Ph.D.
Students
1. Venkat
Ayyadevara, “Automated Planning for Stacking Polyhedral Sheet Metal
Parts,” Spring 2000. Present Position: Director of Engineering, Evoxis,
Pittsburgh, PA.
2. Ko-Hsiu
Hou, “A Computational Method for Mesh-Based Free-Form Functional Surface
Design,” Spring 2002, Present Position: Researcher, GE Corporate
Research and Development, Niskayuna, NY.
3. Soji
Yamakawa, “Unstructured Three-Dimensional Mesh Generation with
Controlled Anisotropy and Directionality,” Summer 2002, Present
Position: Post-doc Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
4. Murat
Gunay, “Three-Dimensional Bone Shape Reconstruction from X-Ray Images
Using Hierarchical Free-Form Deformation and Sequential Quadratic
Programming,” Spring 2003, Present Position: Assistant Professor,
Pamukkale University, Turkey.
5. Chandan
Alladahali, “Three-Dimensional Layout Design,” Fall 2004
(co-advised with Professor J. Cagan), Present Position: Design Advance,
Pittsburgh, PA.
6. Roshan
Quadros, “Controlling Finite Element Mesh Size, Directionality, and
Anisotropy,” Spring 2005 (estimated).
7. Miguel Vieira, “Geometric Data
Processing for 3D Laser Scanner,” Spring 2006 (estimated).
8. Daigo Tanaka, “Optimal Layout of
Cryoprobes for Cryosurgery,” Spring 2006 (co-advidsed with Professor Y.
Rabin), Fall 2006 (estimated).
9. Arbtip Dheeravongkit, “Mesh
Pre-deformation for Non-linear Finite Element Analysis,” Fall 2006 (estimated).
Master's
Students
1. Jia-Huei Liao, “Quadrilateral Meshing
via Close Packing of Square Cells, ” Spring 1998 (MS-P).
2. Megan Hazen, “Local Feature Recognition
in Three-Dimensional Data Using Invariant Hashing,” Spring 1999 (MS-P).
3. Naveen Viswanath, “Adaptive Anisotropic
Quadrilateral Mesh Generation Applied to Surface Approximation,” Spring
2000 (MS-P).
4. Karthick Chilaka, “Surface Topology and
Geometry Reconstruction of Wireframe CAD Models,” Spring 2000 (MS-P).
5. Ben Cheng, “Geometric Feature
Recognition via Discrete Curvature Estimation,” Spring 2000 (MS).
6. Tian Zhou, “An Angle-Based Approach to
Two-Dimensional Mesh Smoothing,” Spring 2001 (MS-P). Present Position:
Engineer, Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation.
7. Chandan Alladahali, “Using Geometric
Sensitivity Analysis to Infer Timing Schedule of Move Sets for a Pattern
Search Based 3D Layout Algorithm,” Spring 2001 (MS-P, co-advised with
Professor J. Cagan).
8. Ho-Kook Lee, “Solution-Adaptive Finite
Element Analysis of Sheet-Metal Forming,” Fall 2001 (MS).
9. Jonathan Evans, “Shape and Topology Optimization for Hybrid
Structural Parts,” Spring 2002 (MS) (a part-time student from Bayer AG)
10. Miguel Vieira, “Geometric Data
Processing for 3D Laser Scanner,” Spring 2003 (MS-P).
11. Leslie Gennari, “Pen-Based User Interface for Electrical Circuit
Design,” Spring 2004 (MS-P, estimated).
12. Arbtip Dheeravongkit, “Meshing with
Pre-Distortion for Large Deformation Finite Element Analysis,” Spring
2004 (MS-P, estimated).
13. Nissan Shoykhet, “Computational
Modeling of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,” Spring 2005 (MS-P, estimated).
14. Emily Monahan, “Computer-Assisted
Arthroscopy for Hip Surgery,” Spring 2005 (MS-P, estimated).
15. Robert Oberreuter, “Computer and Robot
Assisted Orthopedic Surgery,” Spring 2006 (MS-P, estimated).
Undergraduate
Students
1. Megan Hazen, “Geometric Feature Search
Engine for Internet,” Spring 1997.
2. Jonathan Pompa, “Graphical User
Interface for Surface Design,” Spring 1998.
3. Matthew Carlson, “Two-Dimensional Curve
Smoothing,” Spring 1999.
4. Susan Swithenbank, “Three-Dimensional
Bubble Mesh for FEM,” Spring 2000.
5. Bedirhan Cinar, “Two-Dimensional Curve
Smoothing,” Spring 2000.
6. #* Stehanie Pollice, “Shape
Reconstruction from a Limited Number of Images,” Spring 2001.
7. #* Miguel Vieira, “Three-Dimensional
Curve Smoothing,” Spring 2001.
8. #* Arbtip Dheeravongkit, “Angle-Based
FEM Mesh Smoothing,” Spring 2002.
9. Fayette Shaw, “Tagbots,” SURG, Spring
2002.
10. Daniel Vogel, “Tagbots,” SURG, Spring
2002.
11. Chris Hynes, “Surface
Re-Parameterization for Finite Element Mesh Generation,” Spring 2002.
12. #* Renata Melamud, “Design Automation
and Optimization of Hybrid Structures,” Spring 2003.
13. * Nissan Shoykhet, “Non-Invasive Risk
Assessment of Rupture in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using FEM Analysis,”
Summer 2003.
14. #* John Reifenberg, “Truss Structure
Optimization,” Spring 2003.
15. #* Robert Oberreuter, “Optimization of
Bone Distraction Path for a 2DOF Fixator,” Spring 2004.
16. #* Matt Rosa,
“Minimum-Degree-of-Freedom Bone Distractor,” Spring 2004.
17. * Serge LiHoiFoo-Gregory, “Rapid
Prototyping Machine for Automobile Interior Design,” Spring 2004.
18. #* Shintaro Kamishima,
“Three-Dimensional Shape Generation from Cross-Sectional Images,” Spring
2004.
19. Michael North, “CFD for Automotive
External Flow Analysis,” Spring 2005 (estimated).
20. Shandor Dektor, “CFD for Automotive
External Flow Analysis,” Spring 2005 (estimated).
21. Brent Selby, “Pseudo Flow Simulation of
Plastic Injection Molding,” Spring 2005 (estimated).
22. Michael Ballinger, “Image Processing
for Cryosurgery,” co-advised with Professor Y. Rabin Spring 2005
(estimated).
23. Michael Steffa and Mike Ballinger,
“Brain Imaging,” SURF Grant, Summer 2004.
24. Charlie Shaw, “One-Layer Tetrahedral
Mesh Generation for Plastic Injection Molding FEM,” Spring 2005
(estimated).
25. Christopher D’Eramo, “Sketch-Based
Automobile Style CAD,” Fall 2005 (estimated).
26. Michael Norman, “Automotive Trunk
Packing,” Spring 2006 (estimated).
27. Kristine Falletta, “Automated Meshing
for Plastic Injection Molding FEM,” Spring 2006 (estimated).
#: CIT Research Honor Project
*: Mechanical Engineering Department Research Honor Project
School of Computer Science, independent study advisee:
15. Brian Schuster, “Rigid Body Dynamics for Computer Graphics,” Spring
1999.
Summer Visiting Students from Oversea
1.
Jun Mitani, Professor H. Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, Summer 1998.
2.
Shingo Takeuchi, Professor H. Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, Summer
1999.
3.
Atsushi Izumi, Professor H. Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, Summer
2000.
4. Yasuhiro Tamaki (Visiting MS Student,
the University of Tokyo, summer 2002)
Ph.D. Thesis Committees
Matthew Campbell (Advisor: J. Cagan, Mechanical
Engineering, graduated 2000)
John Lunz (Advisor: W. Messner, Mechanical Engineering, graduated 2000)
Su Yin (Advisor: J. Cagan, Mechanical Engineering, graduated 2000)
Manish Agawal (Advisor: J. Cagan, Mechanical Engineering, graduated 1999)
Chunmei Xia (Advisor: J. Murthy, Mechanical Engineering, graduated 2001)
Steve Owen (Advisor: S. Saigal, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
graduated 1999)
Ahmed Salem Zakaria (Advisor: S. Saigal, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, graduated 1998)
Kortham Sathirakul (Advisor: R. Sturges, Mechanical Engineering, graduated
1997)
Dhanunjay S. Boyalakuntla (Advisor: J. Murthy, Mechanical Engineering)
Yong Cao (Advisor: J. Murthy, Mechanical Engineering)
Jay McCormick (Advisor: J. Cagan, Mechanical Engineering)
David White (Advisor: S. Saigal, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Alexandre Cunha (Advisor: O. Ghattas, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
