Henry Samueli School
of Engineering, University of California,
Irvine
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Seminar Series 2007-2008
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) seminars are held according
to the schedule shown below. Unless indicated otherwise in this schedule,
the MAE seminars are held at
Spring 2008
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., April 2 MDEA |
Jonathan Arici (MAE) |
Turbulent combustion in a model turbine burner |
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Tim M. Brown (MAE) |
Improvements in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers |
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Wed., April 9 MDEA |
Ben Colcord (MAE) |
Numerical Model of Air Flow past a Cavity with Fuel Injection |
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Adam R Schofield (MAE) |
MEMS Tuning Fork Gyroscope with Multi-Degree of Freedom
Sense Modes |
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Wed., April 16 MDEA |
Do Anh-Tuan (MAE) |
Synthesis and Characterization of Oxide-Ion Conducting Electrolytes
for Intermediate Temperature SOFCs |
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Peter Therkelsen (MAE) |
Carbon Burnout Prediction using CBK and
Time-Temperature-Oxygen Trajectories through a Coal Furnace |
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Wed., April 23 MDEA |
No Regular Seminar (Faculty Meeting) |
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Wed., April 30 MDEA |
Andrew Scott
Martinez (MAE) |
Microstructure Characterization of Random FC Electrode-Electrolyte
Interfaces |
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Ronne Toledo (MAE) |
Mathematical and Numerical analysis of a Liquid Jet Instability |
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Wed., May 7 MDEA |
Prof. Reginald Mitchell |
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Wed., May 14 MDEA |
Preben Nielsen (MAE) |
Optimization of Fan Flow Deflection for Supersonic Turbofan Engines |
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Julius Klein (MAE) |
Biomimetic Orthosis for the Neurorehabilitation of the Elbow and
Shoulder |
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Wed., May 21 MDEA |
Dr. M.W. Lo |
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Wed., May 28 MDEA |
TBD |
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Wed., June 4 MDEA |
TBD |
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Special Seminars 2008
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Mon. February 11 1:00pm in MDEA |
Julie Bellerose |
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Fri., February 22, 11:00 am in MAE Conference Room 4211 Engineering Gateway |
Dr. Scott Peck The Aerospace Corporation in |
Invariant
Based Design of Laminated Composite Materials
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Fri., March 7, 11:00 am in MAE Conference Room 4211 Engineering Gateway |
Prof. Aditi Chattopadhyay |
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Mon., March 24 4:00pm in MDEA |
Prof. Jurica Sorić |
On Numerical Modeling of Large Strain Elastoplastic Structural Responses |
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Fri., April 4 11:00am in MDEA |
Dr. Partha P. Mukherjee |
Pore-Scale
Modeling of Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells |
Previous Recent Seminars:
Winter 2008
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., January 9 MDEA |
Akshay Verma (MAE) |
Microporous Membrane Reactor and its role in Advanced
Power Plants |
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Gim Song Soh (MAE) |
Kinematic Synthesis of Six and Eight Bar Planar Linkages |
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Wed., January 16 MDEA |
Sergio Lopez (MAE) |
Mixed H2/Hinf controller design in sampled data systems |
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Venkataranga Srivatsava Puranam (MAE) |
Turbulent combustion in a curving contracting channel with
a cavity stabilized flame |
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Wed., January 23 MDEA |
Sadegh Dabriri Satari (MAE) |
Effects of cavitation on liquid atomization |
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Nivedan Tiwari (MAE) |
Multi-photon Endoscopy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis |
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Wed., January 30 MDEA |
Prof. Roy Smith UCSB |
The dynamics of confusion and consensus in vehicle formations and mobile sensor networks |
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Wed., February 6 MDEA |
Prof. Kara Peters |
Optical
Fiber Sensor Networks for Damage Identification in Composites |
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Wed., February 13 MDEA |
Prof. J.M. Mondelo Universitat
Aut`onoma de |
Numerical
tools for the computation of Libration Point orbits, its manifolds, and
connections |
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Wed., February 20 MDEA |
Montgomery
Chittenden Rivers(MAE) |
A foldable assembly technique for complex MEMS systems |
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Li Zhao (MAE) |
Fabrication of anode support solid oxide
fuel cell
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Wed., February 27 MDEA |
David Beerer (MAE) |
Autoignition characteristics of hydrogen/syngas mixed with flowing air |
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Erik Turner (MAE) |
Systems level dynamic modeling: 5kW PEM fuel cell with CHP |
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Wed., March 5 MDEA |
Prof. Assimina Pelegri |
A
hierarchical material model integrating multi-scale phenomena in composites |
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Wed., March 12 MDEA |
Laura Marchal (MAE) |
A robotic strategy for training children to drive a
powered wheelchair |
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Josh Eichman (MAE) |
Fuel cell configuration analysis: cascade-in-series versus single cell |
Fall 2007
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., October 3 MDEA |
Julia Gelfand UCI Library |
Information Resources and Library Services to Support Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at UCI |
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Wed., October 10 MDEA |
Allie Auld (MAE) |
Grid-Friendly Interconnections for Distributed Energy Resources |
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Ozan Anac (MAE) |
Identification and Modeling of Zero-Rate Response of Micro Gyroscopes |
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Wed., October 17 MDEA |
Dr. Martin Rein |
Cold spray
deposition: A study of supersonic jet impingement |
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Wed., October 24 MDEA |
Dr. Lutz Lesshafft UC Santa Barbara |
Global modes and aerodynamic sound radiation in self-excited hot jets |
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Wed., October 31 MDEA |
Aaron Freeman (MAE) |
Advances in Optimization and Control of Turbulent Flows |
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Francesco Lucci (MAE) |
Direct Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Turbulent Flow Using the Immersed Boundary Method |
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Wed., November 7 MDEA |
Dr. Fabrizia Ghezzo UC San Diego |
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Wed., November 14 MDEA |
Dr. Jing Wang University of Minnesota |
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Wed., November 21 MDEA |
Dr. Taehyoun (John) Kim Boeing Commercial Aircraft |
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Wed., November 28 MDEA |
Guang Wu (MAE) |
Multicomponent-Liquid-Fuel Vaporization with Complex
Configuration |
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Omid Rohani (MAE) |
Force Control of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Using Fuzzy Controller |
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Wed., December 5 MDEA |
Shervin Taghavi Nezhad (MAE) |
Agglomeration Multigrid Algorithm for Navier-Stokes
Equations on Two Dimensional Hybrid Grids |
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Li Mu (MAE) |
System Simulation and Analysis of IGFC(integrated coal
gasification fuel cell) Power Plant |
Summer 2007
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Fri., July 27 MAE Conference Room 4211 Engineering Gateway |
Prof. Hui Hu Iowa State University |
Development of Advanced Fluid Diagnostic Techniques for Thermofluid Studies |
Spring 2007
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., April 4 MDEA |
Sadegh Dabiri (MAE) |
Effects of Cavitation on Liquid Atomization |
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Max Perez (MAE) |
A Wavelength Multiplexed Interferometric Inertial Sensor Network for Nondestructive Evaluation and Distributed Monitoring |
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Wed., April 11 MDEA |
Neha Gowadia (MAE) |
Size-segregated Chemical Composition of Mainstream Cigarette Smoke |
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Alexander Cohan (MAE) |
Air Quality Modeling: Chlorine Impacts on the Weekend Effect |
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Wed., April 18 MDEA |
Siarhei (Serguey) Piatrovich (MAE) |
Multi-resolution Robustness and Multi-scale Aspects in Fully-Developed Turbulence |
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Fazlul Zubair (MAE) |
Aero-Optical Interaction Mechanisms in Compressible Turbulence |
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Wed., April 25 MDEA |
James Allington (MAE) |
Model Airplane Roll Control by Actuating Internal Mass |
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Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte (MAE) |
C-MEMS for Dielectrophoresis Applications |
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Wed., May 2 11:00am, MDEA |
Rebecca Shuppe (MAE) |
Effect of Wedge-Shaped Deflectors on Flow Fields of Dual-Stream Jets |
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Marc Carreras Sospedra (MAE) |
Air Quality Impacts of Distributed Generation of Electricity in Southern California in Future Years |
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Wed., May 2 |
21st Century Engineering: How Do We Maintain a Global Advantage? |
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Fri., May 4, 11:00am, MDEA |
Space Power and Propulsion for the 21st Century
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Tue., May 8 |
Dust in plasmas: Evolution of a scientific frontier and its technological implications |
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Wed., May 9 MDEA |
Dual-Stage Servo Systems and Vibration Compensation in Computer Hard Disk Drives |
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Thu., May 10 |
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Wed., May 16 MDEA |
Felix Cheng (MAE) |
Nonpremixed Combustion in an Accelerating Transonic Flow Undergoing Transition |
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Zahra Noroozi (MAE) |
Improving DNA Hybridization in Microchannels Using Actuating Flaps |
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Mon., May 21 |
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Wed., May 23 MDEA |
Lucas White (MAE) |
The Performance of PEM Fuel Cells Operating on Low Purity Hydrogen Streams |
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Genis Turon Teixidor (MAE) |
Carbon-MEMS Micro Electrode Arrays |
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Wed., May 30 |
Erkut Aykutlug (MAE) |
Model Reduction in Multiple Timescale Dynamical Systems |
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Josep Salvans Tort (MAE) |
Purely Meshless Smoothed Particle Computations of Taylor Vortex Flows |
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Wed., June 6 MDEA |
Luis Rodrigues (MAE) |
Benefits of Adaptive Schemes for Trajectory Optimization |
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Alex Trusov (MAE) |
Bias Drift in MEMS Gyroscopes |
Winter 2007
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., Jan 10 MDEA |
Joel Benito (MAE) |
Advanced Mars Entry Guidance |
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Po-Chang Lin (MAE) |
CMEMS PEM fuel cell stack integration |
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Wed., Jan 17 MDEA |
Soulak Abbilian (MAE) |
Rijke Tube Testing of a low-Swirl Burner |
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Arezoo M. Ardekani (MAE) |
Computational method for particulate flow with collisions |
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Wed., Jan 24 MDEA |
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Wed., Jan 31 MDEA |
On the Thrust Generation and Optimum Efficiency of a Plunging Airfoil |
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Fri., Feb 2 |
Prof. Shiyi Chen |
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Wed., Feb 7 MDEA |
Structural Response
of Metal Sandwich Plates under Shock Loading |
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Wed., Feb 14 MDEA |
Albert
Kobayashi, Emeritus Professor |
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Wed., Feb 21 MDEA |
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Mon., Feb 26 |
Dr. Lorenzo Valdevit |
Multifunctional Sandwich Structures: from aerospace applications to microelectromechanical systems |
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Wed., Feb 28 MDEA |
Dr. John J. Tracy |
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Wed., Mar 7 MDEA |
Pushpendra Singh |
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Wed., Mar 14 MDEA |
Robert Gaynor (MAE) |
Reference Governors for Hydrogen Starvation Prevention in Load Following Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
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Ruth Lambert (MAE) |
Simulation of a Moving Mechanical Actuator for Fast Biomolecular Synthesis Processus |
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., Sep 27 MDEA |
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Information Resources & Library Services to support Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at UCI |
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Wed., Oct 4 MDEA |
From Jet Engines to Semiconductor Materials: Reaction Kinetics in Engineering |
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Wed., Oct 11 MDEA |
Jordi Casoliva Rodon (MAE) |
Atmospheric Guidance for Aero-Gravity Assist Using Matched Asymptotic Expansions |
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Adam Schofield (MAE) |
Anti-Phase Driven Gyroscope with Multi-Degree of Freedom Sense Mode |
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Wed., Oct 18 MDEA |
Prof. Gustaaf (Guus) Jacobs |
Simulation of mixed continuum-discrete physics with high-order methods |
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Wed., Oct 25 MDEA |
Yusuke Kuniba (MAE) |
Dynamic modeling and transient analysis of 220kW SOFC/GT hybrid system |
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Anh-Tuan Do (MAE) |
Properties and Performance of SYT/LSGMC Composite Materials for Planar SOFC Anodes |
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Wed., Nov 1 MDEA |
Andrew Johnson (MAE) |
Unsteady Phenomena in Supersonic Nozzle Flow Separation |
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Ben Colcord (MAE) |
Numerical Modeling of Combustion in a Cavity |
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Wed., Nov 8 MDEA |
Solmaz Sajjadi Kia (MAE) |
Use of scheduling for anti-windup controller design |
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Christopher Bolzo (MAE) |
Fuel Preparation and Emissions Impact for Biodiesel in an Airblast Atomized Microturbine Engine |
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Wed., Nov 15 MDEA |
Mina Rohani (MAE) |
Controlling breakup of a liquid jet |
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Andrew Martinez (MAE) |
Microstructure Characterization of Randomized Fuel Cell Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces |
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Wed., Nov 22 MDEA |
Ronne Toledo (MAE) |
Numerical simulation of two phase flow using FEM with level-set approach |
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Thomas Ihde (MAE) |
Immersed Boundary Method |
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Wed., Nov 29 MDEA |
Jay Cleckler (MAE) |
Computational Examination of Acoustic Effects on Dust in Low Mach Number Flows |
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Janea Magallanes (MAE) |
Determination of Laminar Flame Speeds of Dry and Humidified Syngas Fuel Mixtures |
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Wed., December 6 6pm, MDEA |
Prof. Sheila
Widnall |
School
seminar: Dean's Distinguished Lecture |
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Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
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Wed., Apr 5 MDEA |
Optimal Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Small-Scale Stationary Applications |
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Mon., Apr 10 MDEA, 11am |
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Wed., Apr 12 MDEA |
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Wed., Apr 19 MDEA |
Launch Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN & C) Systems |
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Wed., Apr 26 MDEA |
Francesc Gallobardes (MAE) |
Engineering a 3D Microbattery |
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Paul Nissenson (MAE) |
Enhanced Photolysis in Aerosols: Evidence for Important Surface Effects |
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Wed., May 3 MDEA |
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Wed., May 10 MDEA |
Guangyao Jia (MAE) |
Fast DNA Hybridization and Immobilization in a Centrifuge Platform |
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Qing Wang (MAE) |
A New Droplet Evaporation Model and its Application to Practical Sprays |
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Wed., May 17 MDEA |
Chen Zou (MAE) |
Fuel Cell Life Cycle Assessment |
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Julius Klein (MAE) |
Biomechatronic Design for Human-Automobile Interaction in an Aging Society |
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Mon., May 22 4pm, MAE Conf. Room (EG 4211) |
Helmholtz Decomposition Coupling Rotational to Irrotational Flow of a Viscous Fluid |
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Wed., May 24 11am, MDEA |
No Regular Seminar (Faculty Meeting)
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Wed., May 24 4pm, MAE Conf Room (EG 4211) |
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Purely Irrotational Theories for the Viscous Effects on the Oscillations of Drops and Bubbles |
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Wed., May 31 MDEA |
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Fri., June 2 11am - 12pm, MAE Conf Room (EG 4211) |
Prof. Xiao Ming |
Winter 2006
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