Faculty
James Van de Ven |
Current PhD Students
- Boyce-Erickson, Grey
- Cronk, Paul
- McDonald, Gillian
- Nahin, Md Minal
- Ponkshe, Nitish
- Pozo Palacios, Jonatan
- Simmons, Jeremy
- Thomalla, Steven
- Voth, John
- Yudell, Alexander
- Herrera Perez, Martin
Current MS Students
- Bohach, Garrett
- Dai, Caroline
- Fulbright, Nate
- Sonkar, Kshitij
- Spurlock, Kristen
- Swanson, Jenny
Current Undergraduate Students
- Berger, Paxton
- Brown, Jacob
- Ciresi, Ryan
- Feng, Junchi
- Nguyen, Michael
- Orpen, Kevin
- Sonstegard, Jack
Past Graduate Students
- Bohach, Garrett - MS, “A Study and Optimization of a Radial Ball Piston Pump for High-Speed Applications,” MS Plan A, December 2020.
- Gilbertson, Mark - PhD, “Towards Inverse Design of Soft Robotic Actuators using Techniques from Nonlinear Finite Element Modeling,” November 2019. Co-advised with Tim Kowalewski.
- Gust, Aleksander - MS, “Cost Optimization and Liquid-Air Interface Stability Analysis of a Liquid Piston Compressor/Expander,” MS Plan A, May 2019.
- Corby, Sebastian - MS, "Structural Analysis of Rolling Diaphragm Seals," MS Plan B, November 2017
- Hogan, Paul - MS, “A Linear Electromagnetic Piston Pump,” June 2017.
- Ravula, Anirudh Reddy - MS, “Structural Analysis and Design of Variable Displacement Linkage Pumps,” April 2017
- Knutson, Anthony - MS, “Modeling and Experimental Validation of Disc and Reed Style Check Valves for Hydraulic Applications,” August 2016.
- Tian, Hao - PhD, “Study of Active Valve Timing on Efficient Hydraulic Piston Motor Operation,” July 2016.
- Koktavy, Shaun - MS, “Design of a High-Speed Crank-Slider Valve for use in Hydraulic Switch-Mode Systems with Experimental Validation in a Pressure Boost Converter Circuit,” May 2016.
- Wilhelm, Shawn - PhD, “Modeling, Analysis, and Experimental Investigation of a Variable Displacement Linkage Pump,” June 2015.
- Beckstrand, Brandon - MS, “Design and Validation of a Soft Switch for Virtually Variable Displacement Pump,” June 2015.
- Strohmaier, Kyle - MS, “Modeling, Optimization, and Detailed Design of a Hydraulic Flywheel-Accumulator,” July 2014.
- Sullivan, Thomas - MS, “Multi-Domain Multi-Objective Optimization of Mechanism: A General Method with Two Case Studies,” October 2013.
- Cusack, Jessy - MS, “Design of a High Speed Clutch with Mechanical Pulse-Width Control,” February 2013.
- Judge, Andrew - PhD, "Air Gap Elimination in Permanent Magnet Machines,” March 2012.
- Wong, Lak Kin - MS, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Liquid Piston Gas Compression,” December 2011.
- Katz, Allan - MS, "Design of a High Speed Hydraulic On/Off Valve,” May 2008.