaime Duarte

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Projects

Low-Cost Flat-Panel Solar Tracker and Prototype Rainbird Corporation Design and reduced scale prototype of a solar tracker for low-cost, flat-panel photovoltaics.

Students: Roi Rivera, Justin Kaung, Erik Reyno, Damon Liang, Christopher Lau Advisor: Dr. John Garman Pneumatic Surgical Boe Stapler Pro-Dex, Inc Improvements were made to the trigger mechanism, safety and air valve of an airpowered surgical bone stapler.

Students: Noe Rodriguez, Indra Bolla, Joseph Liu, Dhaiya Parikh, Kristen MacNeal Advisor: Dr. John Garman Racecar Electric The project focuses on the design of an electric drive for an energy-efficient racecar.

The project will modify the design of existing racecars to include electric motor drives, vector motor control and regenerative braking. The racecar will compete in the 2013 UCI Energy Invitational.

Students: Kevin Groth, Tyler Santos-Matson Advisor: Professor Michael McCarthy Racecar Engineering This project uses the design, construction and testing of an energy efficient racecar to provide experience in performance engineering.

Students will modify existing racecars and develop new designs for competition in the 2013 UCI Energy Invitational.

Students: Christopher Anderson, Luis Avalos, Dean Baggs, Jeffrey Best, Indra Bolla, Adam Cepero, Henry Diep, Amy Dunford, Christina Faraci, Joshua Helstrom, Samantha Helstrom, Alex Ho, Alexander Kaufman, Justin Kaung, Chano Kim, Sharango Kundu, Eddie Kwan, Jason Lee, Alejandro Li, Damon Liang, Peter Livingston, Ryan Ma, Diona Maxon, Marvin Medina, Saedeh Mirghasemi, Andrew Moodie, McVincent Obando, Arezoo Orouji, Dhairya Parikh, Jesus Ramos, Mustafa Sabha, Mark Saleh, Jon Shubin, Anthony Tamayo, Aldrich To, Thomas Van, Benjamin Vega, Jay Wu, Rena Yang, Abdorruhman Yousef, Ting Yu, Yaotian Zhang, Marbin Jay Sy Quimsiam, Tyler Santos-Matson, Kevin Sale, Jairus Racelis, Cheng Lin, Bryant Min, Kevin Groth, Athanasios M. Kaplanis Advisor: Professor Michael McCarthy

Renewable Energy Determine the feasibility of generating hydrogen from a renewable source and investigate the economic and environmental advantages and disadvantages toward implementation of generating renewable hydrogen.

Students: Nathan Kirksey, Dustin Semark Advisor: Professor Scott Samuelsen Robotic Rescue The 2012-13 RoboEaters is a multidisciplinary team of undergraduate researchers collaborating with the goal of participating in the 2013 German regional RoboCup Rescue competition. www.robocup.org Students: Brian Chen, Brian Hoover, Wells Tsai Advisor: Professor James Bobrow Rocket Project This recurring project designs, builds and launches a rocket. Past rockets have achieved altitudes of about 10,000 feet. The specific goals of the project are different each year. As examples, past projects have participated in a national competition, developed a solid rocket motor, developed a liquid bi-propellant motor, and designed an active roll control system.

Students: Isaac Baertlein, Grant Jackson, Austin Moore, Brian Morey, Patrick Sy, Lee Tea, Robert Watson, Violet Ismailyan, Christoph Maximilian Seeliger, David Hahn, Brian Morey, Brandon Anthony Hernaez, Huzafa Khan, Kevin Jalalipour, Ivan Borislavov Gochev, Shailin Bhupendra Shah, Thanh Chung Advisor: Professor Kenneth Mease Smart Jammer Crutch The goal of this project is a mechanically operated crutch that can grip the contacting surface. A vacuum is drawn on a granular material housed in a latex bag which jams the grains and grips the contacting surface.

Students: Danielle Becerra, Blake Burchman Advisor: Professor David Reinkensmeyer

Stored Energy Solar Stove This project involves design and development of a solar-powered stored energy cook stove that will be deployed in selected rural villages in India. A successful design must be able to store solar energy, allowing the cooker to charge during the day and be usable in a household during normal cooking periods late at night and early in the morning.

Students: Ananya Habtemariam, Eric Kuo, Teresa Nguyen, Lineker Phuo, James Chizmar, Pedro Montenegro, Kushal Shah, Ronny Sunnaa, Rena Yang, Joe Chen, Chris Gay Advisor: Dr. John Garman UCI Satellite The UCISAT project aims at designing, building, testing and operating small satellites based on the cubesat standard.

Two current missions are being developed.

UCISAT I, which aims at taking pictures of the Northern hemisphere with a CMOS camera flying at 300km altitude, and UCISAT II, which aims at testing a radiation-based water purification concept for space exploration.

Students: Suhaylah Ali, Andrea Antonello, Joshua Apple, Olivia Domenici, Dalen Ellis, Timothy Hernandez, Jason Hsu, Kyle Johnson, Young-Seob Kim, Stephanie Kwok, Akash Patel, Brian Soriano, Abdullah Tarif, Timothy Wang, Regina Wiher, Geoffrey Chen, Keegan Carroll, Jared Hatland, Anthony Christensen, Cristhian Fimbres, Kevin Lasquete, Diane Phung, Hanchel Cheng, Daniel Rojas, Scott Walters Advisor: Professor Benjamin Villac

Wind Energy This project aims to design and develop two small-scale fixed pitch, self-starting wind turbines, one vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), and one horizontal axis (HAWT), that will be installed on top of Engineering Tower (ET).

Students: Jorge Angulo Fernandez, Benjamin Cacanindin, Soo Chung, Kierstin Colesen, Michael Conroy, Phoebe Dedman, Timothy Kheng, Anthony Lai, John Laughlin, McVincent Obando, Djamil Rummun, Andrew Sather, Thomas Sayles, David Shakhbazyan, Kristopher Swartzbaugh, Theresa Tran, Ryan Wong, Bryan Wu, Zhi Liu Advisor: Professor Yun Wang

2012 – 2013 Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Graduates*

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE

Yoon Kyung Kim

Salar Soroori

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Stimuli-Responsive and Multi-Functional Responses for Cancer-Targeted Therapy and Imaging Advisor: Wendy Liu

Novel Flow Control Schemes Utilizing Intrinsic Forces on Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms Advisor: Marc Madou

Kameel Michael Abi-Samra

Christine Elizabeth King

Jeffrey L. Suhalim

Towards the Development of High Performance Electroencephalogram (EEG) Based Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Systems Advisor: Zoran Nenadic

Detection of Vulnerable Plaque Advisor: Bruce Tromberg

Electrochemical and Thermal Techniques for Detection and Fluidic Handling on Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms Advisor: Marc Madou

Seyedhamed Alavi Development of a Novel Self Regenerating Hybrid Heart Valve Advisor: Arash Kheradvar

Cosimo Arnesano In Vivo Tissue Raman Spectroscopy Advisor: Enrico Gratton

David John Bardin Microfluidic Methods for Generating Clinical-Scale Quantities of Uniform Fine Emulsions for Applications in Site-Specific Therapeutics Advisor: Abraham Lee

Gobind Singh Bisht Micro- and Nanofabrication of Carbonbased Electrodes and Their Application in Miniature Power Sources Advisor: Marc Madou

Qin Cai

Sameeran Kunche Regulation of Robust Cell Lineages Advisor: Arthur Lander

Chang Won Lee A Method for Neural Source Identification Advisor: Zoran Nenadic

Jiawen Li Integrated Multimodal Intravascular Imaging System with Optical Coherence Tomography and Ultrasound for Characterization of Atherosclerotic Plaques Advisor: Zhongping Chen

Alexander Justin Lin Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging: Applications in Preclinical Models of Alzheimer’s Disease Advisor: Bruce Tromberg

Jason Tze-Sum Luo

Improving the Poisson-Boltzmann Implicit Solvent Model for Molecular Dynamics Simulations Advisor: Ray Luo

A Microfluidic Device for the Capture and Enumeration of Circulating Tumor Cells in Human Blood Advisor: Mark Bachman

Arlene Doria

Yuka Okabe

Lei Tian Create Thick Prevascularized Implantable Tissues Advisor: Steven George

Sean Michael White Functional Optical Imaging Methods to Characterize Interactions Between Microvasculature and a Prevascularized Tissue Construct Advisor: Bernard Choi

Moritz Winkler Structure and Biomechanics of the Corneal Stroma: The Role of Keratocytes and the Extracellular Matrix Advisor: James Jester

William Reino Winter Advisor: Ramesh Srinivasan

Dwight Paul Wynne Measuring and Modeling Loudness Adaptation in Normal and Impaired Hearing Advisor: Fan-Gang Zeng

Shanshan Xu

Enabling Point-of-Care Diagnostics with Air-Liquid Cavity Acoustic Transducers Advisor: Abraham Lee

Cavity Acoustic Transducers (CATs) for DNA biosensors Advisor: Abraham Lee

Characterization of Breast Cancer Using Endogeneous Tumor Spectral Marker: High Spectral-Resolution Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Its Clinical Application Advisor: Enrico Gratton

Nizan Friedman

Dhondup Pemba

Bruce Yee Yang

Rehabilitation Devices for Training, Assessing and Monitoring Hand Function Advisor: David Reinkensmeyer

Micro Implantable Neural Interfaces Advisor: William Tang

Advisor: Bernard Choi

Claire Robertson

Ottavia Golfetto

Advisor: Steven George

Speech Information Extraction and Integration in Cochlear Implant Subjects with Contralateral Acoustic Hearing Advisor: Fan-Gang Zeng

Advisor: Enrico Gratton

Monica Young Kim Development of a Juxtacrine-Permeable Membrane for Separable Co-Culture Advisor: Elliot Hui

Yixin Shi Non-invasive Methods to Assess Asthma Control in Children Advisor: Steven George

Roger Shih Microfluidic Production of Monodisperse Microbubbles for Ultrasound Contrast Enhancement and Targeted Therapeutic Agent Delivery Advisor: Abraham Lee

Hsin-I Yang

Owen Reuben Yang Accelerated Laser Speckle and Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging with Graphics Processing Units and Color Cameras Advisor: Bernard Choi

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inspiring ingenuity creating opportunities

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Alexander Justin Lin

Philip Vijay Thomas

Richa Mittal

Kendrew Au

Comprehensive Exam – Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Bruce Tromberg

Comprehensive Exam – Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Elliott Hui

Towards in Vivo Nonlinear Optical Microscopy Advisor: Zhongping Chen

Yi Luo

Derek Hunter Vallejo

Dongmei Ren

Advisor: Jered Haun

Giant Unilaminar Vesicles as Cell-like Sensors Advisor: Abraham Lee

Engineering a Protein Nanoscaffold as a Versatile Drug Delivery System Advisor: Szu Wang

Clinical Translation of Spatial Modulated Quantitative Spectroscopy Advisor: Bernard Choi

Allison Christine Baker Fabrication of Micro-Platforms for Studying the Biomechanics of Cardiomyocytes Advisor: William Tang

David John Bardin

Jolie Marie Mclane Shrink-Induced Superhydrophobic Plastics for POC Detection Advisor: Michelle Khine

Comprehensive Exam

Soroush Mohammadmirzaeizarandi

Haotian Cui Advisor: Bernard Choi

A Multichannel Point-of-care Device for Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Advisor: Bruce Tromberg

Janice Dilag De Jesus

Azad Mojadedi

Advisor: Jered Haun

Jeremy Ryan Dong Design of an Artificial Eye Phantom for Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Advisor: Tibor Juhasz

Long Van Duong Advisor: James Brody

Advisor: Elliot Hui

Jennifer Nguyen Monte Carlo Methods for Solution of the Radiative Transport Equation and Cervical Cancer Diagnostics Co-Advisors: Jerome Spanier and Vasan Venugopalan

Apurva Patel

Xiaoyong Wang Development of Breast Segmentation Methods for Magnetic Resonance Images and Computed Tomography in Clinical Applications Advisor: Gultekin Gulsen

Himanshu Sharma

John Warren Weidling

Sneha Srikrishnan

Novel Optical Implantable Continuous Multi-Analyte Sensor Advisor: Elliot Botvinick

Engineering Enzymes and Yeast for the Hydrolysis of Biomass Advisor: Nancy DaSilva

James Ryon Yamada Laser Softening of GlutaraldehydeCrosslinked Bovine Pericardium Advisor: Elliott Botvinick

Lili Zeng

Seunghyun Ha

Shreyas J. Patel

Doctor of Philosophy

Ashkan Hajirasooliha

Jonathan Dusan Pegan

Application of Simplified GLRT Detectors for Spike Detection in Multi-Sensor Extrocellular Recordings Advisor: Zoran Nenadic

Yu-Shan Hsiao

Microfabrication Techniques for Scalable Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidic Devices Advisor: Michelle Khine

Seyed Omid Rohani

Advisor: Bernard Choi

Advisor: William Tang

Shrutilaya Karunanidhi

Justin Bradley Rowe

Advisor: William Tang

Mechanisms of Robotic Rehabilitation of the Hand: Role of Previous Practice, Effort, and Range of Motion Advisor: David Reikensmeyer

Clement Joshua Kondru Characterization and Comparison of Two Chromophore Determination Techniques: The Modified Beer-Lambert Law and Spatial-Frequency Domain Imaging Advisor: Bernard Choi

Ling Xuan Kong

Eric Zoltan Somogyi Investigating the Role of Substrate Mechanics on Macrophage Polarization Advisor: Wendy Liu

Comprehensive Exam – Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Marc Madou

Ricky Wai Suen

Abhishek Kurup

Victor Sun

Comprehensive Exam – Ph.D. Candidate Advisor: Elliot Botvinick

Advisor: Bernard Choi

Advisor: J. Stuart Nelson

Comprehensive Exam

Isha Gujarati

CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE

Advisor: Bernard Choi

Sonal Bhargava Ruben Fernandez Moya

Hydrodynamic Trapping and Encapsulation of Microparticles Advisor: Abraham Lee

Advisor: Wendy Liu

Master of Science

Advisor: Jered Haun

Comprehensive Exam Advisor: William Tang

Gelareh Eslamian

Nanostructured Metal Substrates for Enriched Fluorescence Applications in Point of Care Diagnostics Advisor: Michelle Khine

Javier Cardenas Engineering Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for High-Level Synthesis of Polyketides Advisor: Nancy DaSilva

Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Nancy DaSilva

Comprehensive Exam

Adrienne Yu-Yin Ho Comprehensive Exam

Kaiheng Hu Comprehensive Exam

Andy Steven Jackson

Hubert Kenneth Chan

Comprehensive Exam

Deformation and Direct Visualization of Complex Fluids Advisor: Ali Mohraz

Pouyan Khakbaz

Cheng-Wei Aaron Chen

Andrew Lam

Construction of Scaffold-free Cardiac Patch Using Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes Advisor: Michelle Khine

Jonathan Lee Compton Cavitation Bubble Generated Shear Stress for Mechanotransduction Advisor: Vasan Venugopalan

Christopher Tyler Leber Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae for the Enhanced Production of Bio-renewable Platform Chemicals Advisor: Nancy DaSilva

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Cade Bryant Markegard Comprehensive Exam

Leila Safavi-Tehrani Comprehensive Exam

Chelise Ann Van De Graaff Comprehensive Exam

2012 – 2013 Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Graduates*

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE Doctor of Philosophy Mahdieh Allahviranloo

Ai-Lun W

Farnaz Jadbabaie

Finite-Element Based Damage Detection Methods For Nonlinear Reinforced Concrete Structures Advisor: Jann Yang

Comprehensive Exam

Samantha Alyson Mesuro Ihlenfeldt Comprehensive Exam

Advisor: Wilfred Recker

Hao Yang

Shakiba Ayatollahi

Communication Capacity of Inter-Vehicle Communication System Advisor: Wenlong Jin

Negar Karbalaee Mohammad

Daji Yuan

Wan-Tzu Lo

Exploring the Interaction between Natural Organic Matter (NOM) and Pharmaceuticals: Treatment and Environmental Fate Advisor: William Cooper

Amir Ameli Renani Fracture Aperture Deformation Under Coupled Chemical and Mechanical Processes Advisor: Russ Detwiler

Ankoor Bhagat

An Operational Activity-Based Regional Travel Demand Model Advisor: Wilfred Recker

Seyedmohammadali Zafarani Transport of Conservative Solutes in Simulated Discrete Fracture Networks Advisor: Russell Detwiler

Comprehensive Analysis of Off-Peak Port Policy Advisor: R. Jayakrishnan

Master of Science

Omid Esmaili

Stephen James Breen

Developing a Rapid Seismic Performance Rating Mechanism for Safety Assessment of Existing Buildings Advisor: Farzin Zareian

Timu W. Gallien

Riccardo Cappa

Jee Eun Kang Integration of Locational Decisions with the Household Activity Pattern Problem and Its Applications in Transportation Sustainability Advisor: Wilfred Recker

Jingjing Li A Hybrid Framework for Verification of Satellite Precipitation Products Advisor: Soroosh Sorooshian

Nasrin Nasrollahi Improving PERSIANN Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery Advisor: Soroosh Sorooshian

Sepideh Sarachi A Generalized Model for Satellite Precipitation Estimation Product Error Advisor: Soroosh Sorooshian

Robert George Stein Advisor: Brett Sanders

Comprehensive Exam

Albert Luan Luu Seismic Earth Pressures Measured During a Shake Table Experiment of Underground Structures Advisor: Anne Lemnitzer

Sudaryanto Mak Comprehensive Exam

Analysis of Electrical Resistivity Tomography with Applications to Geologic CO2 Sequestration Advisor: Russell Detwiler

Predictive Urban Coastal Flood Melding: Accounting for Tides, Surges, Waves and Flood Control Infrastructure Advisor: Brett Sanders

Advisor: Farzin Zareian

Comprehensive Exam

Stephanie Castle Quantifying Water Storage Changes in the Colorado Basin Using Satellite Observations, Modeled Results and In Situ Data Advisor: Jay Famiglietti

Tzu-Heng Cheng Comprehensive Exam

Andrew Christopher Easterling Comprehensive Exam

Reza Esfandiari Comprehensive Exam

Alireza Farahmand A Satellite-based Global Landslide Model Advisor: Amir Aghakouchak

Kimberly Ann Gee

Aryan Safaie Comprehensive Exam

Hesam Sajed Comprehensive Exam

Scott Lee Sellars Object Based Methods and Machine Learning to Remote Sensing Data for Water Resources Management Advisor: Soroosh Sorooshian

Andrea Rose Thorstensen Comprehensive Exam

Jingjing Zang Advisor: R. Jayakrishnan

Qijin Zhang Comprehensive Exam

ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING WITH A CONCENTRATION IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEGREE Doctor of Philosophy

Comprehensive Exam

Mahshid Roumi

Thomas Edward Gocke

Data Acquisition System Level Design Advisor: Stuart Kleinfelder

Distributed Water Reuse and Nutrient Reclamation: A Source of Revenue and Security for Municipalities Advisor: Diego Rosso

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inspiring ingenuity creating opportunities

MASTER OF SCIENCE

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Qian Sheng

Yong Hun Eom

Comprehensive Exam

Self-Stabilizing Java: An Approach for Building Robust Software Advisor: Brian Demsky

Alex Chu

Ahmad Abiri

Comprehensive Exam

Interactive Execution and Just-in-time Compilation on Networked Embedded Processors Advisor: Pai Chou

Harish Kumar Bharat Singh Comprehensive Exam

Xu Han

Tameem Anwar

Hailun Song

Computer-Aided Recoding for Data Structure Analysis and Decomposition to Exploit Parallelism Advisor: Rainer Doemer

Toviah Nathan Hirschberg Comprehensive Exam

Jue Wang Comprehensive Exam

Shaofei Wang Comprehensive Exam

Kaiyuan Yang Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Ravindra Ishmitra Bhanot Comprehensive Exam

Hang Cheng Comprehensive Exam

Kshitij Pankaj Desai Comprehensive Exam

ELECTRICAL and Computer Engineering with a concentration in Computer Networks and Distributed Computing DEGREE Doctor of Philosophy Sangwon Chae HD-Graph Viz: Highly Graph Visualization on Tiled Displays Advisor: Gopi Meenakshisundaram

Ting-Chou Chien Nucleo Cast Advisor: Pai Chou

Weihong Hu On Performance Optimization of MIMO SDR MANETs = From MAC to PHY Layer Co-Advisors: Homayoun Yousefizadeh and Hamid Jafarkhani

Jinhwan Lee Distributed Reputation and Trust Management for Service Oriented Computing on Heterogeneous Environment Advisor: Kwei-jay Lin

Xinjie Yang Advisor: Lee Swindlehurst

Jing Zhang Web Service Process Recovery in Accountability Middleware Architecture Advisor: Kwei-jay Lin

Jingran Gu Comprehensive Exam

Yichao Jiang Comprehensive Exam

Akshay Rajan Kantak Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Boyu Sun Comprehensive Exam

Xuejie Sun Comprehensive Exam

Ramya Tridandapani Comprehensive Exam

Dakuo Wang Comprehensive Exam

Weijun Wang

Semantic Search of Web Services Advisor: Philip Sheu

Christopher Bryant Harris Towards the Improved Verification of Complex Systems-on-Chip Advisor: Elaheh Bozorgzadeh

Chengjia Huo Object Relational OLAP on Real Time Data Advisor: Pai Chou

Comprehensive Exam

Ganghee Jang

Howard Wah Wong

Scalability Issues on Many-Core Design Advisor: Jean-Luc Gaudiot

Comprehensive Exam

The OpenMP Optimization Framework: Using OpenMP to Optimize Structure Grid HPC Applications Advisor: Jean-Luc Gaudiot

Hao Lian

Li Zhang

Kwangsun Lee

Ke Hao

Kyoungwon Kim Automatic Platform Generation in System Synthesis Advisor: Daniel Gajski

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Sina Poorkasmaei

Dawei Ouyang

Qiwei Zhang

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Differential Modulation for Multi-User MIMO Communication Systems Advisor: Hamid Jafarkhani

Rutuja Rajendrakumar Raghoji

Ke Zhu

Vahid Salmani

Comprehensive Exam

Adaptive Multiple Access Communication for High Data Rate Wireless Sensing Applications Advisor: Pai Chou

Comprehensive Exam

Santhosh Rajathayalan Comprehensive Exam

Mayuresh Randive Comprehensive Exam

Mahnaz Roshanaei A Harvesting-aware Routing Protocol for Energy-Efficient Data Collection in WSNs Advisor: Elaheh Bozorgzadeh

Electrical and Computer Engineering with a concentration in Computer Systems and Software DEGREE

Eun Bae Yoon Hierarchical Non-Volatile Memory Structure for Sensor Storages Advisor: Pai Chou

Doctor of Philosophy

Jin Zhou

Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alhussien

Bamboo: A Data-Centric, Object-Oriented Approach to Many-Core Software Advisor: Brian Demsky

Design and Development of Reliable and Fault-tolerant Network-on-Chip Router Architecture Advisor: Nader Bagherzadeh

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Comprehensive Exam

Weiwei Chen

Comprehensive Exam

Li Sheng

Concurren C: A New Model of Computation for System Design Advisor: Rainer Doemer

Nishanth Bhushan

Vishal Sahu Comprehensive Exam

Ao Shen

Comprehensive Exam

Rohit Athavale

Comprehensive Exam

2012 – 2013 Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Graduates*

Longjun Chen

Nisha Premnath

Serhat Nazim Avci

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Subramanian Ganapathy

Yunkai Qian

Fast Proactive Network Recovery Against Single Link Failures Using Coding Advisor: Ender Ayanoglu

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Mohana Sudhan Gandhi

Jing Qin

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Balaji Mukundan Iyengar

Anupam Rastogi

Comparison of Intel Xeon Phi and Intel Xeon with Burrows Wheeler Aligner Advisor: Jean-Luc Gaudiot

Comprehensive Exam

Mrinalini Shankar Iyer Comprehensive Exam

Piyush Ghanasham Kadam Comprehensive Exam

Sina Keshtkar Jafari Comprehensive Exam

Pavitra Krishnamoorthy Advisor: Alexandru Nicolau

Amit Kulkarni

Surya Ravichandran Comprehensive Exam

Rahul Rudradevan Comprehensive Exam

Saket Chandrakant Sardeshpande Comprehensive Exam

Jongsu Shin

Zhao Tong

Leland Ridge Gilreath

Comprehensive Exam

Vivekanand Veeracholan Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

A Systematic Approach to Clock/Data Recovery Circuit Design Advisor: Michael Green

Comprehensive Exam

Doctor of Philosophy

CDSChecker: A Model-Checker for C/C++ Atomics Advisor: Brian Demsky

Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar

Advisor: Nikil Dutt

Cooperative Communication for Wireless Physical Layer Security Advisor: A. Lee Swindlehurst

Jian Zhang

Brian Alan Norris

Sookyung Park

Jing Huang

Sui Huang

Advisor: Pai Chou

Don Huu Nguyen

Silicon-Based MM-Wave Integrated Circuits for Radiometric Imaging Applications Advisor: Payam Heydari

Comprehensive Exam

Electrical & Computer Engineering with a concentration in Electrical Engineering DEGREE

Comprehensive Exam

Jie Chen

Advisor: Payam Heydari

Shi Yan

Praveen Mandayam Ammanji

Control of Guidance, Radiation and Nearfluids Using Plasmonics and Semiconductors at Optical Frequencies Advisor: Filippo Capolino

Byung Kwan Chun

Jing Liu

Comprehensive Exam

Salvatore Campione

Comprehensive Exam

Ching-Yao Wang

Huaxiang Man

Interference Mitigation in Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Networks Advisor: Hamid Jafarkhani

Siddharth Samarendra Singh

A Hybrid Thread Library for Efficient Electronic System Level Stimulation Advisor: Rainer Doemer

Comprehensive Exam

Sanaz Barghi

Adaptive Network Estimation Quantization and Communication Advisor: A. Lee Swindlehurst

Comprehensive Exam

Guantao Liu

Embedded Computer Vision System for Image Based Motion and Speckle Image Analysis Advisor: Pai Chou

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Alan S. Lam

Hyeoung Ho Bae

Cognitive Power Management Techniques for Ultra Low Power Wireless Communication Systems Advisor: Ahmed Eltawil

Yuewang Huang SOS Based Mid-IR Devices Advisor: Ozdal Boyraz

Amr Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Hussien A Partial Reconfiguration Based Heterogeneous MPSOC for Wireless Applications Advisor: Ahmed Eltawil

In Wha Jeong One-Cycle Control Multilevel Converter for High Power Applications Advisor: Keyue Smedley

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Salih Kagan Kalyoncu

Marco Tedde

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Raman-Based Dispersive Systems for Short Pulse Generation and Optical Signal Processing Advisor: Ozdal Boyraz

Active Damping with OCC Control in Single Phase PFC Rectifier Advisor: Keyue Smedley

Tina Mary Achankunju

Le Nguyen Tran

Abdulaziz Nasser Alshamma

Power-saving Method for Dramle Dram and 3D-Dram Exploiting the Process Variations, Temperature Changes, Device Degradation, and Memory Access Workload Variations, and Imorative Heterogeneous Memory Management Approach Using 3D-Dram with Quality of Service Co-Advisors: Ahmed Eltawil and Fadi Kurdahi

Comprehensive Exam

Chenwei Wang

Advisor: Payam Heydari

Il Joon Kim Advisor: Fadi Kurdahi

Sungjun Kim On the Design and Modeling of High Power RF MEMS Switch Advisor: G.P. Li

Boyu Li Full Diversity, Full Multiplexing Beamforming Techniques for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Wireless Communication Systems Advisor: Ender Ayanoglu

Liangbin Li Interference Cancellation for Multi-Access Relay Channel Advisor: Hamid Jafarkhani

Hamed Maleki Interference Alignment for Multiple Unicosts Advisor: Syed Jafar

Darya Mohtashemi A Low Power 4-bit 8-GS/sec Flash ADC in 0.13um CMOS Technology Advisor: Vasan Venugopalan

Shiji Pan Antennas and Metamaterial Application On-chip at Millimeter-waves Advisor: Filippo Capolino

Ana Papio Toda Beamforming Millimeter-wave Antenna Systems for Power Harvesting and Motion Sensing Advisor: Franco De Flaviis

Sara Saedinia Coupon-Based Microfluidic Western Blot for Small Sample Analysis Advisor: Mark Bachman

Jun Yong Shin Thermal-Aware 3D IC Placement Using Pattern Classification Advisor: Nikil Dutt

Qi Song Integrated Optics for Planar Imaging and Optical Signal Processing Advisor: Ozdal Boyraz

Interference Management via Interference Alignment in Wireless Networks Advisor: Syed Jafar

Muhammad Umair Anees Nazila Arefazar Amir Babaesmaili Mathew Cherian Carathedathu

Eric Fan-Tsen Chien

A Three Terminal Silicon - PMOSFET like Light Emitting Device for Optical Intensity Modulation Advisor: G.P. Li

Katayoun Zand Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Devices for Biological Applications Advisor: Peter Burke

Xin Zhang Development of Multichannel Microdata Array and Microelectronic System for Extracellular Characterization of Action Potentials in Sinoatrial Node Cells Advisor: G.P. Li

Yun Zhu Novel Wideband Tunable Microwave Band-Pass Filters Using YIG/GGG Layer Structure on RT/Duroid Substrate Advisor: Chen Tsai

Liang Zou Design and Development of the High Speed Multichannel DAG System for the ARIANNA High Energy Neutrino Detector Advisor: Stuart Kleinfelder

Comprehensive Exam

Priyanka Vasant Jantre Comprehensive Exam

Nivethitha Jayaraj Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Invariant Hyperspectral Face Recognition Advisor: Glenn Healey

Kaikai Xu

Gaurav Jaiswal

Comprehensive Exam

Han Wang

Fabrication and Characterization of MEMS Direct-Contact Switches in Laminates Advisor: Mark Bachman

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Texture Classification using Histogram of Sparse Representations Advisor: Charless Fowlkes

Minfeng Wang

Anh Nguyen Quynh Huynh

Simulation Study on the Design Vanuting of the MEMS-Based Ultrasonic Silicon Nozzle Advisor: Chen Tsai

Shizhuo Ding Comprehensive Exam

Anthony Michael Drake Comprehensive Exam

Xin Du Comprehensive Exam

Fei Gu High Penetration Integration of InverterTied Photovoltaics Advisor: Keyue Smedley

Venu Madhav Gundeti Comprehensive Exam

Jerry Jifang Han Comprehensive Exam

Wen Hou Advisor: Michael Green

Furong Huang Fast Concurrent and Distributed Load Balancing under Switching Costs and Imperfect Observations Advisor: Arash Anandkumar

Qingli Huang Comprehensive Exam

Adnan Kantemur High-Efficiency Power Amplifier Design Using Linear and Nonlinear Technique Advisor: Franco De Flaviis

Rackgeun Kim Bowtie and Bowtie Aperture Antennas at Microwave and Optical Frequency Advisor: Filippo Capolino

Cheng-Kuei Kuo Comprehensive Exam

Raphael Changik Lee Comprehensive Exam

Hanzhi Li Comprehensive Exam

Nannan Li Advisor: Ender Ayanoglu

Shouxiang Li Comprehensive Exam

Yi Li Comprehensive Exam

Shinan Lu Comprehensive Exam

Gen Meng Comprehensive Exam

Thomas Lloyd Moffitt Comprehensive Exam

Youngsuk Oh Comprehensive Exam

Lisa Park Comprehensive Exam

Boyao Sheng Comprehensive Exam

2012 – 2013 Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Graduates*

Comprehensive Exam

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT DEGREE

Pawel Starakiewicz

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Micro Platform for Quantification of P.falciparum Advisor: William Tang

Sapna Bang Comprehensive Exam

Ling Wang

Hua Sun

Dongzi Chen

Pharmaceuticals: Photochemical Fate and Engineered Water Treatment Systems Advisor: William Cooper

Wei-Kai Shih

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Suryanarayanan Vaitheeswaran

Kimberly Grace Co

Trung Nguyen Forecast Analysis of Water, Energy and Carbon Footprint Portfolios of Southern California Advisor: Diego Rosso

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Long Vu

Jinelle Savia D’souza

Xiao Dai

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Haoyu Wang

Amanda Michelle Gage

Zhixuan Duan

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Shuo Wang

Kevin Bradley Leong

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Tengjiao Wang

Giridhara Venkata Rama Raju Mulasa

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Yinghan Wang Comprehensive Exam

Syed Naqvi Comprehensive Exam

Chentian Weng Comprehensive Exam

Johnway Changg-Whay Yih Comprehensive Exam

Feng Xiao Comprehensive Exam

Chen Yang Comprehensive Exam

Kaiyue Yang Comprehensive Exam

Kai You Comprehensive Exam

Xuan Yu Comprehensive Exam

Haozhou Zhao Comprehensive Exam

Xin Zhao Comprehensive Exam

Xu Zhao Comprehensive Exam

Yexin Zheng Comprehensive Exam

ENGINEERING WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEGREE Doctor of Philosophy Shakiba Ayatollahi Investigating the Interaction between Natural Organic Matter and Pharmaceuticals Advisor: William Cooper

Siqian Huang

Flashback Propensity of Synthetic Gas/Air Mixture in a Generic Non-Swirling Jet Injector Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Shang Gao Comprehensive Exam

Yuan Gao A Comparative Study of Electrical Energy per Order CEE/O) for Degradation of Three-blockers by Gamma Irradiation Advisor: William Cooper

Guillermo Andres Gomez Injection of Oil-Water Emulsions Into a High Pressure Crossflow Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Ying Han Comprehensive Exam

Christopher Ahlvin Hartley Development of Next Generation Energy Audit Protocols for the Rapid and Advanced Analysis of Building Energy Use Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Jian Li

Investigation of Seawater Desalination Reverse Osmosis Membrane Biofouling Advisor: Sunny Jiang

Electric Energy per Order (EE/O) and Energy Footprints Evaluation of Advanced Oxidation Process (AoP) Advisor: William Cooper

Xiao Huang

Keah Ying Lim

Detection of Virus in Water Reclamation Processes Advisor: Sunny Jiang

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Decision-Making on the Application of Partially-Treated Water Advisor: Sunny Jiang

Lisha Liu Comprehensive Exam

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Michael Allen Mac Kinnon

Yun Shuai

Wenjuan Qi

Jason Von Wilpert

Air Quality Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies in the Transportation and Power Generation Sectors Advisor: Jack Brouwer

Packaging Process and Materials Optimization for Enhancing Performance of White LED Emitters Advisor: Frank Shi

3-Dimensional High-Speed HighResolution Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography and Applications Advisor: Zhongping Chen

Design and Optimization of a High Throughput Chemical Vapor Deposition System for Depositing Thin Films of Iron Pyrite for Photovoltaic Applications Advisor: Matthew Law

Kersey Sanchez Manliclic The Spatial Impacts of Water Demand Associated with the Generation, Distribution, and Utilization of Alternative Fuels Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Yizhen Shao

Elizabeth Chu

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Yin Tung

Yun Jong Han

Studies on the Photochemical Fate of Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media Chemicals in Aqueous Solutions Advisor: William Cooper

Comprehensive Exam

Laura Weiden

Swati Sharma

Comprehensive Exam

Haiping Zhou Comprehensive Exam

Engineering with a concentration in Interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering Degree Doctor of Philosophy Ming-Je Sung Grain Boundary Sliding in Ultra-fine Grained 5083 Aluminum Advisor: Farghalli Mohamed

Engineering with a concentration in Materials and Manufacturing Technology DEGREE Doctor of Philosophy Walid Magdy Tawfik Hanna Behavior and Microstructure in a Cryonmilled Aluminum Alloy Containing Diamondoid Nanoparticles Advisor: Farghalli A. Mohamed

Vinh Si Ho Utilization of Polypynole in the Development of High Surface Area Electrodes and an Extended-Life Implantable Biosensor Platform Advisor: Marc Madou

Raafay Ahmed Comprehensive Exam

Xiaowei Li Advisor: James Earthman

Advisor: Marc Madou

Yuchen Wang Comprehensive Exam

Materials Science and Engineering Degree Doctor of Philosophy Sarah Marie Adams Nanoparticle Array Assembly using Chemical Templates Advisor: Regina Ragan

Talin Ayvazian Study the Effect of Grain Size and Channel Length on Mobility and Transfer Characteristic of Litographically Patterned CdSe Nanowires Advisor: Reginald Penner

Weicai Cao A STM Study of Photo-Induced Electron Transfer Advisor: Martha Mecartney

Soo Kyung Cho Core-shell Nanoparticles for Enhanced, Synergistic, and Versatile Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Advisor: Young Jik Kwon

Shehreen Saeed Dheda Production of Nanocrystalline Titanium for Biomedical Applications Advisor: Farghalli A. Mohamed

Matthew Hunt Sullivan On the Development of Thermally Grown Oxides in High Water Vapor Environments Advisor: Daniel Mumm

Min Zhai

Sandy Tuyet Tran

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Degree

Incorporation of Nicotine into Silicone Coatings for Corrosion and Fowling Resistance Advisor: James Earthman

Xi Wang

Comprehensive Exam

Doctor of Philosophy Amin Akbarimonfared

Fundamental Studies of Assembly and Mechanical Properties of Lipid Bilayer Membranes and Unilamellar Vesicles Advisor: Regina Ragan

Combustion Behavior Associated with Alternative Fuels in Lean Premixed, HighSwirl Stabilized Distributed Reactions Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Hamed Youssefpour

Abdullah Mohammadfarid N Alkudsi

Mathematical Modeling of Cancer Stem Cells and Therapeutic Intervention Methods Advisor: John Lowengrub

Master of Science Tianming Cheng Comprehensive Exam

Evan Lamont Doxtad Comprehensive Exam

Kyle James Garcia Dykman Comprehensive Exam

Tian Jiang Synthetic LPS-Binding Polymer Nanoparticles Advisor: Szu-Wen Wang

Amir Mazaheripour Comprehensive Exam

David Diaz Ordinario Comprehensive Exam

Effect of Length Scales on the Mixing of a Passive Scalar in Grid Turbulence Advisor: John LaRue

James Patrick Allington Design of Two Pneumatically Actuated Orthoses with Applications to Motor Learning and Rehabilitation Advisor: James Bobrow

David Joseph Beerer Combustion Characteristics and Performance of Low-Swirl Injectors with Natural Gas and Alternative Fuels at Elevated Pressures and Temperatures Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Peter Louis Bishay Computational Modeling of Micromechanics & Multi-functional Materials Advisor: Satya Atluri

Jordi Casoliva Advisor: Kenneth Mease

Sung Chan Cho

Comprehensive Exam

Two-phase Flow Characteristics in a Gas Flow Channel of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Advisor: Yun Wang

Chien-Hsiung Tseng

Anh-Tuan Vu Do

Phi Pham

Comprehensive Exam

Performance and Control of Gas TurbineDriven Combined Cooling Heating and Power Systems for Economic Dispatch Advisor: Jack Brouwer

2012 – 2013 Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Graduates*

Leiting Dong

Igor Prikhodko

Rafael Borrajo Pelaez

Trettz Voronoi Cells and SGBEM Super Elements-Towards an Efficient & Accurate Modeling of In Homogeneities and Defects in Solids Advisor: Satya Atluri

Development of Self-Calibrated MEMS Gyrocompass for North-Finding and Tracking Advisor: Andrei Shkel

Research on Energetic Impact of Electrosprayed Nanodroplets Advisor: Manuel Gamero-Castano

Joshua David Eichman Energy Management Challenges and Opportunities with Increased Intermittent Renewable Generation on the California Electrical Grid Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Ahmad Falahatpisheh Computational Modeling of Congenital Heart Defects Advisor: Arash Kheradvar

Dorrin Jarrahbashi

Ghazal Razeghi Development and Evaluation of HighlyResolved CA Electricity Market Model to Characterize the Temporal and Spatial Grid, Environmental, and Economic Impacts of Electric Values Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Montgomery Chittenden Rivers Micro IMU Utilizing a Folded MEMS Approach Advisor: Andrei Shkel

Transient High-Pressure Fuel Injection Processes Advisor: William Sirignano

Melika Roshandell

Mazdak Kebria

Sara Rostamimonjezi

Measurements & Modeling Pulverized Fuel Char in an Entrained Flow Reactor Advisor: Derek Dunn-Rankin

Optimization and Modeling of Noise Reduction for Turbulent Jets with Induced Asymmetry Advisor: Dimitri Papamoschou

Alan Lai Aerodynamics of a Flapping Airfoil with a Flexible Tail Advisor: Feng Liu

Ya Liu Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics in Cartesian Grid Framework Advisor: Feng Liu

Salvador Mayoral Prediction of Jet Noise Shielding with Forward Flight Effects Advisor: Dimitri Papamoschou

Dustin Fogle Mclarty Thermodynamic Modeling and Dispatch of Distributed Energy Technologies including Fuel-Cell-Gas Turbine Hybrids Advisor: Jack Brouwer

Jeffrey Harris Mishler Characteristics of Subfreezing Operation of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Advisor: Yun Wang

Sergio Perez Vazquez Estimating Maximal Effort Movement During Rehabilitative Training of Humans and Rodents Advisor: David Reinkensmeyer

Combustion of Methane Hydrate Advisor: Derek Dunn-Rankin

Fernan Saiz Poyatos Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Nano Projectile Hyper-velocity Impacts Advisor: Manuel Gamero Castano

Matthew Allen Schnoor Novel Solution Methods for Nonlinear Structural Dynamics Advisor: Satya Atluri

Shervin Taghavi Nezhad Prediction and Reduction of Noise in High Speed Pressure Valves Advisor: Feng Liu

Ronne Toledo Numerical Simulation of Taylor-Cone Jet Advisor: Roger Rangel and Manuel Gamero Castano

Scott Edward Bougie Comprehensive Exam

Renee Gail Cinar Impact of Distributed Energy Resources and Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging on Secondary Distribution Circuits Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Carles Civit Sabate Optimal Operation of a Thermal Energy Storage Tank Using Linear Optimization Advisor: Faryar Jabbari

Brandon Evan Creager Comprehensive Exam

Jin Dang Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Derek Dunn-Rankin

Hong Hoa Thi Do Model Characterization of the Dispatchable Potential of Building HVAC Loads and Resulting Impact on Occupant Comfort Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Robert Joseph Flores Control of Disptach Dynamics for Lowering the Cost of Distributed Generation in the Build Environment Advisor: Jack Brouwer

Gevorg Hovakimyan Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Fuel Cell Performance on Aircraft Advisor: Jack Brouwer

Kevin Hung Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Michael McCarthy

Albert Jorda Juanos

Master of Science

Two-Dimensional Analysis of a Triple Flame Advisor: William Sirignano

Eric Arnal Fort

Ahmad Hassan Khatib

Exploration of a Graph-based Method to Orbit Transfers Near Vesta Advisor: Benjamin Villac

Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Kenneth Mease

David Boyd Bober

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Tim Rupert

Samboroth Kong

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Ryan Christopher Kuehne

Ladan Salari Sharif

Prototyping, Testing and Improvement of a Mechanical Trap Toilet Advisor: Derek Dunn-Rankin

Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Lorenzo Valdevit

James Martin Lewis Comprehensive Exam

Bojun Lin Comprehensive Exam

Kelly Lin Comprehensive Exam

Ferran Marti Duran Droplet Evaporation in an Active Turbulence Grid Wind Tunnel Advisor: Derek Dunn-Rankin

Jeff Ngarmboonta Comprehensive Exam Advisor: Donald Dabdub

Gia Luong Huu Nguyen Dynamic Modeling and Experimental Evaluation of a High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell System Advisor: Jack Brouwer

David Page

Kamil Samaan Comprehensive Exam with Research Project: Moving Mass Project Advisor: Kenneth Mease

Colin Alexander Sledge Comprehensive Exam

Brendan Wesley Smith Comprehensive Exam

Lluis Soler A New Aggregate Model for Air Traffic Simulation: Modeling and Optimization Advisor: Kenneth Mease

Kaustubh Sonawale Computer Aided Design of Spherical Six-Bar Linkages Advisor: Michael McCarthy

Alicia M. Tan Spatially and Temporally Resolved Emissions Impacts of Renewable Energy Integration into the Electric Grid Advisor: Jack Brouwer

Prediction of Flashback and Blowout Limits in a Commercial Lean-Premixed Combustor Operating on Synthesis Gas Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Jesus Alonso TapiaNegrete

Josh Daniel Payne

Cameron Kelly Turner

Analysis of Distribution Circuits with High Penetrations of Photo-Voltaic Generations and Progressive Steps to Enable Higher Penetrations Advisor: Scott Samuelsen

Qian Zhang

Mark Mathew Plecnik Synthesis of Slider-Crank Four-and SixBar Mechanisms Using Toleranced Task Specification Advisor: Michael McCarthy

David Pointer Comprehensive Exam

Donat Racz Novel Integration Technique for Meshfree Methods Advisor: Satya Atluri

Timothy James Rasmussen Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Comprehensive Exam

Ali Ziaee Comprehensive Exam

*Important Notes: List of graduates is based on 2013 Commencement Ceremony Program Eligibility and not on academic year.

Masters Eligibility: Fall 2012 through Summer 2013 Doctoral Eligibility: Fall 2012 through Fall 2013 All Spring 2013, Summer 2013, and Fall 2013 listings are expected only and are subject to change.

All of the information listed in the program is correct to the best of the School’s knowledge.

history 1965 1968 1970 1978 1983 1987 1990 1990 1994 1997 1998 2000 2002 2006 2007 2009

School of Engineering founded & 75 students declare engineering major First Bachelor of Science degree awarded Engineering Tower constructed Expansion of the School of Engineering Departments of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering established Engineering Laboratory Facility constructed Rockwell Engineering Center constructed Departments expanded to Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Engineering Gateway and Engineering Lecture Hall constructed Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science established National Fuel Cell Research Center established School is named The Henry Samueli School of Engineering in honor of its generous benefactor Department of Biomedical Engineering established Samueli School monument erected Edwards Lifesciences Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Technology established Engineering Hall constructed

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