The Department firmly believes that independent research is an integral component of an engineer’s education. Consequently, all seniors are required to complete a year-long thesis project, write a thesis and present the results of their work throughout the year. Sophomores and juniors are also encouraged to participate in independent research and should take the initiative to discuss their interests with departmental faculty members.
Below are some recent examples of excellent work.
CAA Class of 2024: Selected Senior Thesis Projects
Amelie Lemay (Ian Bourg): Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) form strong mutual interactions at the water-air interface even when exhibiting a Langmuir adsorption isotherm
Akaneh Wang (Jurgen Hackl/Ming Shan Ng): Join(t)ing the Past and Present: A Dive into the History, Construction, and Structural Properties of the Traditional Japanese Daimochi Tsugi Timber Joint
Madeleine C. Burns (Reed Maxwell): Estimation of Snow Water Equivalent Using Long Short-Term Memory Networks in the Western United States
Aidan James Matthews (Amilcare Porporato): The Stochastic Ferrous Wheel and its Implications for the Carbon Cycle
Daria Mar Fontani Herreros (Reza Moini): Using Additive Manufacturing to Enhance Carbonation Rates of Magnesium Silicate Binders
Paige Silverstein (John Higgins/Ian Bourg): Lead Isotopic Fingerprinting: Exploring Applications to Tap Water Lead Contamination in Trenton, NJ
Cristina Maldacena (Denise Mauzerall): Pairing Solar Photovoltaics and Agriculture: Engineering, Economics, and Policy Landscape of Agrivoltaics
Anne Grinder (Branko Glisic): Cracking the Case: An Integrative Multi-Method Approach to Damage Investigation in the Morris Island Lighthouse
Edward Zhang (Peter Jaffe): Investigation of Key Parameters for Bioremediation of PFAS in Biosolids Using Acidimicroibum Sp. Strain A6
Bryan Boyd (Branko Glisic): Methods for Identifying and Modeling Strain Anomalies in Prestressed Concrete Structures
Emily Leilani Bender (Maria Garlock): Extreme Wind Effects on Thin-Shell Hypar Kinetic Umbrellas for Coastal Defense Applications
Meredith Hertan (Jurgen Hackl?Ming Shan Ng): Flowing Through Time: An Assessment of the Structural Health of the Suirokaku Aqueduct in Kyoto, Japan
Helen Retzepis (Guy Nordenson/Branko Glisic): A Structural Analysis of the Agios Petros Tower for its Historic Preservation
Jonny Gagnon (Branko Glisic): Engineering Fail-Safes in Greek Architecture: An Evaluation of the Double Cantilever and Flat-Arch Relieving Devices
Kelvin Alexander Green (Howard Stone/Jason Ren): Towards Continuous Flow Microfluidics for Selective Lithium Recovery
Ruby Jacobs (Branko Glisic): Above and Beyond: A Structural Analysis of the Hyperboloid Vaults in Gaudí's Sagrada Família