Supervision of Undergraduate Research

1. Dawn Casey (1988) " Investigation of Clustering in Fiber-Reinforced Injection Molding" 

2. Tim Kostar (1989) " Experimental Investigation of Fiber-Fiber Interactions in a Model Suspension" 

3. Dimitrios Patsios (1989) "Monte-Carlo Simulation of Spatial Distribution of Thick Fibers" 

4. Ken Dominy (1990) "Extrapolation of Three-Dimensional Fiber Orientation Information from Two Dimensional Images" 

5. Eric Tu (1990) "An Automated Measurement of Fiber Orientation" 

6. Jacek Jarocz (1990) "Modeling Flow of Resin through a Transient Porous Medium" 

7. Donald Sturgeon (1990) " Experimental Investigation of Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids through Undulating Tubes" 

8. Mark Cotter (1991) "Weighting Factors for Three-Dimensional Fiber Orientation Information from Two Dimensional Images" 

9. Angela Spinelli (1992) " Investigation of the Resin Flow Front in Woven Preforms" 

10. Curtis Ebersold (1992) "Intelligent Manufacturing of Filament Wound Structures" 

11. Vince Basilio (1993) "Modeling the flow in Fiber Placement Manufacturing Process" 

12. Chad Texter (1995) "Parameters in RTM process" 

13. Paul Franco (1995) "Particle Behavior near a Wall in Simple Shear flow" 

14. Patrick Murphy (1996) "Draping of Preforms Over Complex Curvatures" 

15. Sarah Gulemai (1996) " Measurement of Draping Parameters in Resin Transfer Molding" 

16. Joe Salvia (1997), "Interfaces for Fluid Flow Simulations".

17. Neal Smith (1998), “Validation studies of the SCRIMP process”.

18. Joshua Radice (1998), “Permeability Measurements of Deformed Fabrics”.

19.   Peter  Graham (1998), “Flow visualization studies in RTM”.

20.  Jeff Acheson (1999), “ Parametric Studies of the VARTM process”.

24. Michelle Mariatte (1999), “ MJS application for Biomedical Implants”.

23. Jeff White (2000), “ Microstructure Analysis of RTM Parts”

24. Matthew Boyd (2001) “Design of Viscometer for Ceramic Powders”

25. Stephen Wright (2002) “Couette Flow of Alumina Powders"

26. Stephanis Frangakis (2002), "Detecting Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes with Heat,"

26. Justin Alms, (2003) " Processing of Carbon Nanotube Composites,"

27. John Barr, (2003), "Granular Flow under High Pressure,"

28. Barbara Tuday (2003), "Strengthening Inter-Laminar Shear Properties with Carbon Nanotubes of Fibrous Composites,"

29.Janka Palcikova (2004), "PEM Fuel Cells, Issues and Challenges,"

30.Patricia Huges, (2004) "Experimental Validation of Control Methodologies in RTM,"

31. Eric Kubeka, (2005) "Effect of Large Cavities on Resin Flow in Liquid Molding,"

32.Cliff Cieslak, (2005), "Effect of Reusable Vacuum Bag on VARTM,"

33. Niki Frangakis (2006),” The role of carbon nanotubes on increasing the interlaminar shear strength of fiber-reinforced vinyl ester composites,”

34. Courtney Herbein (2006),” The effect of applied voltage on orientation of Carbon Nanotubes in a composite”

35. Casey Strohmeyer, (2006) “Flow Visualization in Injection-Compression Molding, 

36.  Laura Elliot, (Co-Advisor Santare)(2007), "Friction and Wear Characteristics of UHMWPE composites,"

37. Doug Divito, (2007) " Injection Molding of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composites,"

38.  Chase T. Ross (2008), "Nesting in Fiber Composites,"

39.  Amir Reza Sedigh Haghighat (2008)  (Co-advisor Prasad), "Experimental Characterization Of In-Plane Permeability Of Gas Diffusion Layers: Influence Of The Saturation Level,"

40. Cedric Jacob (2008) (Co-advisor Prasad), "Synthesis And Characterization Of Portable DMFC Power Supply System"

41. Pau Geli (2008), 'Processing of Carbon Nanotubes using VARTM"

42. Andrew Philips(2009), “Experimental approach to characterize heat dispersion in Liquid Molding,”

43. Greg Sprecht (2009) , “Permeability prediction using finite element methods,”

44. Richard Readdy (2010), "Controlled VIPR process"

45. Bryan E. Hennigan (2010) (co-advisor Prasad) "Performance of Carbon Foam as Flow Fields in a PEM Fuel Cell,"

46.Pierre Yao Koffi (2010), (co-advisor Prasad) "Percolation Of Cnt In Tio2 Composite For Pem Fuel Cell Application,"

47. Shane Marcks(2010), (co-advisor Prasad) "Fuel Cell Bus Project"

48. Becky Buxbaum (2010), (co-advisor Prasad) "Fuel Cell Bus Project"

49. Erik Andres (2010), (co-advisor Prasad) "Fuel Cell Bus Project"

50. Michael Brupbacher (2010), (co-advisor Prasad) "Solar Thermal Hydrogen Production Reactor"

51. Allan Arisi (co-advisor Prasad) "Fuel Cell Bus Project"

52. Stephen Hale(co-advisor Prasad) "Fuel Cell Bus Project"

53. . Richard Reddy, " Composite Manufacturing with Process Control"

54. . Jeff Lugo " Permeability Characterization"

55. . Steve Simpers " Permeability Characterization"

56  Robert Amabile " Liquid Molding with Flow Control"

57.  Chanel Aldrich " heat Dispersion in Liquid Composite Molding"

58.  Kevin Sadeghipour(co-advisor Prasad) "Fuel Cell Bus Project"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


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