Lab Members

Former Members, MS and PhD

• Benjamin Davies , M.S., 2010, (Gordon Fellow) Passive Planar Isolation Platform: Redesign Analysis and Implementation
• Dinçer Bozkaya, PhD April, 2009, “Mechanics of the Pad-Abrasive-Wafer Contact in Chemical Mechanical Polishing”
• Ernesto Lopez, PhD October 2009, “Vibrations and Fluid-Structure Interactions in Web Handling Systems”
• Samira Faegh, MS July 2009, “Mechanism of Load Transfer along the Bone-Dental Implant Interface”
• Alexander Karnath, MS July, 2008, “Frictional Characteristics Of Thin Polytetrafluoroethylene Films Deposited On Glass By Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition Method”
• Natalia Maximova, MS, April 2008, “Application of X-ray spectroscopy for development of Niobium CMP, photomodification of Silicon for the filed release mass spctrometer, and analysis of the multifunctional oxide heterostructures,” (co-advisor with Prof. K. Ziemer, Chem E.)
• Nipun Biswas, MS July 2007 “An experimental setup for measurement of real contact area of a CMP pad.”
• Hsuan-Yu Chou, MS August 2007, “Effect of Mechanotransduction on Bone Remodeling Around Dental Implants.”
• George Calota, MS October 2007, “Chemical Mechanical Planaraization: A three dimensional mathematical model and development of a process for polishing Niobium”
• Mohamed Gaith, PhD October 2005, “Transverse Vibration of Two Continua Interconnected by an Elastic Foundation: Stationary and Axially Translating Cases”
• Ernesto Lopez, MS January 2005, "Numerical investigations of discharge coefficient for slot jets in a confined channel with a self generated cross-flow"
• Onur Sergici, MS May 2005, “Adhesion in the contact of a rigid spherical indenter with a layered elastic half-space” (co-advisor with Prof. G. Adams, MIE)
• Kodwo Dadzie, MS December 2005, “The Effect of Load and Speed Dependence on the Coefficient of Friction in Surface-To-Surface Sliding” (co-advisor with Prof. G. Adams, MIE )
• James Masters, MS September 2004, "A finite element analysis of a thin, tensioned web wrapped about a cylinder using Mindlin-Reissner shell theory"
• Peter Ryan, MS September 2004, "AFM applications for nano-mechanical testing" (co-advisor with Prof. G. Adams, MIE)
• Giampaolo Zen, MS September 2004, "Friction induced vibrations of an axially accelerating continuum"
• Dinçer Bozkaya, MS September 2003, "Comparative evaluation of dental implants using the finite element method"
• John J. Jagodnik, MS September 2003, "A Model for Analyzing Multi-Asperity Contact of Finite Thickness Structures with Real Surfaces on Both Sides"
• Nazif Mohd Azar, MS May 2003, "A nano-scale multi-asperity contact and friction model" (co-advisor with Prof. G. Adams, MIE)
• Ö. Taylan Sari, MS September 2003, "Nano-Scale Effects in the Adherence, Sliding and Rolling of a Cylinder on a Substrate" (co-advisor with Prof. G. Adams, MIE)
• Praveen Holani, MS September 2002, "Finite element analysis of the head disk interface in a hard disk drive using an adaptive mesh"