Doctoral Degree Students
Ocean Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
Ocean Engineering
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Dhar, Utpal Kanti Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering udhar2020@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Chi-Tay Tsai Research Area: The Reduction of Pseudarthrosis in Multi-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion |
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Den Ouden, Casey Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering cdenouden@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Tsung-Chow Su & Dr. Ouyang Bing Research Area: Aerial/Underwater Robotic Systems |
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Dev Raju, Rahul
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering rr2017@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Madasamy Arockiasamy Research Area: Wave Transformation and Breaking over Submerged Artificial Reef |
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Gazagnaire, Julia
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering jgazagna@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Pierre-Philippe Beaujean Research Area: Predicting Target Detection and Classification Performance for Ground Penetrating Sonar |
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Grant, Justin
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering justingrant2013@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Stewart Glegg Research Area: Computational Aeroacoustics |
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Jagodinski, Eric
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering ejadodin@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Siddhartha Verma Research Area: Computational Fluid Dynamics for Waves |
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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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Li, Yuchen
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering yli2019@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Isaac Eslishakoff & Dr. Noel Challamel Research Area: Stability and Vibrations of Deterministic and Non-Deterministic Structures of Metamaterials |
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Mercer, Alex
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering amercer5@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Homayoon Abtahi Research Area: To be decided |
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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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Mondal, Anirban
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering amondal2017@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Francisco Presuel-Moreno Research Area: Mechanical Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Concrete |
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Moscicki, Travis
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering tmoscicki2013@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Karl von Ellenrieder Research Area: Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Autonomous Systems |
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Nair, Aishwarya
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering anair2019@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Siddhartha Verma Research Area: Bio-inspired Locomotion and Computational Fluid Dynamics |
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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, Raymond
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering raymondsmith2014@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Pierre-Philippe Beaujean Research Area: Underwater Acoustic Communications |
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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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Uddin, Mohammad
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering muddin2017@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Oscar Curet Research Area: Motion and Control of an Underwater Vessel with Undulating Fin Propulsion |
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Ulgen, Kayhan
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering kulgen2018@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Siddhartha Verma Research Area: Computational Fluid Dynamics |
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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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Villafane, Joshua
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering jvillafane2018@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Manhar Dhanak Research Area: Vessel Maneuverability of Autonomous Surface Vehicles Utilizing Machine Learning for Search and Rescue Operations |
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Walker, Maxwell
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering walkerm2018@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Manhar Dhanak Research Area: COLREGS and SOLAS Compliance of Autonomous Surface Vehicles Utilizing Machine Learning for Search and Rescue Operations |
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Wampler, Jared
Doctoral Degree Student Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering jwampler 2015@fau.edu Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Karl von Ellenrieder Research Area: Risk Aware Sliding Autonomy for Multi-Agent Human Robot Interaction Teams |
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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 |