Class of 2011 slideshow - Engineering Science and Mechanics
Class of 2011 slideshow - Engineering Science and Mechanics
Class of 2011 slideshow - Engineering Science and Mechanics
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Graduating Seniors<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
2010–<strong>2011</strong><br />
with thesis title <strong>and</strong> post-graduate plans<br />
photos by William Ames<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong>
Nicholas L. Herwig - Fall 2010<br />
Design Optimization <strong>of</strong> Duct Lip-Spoilers for Ducted Fan<br />
Vertical Take-Off <strong>and</strong> Lift Unmanned Air Vehicles<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Cengiz Camci<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Melik Demirel<br />
Future Plans: Graduate School,<br />
Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong> at Penn State
Joseph Patrick Acquaviva - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Low Field Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Lenahan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Tony Huang<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry
Zakaria Yahya Rama Al Balushi - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Nanotechnology Minor<br />
Multiple Self Aligned Si Nanowires<br />
Catalyzed from Bulk Au Reservoir<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Stephen J. Fonash<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Osama Awadelkarim<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
IUG Program at Penn State
Kathryn Irene Barber - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Bioengineering Minor<br />
Design <strong>of</strong> a Tri-Phasic Biomechanical Model<br />
Describing Healthy <strong>and</strong> Cancerous Tissue<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Corina Drapaca<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Judith Todd<br />
Future Plans: Ph.D. Program in Bioengineering<br />
at the University <strong>of</strong> Washington
Benjamin Ray Beers - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Double Major with Aerospace <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong> Minor<br />
Investigating Geometrical Configurations <strong>of</strong> a Hobby-Scale<br />
Pulsejet Engine for Maximum Thrust Efficiency<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Michael Micci<br />
Honors Advisors: Dr. Gary Gray <strong>and</strong> Dr. Robert Melton<br />
Future Plans: Jet Propulsion Test Engineer at Pratt & Whitney
Jenny Cheng - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Map-Guided Power-Chair Automation <strong>and</strong> Driver Assistance<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sean Brennan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Jian Xu<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry, Graduate School
Patrick Joseph Devlin - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Physics Minor<br />
Stability Analysis <strong>of</strong> a Simple Central Pattern<br />
Generator Based Walking Model<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Cusumano<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Corina Drapaca<br />
Future Plans: Operations Analyst for Capital One,<br />
Graduate School
Brian Joseph Filko - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Double Major with Physics<br />
Nanotechnology Minor<br />
Terrain Visualization <strong>and</strong> Human-Terrain Interaction<br />
Using an Immersive Driving Simulator<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sean Brennan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Christine Masters<br />
Future Plans: Project Mechanical Engineer<br />
at Lutron Electronics Co. World Headquarters
Daniel Steven Hackman - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Modeling a Yagi-Uda Nanoantenna: Focusing Visible<br />
Spectrum Light with Metallic Nanoparticles<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Tony Huang<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Tony Huang<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry
Frank Anthony Haupt - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Synthesis <strong>and</strong> Electrical Characterization <strong>of</strong><br />
Highly Disordered Carbon Film<br />
Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael Lanagan<br />
<strong>and</strong> Dr. Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Bruce Gluckman<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry or Actuarial <strong>Science</strong>
Holly Elaine Heinrichs - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Chemical <strong>Engineering</strong> Minor<br />
Assessment <strong>of</strong> Surface Damage <strong>of</strong> Silicon under<br />
Laser Processing for use in Photovoltaics<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. S. Ashok<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Tony Huang<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
IUG Program at Penn State
Michael James Hemmerle - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Electrical Properties <strong>of</strong> Tantalum Oxide Thin Film Capacitors<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Michael Lanagan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Michael Lanagan<br />
Future Plans: Business Analyst for Capital One located in<br />
Washington D.C., Graduate School
Matthew David Ketterman - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Magnetic Resonance Image Enhancement<br />
through the Use <strong>of</strong> High Permittivity Materials<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Michael Lanagan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Christine Masters<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
IUG Program at Penn State
Brian Charles McCabe - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Analyzing NASA Task Load Index Data in<br />
High <strong>and</strong> Low Complexity Situations<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Ling Rothrock<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Gary Gray<br />
Future Plans: Global Procurement Team<br />
with Hewlett-Packard in Dallas, TX
Ryan Patrick McDonald - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Nanotechnology Minor<br />
Electroless Deposition <strong>of</strong> Platinum onto<br />
Porous Nickel Electrodes<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Ivi Smid<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Melik Demirel<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong><br />
at the University <strong>of</strong> Southern California
Daniel Joseph Miller - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong> Minor<br />
Manufacturing <strong>and</strong> Evaluation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Braided Carbon Fiber Composite Tubes<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Charles Bakis<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Ivi Smid<br />
Future Plans: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division,<br />
Patuxent River, MD
Ravendra M. Nohar - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Accelerated Sleep: Automatic State <strong>of</strong> Vigilance Detection<br />
for Implantable Neural Devices<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Gluckman<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Bruce Gluckman<br />
Future Plans: Medical School
Mark Daniel Pavletich - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Nanotechnology Minor<br />
Performance <strong>of</strong> Coal Tar Pitch derived Carbons for<br />
Non-Aqueous Electric Double-Layer Capacitors<br />
Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan<br />
<strong>and</strong> Dr. Michael Lanagan<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Joseph Cusumano<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry
David Evan Robinson - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong> Minor<br />
Interface Characterization <strong>of</strong> Artillery Barrel Surface Coatings<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Al Segall<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Christine Masters<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong><br />
IUG Program at Penn State
Travis Salk - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> Entrepreneurship Minor<br />
Magnesium Alloy Corrosion as a Function<br />
<strong>of</strong> Alloy Composition <strong>and</strong> Processing<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Shaw<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. S. Ashok<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry
Paul Curtis Sauter - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Radiated Noise Model Development<br />
<strong>of</strong> a Maneuvering Surface Ship<br />
Thesis Supervisors: Dr. David Lemmon <strong>and</strong> Dr. Chris Barber<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Christine Masters<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in Acoustics at Penn State<br />
with research at the Applied Research Laboratory
Noam Shaham - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong> Minor<br />
Arm Swing Asymmetry as an Early Biomarker<br />
for Parkinson’s Disease<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Cusumano<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Gary Gray<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong><br />
IUG Program at Penn State
Rukan Shao - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Mathematics Minor<br />
A Study <strong>of</strong> Neuronal Volume Change using<br />
The Wilson Cowan Equations<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Corina Drapaca<br />
Honors Advisor: Akhlesh Lakhtakia<br />
Future Plans: Career in Industry, Graduate School
Joseph Stephen Thomas Smalley - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Nanotechnology Minor<br />
High Contrast Nanoplasmonic Modulator<br />
Based on Nanoscale Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystals<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Tony Huang<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. S. Ashok<br />
Future Plans: Ph. D. Program in Electrical <strong>and</strong><br />
Computer <strong>Engineering</strong> at the University <strong>of</strong> California, San Diego
Kevin D. Weikert - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Double Major with Physics<br />
Bioengineering <strong>and</strong> Mathematics Minors<br />
Corrosion <strong>of</strong> Magnesium Alloys: The Effects<br />
<strong>of</strong> Residual Stress on Thin Films<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Shaw<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Christine Masters<br />
Future Plans: Entrepreneur, Career in Industry
Samuel Richard Wilton - Spring <strong>2011</strong><br />
Nanotechnology <strong>and</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong> Minors<br />
Employing Infrared Emitting PbSe Quantum Dots in<br />
Luminescent Solar Concentrators: A Monte-Carlo Study<br />
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Jian Xu<br />
Honors Advisor: Dr. Sulin Zhang<br />
Future Plans: M.S. in <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
IUG Program at Penn State
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
at Penn State<br />
<strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong> is a multidisciplinary honors program that emphasizes enhanced underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
<strong>and</strong> integrated application <strong>of</strong> engineering, scientific, <strong>and</strong> mathematical principles.<br />
The program is unique because it provides a broad foundation in the sciences <strong>and</strong> associated<br />
mathematics that underlie engineering <strong>and</strong> provides students the opportunity to obtain a depth <strong>of</strong><br />
knowledge in an area <strong>of</strong> their choosing through technical electives <strong>and</strong> an honors thesis.<br />
The curriculum is designed for students who seek to link the engineering disciplines with science.<br />
In addition to taking core courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, <strong>and</strong> biology, students study<br />
thermodynamics, heat transfer, electromagnetics, solid <strong>and</strong> fluid mechanics, electrical devices, materials<br />
science, <strong>and</strong> failure analysis.<br />
During the senior year, all students select a focus area <strong>of</strong> study, complete a capstone project <strong>and</strong><br />
write a thesis that integrates the scientific principles <strong>of</strong> research, design <strong>and</strong> analysis <strong>and</strong> applies them<br />
to engineering. Focus areas <strong>of</strong> study include, but are not limited to, electrical, mechanical, civil,<br />
bioengineering, <strong>and</strong> materials <strong>and</strong> are typically interdisciplinary.<br />
Hence, <strong>Engineering</strong> <strong>Science</strong> students achieve both depth <strong>and</strong> breadth in engineering <strong>and</strong> science,<br />
are able to function across disciplines, <strong>and</strong> graduate well prepared for advanced studies as well as<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essional employment.
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