View these essays written by our master’s students. These are but a sample of the vast number of research opportunities that are available to our master’s students!
Aerodynamics and Wind Energy
Ground Surface Effects in Wind Farms: A Micro Wind Farm Model Study, by Yifan Zhang, MSE ’18
Biomechanics
In Vivo Biomechanical Strain Response of the Lamina Cribrosa to Intraocular Pressure Change as a Result of Glaucoma Medication Change, by Vanessa Hannay, MSE ’23
Computational Aerodynamics
Numerical Simulations of the Magnus Effect in Baseball Aerodynamics and Rotating Cylinders, by John Scheffey, MSE ’21
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Biofluids
In Silico Modeling of Flow Diverter Stent Hemodynamics for Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms, by Zulfikar Alfayed Alamlah, MSE ’24
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Multiphase Flow
DNS Simulations of Droplet Multiphase Flow in a Two-Dimensional Channel, by Lei Zeng, MSE ’21
Dynamics
Feasibility Study of Tower Design and Vibration Suppression for an Antarctic Infrared Telescope, by Anderson Michael Furlanetto, BS ’22, MSE ’23
Dynamics and Control
Learning of Novel Dynamics in Eigenmannia virescens Refuge Tracking Task, by Dominic G. Yared, BS ’20, MSE ’21
Dynamics and Robotics
- A Stochastic Dynamics Model of Beam Obstacle Transversal in Two Dimensions, by Bokun Zheng, MSE ’21
- Robust Model Identification Methods for Nonlinear Second-Order Plant Models for Underwater Vehicles, by Tyler Paine, BS ’17, MSE ’18
Mechanics and Materials
Local Rearrangement and Micromechanical Comparisons Between Shear Bands and Simple Shear in Granular Materials, by Surya Sidhartha Kolluri, MSE ’22
Microfluidics
Use of Microfluidic Systems for Assembly of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles, by Marcos Manuel Pérez Millán, BS’ 21, MSE ’22
Robotics
Enhanced State Estimation Using Deep Learning for Quadruped Robotics, a co-op experience essay by Xuanning Liu, MSE ’24