Graduate Students Alumni Profiles - Ph.D.

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Mr. Peter Petroski
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Akhtar S. Khan
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Not Yet decided

Dr. Bipin Salunkhe
Ph.D. Conferred 1996
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Uri Tasch


Ph.D. Thesis Title
Optimal grasping configurations- Mathematical modeling, sensitivity analysis, and human experimental studies

Dr. Riqiang Liang
Ph.D. Conferred 1999
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Akhtar Khan


Ph.D. Thesis Title
Constitutive Modeling of Three BCC Metals Over a Wide Range of Strain Rates and Temperatures

Dr. Shahrzad Pourreza Djourshari
Ph.D. Conferred 1993
Thesis Advisor
Dr. T. M. Shih (UMCP)


Ph.D. Thesis Title
Numerical analysis of three-dimensional incompressible turbulent flows inside curved pipes using Low-Reynolds k-ε closure for mear-wall regions

Dr. Feng Lin
Ph.D. Conferred 1995
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Christian vonKerczek


Ph.D. Thesis Title
Particle Turbulent Deposition and its Application

Dr. Seung-ill Haan
Ph.D. Conferred 2000
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Panos G. Charalambides

Ph.D. Thesis Title
Modeling of the Mechanical Response of Plain Weave Composites

Dr. Haoyue Zhang
Ph.D. Conferred 2000
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Akhtar Khan

Ph.D. Thesis Title
Mechanical Response and Constitutive Modeling of Nanocrystalline Metals, a Metal-mixture and a Polymer

Dr. Qinghong He
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Liang Zhu
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Thermal Equilibration in Countercurrent Artery and Vein from 300 to 1000 micron Diameter in Skeletal Muscle

Dr. Jiang Zhou
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Tony Farquhar
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Constrained optimization of the dynamic structural performance of Triticum aestivum L. (wheat)

Dr. Jie Bi
Ph.D. Conferred 1998
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Appa Anjanappa
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Magnetostrictive Mini-Actuators for Smart Structure Applications.

Dr. Jonathan Kuhn
Ph.D. Conferred 1998
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Panos G. Charalambides
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Mechanical Behavior of Woven Ceramic Matrix Composites

Dr. Keshava Datta
Ph.D. Conferred 2002
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Appa Anjanappa
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Mechanics of Wood Drilling

Dr. Li Xu
Ph.D. Conferred 1996
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Appa Anjanappa
Ph.D. Thesis Title
A Study of Three Dimensional Wave Propagation in Percussive Drilling of Concrete

Dr. Like Que
Ph.D. Conferred 1997
Thesis Advisor
Dr. L.D.Timmie Topoleski
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Wear Mechanisms and Improvements of Wear Resistance in Cobalt-Chromium Alloy Femoral Components in Artificial Total Knee Joints

Dr. Chun-Nam (Simon) Wong
Ph.D. Conferred 2000
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Weidong Zhu
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Development of an Iterative Method for Structural Damage Detection and a Stochastic Model for the Random Impact Series Method in Modal Testing

Dr. Bao (Xiaokai) Zhang
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Dwayne Arola
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Mechanical Characterization of Soft Tissues using the MRI

Dr. Mahendra Jha
Ph.D. Conferred 1997
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Panos G. Charalambides
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Crack-tip Mechanics in Periodically Layered Composites

Dr. Moshe Hershkovitz
Ph.D. Conferred 1994
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Uri Tasch
Ph.D. Thesis Title
The Quality of a grasp - Optimization Models,Sensitivity Analysis, and Human Experimental Studies

Dr. Nitin Salunke
Ph.D. Conferred 1996
Thesis Advisor
Dr. L.D.Timmie Topoleski
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Biomechanical Behavior of Atherosclerotic Plaque

Dr. Parimal G. Rajkondawar
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Uri Tasch
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Development of Lameness Index Prediction Functions for Dairy Cattle using Reaction Force Detection System

Dr. Prabhakaran K. Centala
Ph.D. Conferred 1998
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Akhtar Khan
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Mechanical Response and Damage in Woven S2-Glass Reinforced Polyester under Compression: Experiments & Modeling

Dr. Rohan Banton
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Charles Eggleton
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Modeling the effects of membrane material parameters on the deformation of a cell in an extensional flow

Dr. Manish Verma
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Bill Wood
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Toward A Design for Manufacturing Methodology for Conceptual Design: Functional Modeling and Reverse Engineering

Dr. Khaled R. Wardak
Ph.D. Conferred 1999
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Panos G. Charalambides & Dr. Uri Tasch
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Optimal Fixture Design for Drilling Through Elastically Deforming Plates

Dr. Xia Chen
Ph.D. Conferred 2003
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Appa Anjanappa
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Damage Detection of Composite Structures Using Magnetostrictive Particulate Sensors

Dr. Xin Lu
Ph.D. Conferred 2000
Thesis Advisor
Dr. L.D.Timmie Topoleski
Ph.D. Thesis Title
The Material Mechanisms and the Effect of Notch Tip Radius on the fatigue Crack Initiation of Poly(methylmethacrylate) Bone Cement

Dr. Yu-Hua Jiang
Ph.D. Conferred 1998
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Martin F. Schneider (UMB)
and Dr. Christian von Kerczek (UMBC)
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Numerical Simulation of Ca2+ “Sparks” in Skeletal Muscle.

Dr. Yuefei Wu
Ph.D. Conferred 1997
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Appa Anjanappa
Ph.D. Thesis Title
Modeling and Characterization of the Magnetostrictive Particulate Actuators for Smart Structure Applications

Dr. Chenguang Diao
Ph.D. Conferred 2004
Thesis Advisor
Dr. Liang Zhu

Ph.D. Thesis Title
Temperature distribution and blood flow response in brain during head surface cooling

 


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