| January 12 |
Thermal Barrier
Coating Failure
Dr. Daniel S. Balint, Engineer, Exponent, Inc. |
| January 19 |
Multi-scale Multi-physics
Fluid Phenomena with Applications in Microfluidics and MAVs
Kamran Mohseni, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace
and Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado |
| January 26 |
Biomemetic Robots: Applying
Biological Principles to the Design and Operation of Legged
Robots
Mark Cutkosky, Professor and Associate Chair, Design Division,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University |
| February 2 |
Biomechanical Tolerances
for Pain: Integrating Mechanics, Physiology and Behavior
Beth Winkelstein, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering,
University of Pennsylvania |
February 13 (Monday)
3:30pm
Wu & Chen Auditorium |
Tedori-Callinan Lecture featuring Professor
Fritz Prinz, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford
University
High-Performance
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells For Low Temperature Operation
|
February 14 (Tuesday)
11:00am
337 Towne Bldg |
Realistic Haptic Feedback
for Virtual Environments and Teleoperation
Ms. Katherine Kuchenbecker, PhD Candidate, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University |
February 17 (Friday)
11:00am
307 Levine Bldg |
M.S.E. Thesis Defense
Fabrication and Testing of
a Microscale Coulter Counter for Usage as a Flowrate Measurement
System in Microscale Channels
Mr. Jesse Cugliotta, Advisor: Professor Jennifer Lukes, Department
of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
February 20 (Monday)
11:00am
337 Towne Bldg |
Nanofluidics: A new tool
for sensing and manipulating molecules in solution
Mr. Rohit Karnik, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of California - Berkeley |
| February 23 |
Indentation Testing of
Axisymmetric Freestanding Nanofilms Using a MEMS Load Cell
Zayd C. Leseman, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
|
March 13
(Monday)
11:30am |
"High Aspect Ratio Microactuators
and Instrumented Steel Suspensions for Vibration Suppression
in Computer Hard Disk Drives"
Kenn Oldham, Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Mechanics Laboratory,
University of California at Berkeley |
| March 23 |
Adaptive Randomized Algorithms
for Validation and Analysis of Complex Systems
Mr. Jongwoo Kim, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
March 27
(Monday)
11:00am, 337 Towne |
"Integration of MEMS
for Active Flow Control"
Mr. Adam Huang, PhD Candidate, UCLA |
| March 30 |
Micro and Nano Fluidics for
Biological Applications -From Single Molecule Dynamics to
Cell Control-
Pak Kin Wong, PhD, Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration
and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University
of California |
| April 6 |
Electrokinetic Transport
in Nanochannels, Sumita Pennathur, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford
University |
| April 7 (Friday)
10:00am
229-C Towne Bldg |
Doctoral Defense
Electromechanics
of Suspensions
Mr. Tirumani N. Swaminathan, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
|
| April 10 (Monday)
1:00pm
307 Levine |
Doctoral Defense
Adaptive
Randomized Algorithms for Validation and Analysis of Complex
Systems
Mr. Jongwoo Kim, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
| April 11 (Tuesday)
12 Noon
303 Towne Bldg. |
Effective Behavior,
Microstructure Evolution, and Macroscopic Stability
in Polymeric Composites, Mr. Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics,
University of Pennsylvania
|
| April 13 |
GRASP Special Seminar
"Characterizing
and Controlling the High-Frequency Dynamics of Haptic
Interfaces," Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Stanford University |
| April 20 |
"Nanomechanics at Interfaces:
New Insights into Friction and Adhesion for Carbon-Based Systems,"
Prof. Robert W. Carpick, Associate Professor, College of Engineering,
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| April 27 |
Induced-Charge Electro-osmosis
Martin Z. Bazant, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
May 2 (Tuesday)
11 AM
305 Towne Bldg. |
Macroscopic behavior and field
statistics in viscoplastic composites
Mr. Martin Idiart, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania |
| May 4 |
Modeling electrokinetic
phenomena: A new approach to an old problem
Mr. Tirumani N. Swaminathan, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical
Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
|
May 18
Wu & Chen Auditorium |
On two wavefied-based inverse
problems: scatterer shape detection and localization, and material
profile reconstruction
Professor Loukas F. Kallivokas, Department of Civil, Architectural
and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin |
|
July 11 (Tuesday)
5000 Vagelos Labs |
Doctoral Defense
MECHANOCHEMICAL SIGNALING
DIRECTS CELL STATE: A MECHANICS OF MATERIALS FOUNDATION FOR
CELL BIOLOGY
Mr. Adam J. Engler, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
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