Fall 2006

Date / Location Speaker Title

Wed., Sep 27

MDEA

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Wed., Oct 4

MDEA

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Wed., Oct 11

MDEA

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Wed., Oct 18

MDEA

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Wed., Oct 25

MDEA

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Wed., Nov 1

MDEA

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Wed., Nov 8

MDEA

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Wed., Nov 15

MDEA

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Wed., Nov 22

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Wed., Nov 29

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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

Fundamentals 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

Previous Recent Seminars:

Winter 2006

Date / Location Speaker Title

Wed., Jan 18

MDEA

Prof. Dennis McLaughlin 
Pennsylvania State University

Aeroacoustics Experiments of Model Supersonic Exhaust Jets

Wed., Jan 25

MDEA

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

MDEA

Dr. Daniel Patt 
Boeing Phantom Works

Noise and Vibration Reduction in Rotorcraft using Actively Controlled Flaps

Wed., Feb 1

MDEA

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

MDEA

(BLI Series Seminar)

Prof. Dorian Liepmann
University of California, Berkeley

Two-Phase Flows in Microfluidic Devices

Wed., Feb 8

MDEA

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

MDEA

Dr. Benjamin Villac

What's Possible? Explorations in Orbital Dynamics

Thu., Feb 16

MDEA

Dr. Jill Smith
Army Research Laboratories

Materials by Design

Wed., Feb 22

MDEA

Dr. Amit K. Sanyal

Global Optimal Attitude Estimation using Uncertainty Ellipsoids

Wed., Mar 1

MDEA

Prof. Volker Sick 
University of Michigan

High-Speed Imaging Techniques for Fuel Distribution Flow Fields, and Combustion Progress

Wed., Mar 8

MDEA

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

MDEA

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

Computational Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials by Design

Mon., Aug 29

11am - 12pm 

MAE Conf. Room

Professor Sridhar Krishnaswamy
Northwestern University

Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials

Tue., Sep 27

11am - 12pm

MDEA

Professor Edgar Choueiri
Princeton University

Future Challenges for Space Propulsion

Wed., Oct 5

11am - 12pm

MDEA

Timothy Brown (MAE)

Han Xu (MAE)

Fuel Cell / Electrolyzer Battery System

Polymer Actuators Toward Responsive Drug Delivery Applications

Wed., Oct 12

11am - 12pm

MDEA

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

MDEA

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

MDEA

Mark Effinger (MAE)

Genis Teixidor (MAE)

Microturbine Operation on Diluted Fuels

MicroBattery Anode

Wed., Nov 9

11am - 12pm

MDEA

Professor Edmund YS Chao
Johns Hopkins University

From CAD/CAM to VIMS/CAOS: A True Renaissance of Muscoleskeletal Biomechanics

Wed., Nov 16

11am - 12pm

MDEA

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

MDEA

Dr. Xiaolin Zheng

Ignition of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons in Convective-Diffusive Systems

Wed., Apr 13

MDEA

Dr. Yanfei Gao

Micro- and Nano-Mechanics of Surface Contact Plasticity

Wed., Apr 20

MDEA

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

MDEA

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

MDEA

Paul Nissenson (MAE)

Le Yanni Yan (MAE)

Spatial Distribution of Intensity Within Water Droplets

Micromachined Resonators for Communication Application

Wed., May 11

MDEA

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

MDEA

Prof. David Keyes

Introduction to Domain Decomposition Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics

Wed., May 25

MDEA

Prof. Thomas Stahovich

Automated Sketch Recognition and the Future of Computer Aided Design

Wed., Jun 1

MDEA

Roberto C. Aguirre (MAE)

(PhD Defense)

Turbulent Fluid Interfaces with Applications to Mixing and Aero-Optics

Wed., Jun 8

MDEA

(No Seminar)

Henry Samueli School of Engineering Faculty Meeting

Winter 2005

Date / Location Speaker Title

Wed., Jan. 12

MDEA

Trinh Pham (MAE)

Rabih Zaouk (MAE)

Liquid-Fueled Miniature Film Combustor

Carbon Microbatteries, Power on Chip

Wed., Jan. 26

MDEA

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

MDEA

Prof. George M. Homsy

Novel Marangoni Flows

Wed., Feb. 9

(No Seminar)

Wed., Feb. 16

MDEA

Dr. Martiqua L. Post

Plasma Actuators for Separation Control on Stationary and Oscillating Airfoils

Wed., Feb. 23

MDEA

Prof. Thomas S. Lundgren

Kolmogorov Turbulence and Intermittency

Wed., Mar. 2

MDEA

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

MDEA

(No Seminar)

Wed., Mar. 16

MDEA

Dr. James Hileman

Airframe Design for a Functionally Silent Aircraft