Biomechanics & Mechanobiology Series:
Fall 2019
Jennifer Shin (KAIST, South Korea)
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, SME 248
Michael Shelley (TBA)
"Dynamics of Self-Organization in Active Materials"
Thursday, November 7, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, SME 248
David C. Wisler (US National Academy of Engineering, GE Aviation, retired US Office of Naval Research)
"Learn to Think Like and Expert"
Thursday, November 21, 2019, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, SME 248
Dynamic Systems & Controls Series:
Fall 2019
Joseph Beaman (University of Texas at Austin)
Friday, October 4, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Anuradha Annaswamy (MIT)
"Socio-Technical Modeling, Control, and Optimization for Urban Mobility"
Friday, October 4, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Richard Braatz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology )
"Systems and Control Theory for Advanced Manufacturing"
Friday, October 25, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Yong-Lae Park (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Highly Deformable Artificial Skin Sensors and Muscle Actuators "
Friday, October 25, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Winter 2020
James Rawlings (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Nonlinear optimization-based state estimation; robustness analysis by Q functions"
Friday, January 17, 2020, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Fluid Mechanics Series:
Fall 2019
Liu Xiaofeng (TBA)
Monday, October 7, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Gwynn Elfring (University of British Columbia)
"Active Particles in Complex Fluids"
Monday, October 14, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Peter Hamlington (University of Colorado Boulder)
“Progress and Challenges in High-Fidelity Numerical Simulations of Combustion and Fire"
Monday, June 10, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Oliver Fringer (Stanford University)
“Wave-current, sediment-laden boundary layers in estuaries”
Monday, November 18, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Elaine S. Oran (Texas A&M University)
"Mechanisms and Occurrence of Detonations in Vapor Cloud Explosions"
Monday, December 2, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Alberto Aliseda (University of Washington)
Monday, June 10, 2019, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Winter, Spring, & Summer 2020 (No Seminars)
Joint MAE/CER Energy Series:
Fall 2019
Alexander L. Velikovich (United States Naval Research Laboratory)
“Shaped-charge jet generation and high-energy-density laboratory experiments"
Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Michael Stadler (Bankable Energy/Xendee Corporation California/Bioenergy 2020+)
"Optimization Based Microgrid and DER Modelling"
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Shanti Deemyad (University of Utah)
“Physics of Light Dense Matter: Quantum and Classical Effects"
Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Bhuvana Srinivasan (Virginia Tech)
“Fluid and Continuum-Kinetic Modeling for High-Energy-Density fusion and Astrophysical Plasmas"
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Winter 2020
March 6, 2020 | 2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. | CMRR - JKW (Jack Keil Wolf Auditorium)
Amory B. Lovins (Rocky Mountain Institute)
Title: Integrative Design for Radical Energy Efficiency
January 22, 2020 | 11:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. | EBU2 479 (von Kármán - Penner Seminar Room)
Mehdi Ehsan (Sharif University of Technology)
Title: Electric Energy Distribution Planning: New Challenges
Spring & Summer Quarter 2020: (Completed - No Seminars)
Mechanics & Materials Series:
Fall 2019
Constantine Vayenas (University of Patras)
"Neutrinos and electrons/positrons: The building elements and catalysts of our Universe"
Monday, September 30, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Jeffrey W. Kysar (Columbia University)
"Delivery of Therapeutics into the Inner Ear via Perforation of the Round Window Membrane"
Monday, October 7, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Ivar Riemans (Colorado School of Mines)
"Toughening of Transparent spinel for Windows and Domes"
Monday, October 14, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Carlos Dias (TBA)
"A perspective on future logic technologies essential constituents"
Monday, October 21, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Jaeho Lee (University of California, Irvine)
"Thermal Conduction and Radiation Properties of Metamaterials and Novel Management Designs"
Monday, October 28, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Lorenzo Mangolini (University of California, Riverside)
"Research at the intersection of plasma and materials science: funamentals and applications"
Monday, November 4, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Aaron Fields (University of California, Berkley)
"TBA"
Monday, November 18, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Pramod Reddy (University of Michigan)
"Energy Transfer andConversion in Nanoscale"
Monday, November 25, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Xanthippi Markenscoff (University of California, San Diego)
"The dynamics of phase transformations in deep earthquakes"
Monday, December 2, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Winter 2020
Stacy M. Copp (University of California, Irvine)
"Soft Matter Building Blocks for Programmable Nanophotonics - Data Driven Approach"
Monday, January 13, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479
Franceso Dal Corso (University of Trento, Italy)
"Snapping & Motion of elastic Structures Subject to Moveable & Configurational Constraints"
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room, EBU2 479