PhD Qualifying Examination: Shuyuan Bai
Supervisory Committee Members: Igor Novosselov | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Junlan Wang | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jie Xiao | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Shuyuan Bai. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, May 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Nicole Atmadja
Dissertation Title: Fatigue Crack Growth Characterization of Additive Manufactured Electron Beam Melted Ti6Al4V, Supervisory Committee Members: Ramulu Mamidala | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Marco Salviato| GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , John Kramlich |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Junlan Wang | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nicole Atmadja. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, May 8, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Evan Muschler
Supervisory Committee Members: Corie Cobb | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Brian Polagye | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Lilo Pozzo | Committee Member | Department of Chemical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Evan Muschler. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Carlos Abarca
Dissertation Title: Transport of Buoyant Microplastics in the Swash Zone, Supervisory Committee Members: Michelle DiBenedetto | Committee Co-Chair | Princeton University & UW, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alberto Aliseda | Committee Co-Char | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Christie Hegermiller | GSR | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering , Brian Polagye | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Chris Chickadel | Committee Member | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Carlos Abarca. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Mia Hoffman
Dissertation Title: Pathways to self-initiated mobility: Adoption and use of mobility aids by young children with developmental disabilities, Supervisory Committee Members: Katherine Steele | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Heather Feldner | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Rehabilitation Medicine , Maggie Beneke | GSR | College of Education , Katherine Steele |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mehmet Kurt |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Mia Hoffman. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Julio Chavez Dorado
Dissertation Title: Vertical transport of buoyant particles in free-surface boundary layers, Supervisory Committee Members: Michelle DiBenedetto | Committee Co-Chair | Princeton University & UW, Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alexander Horner-Devine | GSR | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering , Alberto Aliseda | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Brian Polagye | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Julio Chavez. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Changwoo Lee
Dissertation Title: Wearable Nano-Capacitive Sensor Systems for Sleep and Fatigue Monitoring, Supervisory Committee Members: Jaehyun Chung | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Anant Anantram | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Dayong Gao |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jong-Hoon Kim |Committee Member |Washington State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Changwoo Lee. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Pengcheng (Pearson) Chen
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Pengcheng Chen. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, May 29, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Satria Ardianuari
Dissertation Title: Influence of Prosthetic Ankle-Foot Properties on Intact Limb Biomechanical Demands in Transtibial Amputees During Simulated Functional Tasks, Supervisory Committee Members: Glenn Klute| Committee Chair | VA CLiMB & Department of Mechanical Engineering , Christopher Neils | GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Katherine Steele |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jenny Robinson |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Stefania Fatone |Committee Member |Department of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Satria Ardianuari. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Yu-Jen (Howard) Cheng
Dissertation Title: Nanocomposite Single-Electrode Capacitive Sensors for Intelligent and Wearable Cardiovascular Health Monitoring, Supervisory Committee Members: Jaehyun Chung | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Xiaohu Gao | GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Dayong Gao |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jonathan Posner |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Younghoon Kwon | Committee Member | UW Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Yu-Jen Cheng. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Saveer Yogita Sharda
Supervisory Committee Members: Juan Carlos del Alamo | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Dayong Gao | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Alberto Aliseda | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ashish Manohar | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Saveer Sharda. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Youngshang Han
Dissertation Title: Printing and Recycling of Liquid Metal Composites for 3D Architected Thermoelectric Wearables, Supervisory Committee Members: Mohammad Malakooti | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Karl Bohringer | GSR | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Junlan Wang |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jie Xiao |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Youngshang Han. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Jan Williams
Dissertation Title: Data-driven recurrent models to forecast and control high-dimensional dynamical systems, Supervisory Committee Members: Krithika Manohar | Committee Co-Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jose Nathan Kutz |Committee Co-Chair | Department of Applied Mathematics , Marine Denolle | GSR | Department of Earth and Space Sciences , Stefania Fresca | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Jan Williams. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Marina Ruediger
Dissertation Title: Approaches for Autonomous Multi-Vehicle Underwater Inspections, Supervisory Committee Members: Ashis Banerjee | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Abhishek Gupta | GSR | Department of Computer Science and Engineering , Santosh Devasia |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Aaron Marburg | Committee Member | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Marina Ruediger. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Ivan Stepanov
Supervisory Committee Members: Albert Folch | Committee Chair | Department of Bioengineering , Miqin Zhang | GSR | Department of Materials Science & Engineering , Eric Seibel | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nathan Sniadecki | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Ivan Stepanov. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Xiaohai (Bob) Hu
Dissertation Title: Learning-Based Control and Tactile Perception for Robotic Systems, 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: Bob Hu. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Thomas Chu
Dissertation Title: Optimal Local-Loop Shaping Beyond Nyquist Frequencies using Robust Signal Recovery for Non-Integer Sampling of Multirate Systems, 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: Thomas Chu. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Emilee Armstrong
Supervisory Committee Members: Corie Cobb| Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Daniel Schwartz | GSR | Department of Chemical Engineering , John Kramlich | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Lucas Meza | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Emilee Armstrong. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Final Examination: Yushu Lin
Dissertation Title: Learning-Based Control and Tactile Perception for Robotic Systems, Supervisory Committee Members: John Palmore Jr. | Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Jingwei Hu | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Alberto Aliseda |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Antonino Ferrante | Committee Member | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Yushu Lin. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.