FALL 2007
September
15, 2007: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Pathways
to Turbulence in Strongly-Stratified Flows
Professor
James J. Riley
University
of Washington – Seatlle
Mechanical
Engineering Department
October
16, 2007: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Professor
Paul E. Sojka
Purdue
University
School
of Mechanical Engineering
October
23, 2007: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
3D Magnetic Resonance Carotid Plaque Imaging
Professor
David C. Zhu
Michigan
State University
Departments
of Psychology and Radiology
November
6, 2007: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Static and Dynamic Stability of Bluff-body Stabilized Premixed Flames
Professor
Baki M. Cetegen
University
of Connecticut
Mechanical
Engineering Department
November
16, 2007: 3:00-4:00 p.m., 1230 Engineering Building
Dynamics of Highly Flexible Structures
Professor
Lawrence Virgin
Duke
University
Departments
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
November
27, 2007: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Small Unmanned Autonomy and Cooperation for Aerial Vehicles
Professor
Tim McLain
Brigham
Young University
Mechanical
Engineering Department
December
4, 2007: 10:30-11:30 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Sub-cellular mechanics and its influence on biological function
Professor
Roger D. Kamm
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Department
of Mechanical Engineering
SPRING 2008
January
29, 2008: 10:20-11:20 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
MRI and biomechanical modeling of the ACL injured knee
Professor
Thomas Buchanan
University
of Delaware
Department
of Mechanical Engineering
March
11, 2008: 10:20-11:20 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Professor
William Saric
Texas
A&M University
Department
of Mechanical Engineering
March
25, 2008: 10:20-11:20 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Quantitative Characterization of 3-D Deformations of Cell Interactions with Soft Biomaterials
Professor
Guruswami Ravichandran
California
Institute of Technology
Departments
of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
April
8, 2008: 10:20-11:20 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Computational Investigations of Gravity and Turbidity Currents
Professor
Eckart Meiburg
University
of California at Santa Barbara
Department
of Mechanical Engineering
April
15, 2008: 10:20-11:20 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Thermal Lagging in Multi-Carrier Systems
Professor
Robert Tzou
University
of Missouri – Columbia
Department
of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
April
22, 2008: 10:20-11:20 a.m., 3540 Engineering Building
Modeling, Analysis and Control of High-Speed Gear Dynamics
Professor
Teik C. Lim
University
of Cincinnati
Department
of Mechanical Engineering