Graduate Students Present Research at MAE Poster Competition
May 4, 2005
By Dr. N. Ma, NCSU

This year, participation was excellent with 14 Ph.D. students and 5 M.S. students presenting their research in the MAE Graduate Student Poster Competition on Thursday April 28, 2005. Many faculty, students and staff attended the event and enjoyed learning about the diverse research being conducted in the MAE department. The crowd also enjoyed burgers provided by the student chapter of the ASME and the displays from the Aerial Robotics Club and Wolfpack Motor Sports, which contributed heavily to the overall success of the event.

Four judges rated each poster for both presentation and technical content. The scoring was extremely close, as the quality of all the posters was excellent and all of the presentations were first rate. At the Ph.D. level, there was an exact tie for second place, so a third place prize was not awarded.

Congratulations go to the following graduate students:

Ph.D. Students

	Hemanth Kolera-Gokula, 1st Place Advisor: Dr. T. Echekki Title: Direct Numerical Simulation of a Flame Kernel-Vortex Configuration
	Zhonghua Li, 2nd Place Advisor: Dr. C. Kleinstreuer Title: Computational Analysis and Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interactions Applied to Stented Aortic Aneurysms
	Mei Yang, 2nd Place Advisor: Dr. N. Ma Title: A Computational Study of Natural Convection in a Liquid-Encapsulated Molten Semiconductor with a Horizontal Magnetic Field

M.S. Students

	Nathan Buescher, 1st Place Advisor:Dr. T. Dow Title: Live-Axis Turning Project
	Travis Blalock, 2nd Place Advisor:Dr. A. Rabiei Title: Processing and Characterization of Functionally Graded Hydroxyapatite for Orthopedic and Dental Implants
	Karalyn Folkert, 3rd Place Advisor:Dr. T. Dow Title: Metrology Artifact Design

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NC State, would like to acknowledge the support and financial assistance provided by Shell, for the partial support for the 6th Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition. The support of the following faculty and staff is gratefully acknowledged:

Dr. R. T. Nagel, Director of Graduate Programs
Mrs. B. A. Warren, Graduate Programs Assistant
Ms. C. A. Heeter, Director of Public Relations and Meetings
Mr. L. C. Mangum, Technology Support Analyst