Fall 1999 Mechanical Engineering
Department Seminar Series
All seminars, unless otherwise noted, will be held in room 2233 GGBrown starting at 12:30 p.m.
Date |
Seminar |
Info |
Host |
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| September |
10 |
Martin Sommerfeld (Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
Modelling and Numerical Calculation of Particulate Flows in Process Equipment* *There will be no reception preceding this seminar. |
|
G. Tryggvason | ||
|
|
17
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Ken Reifsnider (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Strength: The Weak Part of Mechanics |
|
A. M. Sastry | ||
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|
24
|
Katsuo Kurabayashi (University of Michigan)
Thermal Energy Transport in Microelectronic Systems |
|
A. G. Ulsoy | ||
| October |
1
|
Vijay Stokes (General Electric Corporate Research and Development; Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan)
Thermoplastics as Engineering Materials: the Mechanics, Materials, Design, Processing Link |
|
A. Wineman | ||
|
|
8
|
Robert Kee (Colorado School of Mines)
Dynamic Optimization of Chemical Vapor Deposition Processes in Stagnation Flow Reactors |
|
M. Wooldridge | ||
|
|
15
|
Bassam Bamieh (University of California at Santa Barbara)
Transition to Turbulence in Wall Bounded Shear Flows; The Role of Uncertainty |
|
D. Tilbury | ||
|
|
20
|
Anthony Evans (Princeton University)
Cellular Metals** ** This seminar is joint with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Time and location: 3:30 p.m., Lee Iacocca Hall (1504 GG Brown). Seminar information can also be found at: MSE. There will be no reception preceding this seminar. |
|
X. Pan | ||
|
|
29
|
Alexander Vakakis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Order Reduction and Nonlinear Energy Pumping in Coupled Oscillators |
|
C. Pierre | ||
| November |
11
|
Alexander
Slocum (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Designing Kinematic Couplings for Precision Part-Mating and Fixturing*** *** This seminar is joint with the Manufacturing Seminar. Time and location: 4:00 p.m., Lee Iacocca Hall (1504 GG Brown). Seminar information can also be found at: Program in Manufacruting (PIM). There will be no reception preceding this seminar. |
|
R. Landers | ||
|
|
12
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Robert Skelton (University of California, San Diego)
System Design: In Search of A body for the Soul of Control |
|
D. Tilbury | ||
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19
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No seminar (International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition) | ||||
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26
|
No seminar (Thanksgiving Holiday ) | ||||
| December |
3
|
William Steen (University of Liverpool)
Studies in Laser Cladding |
|
J. Mazumder | ||
|
|
10
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Ronald Adrian (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Large-scale Structures Created by Small-Scale Motions in Wall Turbulence: the Energy Cascade Reversed |
|
R. Akhavan | ||
