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Fall 2006
Fall 2006 Seminars
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in 337 Towne Bldg.,
220 S 33rd St., unless otherwise noted.
| September 8 (Friday) |
M.S.E. Thesis Defense
Applied
Modulated Thermoreflectance Microscopy for
the Detection of Buried Structures
Mr. Timothy James Smiley,
Advisor: Professor Jennifer Lukes, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
| September 14 |
Safety Seminar, Joe Passante,
CIH, Sr. Industrial Hygienist Environmental Health & Radiation
Safety; Karen Kelley, CIH, Industrial Hygienist, Laser Safety
Officer; Josh Beeman, University Information Security Specialist
; Terry Kientz, Electronic Engineer.
*All first year MEAM graduate students must attend. |
September 25 (Monday)
229-C Towne Bldg.
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Hydrogels in Microfluidic Devices
Dr. Jaisree Moorthy, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
September 26 (Tuesday)
3 PM
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Doctoral Defense
On the Effective Behavior, Microstructure Evolution
and Macroscopic Stability of Elastomeric Composites
Mr. Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
| September 28 |
It is getting “hot” to
be cool: Life-saving thermodynamics
Lance B. Becker, MD,
Professor of Emergency Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania, Health System Hospital of the University
of
Pennsylvania |
October 3 (Tuesday)
3 PM |
Doctoral Defense
Macroscopic behavior and field statistics in
viscoplastic composites
Mr. Martin Idiart, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
| October 5 |
Analysis of Microscale Transport in BioMEMS
Carl
D. Meinhart,
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Santa
Barbara |
| October 12 |
The Essence of Thermodynamics Can Be Understood In 30
Minutes
Dr. Masaru Ishida, Honorary Professor of Tokyo Institute
of Technology,
Visiting Professor of Kanagawa Institute of Technology |
October 19 |
Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Robot Controllers: Theory
and Experiments
Ms. Meghann Lomas, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
October 31 (Tuesday)
9AM, 315 Towne Bldg. |
Doctoral
Defense
Reinforcement Learning for Mobile
Robot Controllers: Theory and Experiments
Ms. Meghann Lomas, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
| November 2 |
Synthetic
Jets and Their Applications in Fluidic/Thermal Systems
Michael Amitay, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
November 9 |
Multi-scale simulations of plastic flow and failure in crystalline
solids
Vikranth Racherla , Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and
Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
| November 16 |
Nano-/Micro-technology for Linking Mechanics to Biochemistry
in Molecular and Cellular Behavior
Philip
LeDuc, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University |
| November 23 |
No Seminar Today, Thanksgiving Holiday |
November 30
10 AM, 319 Towne Bldg.
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M.S.E. Thesis Defense, An Investigation
of the Potential to Improve
Passenger Vehicle Dynamics Using Active Systems,
Mr. Matthew E. Herd
Advisor: Professor Mark Yim,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
| November 30 |
Differentiation of stem cells
and muscle cells: computational insights into effects of
matrix elasticity & role of adhesive signaling protein
Shamik Sen, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
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