Professor Kostic's Thesis Graduate Students:
- Bhaskar Rao Tulimilli, Phani Ganesh, and Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Pati, Starting thesis research in area of CFD Simulation of Flooding Flows and Scouring Around Bridge Structures for Improved Design and Stability, M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, In progress, 2009.
- Shailendra Shastrula, “Development of Advanced Tribological Nanofluids,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, In progress, 2009.
- Ben Nichols, "Exploring New Hybrid Polymer-Nanofluids with Enhanced Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics," M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, In progress, 2009.
- Casey Walleck, "Development of Steady-state, Thermal-Conductivity Apparatus for POLY-Nanofluids and Comparative Measurements with Transient HWTC Apparatus", M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, In progress, 2009.
- Dipankar Biswas, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis for Open Channel Flow over Bridge Decks with Scouring-Part II,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, In progress, 2009.
- Bishwadipa Das Adhikary, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis for Open Channel Flow over Bridge Decks with Scouring,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Completed in July 2008.
- Kalyan Chaitanya Simham, “Development of Computerized Transient Hot-Wire Thermal Conductivity (HWTC) Apparatus for Nanofluids,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Completed in June 2008.
- Sachin Patil, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis for Open Channel Flow over Bridge Decks under Various Flood Conditions,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Completed in April 2008.
- Vijay Kumar Sankaramadhi, “Development of Advanced Metal Cutting Nanofluids,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Completed in December 12, 2006.
- Shashank Tirumala, “Computerized Measurement of Motor Characteristics with Interactive Uncertainty Analysis,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Completed in October 27, 2006.
- Srinivas Majji, “Development of Interactive Measurement System for Motor Characteristics Using PC Data Acquisition and LabVIEW Software,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Completed in March 9, 2006.
- Dan Wu, “Die Design Improvement Using Inverse Extrusion Simulation and Polymer-Scintillator Viscoelastic Properties,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, defended thesis on July 8, 2004, (graduated in Spring 2005).
- Srinivasa Vaddiraju Thesis, ““Extrusion Simulation and Optimization of Profile Die Design,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, defended thesis on March 25, 2004 (graduated in Spring 2004).
· Haibo Tong, “A Novel Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Fluids with Changing and Anisotropic Structure Due to Shearing Flow,” M.S. Thesis. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, completed in Summer 1997.
· V.V.V. Raja Sekhar, “Development of Instrumentation with Data Acquisition for Thermal conductivity Apparatus,” M.S. thesis, not finished, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, student left in August 1996.
· Lawrence W. Holz, "The heat transfer and fluid flow of water and a polyacrylamide solution in a square duct," M.S. thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, completed in August 1994.
· Shahid Hussain, "Investigation of the viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids and design of a square duct apparatus," M.S. thesis not finished, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, student left for employment in 1993.
· Zorica Mihajlovic, "Hydrodynamic and heat transfer study of non-Newtonian fluids in a square duct," M.S. thesis not finished, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, student left in 1992.
· Jorge Jimenez, "Design, development and fabrication of a computerized viscometer/rheometer," M.S. thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, completed in Dec.1992.
· Jia Wang, "A numerical study of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids flow in rectangular ducts," M.S. thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIU, completed in Dec.1992.