Chemical and Biomedical Engineering - Dr. Bhaman Ghorashi

Thesis & Projects Supervised - Directed Research

Agile Manufacturing / Management of Technology

  • "Agility Assessment in A Manufacturing Plant", Scott Maruna, Master’sThesis.
  • "Determination of Intellectual Output from A Unit of An Enterprise Architecture In Response to A Change In Modality - Process Modeling and Simulation", Jeff Stafford, Research Project.
  • "Agility and Strategic Planning as Applied to the Adhesive Industry", Nitin Das, Masters Thesis.
  • "Just-In-Time Applied to Chemical Process Industry", Rahul Rajaram, Master’s Thesis.
  • "Traditional R&D VS. Team Integration R&D", Amit Shah, Master’s Thesis.
  • "Agile Manufacturing Practices in the Specialty Chemical Industry", JIT, Belal Shadid, Master’s Project.
  • "Agile Manufacturing, System Focus Applied to Chemical Industry", Dean Mullen, Master’s Project.
  • "Agile Manufacturing, System Focus Applied to Chemical Industry", Lisa Young, Special Topic Project.
  • "Agile Manufacturing / A Study of the Needs of Small and Intermediate Size Industries", Allen Guisinger, Master’s Thesis.
  • "Applying Agile Manufacturing Principles and JIT to Chemical Process Industry", Amjad Abu-Ali, Master’s thesis.
  • "Agile Manufgacturing Gap Assessment Program", Scott Maruna, Special Project.
  • "Global Sourcing", Jitendra Jain, Master's Project.
  • "Application of Quality Management Techniques to Chemical Engineering", Mary Ann Jamiol, Master's Project.

Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, and Propulsion Projects

  • "Heat Transfer in Thin Films", David Kost, Master’s Thesis.
  • "The Effect of Turbulent Structures on Transport in Industrial Ventilation Systems", John Varley, Master's Project.
  • "Determination of the Effect of Properties of 20% Glass-Filled/Nylon 6,6, Compounded on Two Different Types of Twin Screw Extruders", Sudhir Javangula, Master's Project.
  • "A Study of Flow Pattern in a Proposed Circular Combustor for the HSCT Application", Giorgio McBeath, Doctoral Project.
  • "Flow and Mixing Pattern in a Lean Pre-Mixed, Pre-Vaporized Combustor Under Advanced Supersonic Cruise Cycles", Chi Lee, Doctoral Project.
  • "Fuel Injection and Flow Mixing in A Circular Combustor", Chaue Hoang, Doctoral Project.
  • "Modeling of Flow in a Proposed Circular Combustor", Henry Lewendoski, Graduate Student and Sastry Taruvai, Research Assistant.
  • "Fluid Dynamics and Design Considerations of an Internal Combustion Engine with Chemically Reactive Flow (NASA-Lewis)".
  • "Development of an Image Processing and Analysis Technique for Utilization in Turbulence and Combustion Research", Dr. Chowen Wey, Research Associate.
  • "Filteration of Oily Sludge", Richard B. Stalzer, Master's Project.
  • "Image Analysis of the Stereoscopic Views of the Turbulent Structures in a Combustion Process (NASA-Lewis").
  • "Atmospheric Dispersion of Pollution in Complex Terrain", Daniel R. Straitiff, Master's Project.
  • "Blood Flow in and Adjacent to an Artificial Heart System", Swaminathan Jayaraman.
  • "A Study of Performance of Lubricants Under High Shear Rates", C.J. Huang.
  • "Analytical Investigation of Bubble Generation for Controlled Porosity Glasses", W.J. Kim, Graduate Student, Dr. M. Yekta-Fard, Post Doctoral Research Associate (1986).
  • "Heat Transfer to a Turbulent Non-Newtonian Fluid Flowing in a Heated Horizontal Pipe", P. Wangskarn, Doctoral Project.
  • "Viscometry Measurements", Ruth Crowl, Senior Project.
  • "Viscosity Measurement"s, "A Comparison Between Capillary and Rotational Viscometer Data", Mark Freedman, Master's Project.
  • "Unsteady Flow Analysis of Advanced Propellers", Dr. Venod G. Mengle, Post-Doctoral Research Associate.
  • "Acoustic Excitation Phenomenon", "Upstream Excitation of an Axisymmetric Jet", Ganesh Raman, Master's Thesis.
  • "A Fundamental Study of Fluid Jet Characteristics", Ravindra Deshpande and Clair Whiting, Research Assistants.
  • "Analogy Among Heat and Momentum Transfer for Non-Newtonian Fluids in Laminar Flow Through Pipes", David Hirsch, Master's Thesis.
  • "Thermal Energy Storage", Clair Reynolds, Master's Project and Scott Swan, Senior Project.
  • "Thermal Energy Storag"e," Direct Contact-Phase Change Process", Jamal Duqum, Master's Thesis.
  • "Thermal Energy Storage-Heat Transfer and Calorimetric Studies", Antonie Wehbe, Master's Thesis.

Clean Energy Projects

  • "Synthetic Battery Cycling", Eric Heylman, Research Assistant (1984).
  • "Flat Plate Solar Collectors", "Design Characteristics and Theory of Operation", Ralph Goshe, Master's Project (1983).
  • "Interactive Simulation and Data Analysis Applied to Electrochemical Systems", Eric Heylman, Research Assistant (1982).