b'Mechanical EngineeringTyler Ard Alexandria, VAB.S., Clemson UniversityDissertation: Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles on Energy and Traffic Flow: Optimal Control Design and Verification Through Field TestingAdviser: Dr. Ardalan Vahidi Nathan Kenneth BrownPortland, ORB.S., M.S., Clemson UniversityDissertation: Deep Reinforcement Learning for the Design of Structural TopologiesAdviser: Dr. Gang Li Nathan was awarded the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Teaching Award in 2021 and Graduate Service Award in 2022 while serving as the Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council. He has first-authored five peer-reviewed journal publications and has begun working as a Senior Staff Scientist with the Applied Machine Intelligence team at Sandia National Laboratories.John A. Buzhardt .Newberry, SCB.S., Clemson UniversityDissertation: Controlled Manipulation and Transport by Microswimmers in Stokes FlowsAdviser: Dr. Phanindra Tallapragada Omar Marwan Isa Hussein Amman, JordanB.S., University of Jordan; M.S., Clemson UniversityDissertation: Atomistic and Mesoscale Modeling of Microstructure Development During Solid-State SinteringAdviser: Dr. Fadi Abdeljawad Shivuday Kala .Dehradun, IndiaB.S., Delhi Technological University; M.S., Clemson University Dissertation: Improving Sizing Resolution of Particle Impactors in the Nanoparticle RangeAdviser: Dr. John R. Saylor Sourabh Karmakar Norwalk, CTB.E., Jadavpur University India; M.B.A., ICFAI University, India Dissertation: Improving Hexapod Pose Accuracy: A Photogrammetry-Based ApproachAdviser: Dr. Cameron Turner Sourabh, a dedicated scholar, has successfully earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Sourabh has five publications, three journal publications are under review, and one patent is pending during this period. He filed thirteen patents in India and three patents were granted. Sourabh accepted a project manager position at ASML in Connecticut.23'