A sure sign of spring in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department is the announcement of the Engineering Science undergraduate oral comprehensives. This spring, 23 seniors will present the results of their senior research and design capstone projects during the week of March 28 through April 1. The oral comprehensives are attended by faculty and peers. If you would like to attend a presentation, please contact Ms. Kathleen Zimmerman (klz2@psu.edu) for the time and date.

Belot, Gaelle T. “Measurement of Residual Stress in Thin Films”. Supervised by M. W. Horn.

Bernstein, David P. “A Mathematical Theory of Skilled Movement: Goal-Equivalent Manifolds, Stability and Control”. Supervised by J. P. Cusumano

Brugan, Paul D. “Controlled Fracture of Ceramics Using a Dual-Beam Laser System”. Supervised by A. E. Segall

De Biasi, Stefan F. “Electroless Copper Deposition on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”. Supervised by Ivica Smid

Fidler, Shelby L. “Interference Patterns and Matching Circuit Design for Ultrasound Enhanced Drug Delivery and Testing”. Supervised by N. B. Smith

Hawk, Gavin. “Surface Roughness Effects on Nucleate Pool Boiling”. Supervised by L. Hochreiter

Love, Kimberly G. “Failure Rates of Rectangular Arrays Used in Noninvasive Insulin Delivery”. Supervised by N. B. Smith.

McSweeney, Thea Murphy. “Effect of Non-Newtonian Rheology in Cardiovascular Flow Fields”. Supervised by A. Fontaine

Meeker, John. “Thermal Stress due to an Arbitrary Temperature Distribution by an Inverse Method”. Supervised by A. Segall.

Melnychuk, Ryan M. “Electromagnetic Absorption in Metallic Powder Beds”. Supervised by R. Martukanitz

Murtha, Brian A. “Modeling Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nano Multi-Layered Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coatings”. Supervised by A. K. Kulkarni.

Pfaff, Ryan W. “Fatigue of Flexible Matrix Composite Drive Shafts and Microbuckling of Carbon Fibers. Supervised by C. E. Bakis.

Pursel, Sean M. “Investigation of Polymeric Sculptured Thin Films”. Supervised by M. W. Horn.

Robinson, Alexander J. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Impinging Nitrogen Atomization”. Supervised by M. Micci.

Schober, Jed. “Analysis of a Flexing Composite Vehicle Suspension Device”. Supervised by C. E. Bakis.

Shapiro, Brett. “Semi-Active Damping Using a Fiber Wound Elastic Tube”. Supervised by C. Rahn.

Stefanski, Matthew. “A Study on Chiral Reflector-Based Microcavity Light Emitting Devices”. Supervised by J. Xu.

Styer, Rocky K., Jr. “A Technical Evaluation of a Cylindrical Rotary Stirling Engine." Supervised by H. Perez-Blanco.

Tremblay, Gabrielle. “Fluid Mechanics Videos for Use in Undergraduate Education”. Supervised by G. S. Settles.

Thein, Myo M. “Modification of the Selectivity of Gold Nanowire Based Mercury Sensors by Self-Assembled-Monolayer Functionalization”. Supervised by S. J. Fonash.

Valinoto, Tamara R. “Comparison of the Dry Sliding Wear Behavior of Cryo-Treated and Untreated Aluminum Alloys Under Simulated Wire-Rope Conditions”. Supervised by A. Segall.

Weaver, Katherine E. “Theoretical Modeling and Simulation of Contact Lithography with Broadband Illumination”. Supervised by A. Lakhtakia.

Wright, Karen K. “Development of a Web-Based System for Mass Customization”. Supervised by T. W. Simpson.