PhD General Examination: Andrea Exil
Supervisory Committee Members:Lucas Meza | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Charles Dorn |GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Junlan Wang |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alshakim Nelson| Committee Member | Department of Chemistry.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
PhD General Examination: Amitha Mulastham
Supervisory Committee Members:Lucas Meza | Committee Chair | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Charles Dorn |GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mohammad Malakooti |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Junlan Wang |Committee Member |Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, July 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
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.
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: 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.