PhD Completed

Year Name Research Title
2020 Amin Aria Cost-effective Prognostics and Health Monitoring of Locally Damaged Pipelines with High Confidence Level (Currently at FCC)
2019 David Verstraete Deep Adversarial Approaches in Reliability (Currently Senior Systems Engineer- IoT- Herman Miller, MI, USA), (E. Droguett, Co-Advisor).
2019 Huisong Yun Entropic Approaches for Assessment of Metal Fatigue Damage (Currently a Major in ROK Army, South Korea)
2018 Taotao Zhou Development of Approaches to Common Cause Dependencies With Applications to Multi-Unit Nuclear Power Plant (Currently Research Engineer, R&D Center, Huawei Technologies, China), (E. Droguett Co-Advisor).
2017 Reuel Calvin Smith Framework for Small Crack Propagation and Detection Joint Modeling Using Gaussian Process Regression (Currently Adjunct Instructor, Reliability Engineering, University of Maryland).
2016 Elaheh Rabiei Damage Precursor Based Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostic Framework Using Dynamic Bayesian Network. (Currently a postdoc at UCLA)
2015 Anahita Imanian An Entropic Theory of Damage with Applications to Corrosion-Fatigue Structural Integrity Assessment. (Currently with the TDA Corp., Falls Church, VA)
2015 Katherine E. Gromek Agent Autonomy Approach to Probabilistic Physics-of-Failure Modeling of Complex Dynamic Systems with Interacting Failure Mechanisms. (Currently a PRA specialist at Ontario Hydro)
2015 Omer Yousif Mechanistic-Based Design Integrated Reliability Validation Framework for Mechanical Systems. (Currently a reliability engineer with John Deere)
2014 Abdullah Al Tamimi Improved Probabilistic Remaining Useful Life Estimation In Engineering Structures: Modeling Multi-Site Fatigue Cracking. (R&D lead, ADNOC oil company, UAE)
2014 Chonlagarn Iamsumang Computational Algorithm for Dynamic Hybrid Bayesian Network in On-Line System Health Management Applications. (Research Office of Thai Atomic Energy Commission). (Professor Ali Mosleh Co-Advisor)
2014 Azadeh Keshtgar Acoustic Emission-Based Structural Health Management and Prognostics Subject to Small Fatigue Cracks. (Staff Engineer, TDA Corp., Fall Church, VA)
2014 Victor Ontiveros Strain Energy and Thermodynamic Entropy as Prognostic Measures of Crack Initiation in Aluminum. (Staff Engineer, Hughes Associates Inc.)
2013 Martin Wayne Methodology for Assessing Reliability Growth Using Multiple Information Sources. (Lead Reliability, U.S. Army, AMSAA)
2013 Seymour Mandelcorn An Explanatory Model of Motivation for Cyber-Attacks Drawn from General Crime Theories. (Computer Security Specialist, University of Maryland)
2011 Kaushik Chaterjee A Probabilistic Mechanistic Approach for Assessing The Rupture Frequency of Small Modular Reactor Steam Generator Tubes Using Uncertain Inputs From In-Service Inspections (FM Global, MA, USA).
2011 Masoud Rabiei A Bayesian Framework for Structural Health Management Using Acoustic Emission Monitoring and Periodic Inspections (Reliability Engineering Lead, Google, Inc.)
2009 Donald E. Hall Modeling and Validation of Dosimetry Measurement Assumptions Within the Armed Forces Radiobiolog Research Institute Triga Mark-F Reactor and Associated Exposure Facilities Using Monte Carlo Techniques (Currently, Colonel, Deputy Director of the Armed Forces Radiobiolog Research Institute)
2009 Mohamad A. Chookah Structuring a Probabilistic Model For Reliability Evaluation of Piping Subject to Corrosion-Fatigue Degradation. (Currently Director Licensing, Emirati Nuclear Energy Corporation, UAE)
2007 Reza Azarkhail Agent Autonomy Approach to Physics-Based Reliability Modeling of Structures and Mechanical Systems. (Currently, Manager Reliability Engineering, Novellus Systems, Inc.)
2007 Genebeline Valbuena Probabilistic Models to Estimate Fire-Induced Cable Damage at Nuclear Power Plants. (Current Manager of Reliability Group DNV Inc.)
2007 M. Pour Gul-Mohamad Integrated Methodology for Thermal-Hydraulics Uncertainty Analysis. (Currently Assistant Professor, Iran). (Co-Advisor with A. Mosleh)
2006 Jose Hurtado Airframe Integrity Based on Bayesian Approach (Currently with Canada Oil Refinery)
2006 Kristine Fretz Engineering-Based Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Food Safety with Application to E. coli O157:H7 Contamination in Cheese (currently with Johns Hopkins Applied Research Lab)
2004 Samuel Chamberlain Development of a Physics of Failure Model and Quantitative Assessment of Fire Fatality Risk of Compressed Natural Gas Bus Cylinders. (Currently Industrial Products Group Reliability Specialist and Area Manager, ITT Industries)
2003 Chi Yeh System Modeling and Root Cause Failure Analysis Expert System. (Currently, Systems Engineering & Integration Branch, NASA, Glenn Research)
2001 Fei Li Assessment of Pressure Vessel Failure Due to Pressurized Thermal Shock with Consideration of Probabilistic-Deterministic Screening and Uncertainty Analysis (Currently, Materials Research Scientist, Corning, Inc.)
2000 Francisco Joglar A Methodology For Fire Risk and Hazard Assessment. (Currently Vice President, Jensen Hughes, Inc.)
2000 Vasiliy Krivtsov A Monte Carlo Approach to Modeling and Estimation of the Generalized Renewal Process in Repairable System Reliability Analysis. (Currently Corporate-Wide Technical Advisor for Reliability, Ford Motor Company)
1998 Hadi Hadavi Risk and Performance-Based Techniques in System Health and Maintenance Monitoring. (Currently Senior Engineer, TRC Corp, Rockville, MD)
1998 James O’Brien Methodology For Modeling System Evolution to Support Decision making With Application in Severe Accident Management. (Currently Director of Office of Nuclear Safety, DOE)
1998 Yue Guan A Method of Integrating Thermal Hydraulics-Probabilistic Assessment For Safety Analysis and Screening With Applications to the AP600 Reactor. (Currently President and CEO, Advanced System Technology Management, Inc.)
1998 Kamredding Ouliddren Automated Fuzzy Logic-Based Learning Using Dynamic Master Logic Diagram. (Currently with Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Belgium). (Co-Advisor Jointly with SCK-CEN, Belgium, Student Graduated from the University of Brussels, Belgium)
1997 Toni Ni Development of Partial Failure Analysis Method in Probabilistic Risk Assessment. (Currently Deputy Dean, Shanghai University, China)
1997 Attosa Thunem Functional Modeling Using Joint GTST-MFM Approaches. (Currently with reliability group, Halden Reactor Project, Norway). (Co-Advisor Jointly with Technical University of Denmark, graduated from TUD, Lyngby, Denmark)
1995 J. K. Won Modeling and diagnosis of equipment partial failures in process plants
1994 Yu-Shu Hu Evaluating System Behavior through Dynamic MLD Modeling. (Currently Dean, Beijing Technology & Business University, and CEO of DML International Corp.)
1991 Lawarence Hammersten Assessment of the effect of degraded equipment failures and untimely operator actions on nuclear plant safety. (Currently Research Analyst, MITRE Corp.)
1990 Lionel Chen A hierarchical decision process for fault administration (Currently Vice President, Bank of America)
1990 Jayning Wang Development of an AI-based program for process safety evaluation
1988 Inn Seok Kim A model-based approach to on-line process disturbance management. (Currently President, International System Safety Analysis (ISSA) Technology, Inc.)
1988 Donald Chung A correlation model to analyze dependent failures for probabilistic risk assessment. (Currently Senior Staff Member with U.S. NRC)
1985 Homayoon Dezfuli Real-time expert system for fault detection and failure prevention and applications. (Currently NASA Fellow, HQ)
1985 Erasmia Lois A class specific approach to nuclear power plant safety studies with applications. (Currently Retired Senior Staff Member, U.S. NRC)