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Kate Gleason College of Engineering Graduates

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.

* cum laude    ** magna cum laude    *** summa cum laude    ยง Honors Program
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Thomas Anthony Abraham III Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Automated Contact Pattern Extraction and Evaluation for Gears
Advisor: Alfonso Fuentes-Aznar, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Winston Oswald James III Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Accurate 3D Computational Modeling of Multiphase Flows in Boiling Heat Transfer
Advisor: Isaac Perez-Raya, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Davis Kipkania Kiboi Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Understanding the Lubrication Mechanisms of Environmentally Compatible Protic Ionic Liquids
Advisor: Patricia Iglesias, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Aashrita Mandalapu Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Model Free Sliding Mode Control for UAVs
Advisor: Agamemnon Crassidis, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Paarth Parag Mehta Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Fabrication of Lightweight Aluminum Alloy Lattices Using Molten Metal Jetting
Advisor: Denis Cormier, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR
Usama Abdullah Rifat Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ph.D.
Dissertation: Vibration Assisted Molten Metal Jetting of Aluminum Alloys
Advisor: Denis Cormier, Ph.D.
Doctoral Hooding:
May 8, 1:30 p.m., LBJ

May 8, 5 p.m., GOR