ESE Ph.D. Thesis Defense
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Room 337, Towne Building
220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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With the constantly changing threat environment, the Army needs to be able to quickly adapt their tactics and equipment. But burdensome and lengthy acquisition cycles make this challenging. Additive manufacturing […]

Abstract: Life occurs in water, and water-mediated interactions between molecules and interfaces are central to biological assembly processes. Synthetic materials as common as shampoo rely on water-mediated interactions. This presentation […]


I will present recent work on the modeling of the structural response of shape memory alloy tubes, bars, and beams. We have developed a new constitutive model that captures pseudoelastic […]

Thomas Gilgenast’s thesis defense Date and Time: Wednesday 4/15, 3:00pm EST Title: Development and application of computational tools for unraveling the structure of the 3D genome Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Cremins […]


Advisor: Scott Diamond, PhD; Committee Members: Talid Sinno, PhD; Ravi Radhakrishnan, PhD; Lawrence Brass, PhD

Abstract: Many chronic disabling diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus are increasingly linked to inappropriate and chronic activation of inflammatory cells. A central event […]

Despite 20 years of focus on organizational change and effective educational best practices in STEM higher education, significant research findings have had minimal influences on practice. In 2016, the U-M […]

Co-Advisors: Matthew J. Lazzara, PhD and Dennis E. Discher, PhD; Committee Members: Scott L. Diamond, PhD, M. Celeste Simon, PhD and Benjamin Purow