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 11:00am-12:00pm on Wednesdays during the academic year in the McDonell Douglas Engineering Auditorium  (MDEA, #311 on the UCI Campus Map). Seminars on Wednesdays at 11am (MAE298) are mandatory for first-year graduate students.  For more information, please call 949-824-5406.

Spring 2008

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., April 2

MDEA

Jonathan Arici (MAE)

Turbulent combustion in a model turbine burner

Tim M. Brown (MAE)

Improvements in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers

Wed., April 9

MDEA

Ben Colcord (MAE)

Numerical Model of Air Flow past a Cavity with Fuel Injection

Adam R Schofield (MAE)

MEMS Tuning Fork Gyroscope with Multi-Degree of Freedom Sense Modes

Wed., April 16

MDEA

Do Anh-Tuan (MAE)

Synthesis and Characterization of Oxide-Ion Conducting Electrolytes for Intermediate Temperature SOFCs

Peter Therkelsen (MAE)

Carbon Burnout Prediction using CBK and Time-Temperature-Oxygen Trajectories through a Coal Furnace

Wed., April 23

MDEA

No Regular Seminar (Faculty Meeting)

 

Wed., April 30

MDEA

Andrew Scott Martinez (MAE)

Microstructure Characterization of Random FC Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces

Ronne Toledo (MAE)

Mathematical and Numerical analysis of a Liquid Jet Instability

Wed., May 7

MDEA

Prof. Reginald Mitchell

Stanford University

Pulverized Coal and Biomass Char Conversion Studies

Wed., May 14

MDEA

Preben Nielsen (MAE)

Optimization of Fan Flow Deflection for Supersonic Turbofan Engines

Julius Klein (MAE)

Biomimetic Orthosis for the Neurorehabilitation of the Elbow and Shoulder

Wed., May 21

MDEA

Dr. M.W. Lo

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 

Wed., May 28

MDEA

TBD

 

Wed., June 4

MDEA

TBD

 

Special Seminars 2008

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Mon. February 11

1:00pm in MDEA

Julie Bellerose

University of Michigan

Dynamics and Controls for Binary Asteroids Exploration

Fri., February 22, 11:00 am in

MAE Conference Room

4211 Engineering Gateway

Dr. Scott Peck

The Aerospace Corporation

in El Segundo, CA

Invariant Based Design of Laminated Composite Materials

Fri., March 7, 11:00 am in MAE Conference Room

4211 Engineering Gateway

Prof. Aditi Chattopadhyay

Arizona State University

 

Mon., March 24

4:00pm in MDEA

Prof. Jurica Sorić

University of Zagreb, Croatia

 On Numerical Modeling of Large Strain Elastoplastic Structural Responses

Fri., April 4

11:00am in MDEA

Dr. Partha P. Mukherjee

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Pore-Scale Modeling of Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

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Winter 2008

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., January 9

MDEA

Akshay Verma (MAE)

Microporous Membrane Reactor and its role in Advanced Power Plants

Gim Song Soh (MAE)

Kinematic Synthesis of Six and Eight Bar Planar Linkages

Wed., January 16

MDEA

Sergio Lopez (MAE)

Mixed H2/Hinf controller design in sampled data systems

Venkataranga Srivatsava Puranam (MAE)

Turbulent combustion in a curving contracting channel with a cavity stabilized flame

Wed., January 23

MDEA

Sadegh Dabriri Satari (MAE)

Effects of cavitation on liquid atomization

Nivedan Tiwari (MAE)

Multi-photon Endoscopy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis

Wed., January 30

MDEA

Prof. Roy Smith

UCSB

The dynamics of confusion and consensus in vehicle formations and mobile sensor networks

Wed., February 6

MDEA

Prof. Kara Peters

 North Carolina State University

Optical Fiber Sensor Networks for Damage Identification in Composites

Wed., February 13

MDEA

Prof. J.M. Mondelo       

Universitat Aut`onoma de Barcelona

Numerical tools for the computation of Libration Point orbits, its manifolds, and connections

Wed., February 20

MDEA

Montgomery Chittenden Rivers(MAE)

A foldable assembly technique for complex MEMS systems

Li Zhao (MAE)

Fabrication of anode support solid oxide fuel cell

Wed., February 27

MDEA

David Beerer (MAE)

Autoignition characteristics of hydrogen/syngas mixed with flowing air

Erik Turner (MAE)

Systems level dynamic modeling: 5kW PEM fuel cell with CHP

Wed., March 5

MDEA

Prof. Assimina Pelegri

Rutgers University

A hierarchical material model integrating multi-scale phenomena in composites

Wed., March 12

MDEA

Laura Marchal (MAE)

A robotic strategy for training children to drive a powered wheelchair

Josh Eichman (MAE)

Fuel cell configuration analysis: cascade-in-series versus single cell

Fall 2007

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., October 3

MDEA

Julia Gelfand

UCI Library

 

Information Resources and Library Services to Support

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at UCI

 

Wed., October 10

MDEA

Allie Auld (MAE)

Grid-Friendly Interconnections for Distributed Energy Resources

Ozan Anac (MAE)

Identification and Modeling of Zero-Rate Response of Micro Gyroscopes

Wed., October 17

MDEA

Dr. Martin Rein

German Aerospace Center

Cold spray deposition: A study of supersonic jet impingement

Wed., October 24

MDEA

Dr. Lutz Lesshafft

UC Santa Barbara

Global modes and aerodynamic sound radiation in self-excited hot jets

Wed., October 31

MDEA

Aaron Freeman (MAE)

Advances in Optimization and Control of Turbulent Flows

Francesco Lucci (MAE)

Direct Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Turbulent Flow Using the Immersed Boundary Method

Wed., November 7

MDEA

Dr. Fabrizia Ghezzo

UC San Diego

Smart Composites for Structural Health Monitoring

Wed., November 14

MDEA

Dr. Jing Wang

University of Minnesota

Nanoparticle and Nanofiber Filtration

Wed., November 21

MDEA

Dr. Taehyoun (John) Kim

Boeing Commercial Aircraft

System Identification and Optimal Model Reduction for CFD/FEM Based Aeroelastic Analysis at Affordable Cost

Wed., November 28

MDEA

Guang Wu (MAE)

Multicomponent-Liquid-Fuel Vaporization with Complex Configuration

Omid Rohani (MAE)

Force Control of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Using Fuzzy Controller

Wed., December 5

MDEA

Shervin Taghavi Nezhad (MAE)

Agglomeration Multigrid Algorithm for Navier-Stokes Equations on Two Dimensional Hybrid Grids

Li Mu (MAE)

System Simulation and Analysis of IGFC(integrated coal gasification fuel cell) Power Plant

Summer 2007

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

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

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., April 4

MDEA

Sadegh Dabiri (MAE)

Effects of Cavitation on Liquid Atomization

Max Perez (MAE)

A Wavelength Multiplexed Interferometric Inertial Sensor Network for Nondestructive Evaluation and Distributed Monitoring

Wed., April 11

MDEA

Neha Gowadia (MAE)

Size-segregated Chemical Composition of Mainstream Cigarette Smoke

Alexander Cohan (MAE)

Air Quality Modeling: Chlorine Impacts on the Weekend Effect

Wed., April 18

MDEA

Siarhei (Serguey) Piatrovich (MAE)

Multi-resolution Robustness and Multi-scale Aspects in Fully-Developed Turbulence

Fazlul Zubair (MAE)

Aero-Optical Interaction Mechanisms in Compressible Turbulence

Wed., April 25

MDEA

James Allington (MAE)

Model Airplane Roll Control by Actuating Internal Mass

Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte (MAE)

C-MEMS for Dielectrophoresis Applications

Wed., May 2

11:00am, MDEA

Rebecca  Shuppe (MAE)

Effect of Wedge-Shaped Deflectors on Flow Fields of Dual-Stream Jets

Marc Carreras Sospedra (MAE)

Air Quality Impacts of Distributed Generation of Electricity in Southern California in Future Years

Wed., May 2
6:00pm, MDEA

Dr. Mary L. Good
Donaghey University Professor and Founding Dean
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

21st Century Engineering: How Do We Maintain a Global Advantage?

Fri., May 4, 11:00am, MDEA

Dr. Ray Sedwick
Space Systems Laboratory, MIT

Space Power and Propulsion for the 21st Century

 

Tue., May 8
MDEA

Dr. Zhehui (Jeff) Wang
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dust in plasmas: Evolution of a scientific frontier and its technological implications

Wed., May 9

MDEA

Prof. Roberto Horowitz
University of California, Berkley

Dual-Stage Servo Systems and Vibration Compensation in Computer Hard Disk Drives

Thu., May 10
MDEA

Dr. Setthivoine You
University of Tokyo

Compact magnetic confinement for fusion energy

Wed., May 16

MDEA

Felix Cheng (MAE)

Nonpremixed Combustion in an Accelerating Transonic Flow Undergoing Transition

Zahra Noroozi (MAE)

Improving DNA Hybridization in Microchannels Using Actuating Flaps

Mon., May 21
MDEA

Dr. Manuel Gamero-Castaņo
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Structure of Colloid Thruster Beams

Wed., May 23

MDEA

Lucas White (MAE)

The Performance of PEM Fuel Cells Operating on Low Purity Hydrogen Streams

Genis Turon Teixidor (MAE)

Carbon-MEMS Micro Electrode Arrays

Wed., May 30
MDEA

Erkut Aykutlug (MAE)

Model Reduction in Multiple Timescale Dynamical Systems

Josep Salvans Tort (MAE)

Purely Meshless Smoothed Particle Computations of Taylor Vortex Flows

Wed., June 6

MDEA

Luis Rodrigues (MAE)

Benefits of Adaptive Schemes for Trajectory Optimization

Alex Trusov (MAE)

Bias Drift in MEMS Gyroscopes

  

Winter 2007

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., Jan 10

MDEA

Joel Benito (MAE)

Advanced Mars Entry Guidance

Po-Chang Lin (MAE)

CMEMS PEM fuel cell stack integration

Wed., Jan 17

MDEA

Soulak Abbilian (MAE)

Rijke Tube Testing of a low-Swirl Burner

Arezoo M. Ardekani (MAE)

Computational method for particulate flow with collisions

Wed., Jan 24

MDEA

Prof. Nadine Aubry
Carnegie Mellon University

Controlling Particles in Micro-Fluidic Devices

Wed., Jan 31

MDEA

Prof. Joseph Lai, Associate Dean for Research, School of Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Australian Defense Force Academy

On the Thrust Generation and Optimum Efficiency of a Plunging Airfoil 

Fri., Feb 2
EG 4211

Prof. Shiyi Chen
Johns Hopkins University and Peking University

Constrained Variation in Multiscale Simulations of Micro- and Nano-Fluidics and
Subgrid-scale Stress Model of Fluid Turbulence

Wed., Feb 7

MDEA

Dr. Ashkan Varizi
Harvard University

Structural Response of Metal Sandwich Plates under Shock Loading
 

Wed., Feb 14

MDEA

Albert Kobayashi, Emeritus Professor
University of Washington

Advances in Experimental Mechanics for Smart Materials

Wed., Feb 21

MDEA

Prof. Stephen Davis, McCormick School (Institute) Professor, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University

The Solidification of Metallic Foams

Mon., Feb 26
MAE conference room, 11:00am

Dr. Lorenzo Valdevit
University of California, Santa Barbara

Multifunctional Sandwich Structures: from aerospace applications to microelectromechanical systems

Wed., Feb 28

MDEA

Dr. John J. Tracy
Senior Vice President of Engineering, Operations & Technology, The Boeing Company

Pursuing Technical Excellence at Boeing

Wed., Mar 7

MDEA

Pushpendra Singh
Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Fluid dynamics of multiphase flows in micro-fluidic devices
 

Wed., Mar 14

MDEA

Robert Gaynor (MAE)

Reference Governors for Hydrogen Starvation Prevention in Load Following Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Ruth Lambert (MAE)

Simulation of a Moving Mechanical Actuator for Fast Biomolecular Synthesis Processus

Fall 2006

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., Sep 27

MDEA

Julia Gelfand
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science

Information Resources & Library Services to support Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at UCI

Wed., Oct 4

MDEA

Prof. Margaret S. Wooldridge
University of Michigan

From Jet Engines to Semiconductor Materials: Reaction Kinetics in Engineering

Wed., Oct 11

MDEA

Jordi Casoliva Rodon (MAE)

Atmospheric Guidance for Aero-Gravity Assist Using Matched Asymptotic Expansions

Adam Schofield (MAE)

Anti-Phase Driven Gyroscope with Multi-Degree of Freedom Sense Mode

Wed., Oct 18

MDEA

Prof. Gustaaf (Guus) Jacobs
University of California, San Diego

Simulation of mixed continuum-discrete physics with high-order methods

Wed., Oct 25

MDEA

Yusuke Kuniba (MAE)

Dynamic modeling and transient analysis of 220kW SOFC/GT hybrid system

Anh-Tuan Do (MAE)

Properties and Performance of SYT/LSGMC Composite Materials for Planar SOFC Anodes

Wed., Nov 1

MDEA

Andrew Johnson (MAE)

Unsteady Phenomena in Supersonic Nozzle Flow Separation

Ben Colcord (MAE)

Numerical Modeling of Combustion in a Cavity

Wed., Nov 8

MDEA

Solmaz Sajjadi Kia (MAE)

Use of scheduling for anti-windup controller design

Christopher Bolzo (MAE)

Fuel Preparation and Emissions Impact for Biodiesel in an Airblast Atomized Microturbine Engine

Wed., Nov 15

MDEA

Mina Rohani (MAE)

Controlling breakup of a liquid jet

Andrew Martinez (MAE)

Microstructure Characterization of Randomized Fuel Cell Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces

Wed., Nov 22

MDEA

Ronne Toledo (MAE)

Numerical simulation of two phase flow using FEM with level-set approach

Thomas Ihde (MAE)

Immersed Boundary Method

Wed., Nov 29

MDEA

Jay Cleckler (MAE)

Computational Examination of Acoustic Effects on Dust in Low Mach Number Flows

Janea Magallanes (MAE)

Determination of Laminar Flame Speeds of Dry and Humidified Syngas Fuel Mixtures

Wed., December 6

6pm, MDEA

Prof. Sheila Widnall
Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

School seminar: Dean's Distinguished Lecture
"Space Shuttle redesign: System-Level Issues for Engineering"

Spring/Summer 2006

Date / Location

Speaker

Title

Wed., Apr 5

MDEA

Dr. Robert J. Braun
United Technologies Research Center

Optimal Design and Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Small-Scale Stationary Applications

Mon., Apr 10

MDEA, 11am

Prof. Jan Achenbach
Northwestern University

Structural Health Monitoring for Damage Tolerance

Wed., Apr 12

MDEA

Dr. Yu Wang
Pennsylvania State University

Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Wed., Apr 19

MDEA

Dr. Jeffrey Caplin
Dr. Scot Osburn
Aerospace Corporation

Launch Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN & C) Systems

Wed., Apr 26

MDEA

Francesc Gallobardes (MAE)

Engineering a 3D Microbattery

Paul Nissenson (MAE)

Enhanced Photolysis in Aerosols: Evidence for Important Surface Effects

Wed., May 3

MDEA

 

 

Prof. Peter Staudhammer
University of Southern California

Returning to the Moon: The Fluid Mechanism

Wed., May 10

MDEA

Guangyao Jia (MAE)

Fast DNA Hybridization and Immobilization in a Centrifuge Platform

Qing Wang (MAE)

A New Droplet Evaporation Model and its Application to Practical Sprays

Wed., May 17

MDEA

Chen Zou (MAE)

Fuel Cell Life Cycle Assessment

Julius Klein (MAE)

Biomechatronic Design for Human-Automobile Interaction in an Aging Society

Mon., May 22

4pm, MAE Conf. Room (EG 4211)

Prof. Daniel Joseph
University of Minnesota

University of California, Irvine

Helmholtz Decomposition Coupling Rotational to Irrotational Flow of a Viscous Fluid

Wed., May 24

11am, MDEA

No Regular Seminar (Faculty Meeting)

 

 

Wed., May 24

4pm, MAE Conf Room (EG 4211)

Juan Carlos Padrino
University of Minnesota

Purely Irrotational Theories for the Viscous Effects on the Oscillations of Drops and Bubbles

Wed., May 31

MDEA

Prof. Fazle Hussain
University of Houston

Transient Growth of Perturbations in a Columnar Vortex

Fri., June 2

11am - 12pm, MAE Conf Room

(EG 4211)

Prof. Xiao Ming
Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Mechanisms of Flow Control and Examples of Application

Winter 2006