Pictures from the Fall 2016 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

January 24, 2017

Seven mechanical engineering students received their Ph.D. degrees this fall:

• Dr. Saad Alazemi
  • Dissertation Title: “Characterizing the Performance of a Ferrofluid-Based Energy Harvester under Direct and Parametric Excitations”
  • Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Daqaq

• Dr. Clodoaldo Jose da Silva
  • Dissertation Title: “On The Modal Effective Nonlinearity of A Class of Tapered-Cantilever Beams”
  • Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Daqaq

• Dr. Seyed Ali Fayazi
  • Dissertation Title: “Connected Vehicles at Signalized Intersections: Traffic Signals Timing Estimation and Optimization”
  • Advisor: Dr. Ardalan Vahidi

• Dr. Mohammad Fazelpour
  • Dissertation Title: “Developing Design Guidelines for Meso-Scale Periodic Cellular Materials”
  • Advisors: Dr. Joshua Summers & Dr. Prabhu Shankar

• Dr. Ayse Korucu
  • Dissertation Title: “Analysis of High Pressure H²/O², H²/Air and Kerosene/Air Reacting Shear Flows”
  • Advisor: Dr. Richard Miller

• Dr. Ivan Mata
  • Dissertation Title: “Affordance-Based Design Product Evolution Using Customer Feedback”
  • Advisor: Dr. Georges Fadel

• Dr. Jingyuan Yan
  • Dissertation Title: “Optimal Design of Process Parameters During Laser Direct Metal Deposition of Multi-Material Parts”
  • Advisors: Dr. Georges Fadel & Dr. Ilenia Battiato

Below are some pictures and video from the hooding ceremony.

Pictures from ME Department

Full broadcast from Clemson TV