INDIANA 
UNIVERSITY 
PURDUE 
UNIVERSITY 
INDIANAPOLIS
 
Computational Mechanics  
   LABORATORY (CML) 
  723 West Michigan Street, SL 138  
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132 
 

Recent Thesis Titles

Yan Liu, Master's Thesis: "Simplification of FE Models for Thermal Fatigue Life Prediction of PBGA Packages", August 2001, Advisor: H. U. Akay.

Subrayaman Jayanti, Master's Thesis: "Intelligent Computations for Structural Damage Assessment", August 2001, Advisor: R. Pidaparti.

Gunasekaran Kaliappan, Master's Thesis: "A Comparative Evaluation of Fatigue Life Prediction Methods for Solder Joint Assemblies", May 1999, Advisor: H. U. Akay.

Hongyan Zhang, Master's Thesis: "Combined Heat Transfer and Thermal Stress Analysis of Power Resistor Assemblies for Fatigue Life Predictions", May 1998, Advisors: H.U. Akay and N. Paydar.

Altug Bilgic, Master's Thesis: "Fatigue Life Prediction Methods for Thermally Loaded Solder Joints Using the Finite Element Method", May 1996, Advisor: H.U. Akay.

Geoffrey Louis Glogas, Master's Thesis: "Experimental Study of Viscoelastic Properties of a Conductive Adhesive for Electronic Packaging", May 1996, Advisors: N. Paydar and H. U. Akay.

Xu Song, Master's Thesis: "Numerical Modeling of Creep Phenomena in Adhesive Epoxy and Solder Joint Assemblies of Electronic Packages", July 1995, Advisors: N. Paydar and H.U. Akay.