Winter 1999 Mechanical Engineering
Department Seminar Series

Date			Seminar	Info	Host
January	15		James Sneyd (University of Michigan)  Calcium Excitability and Wave Propagation		K. Grosh
	22		Open
	29		Richard Rand (Cornell University)  Dynamics of Resonance Capture		N. C. Perkins
February	5		Kenneth Waldron (Ohio State University)  Mechanical Engineering in a Changing World		S. Kota
	12		Glenn Heppler (University of Waterloo)  The B-Spline Field Approximation Method Applied to Beam Vibration		K. Grosh
	19		Ann Hoger (University of California, San Diego)  On the topic of Continuum Mechanics		A. Wineman
	26		Ken Goodson (Stanford University)  Thermal Engineering of Electronic Microstructures		M. Kaviany
March	5		Paul Miles   (Sandia) Line-Imaging of Raman Scattered Light For Multi-Point, Multi-Species Mole Fraction Measurements in Internal Combustion Engines		V. Sick
	12		Scott White (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)  On Residual Stresses in Polymer Composites		E. Arruda
	19		Tony Waas (University of Michigan)  Compressive Failure Mechanisms of Notched Composite Laminates		K. Grosh
	26		Jorge Ambrosio(University of Michigan) Multibody Dynamics Tools in Biomechanical Modeling and Motion Reconstructon		K. Grosh
April	2		Howard Hu (University of Pennsylvania)  On the topic of Numerical Simulation of Multi-Phase Flow		G. Tryggvason
	9		Anthony Dean  (Exxon) Combustion Kinetics		V. Sick
	16		John Hutchinson (Harvard University)  Delamination of thin films with application to thermal barrier coatings		M. Thouless
	23		Arvind Atreya (University of Michigan)  Spherical Diffusion Flames in Microgravity		V. Sick

Seminars are held on Fridays at 1:30 pm, in 2211 G.G. Brown, North Campus.

Coffee and refreshments will be served directly before and after the seminar. Graduate students are invited to stay and meet with the seminar speaker after the seminar.

If you are interested in meeting with a speaker, please contact the Host, who will be coordinating the itinerary.