Doctoral Degree Students
Ocean Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
Ocean Engineering
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Almeida, Pedro Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering palmeida2016@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Siddhartha Verma Research Area: Investigation of Multi-scale Turbulence Coupling by Goal-oriented Adaptive Surface Modulation |
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Base, Alexis Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering abase2015@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Aditya Nayak Research Area: In situ Instrumentation for Biophysical Studies |
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Brauch, Trey Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering tbrauch2017@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Hassan Mahfuz Research Area: Synthesis and Analysis of Tunable Acoustic Metamaterials |
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DeVito, Louis Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering ldevito2019@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. James VanZwieten Research Area: Development of Prediction Tools for Ocean Currents |
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Gonzalez, David Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering davidgonzale2019@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Hassan Mahfuz Research Area: Ocean Engineering Marine Materials |
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Kindel, Michael
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering mkindel1@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Manhar Dhanak Research Area: Wave-Induced Motion on Submerged Bodies |
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Lafargue, Martin Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering mlafargue2023@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Siddhartha Verma Research Area: Aeroacoustics of Turbulent Flows |
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Miranda, Mario
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering mmirand6@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Pierre-Philippe Beaujean Research Area: Data Fusion of Underwater Acoustic and Electric Fields |
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Sadoughipour, Mahsan Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering msadoughipou2023@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: James VanZwieten Research Area: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Resource Assessment, Power Prediction Modeling, and Energy storageon of Reinforcing Steel Embedded in Concrete Exposed at the Marine Atmospheric Zone |
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Santillan, Ingrid
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering isantillanba2018@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Francisco Presuel-Moreno Research Area: Causes of Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel Embedded in Concrete Exposed at the Marine Atmospheric Zone |
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Smith, Mackenzie Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering mackenziesmi2015@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Oscar Curet Research Area: Biomechanics and Hydrodynamics |
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Spragg, Donald
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering dspragg@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Edgar An Research Area: Underwater Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for AUV Navigation |
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Stankovic, Radivoje
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering rstankovic2015@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Tsung-Chow Su Research Area: Vortex Dynamics of Draining Liquid in a Cylindrical Tank with Multiple Outlets |
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Vidal, Raul
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering rvidal5@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Leif Carlsson Research Area: Scale-up effects on the Fiber/Matrix Interface Strength of Glass/Epoxy |
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Xu, Wenqiang
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering wxu2016@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Tsung-Chow Su Research Area: Autonomous SWATH Vessels for Arctic Surveillance and Computational Fluid Dynamics |