Dayton Engineering
Sciences Symposium


General Schedule

8:30 AM - Shuttle service from U Lot begins
9:00 AM - Registration and Breakfast open
9:20 AM - Morning talks begin
11:15 AM - Poster session on the side of the Kennedy Union ballroom while lunch is set up
11:45 AM - Buffet opens
12:00 PM - Welcome remarks
12:10 PM - Keynote starts
1:10 PM - Dismissal remarks and short break before talks resume
1:15 PM - Afternoon talks begin
3:20 PM - Last bus to U Lot departs

Program-at-a-glance

Room KU 222 KU 207 KU 310
Time SESSION 1

Artificial Intelligence

Chair: Timothy Reissman
UD
SESSION 2

Combustion

Chair: Katie Opacich
NRC
SESSION 3

Additive Manufacturing

Chair: Robert Lowe
UD
9:20 AM DESS2024-045
Performance of Regression Machine Learning Algorithms for Predictive Pilot Manual Control in a Standard Rate Turn Maneuver

Timothy Reissman - UD
Diya Liz Babu, Tam Nguyen, Megan Reissman - UD
DESS2024-006
Multi-band Mid-IR Imaging of a Supersonic Combustor

Nathan Childs - WSU
Mitch Wolff - WSU
Timothy Ombrello - AFRL
DESS2024-009
Mechanical Response of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Gyroid Structures Under Combined Loading

Capt Jay Patel - AFIT
Maj John Brewer - AFIT
Dr. Elizabeth Bartlett - AFRL
9:35 AM DESS2024-003
Integrating Machine Learning and Spectral Shift Analysis for Structural Damage Detection: A Case Study on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades

Ameen Elsinwi - AFRL
DESS2024-040
Ignition Probability Comparison Between Nanosecond-Pulsed High-Frequency and DC Arc Discharges

Katherine Opacich - NRC
Joshua A. T. Gray - USC
Joshua S. Heyne - WASU
Timothy M. Ombrello - AFRL
DESS2024-038
Enhancing Compressive Properties of SLS-Printed Thermoplastic Lattice Structures Using Thermoset Reinforcement Coatings

Aime Regis Rugerinyange - MU
Dr. Muhammad P. Jahan - MU
Dr. Yingbin Hu - MU
Bruce Hardman - MU
9:50 AM DESS2024-029
Leveraging AI in Engineering Education: Enhancing Personalized Learning and Community Impact

Molly Savage - UD
Nathan Powell - UD
DESS2024-034
Design of an Optically Accessible Combustor for Investigating Ignition

Bryce Ullman - WSU
Brent Rankin - AFRL
Mitch Wolff - WSU
DESS2024-041
High-Fidelity Process Modeling for Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

Rahul Singha Rathun - UD
Rahul Singha Rathun - UD
Andrew Schrader - UD
Robert Lowe - UD
Abdullah Al Amin - UD
10:05 AM DESS2024-030
Clinical Translation of Virtual Reality Motion Capture for Upper Extremity Therapy Using Machine Learning

Skyler Barclay - UD
Megan E. Reissman, Timothy Reissman, Allison L. Kinney - UD
DESS2024-011
Effect of embedded cavities on fragmentation behaviors of droplets in shock-laden flows

Nhan Truong - UC
Jacob Gamertsfelder - UC
Prashant Khare - UC
DESS2024-042
Acoustic Field-Assisted Inkjet Printing of Graphene-Reinforced Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Composites

Chang Liu - MU
Chang Liu - MU
Yingbin Hu - MU
Muhammad Pervej Jahan - MU
10:20 AM Break


Room KU 222 KU 207 KU 310
Time SESSION 4

Structures / Solid Mechanics

Chair: Robert Lowe
UD
SESSION 5

Sustainability

Chair: Rydge Mulford
UD
SESSION 6

Fluid Dynamics / CFD

Chair: Mitch Wolff
WSU
10:30 AM DESS2024-002
Micromechanics of soft composites with high surface energy liquid inclusions

Matthew Grasinger - AFRL
Anh Hoang - UA
Amanda Koh - UA
DESS2024-019
Experimental Validation of Temperature and Performance of Optimized Photovoltaic Tilt Angles

Alex Zawacki - UD
Dr. Rydge Mulford - UD
Owen Koscho - UD
DESS2024-015
Verification of Optimal Flow Control Frequencies from Resolvent Analysis for Eppler 387 Airfoil

Vincent Sheeler - WSU
Mitch Wolff - WSU
Christopher Marks - AFRL
10:45 AM DESS2024-022
Prediction of Composite Bolted Joint Bearing Behavior Using a Mechanistic Modeling Approach

Matthew Fadden - AFIT
John Brewer - AFIT
Michael Gran - AFRL
DESS2024-004
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Multinary Copper Chalcogenide Nanocrystals for Photovoltaic Applications

Rakesh Tota - UD
Soubantika Palchoudhury - UD
Prem Shah - UI
DESS2024-036
ECT Sensor Generation and L2-Norm Based Flow Regime Analysis

Liam Hackett - WSU
11:00 AM DESS2024-023
Johnson-Cook Representation of IN718 Specimens Under High Energy Impact Scenario

Katie Bruggeman - WSU
Dr. Anthony Palazotto - AFIT
Dr. Dan Young - WSU
DESS2024-046
Performance and Degradation of Plastic-Free Geotextiles Along the Tidal Exposure Gradient in a Warm-Temperate Salt Marsh Estuary

Robert Lowe - UD
Evan Smyjunas, Loring Leitzel, Molly Savage, Scott Schneider - UD
Mariah Livernois, Bruce Pfirrmann, William Strosnider - USC
DESS2024-043
Evaluation of Event Cameras for 2D2C Velocimetry

Sidaard Gunasekaran - UD
Keigo Hirakawa - UD
11:15 AM

Kennedy Union Ballroom

11:15 AM - Poster session along back wall
11:45 AM - Buffet opens
12:00 PM - Welcome & Opening Remarks:
Dr. Megan Reissman, 16th DESS Chair
12:10 PM - Keynote Address: "AI in Engineering Education -
The Here and Now and the Future:
Discussions and Demonstrations"
Dr. Kevin Hallinan,AI Education Consultant &
Director of Impact Mining, Synota.io
1:10 PM - Final remarks


Room KU 222 KU 310 KU 207
Time SESSION 7

Heat Transfer / Thermal Sciences

Chair: Rydge Mulford
UD
SESSION 8

Additive Manufacturing for Fluids Applications

Chair: Jackson Godsey
UAK
SESSION 9

Biomechanics / Biomedical Engineering

Chair: Allison Kinney
UD
1:15 PM DESS2024-027
Electronic Component Thermal Control via PCM Dynamic Radiators

Anthony Lococo - UD
Dr. Rydge Mulford - UD
Abigail Boyer - UD
Ashley Anderson - UD
Andrew Gabriel - UD
DESS2024-025
Low-Cost Pump Design and Fabrication by Appropriate Technology Engineering Students

Thomas Thompson - CDU
Seth Mitchell, Madelyn Torrans, Jeffrey Jones, Andreas Chaffey, Caleb - CDU
Ethan Thompson, and Thomas Thompson (advisor) - CDU
DESS2024-031
Kinematic and Performance Characterization of People with a Spinal Cord Injury Using Virtual Reality

Skyler Barclay - UD
Trent Brown, Rebekah Revadelo - UD
Allison L. Kinney, Timothy Reissman, Megan E. Reissman - UD
Tessa M. Hill, Ann Smith - DCH
1:30 PM DESS2024-033
Conformal Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Heat Exchanger Design and Evaluation Heat Exchanger Design and Evaluation

Stephen Richter - AFIT
Maj. John Brewer - AFIT
Mr. Thomas Brauer - AFIT
Dr. Rama Gorla - AFIT
Dr. Abdeel Roman - AFRL
DESS2024-024
Design of a Reusable Additively Manufactured Methalox Rocket Engine and Feed System

Reece Davis - UAK
Jackson Godsey - UAK
DESS2024-016
The Influence of Task Difficulty, Color, and Gender on Mental Workload: A Factorial Analysis Using the Multi-Attribute Task Battery

Esther Adeyemi - UD
Dr. Sharon Bommer, Maura Tierney - UD
1:45 PM DESS2024-032
Heat Exchanger Characterization Table

Nathan Lewan - WSU
DESS2024-037
Envisioning a Future of 3D Printed Wind Tunnel Models for Experimental Aeroelasticity in Design

Kevin Mchugh - AFRL
Nicholas Jones - PCKA
Philip Buskohl - AFRL
Alexander Pankonien - AFRL
DESS2024-039
Liquid Metal: Powering Touch Sensors in Wearables

Ashok Rathanlal - UD
2:00 PM Break


Room KU 222 KU 207 KU 331
Time SESSION 10

Vehicle Design & Optimization

Chair: Samuel Atchison
AFIT
SESSION 11

Fluid Dynamics / CFD 2

Chair: Kevin Mchugh
AFRL

2:10 PM DESS2024-047
Case Study: Application of Artificial Intelligence in development of an industrial control system for an innovative alternate energy fueling system

Sean Cahill - UD
Francisco Martinez - UAL
DESS2024-035
Custom Electrical Capacitance Tomography Sensor

Colin Fokine - WSU
 
2:25 PM DESS2024-008
Structural Index Parameter for Capturing Aerothermal Effects in Conceptual Level Vehicle Design

Samuel Atchison - AFIT
Jose Camberos - AFIT
DESS2024-044
Wake Characteristics of Non-Elliptical Lift Distribution

Sidaard Gunasekaran - UD
Charles C.B. Cain - UD
2:40 PM DESS2024-005
Mechanism and Structural Optimization for a Bio-Inspired Concept Aircraft

Jack Studnicka - UD
Dr. David Myszka - UD
Dr. Rick Graves - AFRL
Dr. Andrew Murray - UD
DESS2024-012
Mechanisms of Turbulent Mixing in the Nearfield of Jets Injected in a Quiescent Environment

Ariana Deluca - UC
Himakar Ganti - UC
Prashant Khare - UC
2:55 PM DESS2024-021
High-Fidelity Aeroelastic Shape and Sizing Optimization of a Trimmed Vehicle

Neal Novotny - AFRL
David Sandler - UDRI
Nathan Wukie - AFRL
DESS2024-014
Development of a Polar Invariant Map for Turbulence Modeling

James Wnek - WSU
Mitch Wolff, Ph.D. - WSU
Eric Wolf, Ph.D. - OAI
Christopher Schrock, Ph.D. - AFRL
3:10 PM Adjurn



Kennedy Union Ballroom

11:15 PM - 11:45 PM   Poster Session


DESS2024-007

Processing and Application of Functional Ink Materials for Inkjet Printed Board Level Heterogeneous Integration

Arashdeep Singh - WSU

Ahsan Mian - WSU

Daniel Young - WSU



DESS2024-010

Effect of Preform Shape on Strain Distribution during Forging using Finite Element Analysis

Vignesh Asam - WSU

Showmik Ahsan - WSU

Dr. Ahsan Mian - WSU

Dr. Daniel Young - WSU

Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan - WSU



DESS2024-013

Printing of Polyimide/h-BN Nanocomposites Using Direct Ink Write Technology and Exposure to Gamma Rays

Lucas Clark - WSU

Ahsan Mian - WSU

Fahima Ouchen - AFRL

Laura Davidson - AFRL

Carrie Bartsch - AFRL



DESS2024-017

A Systematic Literature Review: Cognitive Workload Assessment in Human Factors Research

Maura Tierney - UD

Dr. Sharon Bommer, Esther Adeyemi, - UD



DESS2024-018

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF INCONEL 718 AND 316L ​ PREFORMS FOR FORGING OPERATIONS

Showmik Ahsan - WSU

VIgnesh Asam - WSU

Ahsan Mian - WSU

Henry Young - WSU

Raghu Srinivasan - WSU



DESS2024-020

Model-Based Systems Engineering Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Mission Planning

Thomas Kelly - AFIT

David Curtis - AFIT

Jordan Stern - AFIT



DESS2024-026

Effect of Build Orientation on Mechanical Properties, Dimensional Stability and Surface Characteristics of Polyamide 12 Part Printed Using Powder Bed

Adedamola Adeyemi - WSU

Tahseen Alwattar - WSU

Ahsan Mian - WSU



DESS2024-028

Design and Development of a Telescoping Deployment Mechanism for a Space-Based Origami Mirror

Arturo Luna - AFIT

Robert Bettinger - AFIT



DESS2024-048

Failure modes of silver versus gallium-alloy conductive traces at flex-to-stretch interfaces

Josafat Jimenez - UD



Abbreviations:

AFIT = Air Force Institute of Technology
AFRL = Air Force Research Laboratory
CDU = Cedarville University
DCH = Dayton Childrens Hospital
MU = Miami University
NRC = National Research Council
OAI = Ohio Aerospace Institute
PCKA = PC Krause & Associates
UA = University of Alabama
UAK = University of Akron
UAL = University of Alicante
UC = University of Cincinnati
UD = University of Dayton
UDRI = University of Dayton Research Institute
UI = University of Idaho
USC = University of South Carolina
WASU = Washington State University
WSU = Wright State University