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MechSE Seminar Series Spring 2012
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Tuesday, January 24
Professor Michael Zachariah
University of Maryland
"Understanding High Temperature Transformation of NanoParticles for Energy Applications"
Host: Professor Nick Glumac -
Tuesday, January 31
Professor Christian Franck
Brown University
"Three Dimensional Quantitative Measurements of Cells in their Surrounding Environment"
Host: Professor Amy Wagoner Johnson -
Thursday, February 2
Professor Srinivas Garimella
Georgia Institute of Technology
"Sustainable Thermal Energy Utilization form Micro to Megawatt Scales"
Host: Professor Tony Jacobi -
Thursday, February 9 (4:00pm)
NCSA Auditorium
Professor Howard Stone
Princeton University
"Fluid Mechanics and Biofilms: Interplay between Flow and the Movement and Organization of Surface-Attached Bacteria"
Host: Professors Moshe Matalon and Pratap Vanka -
Tuesday, February 14
Professor Maurizio Porfiri
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
"Guidance and Control of Fish Shoals Using Biomimetic Robots"
Host: Professor Naira Hovakimyan -
Thursday, March 1 (4:00pm)
NCSA Auditorium
Professor Stephen Davis
Northwestern University
"Dynamics of Metallic Foams"
Host: Professors Moshe Matalon and Jon Freund -
Tuesday, March 6
Dr. Kazunari Sasaki
Kyushu University
"Materials Research for Durable Fuel Cells: Current Status and Future Perspective"
Host: Professor Petros Sofronis -
Tuesday, March 6
Professor Farzad Mashayek
University of Illinois at Chicago
"CANCELLED-Simulation of High-Speed Flows with Spectral Methods"
Host: Professor Dimitrios Kyritsis -
Thursday, March 15 (4:00pm)
NCSA Auditorium
Professor Ivan Marusic
University of Melbourne
"Turbulence Research: Ongoing Challenges and New Opportunities"
Host: Professors Ken Christensen and Carlos Pantano
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Tuesday, April 3
Mr. Steve Vavrik
SunPower
"Advancements in large-Scale Solar Power"
Host: Professors Ty Newell and Elif Ertekin -
Thursday, April 5
Professor Eliot Fried
McGill University
"Stability of a Thin Elastic Film Close to a Rigid Plate"
Host: Professor Jim Phillips -
Tuesday, April 10
Professor Roman Stocker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The Fluid Mechanics of Marine Microbes: Phytoplankton Gyrotaxis and Bacterial Rheotaxis"
Host: Professor David Saintillan -
Thursday, April 12
Professor Pol Spanos
Rice University
"CANCELLED-Joint Time-Frequency Techniques for Structural Dynamics Applications"
Host: Professor Alex Vakakis -
Tuesday, April 17
Professor Daryl Chrzan
University of California at Berkeley
"Ideal Strength, Elastic Anisotropy and the Curious Case of Gum Metal"
Host: Professor Elif Ertekin -
Tuesday, April 24
Professor Paul Newton
University of Southern California
"Metastatic Pathway Diagrams for Cancer Progression via Markov Chain Models"
Host: Professor Harry Dankowicz -
Thursday, April 26
Professor Gary Leal
University of California at Santa Barbara
"The Role of Compatibilizers in Polymer Blending (Surface Effects on Drop Deformation and Breakup)"
Host: Professor Jon Freund
All seminars are at 3:00pm in 190 Engineering Science Building unless otherwise stated.
Times, dates, and titles of events are subject to change.