ENGINEERING GRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2014...CHE-01 Markus A. Downey, Lawrence T. Drzal...

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

THURSDAY, MARCH 27 @ 8 AM–4 PM�|�BRESLIN CENTER

ENGINEERING GRADUATE RESEARCH

SYMPOSIUM 2014

Biosystems Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chemical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Civil Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Electrical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Environmental Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Materials Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Mechanical Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2014 graduate research sympos ium | 1

AGENDA

8:00–9:00 am REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, POSTER SET�UP

concourse / Please check in at the registration table on the ground

n. auxiliary gym floor, outside the Concourse. Poster set-up takes place in

the Breslin Concourse. Breakfast is available in the North

Auxiliary Gynmansium.

9:00–9:30 am WELCOMEn. auxiliary gym Dr. Leo Kempel, Acting Dean, MSU College of Engineering

9:30–11:00 am FITCH BEACH RESEARCH AWARD NOMINEE n. auxiliary gym PRESENTATIONS

11:00–11:15 am BREAK

11:15 am–12:30 pm RESEARCH POSTER SESSION 1concourse Authors will be available to discuss research posters

from Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering,

Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science

12:30–2:15 pm NETWORKING LUNCH & AWARDS CEREMONYn. auxiliary gym

2:15–3:30 pm RESEARCH POSTER SESSION 2concourse Authors will be available to discuss research posters

from Biosystems Engineering, Chemical Engineering,

Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering

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Fitch H. Beach Award Nominees

This endowed award recognizes the most outstanding graduate researchers within

the College of Engineering. Each department nominates one PhD student, and

awards are based on a review of students’ academic and professional records and

on an oral presentation of their research. Awardees receive stipends, a certificate,

and a medal to be worn at graduation.

The following students have been nominated by their departments for the Fitch H.

Beach Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, and will present their research

at the Symposium.

n Gloria Lehr (CHEMS): Engineering Ytterbium-Based Alloys for Space-

Based Cooling Applicationsn Venkat Ramakrishnan (ME): Vibration Phenomena: From Wind Turbines

to Hockey Sticksn Soweon Yoon (CSE): Fingerprint Recognition: Models and Applicationsn Ruan Zhenhua (BAE): A Solar-Bio-Powered Lignocellulosic Biodiesel

Refi neryn Zheng Fan (ECE): Nanotube Fountain Pen: Towards 3D Printing

of Metallic Nanostructuresn Purushotham Pakala (CEE): Strategies for Enhancing Fire Performance

of Connections in Steel Framed Structures

MSUFCU Research Translation Award

This competition, funded by a grant from the MSU Federal Credit Union, seeks

to inspire students to think about commercial applications of their research and

develop research posters that clearly communicate this potential, and to spark

conversations and make connections between students, projects, and potential

industry collaborators. A committee of judges drawn from industry representatives

will review research posters submitted to the Engineering Graduate Research

Symposium and select two winners; the first-place awardee will receive $2,000

and the second-place awardee will receive $500.


Outstanding Graduate Student Awards

This award recognizes the most outstanding graduate student in each program,

as selected by the faculty within the department. Recipients receive a stipend,

certifi cate, and a medal to be worn at graduation. The 2013–14 Outstanding

Graduate Students are listed below.

n Rui Chen, Biosystems Engineering (advisor: Wei Liao)n Phillip Angart, Chemical Engineering (advisor: Pat Walton)n Robert Schmidt, Materials Science (advisor: Eldon Case) n Yi Sun, Civil Engineering (advisor: Rigoberto Burgueño)n Indumathy Jayamani, Environmental Engineering (advisor: Alison Cupples)n Soweon Yoon, Computer Science (advisor: Anil K. Jain)n Zheng Fan, Electrical Engineering (advisor: Lixin Dong)n Brian Weaver, Engineering Mechanics (advisor: Roger Haut)n Smruti Ranjan Panigrahi, Mechanical Engineering (advisor: Brian Feeny)

Research Posters

More than 220 graduate students, representing all nine programs in our six

Engineering departments, will present research posters at the Symposium. This

program lists poster titles, poster numbers, and authors by department; complete

abstracts are available online and QR codes are provided for easy access to the

abstracts from each program.

Within the Breslin Center Concourse, posters are arranged by department and

poster numbers increase in a clock-wise direction, starting from the ticket lobby

entrance. Along the outer wall of the Concourse you will find Civil Engineering

(CE), Electrical Engineering (ECE), Materials Science (MSE), and Environmental

Engineering (ENE). Along the inner wall are located Mechanical Engineering

(ME), Computer Science (CSE), Chemical Engineering (CHE), and Biosystems

Engineering (BAE).

See map on following pages.


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MECHANICALINNER WALL, SECTIONS 110�124

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BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Enhanced Land Treatment of Food Processing Wastewaters BAE-01 Niroj Aryal, Dawn Reinhold

Eff ect of Saturation on Nutrient Removal and Drought Resilience in Stormwater Treatment Systems

BAE-02 Rebecca Bender, Dawn Reinhold

Optimization of a Torrefied Pellet Plant to Reduce Production and Supply Costs BAE-03 Li Chai, Christopher M. Saff ron

Evaluating Environmental Justice Model Performances at Diff erent Census Levels BAE-04 Fariborz Daneshvar, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Zhen Zhang,

Georgina M. Sanchez, Geoff rey Habron, Sandra Marquart-Pyatt, Ashton Shortridge,

Matthew R. Herman

The Eff ectiveness of AGIS Process on Fats, Oil, and Grease Using a Septic Drain Field

BAE-05 Younsuk Dong, Steven Saff erman

Data Management Practices for Low and Negative Plate Counts Aff ect the Confidence Intervals of the Estimated Parameters of Microbial Reduction Models

BAE-06 Francisco Garcés-Vega, Bradley Marks

Biomass Fast Pyrolysis and Electrocatalysis for Liquid Fuel Production and Value Addition

BAE-07 Mahlet Garedew, Zhenglong Li, Chun Ho Lam, James E. Jackson,

Christopher M. Saff ron

Evaluation of Feedstocks for Achieving Michigan State University’s Energy Transition Plan Goals with Torrefied Biomass

BAE-08 Kristen Henn, Christopher M. Saff ron, Raymond O. Miller, Richard E. Baker


A Review of Macroinvertebrate and Fish Stream Health Indices BAE-09 Matthew Herman, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi

Impact of Inoculation Procedures on Thermal Resistance of Salmonella in Wheat Flour and Associated Repeatability of Results

BAE-10 Ian Hildebrandt, Bradley Marks, Elliot Ryser, Rossana Villa-Rojas,

Juming Tang, Sarah Buchholz

Correlating Maize Cell Wall Properties to Their Response to Alkaline Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis

BAE-11 Muyang Li, Dan Williams, David Hodge

Eff ect of Product Structure on Thermal Resistance of Salmonella Enteritidis PT30 on Whole Almonds, in Almond Meal, and in Almond Butter

BAE-12 Pichamon Limcharoenchat, Bradley P. Marks, Ian Hildebrandt, Nicole Hall

Reclamation of Anaerobic Digestion Effluent via Electrocoagulation and Algal Culture

BAE-13 Zhiguo Liu, Dave Stromberg, Wei Liao, Yan (Susie) Liu

Eff ects of Physical Variables on Salmonella Transfer from Produce to Stainless Steel

BAE-14 Beatriz Mazón, Bradley Marks, Lin Ren, Elliot Ryser

Saliva Viscosity Influence on Acid Uptake in Rice Boluses BAE-15 Yamile Mennah, Gail Bornhorst

Recovery of Bacillus anthracis Spores from HVAC Filters Using Two Quantifi cation Techniques

BAE-16 Bharathi Murali, Jade Mitchell

Climate-Smart Agriculture for Enhanced Food Security BAE-17 Melissa Rojas-Downing, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi

Microbial Lipid Production from Combined Corn Stover Hydrolysate by Oleaginous Fungus for Advanced Biofuel Production

BAE-18 Zhenhua Ruan, Michael Zanotti, Wei Liao, Yan (Susie) Liu

Eff ect of Rapid Desiccation on Thermal Resistance of Salmonella in Wheat Flour BAE-19 Danielle Smith, Bradley P. Marks


Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Ecosystem Integrity BAE-20 Sean A. Woznicki, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Yaseen Hamaamin

A Self-Sustaining Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production by Integration of Anaerobic Digestion and Aerobic Fungal Fermentation

BAE-21 Yuan Zhong, Zhenhua Ruan, Steven Archer, Yingkui Zhong, Yan (Susie) Liu,

Wei Liao

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Toughening of Aromatic Epoxy Polymers for Fiber Reinforced Composite Matrices via Aliphatic Epoxy Copolymers

CHE-01 Markus A. Downey, Lawrence T. Drzal

Composition Dependence of Glucose Oxidation at Mediated Glucose Oxidase Bioanodes

CHE-02 Yira Feliciano, Scott Calabrase Barton

Correlating Surface Properties to Nonspecific Binding: GFP as a Tag in Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production

CHE-03 Carolyn Haarmeyer, Tim Whitehead

Graphene Nanoplatelet Based Polymeric Nanocomposites with Enhanced Barrier Properties

CHE-04 T. Honaker-Schroeder, F. Vautard, L. Drzal, L. Sui

Nano-Scale Homogenization of Bio-Based PLA/Cellulose Composites in One-Step Emulsion Process

CHE-05 Shaowen Ji, Jue Lu, Ankush Gokhale, Anna Song, Jason M. Thompson,

Ilsoon Lee


Interlaminar Reinforcement of Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composites with Graphene Nanoplatelets (GnP)

CHE-06 Nicholas T. Kamar, Mohammad Hossain, Al Loos, Lawrence T. Drzal

High-Resolution Sequence Function Mapping of Full Length Proteins CHE-07 Caitlin A. Kowalsky, Justin R. Klesmith, Tim A. Whitehead

Modeling of Non-Precious Metal Cathode for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell CHE-08 Nathaniel Leonard, Selvarani Ganesan, Scott Calabrese Barton

Catalytic Oxidative Pretreatment of Woody Biomass at Mild Reaction Conditions and Enzymatic Conversion to Fermentable Hydrolysate

CHE-09 Zhenglun Li, Namita Bansal, Yaoping Zhang, Trey K. Sato, Charles H. Chen,

Li Hinchman, Ramin Vismeh, Alexander Toulokhonov, Eric L. Hegg, David B. Hodge

Eff ect of Static Pre-Stretch Induced Surface Anisotropy on Orientation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

CHE-10 Chun Liu, Jungsil Kim, Seungik Baek, Christina Chan

Separation of Perchlorate Ions by Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Membranes CHE-11 Oishi Sanyal, Anna Sommerfeld, Ilsoon Lee

Investigation of Na2/3[Ni1/3Ti2/3]O2 as a Layered Electrode Material for Na-ion Batteries and the Eff ect of Manganese Substitution on the Electrochemical Properties

CHE-12 Rengarajan Shanmugam, Wei Lai

Influences on Hemicellulose Dissolution and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Yield a� er the Soda Pulping of Hardwoods

CHE-13 Ryan J. Stoklosa, David Hodge

Engineering Delivery Vehicles for siRNA Therapeutics CHE-14 Daniel Vocelle, Georgina A. Comiskey, Olivia Chesniak, Stephen Lindeman,

Sean Norton, Amanda Phillips, Christina Chan, S. Patrick Walton, Milton R. Smith

Cell Wall Hydrophilicity Impacts on Enzymatic Digestibility for Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreated Grasses

CHE-15 Dan Williams, David Hodge


Controlled Release of Novel Anti-Biofilm Compounds from Porous Multilayer Films CHE-16 Jing Yu, Alessandra Hunt, Andrew Izbicki, Chris Waters, Ilsoon Lee

Functional and Stability Assessment of a Cobalt(III)-oxo Cubane Cluster Water Oxidation Catalyst Immobilized on ITO

CHE-17 Hao Yuan, Richard Lunt, Robert Ofoli

Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators Employing UV and NIR Selective Absorbers

CHE-18 Yimu Zhao, Richard Lunt

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Evaluating Residual Capacity of Reinforced Concrete Beams Exposed to Fire—An Approach

CE-01 Ankit Agrawal, Venkatesh Kodur

Intelligent Structural Damage Detection Using Data from Self-Powered Wireless Sensor

CE-02 Amir H. Alavi, Hassene Hasni, Nizar Lajnef, Karim Chatti

Eff ect of High-Temperature Creep on Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures CE-03 Saleh Alogla, Venkatesh Kodur

A Fracture Mechanics-Based Approach for Quantifying Delamination of Spray-Applied Fire-Resistive Insulation from Steel Moment-Resisting Frame Subjected to Seismic Loading

CE-04 Amir Arablouei, Venkatesh Kodur

Experimental Behavior of Steel Bridge Girders Under Fire Conditions CE-05 Esam Aziz, Venkatesh Kodur


Statistical Validation of 3D Finite Element Models for Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns and Their Use for Predicting Damage Limit States for Performance-Based Seismic Design

CE-06 Ata Babazadeh, Rigoberto Burgueño

Energy Harvesting from Localized Dynamic Transitions in Post-Buckled Elastic Columns Under Quasi-Static Loading

CE-07 Wassim Borchan, Nizar Lajnef, Rigoberto Burgueño

Process of Local Calibration of Rigid Pavement Performance Models in the Pavement-ME Using PMS Data in Michigan

CE-08 Wouter Brink, Syed W. Haider, Neeraj Buch

Advanced Test Method for Evaluation of the Chemical Composition and Deterioration Condition of Concrete

CE-09 Iman Harsini, Parviz Soroushian, Amirpasha Peyvandi

Tailoring the Elastic Postbuckling Response of Thin-Walled Cylindrical Composite Shells Under Axial Compression

CE-10 Rigoberto Burgueño, Nan Hu, Annelise Heeringa, Nizar Lajnef,

Micro-Structural Evaluation of the Interaction Mechanisms of Crumb Rubber and Asphalt Binders

CE-11 Anas Jamrah, M. Emin Kutay

Performance Evaluation of Post-Buckled Strip Negative Stiff ness Damper CE-12 Pengcheng Jiao, Nizar Lajnef, Rigoberto Burgueño

Performance Evaluation of Ground Tire Rubber Modified Hot Mix Asphalt at Macro Scale

CE-13 Salih Kocak, M. Emin Kutay

Evaluation of Pavement Treatments Eff ectiveness CE-14 Gopikrishna Musunuru, Gilbert Baladi

Data Analysis—Long Term Pavement Performance CE-15 Gopikrishna Musunuru, Gilbert Baladi


Numerical Investigation of Composite Action on Shear Response of Fire Exposed Steel Girders

CE-16 Mohannad Naser, Venkatesh Kodur

Winter Circulation, Ice Cover, and Exchange in the Saginaw Bay–Lake Huron System: Field and Satellite Observations and Numerical Modeling

CE-17 Tuan D. Nguyen, Guoting Kang, Phanikumar Mantha

A Coupled Recharge and Groundwater Model to Predict Stream Index Flow CE-18 Xiaojing Ni, Shuguang Li

Relationship of Pavement Condition to Subgrade Soil Type CE-19 Michael Prohaska, Gilbert Baladi, Dennis Chase

Prediction of Frost Heave CE-20 Pegah Rajaei, Gilbert Y. Baladi

Macropore Flow through Earthen Covers CE-21 Duraisamy Saravanathiiban, Milind Khire, M. Emin Kutay

Mix Design Procedures Based on Packing Density Models for Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Nanocomposites

CE-22 Libya Ahmed Sbia, Parviz Soroushian

Behaviour of Prestressed Concrete Hollowcore Slabs under Standard and Design Fire Exposure

CE-23 Anuj Shakya, Venkatesh Kodur

Development of Methods for Microbial Gene Quantification CE-24 Jackson Sorensen, Robert Stedtfeld, Marius Vital, James Tiedje,

Syed Hashsham

Development and Mechanical Characterization of Novel Functionally Graded Open-Cell Al/Cu Hybrid Metal Foam Structures

CE-25 Yi Sun, Rigoberto Burgueño

Numerical Modeling of a Coupled Groundwater and Lake System CE-26 Yuting Sun, Shu-Guang Li


A Viscoelastic Non-Linear Multilayered Model for Asphalt Pavements and Backcalculation

CE-27 Sudhir Varma, Emin Kutay

A Stochastic Multi-Scale Model of Stream-Groundwater Interaction in Strongly Heterogeneous Porous Medium and Its Application in South Branch County, MI

CE-28 Xinyu Ye, Shu-Guang Li

Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete at Elevated Termperature CE-29 Pratik Bhatt, Vasant Matsagar, Venkatesh Kodur

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Troubleshooting Quality of Experience for Cellular Networks CSE-01 Faraz Ahmed, Alex X. Liu, He Yan, Ziuhi Ge, Jeff rey Erman, Jia Wang

Eff ect of Decoder on Bit Error Rate CSE-02 Alireza Ameli Renani, Jun Huang, Guoliang Xing, Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian

3D Fingerprint Phantoms CSE-03 Sunpreet S. Arora, Kai Cao, Anil K. Jain, Nicholas G. Paulter Jr.

Face Recognition: Identifying a Person of Interest CSE-04 Lacey Best-Rowden, Hu Han, Charles Otto, Anil K. Jain

Multi-Kernel Multi-Label Ranking CSE-05 Serhat S. Bucak, Anil K. Jain

Automatic Facial Makeup Detection with Application in Face Recognition CSE-06 Cunjian Chen, Antitza Dantcheva, Arun Ross


Identifying Transcription Start Sites and Transcription End Sites of miRNAs in C. elegans

CSE-07 Jiao Chen, Yanni Sun

Visual Diagram Interpretation for Blind Programmers CSE-08 Sarah Coburn, Charles Owen

A Diff erence Resolution Approach to Compressing Access Control Lists CSE-09 James Daly, Alex X. Liu, Eric Torng

iSleep: Unobtrusive Sleep Quality Monitoring Using Smartphones CSE-10 Tian Hao, Guoliang Xing, Gang Zhou

WiFi-BA: Choosing Arbitration over Backoff in High Speed Multicarrier Wireless Networks

CSE-11 Pei Huang, Xi Yang, Li Xiao

ARC: Adaptive Reputation Based Clustering against Spectrum Sensing Data Falsification Attacks

CSE-12 Chowdhury Hyder, Brendan Grebur, Li Xiao, Max Ellison

A Wireless Sensor Network within an Aquatic Environment CSE-13 Tam Le, Matt Mutka

miR-PREFeR: An Accurate, Fast, and Easy-to-Use Plant miRNA Prediction Tool Using Small RNASeq Data

CSE-14 Jikai Lei, Yanni Sun

Discrete Connection and Covariant Derivative for Vector Field Analysis and Design CSE-15 Beibei Liu, Fernando de Goes, Yiying Tong, Mathieu Desbrun

Learning to Mediate Perceptual Diff erences in Situated Human Robot Dialogue CSE-16 Changsong Liu, Joyce Chai

TAS-MAC: A Traffic-Adaptive Synchronous MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

CSE-17 Pei Huang, Chin-Jung Liu, Li Xiao


Hierarchical Classification of Mobile Applications Using Semi-Supervised Non-Negative Matrix Tri-Factorization

CSE-18 Xi Liu, Pang-Ning Tan, Han Hee Song, Mario Baldi

Improving Performance of Online Services in Data Centers CSE-19 Ali Munir, Ghufran Baig, Syed Irteza, Ihsan Qazi, Alex Liu, Fahad Dogar

Toward Tractable Instantiation of Conceptual Data Models CSE-20 Matthew Nizol, Laura K. Dillon, R.E.K. Stirewalt

Regular Distance-Preserving Graphs CSE-21 Ronald Nussbaum, Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian

De-Identifying Biometric Images for Enhancing Privacy and Security CSE-22 Asem Othman, Arun Ross

Demographic Estimation from Face Images: Human vs. Machine Performance CSE-23 Charles Otto, Hu Han, Anil K. Jain

RAIL: Robot-Assisted Indoor Localization CSE-24 Chen Qiu, Matt Mutka

Efficient Kernel-Based Data Stream Clustering CSE-25 Radha Chitta, Anil K. Jain

Detecting Fake Fingerprints CSE-26 Ajita Rattani, Arun Ross

Local Predictions in Social Network Graphs CSE-27 Dennis Ross, Guoliang Xing, Abdol-Hossein Esfahanian

On Hair Recognition in the Wild by Machine CSE-28 Joseph Roth, Xiaoming Liu

NSGA-III Performance in Bi-Objective Optimization CSE-29 Haitham Seada, Kalyanmoy Deb

Secure Unlocking of Mobile Touch Screen Devices by Simple Gestures: You Can See It But You Can Not Do It

CSE-30 Muhammad Shahzad, Alex X. Liu, Arjmand Samuel


Assembly in the Cloud: Benchmarking CSE-31 Leigh Sheneman, C. Titus Brown

Who Will Go Viral? A Distribution-Preserving Approach for Node Degree Prediction in Social Networks

CSE-32 Courtland VanDam, Ding Wang, Pang-Ning Tan, Shuai Yuan, Xi Liu

Stain Simulation on Curved Surfaces through Homogenization CSE-33 Shiguang Liu, Xiaojun Wang, Yiying Tong

ORION: Online Regularized Multi-Task Regression and Its Application to Ensemble Forecasting

CSE-34 Jianpeng Xu, Pang-Ning Tan, Lifeng Luo

Data Cleaning in Long Time-Series Plant Photosynthesis Phenotyping: Detecting and Diagnosing Data Abnormalities

CSE-35 Lei Xu, David M Kramer, Jin Chen

Fingerprint Recognition: A Longitudinal Study of Intra-Person Similarity CSE-36 Soweon Yoon, Anil K. Jain

WWN: Integration with Coarse-to-Fine, Supervised, and Reinforcement Learning CSE-37 Zejia Zheng, Juyang Weng, Zhengyou Zhang

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

1.0 RobustICA-Based Blind Separation of Convolutive Mixtures ECE-01 Zaid Albataineh, Fathi Salem

Constrained Blind Multiuser Detection for DS-CDMA System ECE-02 Zaid Albataineh, Fathi Salem


Increasing Efficiency of Monte Carlo Particle-Fluid Collision Calculations on GPU ECE-03 Charles Bardel, John Verboncoeur

Dynamic Modeling of Robotic Fish Actuated by Pectoral Fins with Flexible Passive Joint

ECE-04 Sanaz Bazaz Behbahani, Xiaobo Tan

A Lyapunov Function Based Fast Transient Stability Screening and Ranking Tool ECE-05 Mohammed Ben-Idris, Joydeep Mitra

Application of Single Crystal Diamond for Swi� -Heavy Ion Beam Detector ECE-06 Ayan Bhattacharya, Andreas Stolz, Timothy A. Grotjohn

A Novel Microfluidic Sensor Using Metamaterial Periodic Structure ECE-07 Jennifer Byford, Kyoung Youl Park, Prem Chahal

Infrared Light Field Imaging Using Single Carbon Nanotube Detector ECE-08 Liangliang Chen, Ning Xi, Ruiguo Yang, Bo Song, Zhiyong Sun, Zhanxin Zhou

Modeling of Natural Language Controlled Robotic Systems ECE-09 Yu Cheng, Yunyi Jia, Rui Fang, Lanbo She, Ning Xi, Joyce Chai

GMM-MLFMA: A Fast Solver for Electromagnetic Scattering Problems ECE-10 D. Dault, B. Shanker

Improving the Boron Doping Efficiency of Single Crystal Diamond ECE-11 Shannon N. Demlow, Robert Rechenberg, Timothy A. Grotjohn

Strongly Coupled Plasmas ECE-12 Gautham Dharuman, John Verboncoeur, Andrew Christlieb

Quantitative Assessment of Customer Perception from Vehicle Service Data ECE-13 Kalyanmoy Deb, Sunith Bandaru, Abhinav Gaur, Vineet Khare, Rahul

Chougule

A Hermite Interpolatory Polynomial Basis for 3-D Finite Element Solution of Electromagnetic Fields

ECE-14 Steve Hughey, John Albrecht, Balasubramaniam Shanker, Leo C. Kempel,

L.R. Ram-Mohan


Modeling and Simulation of Strongly Coupled Plasmas ECE-15 Mayur Jain, John Verboncoeur, Andrew Christlieb

Design, Modeling, and Control of Mobile Manipulators ECE-16 Yunyi Jia, Ning Xi

Defect Characterization in a 2D Steel Plate Using Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Methods

ECE-17 Victor U. Karthik, Sivamayam Sivasuthan, S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole

Study of Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Microwave Circuits on Flex Substrates ECE-18 Amanpreet Kaur, Xianbo Yang, Premjeet Chahal

Characterization and Modeling of Humidity-Dependence of IPMC Sensing Dynamics ECE-19 Hong Lei, Chaiyong Lim, Xiaobo Tan

Diagnostics of Atmospheric Pressure Microwave Generated Micro-Plasma by Using Optical Emission Spectroscopy

ECE-20 Peiyao Liu, Timothy A. Grotjohn

Robust Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization to Allow Greenhouse Production/Energy Use Tradeoff s

ECE-21 José R. Llera Ortiz, Erik Goodman

Two-Dimensional SVD for Event Detection in Dynamic Functional Brain Networks ECE-22 Arash Golibagh Mahyari, Selin Aviyente

A Periodic Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain Framework with a Floquet Mode Absorbing Boundary Condition

ECE-23 Nicholas Miller, Andrew Baczewski, John Albrecht, Balasubramaniam

Shanker

Investigating the Dependencies and Limitations of High Pressure Microwave Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Single Crystalline Diamond

ECE-24 Matthias Muehle, M. F. Becker, T. Schuelke, J. Asmussen

A Multi-Layered Metamaterial Inspired Dynamically Tunable Antenna ECE-25 Joshua C. Myers, Premjeet Chahal, Edward Rothwell


Performance and Efficiency of Microwave Cavity Plasma Reactors Utilized in the Synthesis of High Quality CVD Single Crystal Diamonds (SCDs)

ECE-26 Shreya Nad, Jes Asmussen

General-Purpose Kinetic Global Modeling Framework for Multi-Phase Chemistry ECE-27 Guy Parsey, Yaman Güçlü, John Verboncoeur, Andrew Christlieb

Full Wave Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) Analysis of Circular Guiding Structures Using the Finite Diff erence Frequency Domain (FDFD) Method

ECE-28 Mohammad R. Rawashdeh, Nihad I. Dib, S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole

Genre Categorization of Amateur Sports Videos in the Wild ECE-29 Seyed Morteza Safdarnejad, Xiaoming Liu, Lalita Udpa

Spherical Harmonic Expansion Method for Coupled Electron-Phonon Boltzmann Transport

ECE-30 Marco Santia, John Albrecht

Extended Kalman Filtering for Remaining Useful Life (RUL) Estimation of Bearings ECE-31 Rodney Singleton II, Elias Strangas, Selin Aviyente

A General Purpose Parameter Based Two-Dimensional Mesh Generator for Seamless Optimization Problems

ECE-32 Sivamayam Sivasuthan, Victor. U. Karthik, S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole

Ultra Accurate Positioning and Motion Control in SPM Based Nanomanipulation: Non-Vector Space Control with Hysteresis-Creep Hybrid Compensator

ECE-33 Bo Song, Ning Xi, Zhiyong Sun, Ruiguo Yang, Liangliang Chen

An Analytical Method for Constructing a Probabilistic Model of a Wind Farm ECE-34 Samer Sulaeman, Sirisha Tanneeru, Mohammed Benidris, Joydeep Mitra

Two-Dimensional Device Simulation of Diamond Diodes ECE-35 Nutthamon Suwanmonkha, Timothy Grotjohn

A Microwave Tomography System Using a Metamaterial-Inspired Tunable Reflectarray for Beam Steering

ECE-36 Amin Tayebi, Junyan Tang, Pavel Roy Paladhi, Lalita Udpa, Satish Udpa


A Time-Varying Measure of Phase Synchrony for Studying the Resting State Networks from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

ECE-37 Marisel Villafane-Delgado, Selin Aviyente

Design, Modeling and Control of Autonoumous Robotic Fish ECE-38 Jianxun Wang, Xiaobo Tan

In Vivo Tumor Interstitial Fluid Pressure Measurement Using Static Micro Force Sensor and Mechanical Tumor Model

ECE-39 Zhiyong Sun, Ruiguo Yang, Pavlo Kovalenko, Bo Song, Liangliang Chen, Mary

F. Walsh, Marc D. Basson, Ning Xi

GaAs Schottky Barrier Diode THz Image Sensor Based on Low-Cost, Large-Area Compatible Embedded Actives Heterogeneous Integration

ECE-40 Xianbo Yang, Premjeet Chahal

Intelligent Electrochemical Gas Analysis System for Distributed Real-Time Health and Safety Monitoring

ECE-41 Heyu Yin, Haitao Li, Sam Boling, Yuning Yang, Lin Li, Andrew J. Mason

Gliding Robotic Fish: A Novel Underwater Robot for Aquatic Mobile Sensing ECE-42 Feitian Zhang, Xiaobo Tan

Optimal Compression of a Generalized Prandtl-Ishlinskii Operator in Hysteresis Modeling

ECE-43 Jun Zhang, Emmanuelle Merced, Nelson Sepulveda, Xiaobo Tan

A Fast Rolling and High Jumping Robot ECE-44 Jianguo Zhao, Weihan Yan, Ning Xi, Matt W. Mutka, Li Xiao

Transport Characterization of Boron Doped Single Crystal Diamond Films ECE-45 I. Berkun, S. Zajac, S.N. Demlow, T. Hogan, T.A. Grotjohn


ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Evaluation of First Flush Phenomena for Chemical and Microbiological Pollutants in Red Cedar River

ENE-01 Amira Oun, Ao Chen, Fangli Xing, Thomas Voice, David Long,

Irene Xagoraraki

Abundance of Segmented Filamentous Bacteria in Mice With and Without 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Treatment

ENE-02 Prianca Bhaduri, Timothy R. Zacharewski, Norbert E. Kaminski,

James M. Tiedje, Syed A. Hashsham

Groundwater Sustainability in Michigan Lowlands—A Multiscale Modeling Study ENE-03 Zachary Curtis, Huasheng Liao, Shu-Guang Li

Detection and Removal Methods of Cyanuric Acid in Swimming Pool Water ENE-04 Xu Fan, Susan J. Masten

Genetic Characterization of Microorganisms on Highly Touched and Untouched Fomites

ENE-05 Amanda Herzog, Tiff any Stedtfeld, Charles P. Gerba, Joan B. Rose,

Syed A. Hashsham

A Comparison of RDX Assimilating Microorganisms Across Soil Communities ENE-06 Indumathy Jayamani, Alison Cupples

Common Difficulties in Learning Material Balances and How Certain Teaching Methods Promote Negative Transfer (as Assessed in an Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Classroom)

ENE-07 Indumathy Jayamani, Susan J. Masten


DNA-Extraction Free Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) of Dehalococcoides spp. and Dehalobacter spp.

ENE-08 Yogendra Kanitkar, Robert Stedtfeld, Tiff any Stedtfeld, Rob Steff an,

Alison Cupples

Antibiotic Resistance Gene Abundance and Diversity in the Great Lakes Region Using Targeted Functional Gene Sequencing and Gene-Z

ENE-09 Maggie R. Kronlein, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Yen-Chen Liu, James Tiedje,

Syed A. Hashsham

Evaluating the Eff ect of Brown Bridge Dam Removal in Grand Traverse County, MI: An Integrated Hydrological Analysis

ENE-10 Zhi Li, Shu-Guang Li

Metagenomics to Study Phage Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Activated Sludge from a Wastewater Treatment Plant

ENE-11 Mariya Munir, Terence Marsh, Irene Xagoraraki

Vinyl Chloride Assimilating Microbes from a Contaminated Site-Derived Culture Identified by Stable Isotope Probing and Illumina Sequencing

ENE-12 Fernanda Paes, Xikun Liu, Timothy Mattes, Alison Cupples

Produced Water Treatment Using Hybrid Hydrocyclone-Membrane Technology ENE-13 Brian Starr, Andrii Gorobets, Volodymyr Tarabara, Merlin Bruening,

André Bénard

Influence of Soil Characteristic, Ph, and Calcium Ion on Adsorption Behavior of Aristolochic Acids

ENE-14 Chaiyanun Tangtong, Lulu Qiao, David T.Long, Thomas C. Voice

Eff ect of Ozone Dosage and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Permeate Flux in Titanium Oxide and Manganese Oxide Coated Catalytic Membrane Filtration System

ENE-15 Xiaoyu Wang, Susan Masten, Simon Davies

Constraining Mechanistic Models of Indicator Bacteria at Recreational Beaches in Lake Michigan Using Easily Measurable Environmental Variables

ENE-16 Aaron Wendzel, Phanikumar Mantha


Human Adenovirus Removal by Hollow Fiber Membranes in a Bench-Scale MBR: The Eff ect of Silica Particles and Humic Acid as Model Foulants

ENE-17 Ziqiang Yin, Volodymyr V. Tarabara, Irene Xagoraraki

The Groundwater Recharge Model Based on Grids’ Distributed Parameters ENE-18 Jing Zhang, Shu-Guang Li

MATERIALS SCIENCE

The Eff ect of Extrusion Temperature on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Deformation Behavior of Mg-1Mn-1Nd (wt.%)

MSE-01 Ajith Chakkedath, Jan Bohlen, Sangbong Yi, Dietmar Letzig, Zhe Chen, Carl

Boehlert, Maria Teresa Pérez-Prado, Javier Llorca

Fiber Diameter and Porosity Studies on Carbon Nanofiber Mats for Bioelectrodes MSE-02 Duyen Do, Scott Calabrese Barton

Simulation of Bi-Crystal Grain Boundary Deformation in Commercially Pure Tantalum

MSE-03 Bret Dunlap, Philip Eisenlohr, Claudio Zambaldi, David Mercier, Yang Su,

Thomas Bieler, Martin Crimp

Eff ects of Mg-Vacancy and Sb-Compensation on the Thermoelectric Properties of Mg2.08–xSi0.364Sn0.6Sb0.036+x Materials

MSE-04 Peng Gao, Tim Hogan

In Situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Observations of Tensile and Tensile-Creep Deformation of a Ti-8Al-1Mo-1V (wt.%) Alloy

MSE-05 Indraroop Ghosh Dastidar, Thomas Bieler, Martin Crimp, Adam Pilchak,

Carl Boehlert


Study of Slip in High Purity Single Crystal Nb for Accelerator Cavities MSE-06 Di Kang, Derek Baars, Thomas Bieler, Chris Compton

Modeling Lithium Ion Diff usion in the Fast-Ion Conducting Garnet Type Solid Electrolyte LLT Using Molecular Dynamics

MSE-07 Matthew Klenk, Yuxing Wang, Wei Lai

Engineering Ytterbium-Based Alloys for Space Based Cooling Applications MSE-08 Gloria J. Lehr, Donald T. Morelli

Microscopic Phase-Field Simulation of Precipitation and Atomic Site Preference in a Ni3(Al1-xFex) Alloy

MSE-09 Minjie Liang, Carl J. Boehlert

A Dynamic Hardening Rule for Crystal Plasticity with a Generalization to the Classical Hardening Rule for Single Crystal Nb

MSE-10 Aboozar Mapar, Thomas R. Bieler, Farhang Pourboghrat, Christopher C.

Compton

Creep and Fatigue Analysis of Friction Stir Welded Al 2139-T8 Alloy MSE-11 Uchechi Okeke, Tomoko Sano, Jian Yu, Chian-Fong Yen, Carl Boehlert

In Situ Characterization of Deformation Twinning in Pure Titanium MSE-12 H. Phukan, L. Wang, C. Zhang, T.R. Bieler, A.J. Beaudoin, J.S. Park

Multifunctional Nancomposite Foams for Space Applications MSE-13 Diandra Rollins, Lawrence T. Drzal

Preparation of Poly (Lactic Acid)/Polystyrene Bioblend Hollow Microparticles Embedded with Nanoparticles via a One-Step Emulsion-Diff usion Method

MSE-14 Anna Song, Ilsoon Lee

Quantifying Nanoindentation Deformation Processes Near Grain Boundaries in Alpha-Titanium Using Microscopic Characterization and Crystal Plasticity Modeling

MSE-15 Y. Su, C. Zambaldi, D. Mercier, P. Eisenlohr, T.R. Bieler, M.A. Crimp

Optimization of the Seebeck Coefficient for Low Temperature Thermoelectric Use of PtSb2 by Tellurium Doping

MSE-16 Spencer Waldrop, Donald Morelli


Impression Creep Behavior of Cast Mg-10Gd-3Y-0.5Zr (wt.%) Alloy at Elevated Temperatures

MSE-17 Huan Wang, Qudong Wang, Carl J. Boehlert, Jie Yuan

Reducing the Thermal Conductivity in Ge-Sb-Te Alloys through the Incorporation of Amorphous Ge2Sb2Se5 Particles

MSE-18 Jared Williams, Donald Morelli

Angle-Dependent Performance of Thin-Film, Transparent Photovoltaics MSE-19 Margaret Young, Yunhua Ding, Richard Lunt

Study of the Subsurface Slip Activity of Polycrystalline Ti-5Al-2.5Sn Alloy with Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Method Using 3D Microstructure

MSE-20 Chen Zhang, Hongmei Li, Philip Eisenlohr, Thomas R. Bieler, Martin A. Crimp,

Carl J. Boehlert

In situ HE-XRD Characterization of Microstructure Evolution in SAC Solder Joints with Diff erent Cooling and Thermal Cycling Conditions

MSE-21 Quan Zhou, Huili Xu, Choong-Un Kim, Thomas R. Bieler, Tae-Kyu Lee

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Large Eddy/Filtered Mass Density Function Simulation of Colorless Distributed Combustion

ME-01 Husam Abdulrahman, Farhad Jaberi

Robust Design Optimization of Artificial Lateral Line System ME-02 Ali Ahrari, Hong Lei, Kalyanmoy Deb, Xiaobo Tan

Topology Optimization for 3D Printing ME-03 Atra Akandeh, Alejandro Diaz


Real-Time Control of the Boundary Layer Disturbance Induced by a Dynamic Isolated Roughness Element Using Plasma Actuators

ME-04 Kyle Bade, Ahmed Naguib

Controlled Diff usion Blade: Fluid Mechanical Mechanistic Eff ects on Fan Performance

ME-05 David Barrent, John Foss

Design of a Sliding Mechanism in the Application of Vibration Suppression of a Nonlinear Beam

ME-06 Tingli Cai, Ranjan Mukherjee, Alejandro R. Diaz

Multiscale Free Edge Investigation of Composite Laminates ME-07 Christopher Cater, Xinran Xiao

Aeroacoustic Measurements of the Self-Noise of a Rotating Controlled Diff usion Blade

ME-08 Behdad Davoudi, John Foss

Analytical Solution for Fluttering Motion of a Free Falling Rigid Flat Plate in a Stationary Viscous Fluid

ME-09 Behdad Davoudi, Indrek Wichman

Therapeutic Operation Decision for the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using the Growth Measurement

ME-10 H. Gharahi, B.A. Zambrano, C. Lim, J. Choi, W. Lee, S. Baek

A Computational Investigation of an Asymmetrically Pitching Airfoil ME-11 Patrick Hammer, Ahmed Naguib, Manoochehr Koochesfahani

Premixed Tulip Shaped Flames in a Rectangular Combustion Chamber ME-12 Ashwin Hariharan, Indrek Wichman

The Eff ects of Chlorinated Compounds on Instantaneous Water Heaters ME-13 Andrew Koch, Alex Schuen, Elisa Toulson

Unit Cell Modeling to Predict Permeability for Composite Manufacturing ME-14 Timothy Luchini, Stephen Sommerlot, Alfred Loos


Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Deformation of Ferrite and Martensite Micropillars in a Dual Phase Advanced High Strength Steel

ME-15 Aboozar Mapar, Taejoon Park, Farhang Pourboghrat

Control of Hybrid Dynamics with Application to a Hopping Robot ME-16 Frank Mathis, Ranjan Mukherjee

Pore Formation and Deformation in Membrane Bilayers ME-17 Vahid Mirjalili, Nikolai Priezjev, Michael Feig

Analyses of Hydrodynamic Features and Separation Performance of a Hydrocyclone Used for Oil-Water Separation

ME-18 Abdul Motin, Volodymyr V. Tarabara, Charles A. Petty, André Bénard

Surface Pressure Measurements from Multiline Single-Component Molecular Tagging Velocimetry

ME-19 David Olson, Ahmed Naguib, Manoochehr Koochesfahani

Blood Flow Responses to Loading: Interpretations for Skin Ulcers ME-20 Wu Pan, Josh P.Drost, Marc D.Basson, Tamara Reid Bush

Equilibria Analysis and Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Chains ME-21 Smruti Panigrahi, Brian Feeny, Alejandro Diaz

Development of So� Nanoimprint Lithography and Its Application in Nanowire Fabrication

ME-22 Snehan Peshin, Junghoon Yeom

Generative Variable Length Genetic Algorithms ME-23 Matthew Ryerkerk, Ron Averill, Erik Goodman, Kalyanmoy Deb

Prior Distributions of Material Parameters for a G&R Computational Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

ME-24 Sajjad Seyedsalehi, Liangliang Zhang, Jongeun Choi, Seungik Baek

An Interfacial Debonding-Induced Damage Model for Graphite Nanoplatelet Polymer Nanocomposite

ME-25 Azadeh Sheidaei, Farhang Pourboghat


A New Continuum Damage Mechanics Model for Crash Simulation of Fiber Reinforced Composites

ME-26 Danghe Shi, Xinran Xiao

Modeling Advancing Flow Fronts in Composite Manufacturing ME-27 Stephen Sommerlot, Timothy Luchini, Alfred Loos

An Energetically Enhanced Plasma Ignition System for Use in Internal Combustion Engines

ME-28 Bryce Thelen, Elisa Toulson

Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Jet Ignition and Combustion ME-29 Abdoul Ahad Validi, Abolfazl Irannejad, Farhad Jaberi

Rotary Induced Impact Testing and Analysis of Composite Fan Cases ME-30 Andy VanderKlok, Jim Dorer, Xinran Xiao

A Microstructure-Resolved Model for Li-Ion Battery with Silicon Anode ME-31 Miao Wang, Xinran Xiao

The So� ening Behavior of a Polymeric Battery Separator in Solutions ME-32 Shutian Yan, Yue Qi, Xinran Xiao, Xiaosong Huang

Predictive Boundary Management Control of a Hybrid Powertrain ME-33 Jie Yang, Guoming G. Zhu

Eff ect of the Intraluminal Thrombus Layer on the Diameter–Expansion Relationship in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): A Longitudinal Patient Study

ME-34 Byron A. Zambrano, Jongeun Choi, Seungik Baek

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