Past Seminars

Seminars 2005-2007

Subject
Presenter
Date
Time
Location
   

"Investigation of the Structure of Urban-Type Boundary Layers"
Candace Wark
Armour College of Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology 

 

November 16, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252 

 

"Electric Propulsion Activities at NASA Glenn Research Center: Past and Present
Hani Kamhawi
 NASA Glenn Research Center 

 November 9, 2007 
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"The Role of Vortex Ring Formation on Dynamics of the Left Ventricle During Diastole"
Arash Kheradvar
Dept. of Bioengineering
California Institute of Technology

 

 November 2, 2007 
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"Studies of a Valueless Impedance Driven Pump: Lessons learned from Nature"
Mory Gharib
Dept. of Engineering and Applied Sci.
California Institute of Technology 

 

 October 26, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"Strategic Mechanical Engineering Technologies at Jet Propulsion Laboratory"
Greg Davis
Mechanical Systems Lead Technologist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- NASA 

 

 October 19, 2007 
2:00pm
SCOB 252

Distinguished Scholar Lecture
"Physics and Control of Turbulent Boundary Layers"
John Kim
Dept. of Engineering and Applied Sci.
University of California, Los Angeles

 

 October 12, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252

RISE 07'

 

 October 5, 2007
2:00pm
Memorial Union

"Harvesting of Ambient Energy for the Development of Self-Powered Systems"
Henry Sodano
 
Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University

 

 September 28, 2007 
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"Decision Support Tools for Operating and Maintaining Building Energy Systems"
Agami Reddy
Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Drexel University  

 

 September 21, 2007 
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Flows "
Ronald Calhoun
Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University

 

September 14, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252 

"Plasma Propulsion for Space Exploration"
Pavlos Mikellides
Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University

 

September 7, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252 

"Microstructure Effects of Plasticity and Spall Damage in Shock Loaded Metals: A Multicrystal Approach"
Pedro Peralta
Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University

 

 August 31, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"Welcome"
Kyle D. Squires
Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Arizona State University

 

 August 24, 2007
2:00pm
SCOB 252

"Imaging Diagnostics: From Microspheres to Live Cell Assays"
Shankar Devasinathipathy, Intel  

Apr. 27
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Flow Structure Due to the Interaction of Atmospheric Boundary Layers with Three Dimensional Bluff Bodies"
Candace Wark, Armour College of Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology  

Apr. 20
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Random Structural Dynamics Systems: Motivation, Physics, and Methods"
Marc Mignolet, MAE , Arizona State University 

Apr. 13
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

Distinguished Scholar Lecture
"Mechanics of robust and reversible adhesion: bottom-up designed hierarchical adhesion structures in biology"

Huaian Gao, Division of Engineering, Brown University

Apr. 6
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Hydrogen"
Elaine Oran, Naval Research Laboratory  

 Mar. 30
2:00pm
SCOB 152

"Heat Transfer Professes in the Urban Environment - the Urban Heat Island Phenomenon"
David Sailor, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Portland State University  

 Mar. 23
2:00pm
SCOB 152

"Understanding Chemical Mechanical Planarization: A Multi-Scale Approach"
Abhijit Chandra, Iowa State University  

Mar. 9
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Disappearing and Distorted Eddies - the Physical Basis for Modeling Turbulent Spectra"
Julian Hunt, Dept. Space and Climate Physics, University College London  

Mar. 2
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Using Artificial Evolution to Study Physical Phenomena"
Michele Milano, MAE, Arizona State University  

Feb. 23
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Turbulent and Coherent Shear Flows"
Fabian Waleffe, Dept. Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison  

Feb. 16
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"3D Quantitative Visualization of Coherent Motion in Turbulent Boundary Layers"
G. E. Elsinga, Technical University - Delft  

Feb. 2
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

"Adaptive Structural Systems - Recent Advances and Beyond"
Kon-Well Wang, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University  

Jan. 26
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

Welcome
Kyle D. Squires, MAE, Arizona State University

Jan. 19
2:00pm
SCOB 152 

Computational Materials Science: Will it become a Pillar of Engineering Science?
Eliot Fang, Sandia National Laboratories 

Dec. 1
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Atomic-Scale Surface Structure Effects on Stress Evolution during Thin Film Growth
Cody Friesen - SoM, Arizona State University  

Nov. 17
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Distinguished Lecturer -- Studies of the Coalescence of Drops in Flow of a Viscous Fluid
Gary Leal, ChemEng University of California Santa Barbara  

Oct. 27
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Recent Advances in Data Mining in the Aerospace Domain
Ashok N. Srivastava, NASA Ames Research Center  

Oct. 20
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

REAS Symposium - No seminar (Memorial Union)  

Oct. 13

 

Centrifugal effects in rotating convection
Juan Lopez - Math, Arizona State University  

Oct. 6
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Structural Health Monitoring and Prognosis of Metallic Aerospace Systems
Aditi Chattopadhyay - MAE, Arizona State University  

Sept. 29
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Mechanics of Stretchable Electronics on Rubber Substrate
Hanqing Jiang - MAE, Arizona State University  

Sept. 22
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Structural and Statistical Features of Turbulence in the Presence of Smooth and Highly-Irregular Rough Walls
Ken Christensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign  

Sept. 15
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Turbulent Drag Reduction by Polymers
Kyoungyoun Kim - MAE, Arizona State University 

Sept. 8
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Forces on Sediment in Turbulent Environmental Flows
Mark Schmeeckle - Geography, Arizona State University

Sept. 1
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Graduate Student Welcome
Kyle Squires - MAE, Arizona State University

Aug. 25
2:00pm
SCOB 150 

Using LEGO Robotics and LabVIEW to Teach Introductory Controls
Chris Rogers, Tufts University
April 28
2:40PM
SCOB 150
On Steady and Oscillatory Flow Control Tests
Israel Wygnanski, U. of AZ
April 14
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Industrial-Mathematical and Biomedical-Mathematical Projects
Prof. Frank Smith and Dr. Nicholas Ovenden - University College London
March 31
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Industrial Applications of Design Optimization
Dr. Garret N. Vanderplaats - Vanderplaats Research and Development
March 24
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Acoustic Streaming and Bioconvective Sedimentation
Prof. Andrey V. Kuznetsov - North Carolina State University
Feb. 24
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Simulation of Isostatic Pressing
Dr. Sekar Govindarajan - Abaqus, Inc.
Feb. 17
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Biomedical Heat Transfer: MultiscaleMolecular, Cellular and Tissue Level Phenomenon
Prof. John C. Bischof - University of Minnesota
Feb. 10
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Research in the MicroscaleHeat Transfer and AerogelResearch Laboratories at the University of Virginia
Prof. Pamela M. Norris - University of Virginia
Jan. 27
2:40PM
SCOB 150
Design for Product Pleasure -Introduction of Perceptual Design
Dr. Yifan Chen - Ford Motor Company Research and Development
Nov. 18th
2:00PM
SCOB 250
Polymer MEMS Technology and Applications in Sensors and Nanotechnology
Prof. Chang Liu - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nov. 4th
2:00PM
SCOB 250
Eddy Structure in Turbulent Boundary Layers
Prof. Ellen K. Longmire - University of Minnesota
Oct. 28th
2:00PM
SCOB 250
Thermoelastic Dissipation in Silicon Micromechanical Resonators
Dr. Rob N. Candler - Stanford University
Oct. 14th
2:00pm
SCOB 250
Optimal Attitude Estimation Without Local Coordinates Part I: Uncontrolled and Deterministic Attitude Dynamics
Dr. Amit K. Sanyal - Arizona State University
Oct. 7th
2:00pm
SCOB 250
Mechanisms of Turbulence Modification in Dispersed Two-Phase Flows (Time-Resolved PIV Measurements of Interactions between Particles/Bubbles and Turbulence)
Prof. Koichi Hishida - Keio University
Sep. 19th
2:00pm
ERC 490
Idea Generation in Engineering Design
Noe Vargas-Hernandez - Arizona State University
Sep. 9th
2:00pm
SCOB 250