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MSE 695, Senior Design Presentations
MSE 695 is a three part series in which seniors take on an in-depth materials design project. The goal of this course is to foster independent thinking and develop problem solving skills while drawing upon knowledge gained in the classroom.
The first part of this series, 695.01, focuses on the analysis of a design problem and formulating an approach to solve this problem. MSE 695.02 looks at the execution of the project design. 695.03 focuses on completion of the design project with written and oral reports. The presentations listed below are the culmination of our seniors' work during the 2006-2007 academic year.
All are invited to attend; these presentations are open to the public. For directions and parking information please go to the Contact us page of this site. Presentations will be roughly 12 minutes long followed by three minutes for questions.
2008 Senior Design Topics
Wednesday, April 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 388 Arps Hall
Michael Baughman, "Anisotropy in Pure Titanium"
Kathleen Sherer & Karen Domas, "Analysis of Liquidmetal Softball Bat"
Eric Sher & Zachary Brown, "Surface Failure of Cardiovascular Bypass Tubing"
Mitchell Bruns & Saurabh Sedha, "Strength Variability of Resistance Welded High Strength Steel"
Zachary Warchol, "High Performance Membrane Supports"
Sarah Bertke, "Residual Stress in SOFCs"
Jessica Wolever, "Synthesis of TitaniNanoparticles for Filtration Membranes"
Thursday, May 1, 2:30-4:00 p.m., 207 Koffolt Labs
Caesar Buie, "Investigation of NiTi Dental Alloys"
Matthew Chalker, "c-Kit Evaluation"
Timothy Wysong, "Crystallinity in Electrospun Fibers"
Katrina Altman, "Micropillars in Bovine Bone"
Allyson Stahl, "Thermal Expansion of Ti- alloys"
Abby McKain, "Electroless Copper Coating of Diamond Crystals"
Wednesday, May 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 388 Arps Hall
Elizabeth Brannon, "Erosion Mechanisms of Specialty Graphite Rocket Nozzles"
Beau Billet, "Explosive Metal Forming"
Tyler Rolfes, "Aluminum Surface Treatments"
Michael Gram, "Developing a Correlation Between Mechanical and Failure Properties"
Leslie Andrews & Nathaniel Sheppard, "Doped Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles for use in Gas Sensors"
Melissa Walker, "Development and Characterization of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells (DBFC)"
Matthew Stuck, "Coarsening Rates in Superalloy R88DT"
Adam Dyer, "Metal shot on Bulk Metallic Glass"
2007 Senior Design Topics
Monday, April 30
Chair: Mark Andio
Ryan Klayman "Superconducting Properties of YBCO and MgB2 Bulk Samples"
Jon Orsborn "Exploration of Deformation and Recrystallization in Niobium Single Crystals"
Anthony Lis "Reconstructing 3-D Microstructure Images of Polycrystalline Steel for Quantitative Analysis"
Braden Stocker "Failure Analysis of Aluminum Conducting Steel Reinforced Cable"
Joel Greszler & Steve Zondag "Analysis of Microstructure and Corrosion Susceptibility at Weld Joints of Dissimilar Metals"
Jason Mathews "Sigma Phase Formation and Susceptibility to Corrosion in 2205 Stainless Steel"
Wednesday, May 2
Chair: Usi Aimiuwu
Justine Mahler "Investigation of Nanostructured Ti64 Alloy for Biomedical Applications"
Usi Aimiuwu "The Use of Thermal Analysis to Compare the Energy Stored in Wear Debris Produced by Sliding and Abrasion"
Jesse Rhodes & Walter Findling "Aluminum Alloy Softball Bat Failure Analysis and Re-design"
Jayson Parrish "Study of Non-Aqueous Solution Chemical Synthesis of Fully Crystalline Perovskite Nanoparticles"
Mark Andio "Synthesis and Analysis of Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles for Gas Sensor Applications"
Ryan Glamm "Coarsening Kinetics of γ' Precipitates in Ni-base Superalloy René-104"
Scott Cottier "Molten Aluminum Treatment by Salt Fluxing with Low Environmental Emissions"
Wednesday, May 9
Chair: Ryan Glamm
Ashley Manny & Danelle Violet "Microstructural Instabilities in Ni-based Monocrystals: Secondary Reaction Zones"
Patrick Cleary "Persistent Joint with MgB2 Superconducting Wire"
Nicholas Heiing "Crystal Layer in LENS Processed Metallic Glass"
Xi Chen "Modeling of Superlubricity of the Diamond / Ag Monolayer / Silicon System"
Sean Smith "Tribology Study of 1075 Steel Using a Pin/Disk System"
Jennifer Payler "Cell Adhesion to Bulk Metallic Glasses"
Ahmad Din & Trent Wieber "The effect of friction stir processing on investment cast Ti-6Al-4V"
Jon Hedrick & Nathan Andersen "High strain rate testing of bulk metallic glass"
