Student Dissertations

• Xi Zhao, (chair), NA&ME, "A Basic Development of a Hybrid Finite Element Method for Mid-frequency Computations of Structural Vibrations," 2000; recipient of NA&ME outstanding graduate student award 2000; recipient of McIvor award in Applied Mechanics 2000.
• Ricardo Sbragio, (chair). NA&ME, "A Three-Dimensional Formulation for Deriving the Acoustic Sensitivity using the Boundary Element Method," 2001.
• Mike Allen, (chair), NA&ME, "Stochastic Analysis of Structural/Acoustic Systems," 2001.
• Kexin Hu, (chair), NA&ME, "A Finite Element Formulation for Coupled Rigid and Flexible Dynamic Analysis of an Internal Combustion Engine Crankshaft System," 2002.
• Zhidong Zhang, (chair), NA&ME, "Formulations for Acoustic Inverse Analysis Based on the Indirect Boundary Element Method," 2002; recipient of NA&ME outstanding graduate student award 2001 & 2002; recipient of McIvor award in Applied Mechanics 2002.
• Omid Ebrad, (chair), ME, "Detailed Main Bearing Hydrodynamic Characteristics for Crankshaft-Block Interaction in Internal Combustion Engines," 2002.
• Jin Wang, (chair), NA&ME, "Probabilistic and Sensitivity Analyses for the Performance Characteristics of Engine Bearings due to Variability in Bearing Properties," 2003.
• Weiguo Zhang, (chair), NA&ME, "Energy Finite Element Method for Vibration Analysis of Stiffened Plates Under Fluid Loading," 2003; recipient of NA&ME outstanding graduate student award 2003.
• Sang-Bum Hong, (chair), NA&ME, "Hybrid Finite Element Developments For Vibroacoustic Analysis of Vehicle Systems in the Mid-Frequency Range," 2004.
• Jiulong Sun, (chair), NA&ME, "Probabilistic Model Updating and Variability Assessment in Blast Event Simulations," 2005.
• Javid Moraveji, (chair), ME, "Modeling of Trim Panels in the Energy Finite Element Analysis," 2008.
• Xiaoyan Yan, (chair), NA&ME, "Energy Finite Element Analysis Developments for High Frequency Vibration Analysis of Composite Structures," recipient of 2008 NA&ME outstanding graduate student award.
• Park, Keychun, (co-chair with Matthew Castanier), ME, "Component-Based Vibration Modeling Methods for Fast Re-Analysis and Design of Complex Structures," 2008.