Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Seminar Series 2009-2010
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 McDonnell
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.
Winter 2010
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
Jan. 6 MDEA |
Vinh Ho (MAE) |
Extended Life Biosensor
Platform and the Responsive Drug Delivery Systems |
Sunny Karnani (MAE) |
Exploring the effects of gravity on a coflow diffusion flame in an
electric field |
|
| Wed.,
Jan. 13 MDEA |
Prof. Scott Samuelsen |
|
| Wed.,
Jan. 20 MDEA |
Professor Forman A. Williams San
Diego |
|
| Wed.,
Jan. 27 |
Professor C. Lynch |
Electro-Mechanical
Behavior and Reliability of Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystals |
| Wed.,
Feb. 3 |
Prof. Marc Madou |
|
| Wed.,
Feb. 10 |
Mahesh Mahadevan (MAE) |
Surface modification by electrosprayed nano-droplets |
Katherine Yi-Yin Liu (MAE) |
Periodic Orbits Families in the Hill's Three-Body Problem with Solar |
|
| Wed.,
Feb. 17 |
Dr. Natasha Vermaak |
|
| Wed.,
Feb. 24 |
Dr. L. Kulinsky |
“I
Like to Move it, Move it” – the Brave New World of Electroactive Polymers |
| Wed.,
Mar. 3 |
Prof. Yun Wang |
Thermo/Fluids Research in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell |
| Wed.,
Mar. 10 |
Prof. Enrique Lavernia |
Nanostructured
Materials: from the Nanoscale to the Microscale |
Previous Recent Seminars:
Fall 2009
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
Sept. 30 |
Faculty/Staff |
Welcome Orientation |
Julia Gelfand |
Information Resources and Library Services to Support Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at |
|
| Wed.,
Oct. 7 |
Prof. James Bobrow |
|
| Wed.,
Oct. 14 |
Prof. Derek Dunn-Rankin |
Burning Old Fuels in New
Ways. Recent Results in Combustion Research |
| Wed.,
Oct. 21 |
Dr. Stephen Broschart Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Exploration of
Asteroids and Comets: Engineering Challenges and Solutions |
| Wed.,
Oct. 28 |
Dr. Dan M. Goebel Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
|
| Wed.,
Nov. 4 |
Prof. Said Elghobashi University of California, Irvine |
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| Wed.,
Nov. 11 |
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| Wed.,
Nov. 18 |
Jet Noise Shielding by Airframe Surfaces |
|
Sara Rostamimonjezi (MAE) |
Effect
of Velocity Ratio on Noise Source Distribution of Coaxial Jets |
|
| Wed.,
Nov. 25 |
Adam Wachtor (MAE) |
Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Dispersion in Urban Environments |
Jeff Mishler (MAE) |
Experimental Investigation of Water Formation in Polymer Electrolyte
Fuel Cells under Steady-State and Transient Conditions Using Neutron Imagery |
|
| Wed.,
Dec. 2 |
Montgomery Rivers (MAE) |
Chip-Level IMU Based on MEMS Foldable Assembly Structures |
Francesco Lucci
(MAE) |
On the Effects of Finite-Size Particles on Turbulence |
Spring 2009
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
April 1 |
Prof. Marko Princevac |
|
| Wed.,
April 8 |
Prof. Steven Dubowsky |
|
| Wed.,
April 15 |
Dr. Ioannis Mikellides Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
|
| Wed.,
April 22 |
Prof. Paulo Lozano |
Ionic
Liquid Ion Sources in Space Propulsion and Nanotechnology |
| Wed.,
April 29 |
Mu Li (MAE) |
A Finite Volume SOFC Model
for IGFC System Analysis |
Zahrae Noroozi (MAE) |
Reciprocating Flow-Based Centrifugal Microfluidics Mixer |
|
| Wed.,
May 6 |
Prof Javier E. Garay |
Processing of Bulk
Nanocrystalline Oxide Materials for Optical and Magnetic Applications |
| Wed.,
May 13 |
Adrian Narvaez (MAE) |
Evaluation of Spray Characteristics and Emissions Performance of Water
and Oil Emulsions |
Oleg Goushcha (MAE) |
Mixing of Passive Scalar in Grid-Generated Turbulence with Direct
Application to Conventional Gas Turbines |
|
| Wed.,
May 20 |
Jennifer Menasha (MAE) |
Ammonium Bisulfate Formation in a Simulated Air Preheater |
Brendan Shaffer (MAE) |
Dynamic Modeling for Understanding Spatial Temperature and Species
Distributions in Internal-Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cells |
|
| Wed.,
May 27 |
Prof. Ashwin A. Seshia |
|
| Wed.,
June 3 |
Erik Turner (MAE) |
Dynamic Systems Level Modeling of a PEM Fuel Cell System for Residential
Application |
Guang Wu (MAE) |
Convective
Vaporization and Burning of Fuel Droplet Arrays |
Winter 2009
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
Jan. 7 |
Paul Nissenson (MAE) |
Understanding the Important Mechanisms of Br2(g) Formation from NaBr Aerosols |
Wayne Chang (MAE) |
Insights
into ClNO Formation in the Polluted Marine Boundary Layer and Its Impact on Urban Air
Quality |
|
| Wed.,
Jan. 14 |
Mina Rohani (MAE) |
Controlling Breakup of Capillary Circular Liquid Jets with Practical
Piezoelectric Devices |
Steven Spencer (MAE) |
A Low Cost Parallel Robot and Trajectory Optimization Method for Wrist and Forearm Rehabilitation Using the Wii |
|
| Wed.,
Jan. 21 |
James Maclay (MAE) |
Strategies for Improved Dynamic Performance of Gas Turbines in Hybrid IGFC Systems Operating on Coal Syngas. |
Alexander Cohan (MAE) |
Impact of Sea-Salt Aerosol on the Weekend Effect |
|
| Wed.,
Jan. 28 |
Arezoo M. Ardekani (MAE) |
Particles Interaction in Viscous Fluids: from Cell Lysis to Energy Applications |
| Wed.,
Feb. 4 |
Prof. Sonia Martínez |
Dealing with Noise in the Coordination of
Multiagent Systems |
| Wed.,
Feb. 11 |
Prof. Robert F. Sawyer |
|
| Wed.,
Feb. 18 |
Prof. Richard E. Wirz |
|
| Wed.,
Feb. 25 |
Iman Alizadeh (MAE) |
Application of Constraint Stabilization to Low Thrust Mission Design |
Shervin Taghavi Nezhad (MAE) |
Jet Noise Analysis Using U-RANS |
|
| Wed.,
Mar. 4 |
Prof. Shixiao Wang Auckland University |
|
| Wed.,
Mar. 11 |
Prof. Robert Breidenthal |
The Peculiar Behavior of Stationary and Accelerating
Vortices |
Fall 2008
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
Oct. 1 |
Julia Gelfand |
Information Resources and Library Services to Support Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at |
| Wed.,
Oct. 8 |
Prof. Volker Schmidt |
Computation of
Tortuosity-Distributions of GDLs Based on 3D-Stochastic Modeling |
| Wed.,
Oct. 15 |
David W. Gwozdz (MAE) |
Shadow Moiré of a Composite Sample |
Alan Lai (MAE) |
Study of flapping airfoils for |
|
| Wed.,
Oct. 22 |
Sadegh Dabiri Satari (MAE) |
Growth and Collapse of Cavitation Bubbles in Flow Through Orifice |
Andrew D. Johnson (MAE) |
Shock Driven Instability in Over-Expanded Nozzles |
|
| Wed.,
Oct. 29 |
Prof. Edriss S. Titi University
of California, Irvine Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
Alpha Sub-grid Scale Models of Turbulence and
Inviscid Regularization |
| Wed.,
Nov. 5 |
Thomas S. Pine (MAE) |
Intermediate Temperature Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Composite
Anode Development |
Xuhui Feng (MAE) |
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Laser-Assisted Nanostructuring |
|
| Wed.,
Nov. 12 |
Solmaz Sajjadi Kia (MAE) |
Modified Anti-Windup Compensators for Stable Plants with Bounded
Actuators |
David M. Allgood (MAE) |
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles |
|
| Wed.,
Nov. 19 |
Erkut Aykutlug (MAE) |
Multiple Timescale Structure in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems |
David J. Beerer (MAE) |
Autoignition Methane and Hydrogen in High Pressure and Temperature Flows |
|
| Wed.,
Nov. 26 |
Soulak Abbilian (MAE) |
Characterization of Multiphase Flows |
Igor Prikhodko (MAE) |
Implementation Challenges of Micromachined Ultra High Precision Spin
Polarized Gyroscopes |
|
| Wed.,
Dec. 3 |
Kyung-Man Kim (MAE) |
Predicting Mercury Capture by Particles in Gas Flow |
Ruth A. Lambert (MAE) |
The Mechanics of Rigid Body and Elastic Motion of a Slender Beam in a
Viscous Fluid |
Previous Recent Seminars:
Spring 2008
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
April 2 |
Jonathan Arici (MAE) |
Turbulent combustion in a model turbine burner |
Tim M. Brown (MAE) |
Improvements in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers |
|
| Wed.,
April 9 |
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 |
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 |
No Regular Seminar (Faculty Meeting) |
|
| Wed.,
April 30 |
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 |
Prof. Reginald Mitchell |
|
| Wed.,
May 14 |
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 |
Dr. M.W. Lo |
A Transportation
Network In The Earth-Moon Interplanetary Superhighway |
| Wed.,
May 28 |
Jennifer Shockro (MAE) |
Identification of Large
Scale Geometrical Aspects of Turbulent Jet Scalar Regions and Interfaces |
Qing Wang (MAE) |
CFD simulation of
Macrolaminated Hydrogen Gas Turbine Premixer |
|
| Wed.,
June 4 |
Roy Culver (MAE) |
Methods for Mutlistage Turbomachinery Flow Calculations and their Effect
on Flutter Analysis |
Tom Pine (MAE) |
Intermediate Temperature Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Materials Set
Development |
Special Seminars 2008
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
Mon. February 11 |
Julie Bellerose University of Michigan |
|
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 |
Prof. Jurica Soric University of Zagreb, Croatia |
On Numerical Modeling of Large Strain Elastoplastic Structural Responses |
| Fri.,
April 4 11:00am in |
Dr. Partha P.
Mukherjee Los Alamos National
Laboratory |
Pore-Scale
Modeling of Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells |
Winter 2008
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
January 9 |
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 |
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 |
Sadegh Dabriri Satari (MAE) |
Effects of cavitation on liquid atomization |
Nivedan Tiwari (MAE) |
Multi-photon Endoscopy for Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis |
|
| Wed.,
January 30 |
Prof. Roy Smith UCSB |
The dynamics of confusion and consensus in vehicle formations and mobile sensor networks |
| Wed.,
February 6 |
Prof. Kara Peters North Carolina State University |
Optical Fiber Sensor Networks for Damage Identification
in Composites |
| Wed.,
February 13 |
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 |
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 |
David Beerer (MAE) |
Autoignition characteristics of hydrogen/syngas mixed with flowing air |
Erik Turner (MAE) |
Systems level dynamic modeling: 5kW PEM fuel cell with |
|
| Wed.,
March 5 |
Prof. Assimina Pelegri Rutgers University |
A hierarchical material
model integrating multi-scale phenomena in composites |
| Wed.,
March 12 |
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 |
Julia Gelfand |
Information Resources and Library Services to Support Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at |
| Wed.,
October 10 |
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 |
Dr. Martin Rein German Aerospace Center |
Cold spray deposition: A study
of supersonic jet impingement |
| Wed.,
October 24 |
Dr. Lutz Lesshafft UC Santa Barbara |
Global modes and aerodynamic sound radiation in self-excited hot jets |
| Wed.,
October 31 |
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 |
Dr. Fabrizia
Ghezzo UC San Diego |
|
| Wed.,
November 14 |
Dr. Jing Wang University of Minnesota |
|
| Wed.,
November 21 |
Dr. Taehyoun (John) Kim Boeing Commercial Aircraft |
|
| Wed.,
November 28 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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, |
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 |
21st Century Engineering: How Do We Maintain a Global Advantage? |
|
Fri., May 4, |
Space Power and Propulsion for the 21st
Century
|
|
Tue., May 8 |
Dust in plasmas: Evolution of a scientific frontier and its technological implications |
|
| Wed.,
May 9 |
Dual-Stage Servo Systems and Vibration Compensation in Computer Hard Disk Drives |
|
Thu., May 10 |
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| Wed.,
May 16 |
Felix Cheng (MAE) |
Nonpremixed Combustion in an Accelerating Transonic Flow Undergoing Transition |
Zahra Noroozi (MAE) |
Improving |
|
Mon., May 21 |
Dr. Manuel Gamero-Castaño |
The Structure of Colloid Thruster Beams |
| Wed.,
May 23 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Joel Benito (MAE) | Advanced Mars Entry Guidance |
Po-Chang Lin (MAE) |
CMEMS PEM fuel cell stack integration |
|
| Wed.,
Jan 17 |
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 |
Prof. Nadine Aubry Carnegie Mellon University |
|
| Wed.,
Jan 31 |
On the Thrust Generation and Optimum Efficiency of a Plunging Airfoil |
|
Fri., Feb 2 |
Prof. Shiyi Chen |
|
| Wed.,
Feb 7 |
Structural Response of Metal
Sandwich Plates under Shock Loading |
|
| Wed.,
Feb 14 |
Albert
Kobayashi, Emeritus Professor |
|
| Wed.,
Feb 21 |
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| Mon.,
Feb 26 MAE conference room, 11:00am |
Dr. Lorenzo Valdevit |
Multifunctional Sandwich Structures: from aerospace applications to microelectromechanical systems |
| Wed.,
Feb 28 |
Dr. John J.
Tracy |
|
| Wed.,
Mar 7 |
Pushpendra Singh |
|
| Wed.,
Mar 14 |
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 |
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
Sep 27 |
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science |
Information Resources & Library Services to support Mechanical &
Aerospace Engineering at |
| Wed.,
Oct 4 |
Prof. Margaret S. Wooldridge University of Michigan |
From Jet Engines to Semiconductor Materials: Reaction Kinetics in Engineering |
| Wed.,
Oct 11 |
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 |
Prof. Gustaaf (Guus) Jacobs University of California, San Diego |
Simulation of mixed continuum-discrete physics with high-order methods |
| Wed.,
Oct 25 |
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 |
Andrew Johnson (MAE) | Unsteady Phenomena in Supersonic Nozzle Flow Separation |
| Ben Colcord (MAE) | Numerical Modeling of Combustion in a Cavity |
|
| Wed.,
Nov 8 |
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 |
Mina Rohani (MAE) | Controlling breakup of a liquid jet |
| Andrew Martinez (MAE) | Microstructure Characterization of Randomized Fuel Cell Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces |
|
| Wed.,
Nov 22 |
Ronne Toledo (MAE) | Numerical simulation of two phase flow using FEM with level-set approach |
| Thomas Ihde (MAE) | Immersed Boundary Method |
|
| Wed.,
Nov 29 |
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 |
Prof. Sheila Widnall Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
School seminar: Dean's
Distinguished Lecture |
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed., Apr 5 |
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 |
Prof. Jan Achenbach Northwestern University |
|
| Wed., Apr 12 |
Dr. Yu Wang Pennsylvania State University |
|
| Wed., Apr 19 |
Dr. Jeffrey Caplin Dr. Scot Osburn Aerospace Corporation |
Launch Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN & C) Systems |
| Wed., Apr 26 |
Francesc Gallobardes (MAE) | Engineering a 3D Microbattery |
| Paul Nissenson (MAE) | Enhanced Photolysis in Aerosols: Evidence for Important Surface Effects |
|
| Wed., May 3 |
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| Prof. Peter Staudhammer University of Southern California |
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| Wed., May 10 |
Guangyao Jia (MAE) | Fast |
| Qing Wang (MAE) | A New Droplet Evaporation Model and its Application to Practical Sprays |
|
| Wed., May 17 |
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 |
Helmholtz Decomposition Coupling Rotational to Irrotational Flow of a Viscous Fluid |
| Wed., May 24 |
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 |
Prof.
Fazle Hussain University of Houston |
|
| Fri., June 2 11am - 12pm, MAE Conf Room (EG 4211) |
Prof. Xiao Ming Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics |
Winter
2006
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed., Jan 18 |
Prof. Dennis
McLaughlin Pennsylvania State University |
|
| Wed., Jan 25 |
Chandra Tupelly (MAE) | 6H-SiC Pressure Sensors for Harsh Environments |
Laura Marchal (MAE) |
Learning to Drive a Power Wheelchair Using an Assist-as-Needed Controller |
|
| Mon., Jan 30 |
Dr. Daniel Patt Boeing Phantom Works |
Noise and Vibration Reduction in Rotorcraft using Actively Controlled Flaps |
| Wed., Feb 1 |
Thomas Pine (MAE) | Sol-Gel Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of SYT Powders for Use in Reversible SOFCs |
| Fabian Mueller (MAE) | Control Design for a Bottoming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Gas Turbine Hybrid |
|
| Thu., Feb 2,
12pm (BLI
Series Seminar) |
Prof. Dorian Liepmann University of California, Berkeley |
|
| Wed., Feb 8 |
Jitae Kim (MAE) |
Rapid and Automated Sample Preparation for Nucleic Acid Extraction on a Microfluidic CD (Compact Disc) |
Jesse Pompa (MAE) |
Effects of Cooling Techniques on Flame Propagation in a Centimeter-Scale Four-Stroke Engine |
|
| Wed., Feb 15 |
Dr. Benjamin Villac | |
| Thu., Feb 16 |
Dr. Jill Smith Army Research Laboratories |
|
| Wed., Feb 22 |
Dr. Amit K. Sanyal | Global Optimal Attitude Estimation using Uncertainty Ellipsoids |
| Wed., Mar 1 |
Prof.
Volker Sick University of Michigan |
High-Speed Imaging Techniques for Fuel Distribution Flow Fields, and Combustion Progress |
| Wed., Mar 8 |
Alan Lai (MAE) | Study of Flapping Airfoils Using a Computational Method |
| Satish Vutukuru (MAE) | Regional Scale Modeling of Secondary Organic Aerosol Dynamics |
|
| Wed., Mar 15 |
Dr. Georgia C.
Karvountzi General Electric |
Modeling of High Temperature Fuel Cells and Their Integration with Turbines |
Summer
and Fall 2005
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Tue., Aug 16 11am - 12pm MAE Conf. Room |
Dr. Deepak Srivastava NASA Ames |
|
| Mon., Aug 29 11am - 12pm MAE Conf. Room |
Professor Sridhar Krishnaswamy Northwestern University |
|
| Tue., Sep 27 11am - 12pm |
Professor Edgar Choueiri Princeton University |
|
| Wed., Oct 5 11am - 12pm |
Timothy
Brown (MAE) Han Xu (MAE) |
Fuel Cell / Electrolyzer Battery System Polymer Actuators Toward Responsive Drug Delivery Applications |
| Wed., Oct 12 11am - 12pm |
Eric Wolbrecht (MAE) Chong Wang (MAE) |
Control of a Pneumatically Actuated Orthosis for Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Three-Dimensional Mechanical Properties of Porcine Coronary Arteries: A Two-Layer Model |
| Wed., Oct 19 11am - 12pm |
Alex Trusov (MAE) Roy Culver (MAE) |
Characterization of Capacitive Resonant Microstructures Fabricated in EFAB Process Improved Computational Tools for Low-Speed Flow Phenomena |
| Wed., Oct 26 11am - 12pm |
Mark Effinger
(MAE) Genis Teixidor (MAE) |
Microturbine Operation on Diluted Fuels MicroBattery Anode |
| Wed., Nov 9 11am - 12pm |
Professor
Edmund YS Chao Johns Hopkins University |
From CAD/CAM to VIMS/CAOS: A True Renaissance of Muscoleskeletal Biomechanics |
| Wed., Nov 16 11am - 12pm |
Dr. Shane Ross University of Sourthern California |
Design of Low Energy Space Missions Using Dynamical Systems Theory |
Spring
2005
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed., Apr 6 |
Dr. Xiaolin Zheng | Ignition of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons in Convective-Diffusive Systems |
| Wed., Apr 13 |
Dr. Yanfei Gao | |
| Wed., Apr 20 |
James Meacham (MAE) Jeff Nessler (MAE) |
Control and Dispatch of Distributed Energy Resources in the Built Environment A Robotic Device for Studying Locomotion in Spinal Cord Injured Rodents |
| Wed., Apr 27 |
Daisuke Ayoagi (MAE) Patrick Couch (MAE) |
An Assistive Robotic Device for Human Gait Rehabilitation Development of a CO2 Based Chemiluminescence Sensor for Lean Premixed Combustors |
| Wed., May 4 |
Paul
Nissenson (MAE) Le Yanni Yan (MAE) |
Spatial Distribution of Intensity Within Water Droplets Micromachined Resonators for Communication Application |
| Wed., May 11 |
Jose
Robles (MAE) Jiayin Liu (MAE) |
Gain Scheduling Techniques for Controller Design Learning to Perform a Novel Movement Pattern using Haptic Guidance: Slow Learning, Rapdi Forgetting, and Attractor Paths |
| Wed., May 18 |
Prof. David Keyes | Introduction to Domain Decomposition Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| Wed., May 25 |
Prof. Thomas Stahovich | Automated Sketch Recognition and the Future of Computer Aided Design |
| Wed., Jun 1 |
Roberto C.
Aguirre (MAE) (PhD Defense) |
Turbulent Fluid Interfaces with Applications to Mixing and Aero-Optics |
| Wed., Jun 8 |
(No Seminar) | Henry Samueli School of Engineering Faculty Meeting |
Winter
2005
Date / Location |
Speaker |
Title |
| Wed.,
Jan. 12 |
Trinh
Pham (MAE) Rabih Zaouk (MAE) |
Liquid-Fueled Miniature Film Combustor Carbon Microbatteries, Power on Chip |
| Wed.,
Jan. 26 |
Zhichao Zhang (MAE) Juanita Vargas-Cordoba (MAE) |
Numerical Simulation of Flutter and LCO Motion Generation for a Tumbling Robot Using a General Contact Model |
| Wed.,
Feb. 2 |
Prof. George M. Homsy | Novel Marangoni Flows |
Wed., Feb. 9 |
(No Seminar) | |
| Wed.,
Feb. 16 |
Dr. Martiqua L. Post | Plasma Actuators for Separation Control on Stationary and Oscillating Airfoils |
| Wed.,
Feb. 23 |
Prof. Thomas S. Lundgren | Kolmogorov Turbulence and Intermittency |
| Wed.,
Mar. 2 |
Prof. Anthony Leonard | Curvature and Torsion of Material Lines in Chaotic Flows |
| Thursday,
Mar. 3 3:30-4:40, EG4211 |
Prof. Hanchen Huang | Model and Modeling of Nanostructures |
| Wed.,
Mar. 9 |
(No Seminar) | |
| Wed.,
Mar. 16 |
Dr. James Hileman | Airframe Design for a Functionally Silent Aircraft |