PhD Final Examination: Thomas Chu
Dissertation Title: Optimal Local-Loop Shaping Beyond Nyquist Frequencies using Robust Signal Recovery, Supervisory Committee Members:Xu Chen | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amir Taghvaei | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Santosh Devasia |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Steve Shen | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, July 27, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Agamdeep Chopra
Dissertation Title: Toward Reliable and Interpretable AI for 3D Medical Image Computing: Registration, Cross Modal Synthesis, and Resource Efficient Segmentation, Supervisory Committee Members: Mehmet Kurt | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Meliha Yetisgen | GSR | Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, Krithika Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Joe Powers | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hesam Jahanian | Committee Member | Department of Radiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Agamdeep Chopra. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Bahetihazi Maidu
Dissertation Title: Physics-Informed and Data-Driven Inference of Cardiovascular Hemodynamics, Thrombosis Risk, and Model Parameters, Supervisory Committee Members:Juan C del Alamo | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering, Patrick Boyle | GSR | Department of Bioengineering, Alberto Aliseda | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nazem Akoum | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Ama Darkwah
Supervisory Committee Members:Alberto Aliseda | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Kramlich | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Juan Carlos del Alamo | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dana Dabiri | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, August 21, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying examination: Tyson Lam
Supervisory Committee Members:Mehmet Kurt | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ashish Manohar | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Per Reinhall | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Liz Wayne | Committee Member | Department of Bioengineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.