Selected Graduate Projects
A selected number of recent graduate student projects are displayed on this page. These projects have been selected as exemplary achievements by the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Graduate students who are interested for posting of their major project work on this page are welcome to contact the department with a recommendation from their professor.
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Cai Shen, Ph.D. Dissertation, November 2008
Summer 2008
Spring 2008
- Quantification of Orthodontic Tooth Displacement, S. Li, MS Thesis, April '08
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanometric Machining Under Realistic Conditions Using LAMMPS, R. Promyoo, MS Thesis, February '08
- Unsteady CFD Simulations of Moving Flow-Control valves By an Unstructured Overset Grid Method, J. Liu, Ph.D. Prelim Exam, January '08
- Numerical Study of the Mass Transport in Bone Interstitial Flow , E. Tung, MS Thesis, January '08
Fall 2007
Summer 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Summer 2006
Fall 2005
Summer 2005
Fall 2004
Summer2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Summer 2003
Spring 2003
- Application of Statistical Mehods in Industry for Quality Engineering, G. Bai, MS Thesis, June '03
- Comparisons of Model Predictions with Measurements of Microgravity Laminar Diffusion Flame Shapes, J. Abshire, AIAA Conference Presentation, Apr '03- Winner of AIAA 1st Place Graduate Presentation Award
- Prediction of Dimensional Accuracy in CNC Milling using Computational Intelligence Techniques, Z. Dugla, MS Thesis, Feb '03
- Extension of the IEEE Standard Loading Guide to a Three-Phase, Three-Winding Power Transformer, C. Buchanan, ME 697 Project, Jan '03
- 2-D and 3-D Steady-State and Transient Thermal Analyses for Integrated Circuit (IC) Package, A. Fayyaz, ME 597 Project, Jan '03
Fall 2002
- An Investigation of Detonation Wave Rotor Cycles for Gas Turbine Engine Performance Enhancement, B. Alparslan, MS Thesis, Nov '02
- An Integrated Approach for Optimized CNC End Milling, H. Deng, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '02
- Modeling of CNC Milling and Prediction of Dimensional Accuracy Using Comupational Intelligence Techniques, Z. Dugla, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '02
- Application of DOE in the Investigation of the Wave Ejector, T. Geng, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '02
- Metacomputing of Fluid-Structure Interface Problems Via I-Light, X. He, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '02
- A New PDF Based Monte Carlo Scheme for Two-Phase Flows Simulations, J. Huang, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '02
- Parallelization of the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Turbomachinery Applications, C. Lim, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '02
Summer 2002
- The Development of a Compressible Lattice Boltzmann Model for Turbomachine Applications, T. Yang, MS Thesis, Jun '02
- Parallel Computations of 3D Unsteady Compressible Euler Equations with Structural Coupling, Zhenyin Li, MS Thesis, Jul '02
- Product Design in an Integrated Product Development System for Concurrent Engineering, Yun Wang, MS Thesis, Jun '02
- Rapid Design Evaluation in an Integrated Product Development System for Concurrent Engineering, Minsong Cao, MS Thesis, Jun '02
- Improving the Stability and Accuracy of Explicit Schemes, M. Barun, MS Thesis, Jul '02
Spring 2002
Fall 2001
- Design of a Gravity Conveyor, K. Palanisamy, ME 697, Dec '01
- Numerical Modeling of Hybrid Dielectric Heating within a Multimode Microwave Cavity, S. Smith, MS Thesis, Dec '01
- Computational, Analytical and Experimental Heat Transfer Study of a Board-Mounted Stand-Alone Heat Sink, A. Fayyaz, ME 697, Nov '01
- Simulation of a 60-Hz "Locked Rotor Test on a Three Phase AC Induction Motor with Electromagnetic Software, K. Ledbetter, ME 697, Nov '01
- Metacomputing for Unsteady Aerodynamics, Z. Li, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '01
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Flow at Nanoscale, T. Yang, IUPUI Graduate Show, Oct '01
- The Performace Analysis of the Detonation Wave Rotor, B. Alparslan, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '01
- A New Artifical Neural Network to Modeling Ball-End Milling, J. Briceno, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '01
- Modeling and Optimization of Face Milling Process Using Artifical Neural Network, Z. Dugla, IUPUI Graduate Showcase, Oct '01
Summer 2001
Summer 2000
