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Mechanical Engineering Seminars - Spring 2009

Seminar Archive

Spring 2009 seminars are held on Thursdays at 3:30 pm. The ME seminar series covers a broad range of topics of interest to the mechanical engineering community. The public is invited to attend.

Date Speaker & Topic Location
01/15/09 Easo P. George, Materials Science & Technology Division Oak Rich National Laboratory and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee - Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior of Metals

ECCR 1B40

01/22/09 Jiangyu Li, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington -Multiferroics at Micro- and Nano-scale ECCR 1B40
01/29/09 Daven Henze, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder - Improved assessment of particulate pollutant sources through inverse modeling and indirect observations ECCR 1B40
02/05/09 Dr. Amit Misra, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Design of Ultra-high Strength and Radiation Damage Tolerant Nanolayered Composites ECCR 1B40
02/12/09 Dr. Sreekant Naramanchi, National Renewable Energy Lab - Thermal control of hybrid electric vehicle power electronics

ECCR 1B40

02/19/09 Rainer M. Volkamer, Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder - Forecasting ozone and fine particulate matter: a perspective on chemical and physical uncertainty
ECCR 1B40
Note Today's Seminar starts at 3:45
02/26/09 Jian Cao, Professor, Northwestern University - Material and Friction Characterization in Forming ECCR 1B40
03/05/09 Hang (Jerry) Qi, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder - Mechanics of Soft Active Materials ECCR 1B40
3/10/09 Dr. Ted Bergman, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, NSF.

Clarke Conference Room
2:30-3:45

03/12/09 GEARS Symposium DLC
03/19/09 Dr. Charles Brock, Earth System Research Laboratory, NOAA, Boulder- Sulfate, Soot, and Organic Matter: Results from Recent Airborne Studies of Particulate Matter in the Atmosphere ECCR 1B40
04/02/09 Don Leo, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech -Biologically-Inspired Material Systems based on Artificial Cells: Synthesis, Modeling, and Control ECCR 1B40
04/09/09 YC Lee, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder - Nanowire/Nanotube/Graphene-Enabled Microsystems ECCR 1B40
04/16/09 Carl Koval, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder - Addressing the Energy and Climate Challenge ECCR 1B40
04/23/09 Virginia Ferguson, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder - Bioengineering Considerations of Tissues in Pregnancy ECCR 1B40
04/30/09 Mohan Srinivasarao, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Tech - Patterns on Beetles and Butterflies: Origins of their color and Patterns ECCR 1B40