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Seminar Series
David Messinger
Rochester Institute of Technology
Topic: Novel Approaches to Hyperspectral Image Analysis: Beyond Statistics and Linear Geometry
Date: Thursday, November 12th 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Pierre Kabamba
University of Michigan
Topic: Optimal Exploration Systems
Date: Thursday, October 29th 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Ahmed Abdelwahab
Praxair Inc.
Topic: On the use of Three-Dimensional Airfoil Diffusers in Centrifugal Compressors Design
Date: Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Edmund B. Webb, III
Sandia National Laboratory
Topic: High Temperature Wetting in Metal Systems: Insights from Atomic Simulations
Date: Friday, October 16th, 2009, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Srinivas R. Vadali
Texas A&M University
Topic: Satellite Formations: Orbit Mechanics and Control
Date: Thursday, October 8th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Dongbin Xiu
Purdue University
Topic: Data Driven Uncertainity Analysis for Complex Systems
Date: Tuesday, October 6th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 140 Ketter Hall
Matthew Oehlschlaeger
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Topic: Combustion Chemistry and Laser Diagnostics for Aero-Propulsion and Energy Applications
Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Susan Hua
University at Buffalo
Topic: New PhD Candidate Orientation
Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Rick Licursi
Siemens PLM Software
Topic: Evolution of CAD to CAx to Product Lifecycle Management Applications
Date: Thursday, September 10th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Nancy Schiller
Engineering Librarian, University at Buffalo
Topic: Library Resources Supporting Research and Academic Activities in
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Date: Thursday, September 3rd , 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall
Gano Chatterji
NASA Ames Research Center
Topic: Decentralized Air Traffic Flow Control Using a Communications Network Model
Date: Friday, August 28th, 2009, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Mrinal Kumar
PhD candidate, Aerospace Engineering Texas A&M University
Topic: Towards Lifting of the Curse of Dimensionality in Fokker-Planck Equation
Date: Monday, August 17th, 2009, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Bernd Lauke
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
Topic: Determination of Interface Strength of Bimaterial Joints
Date: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Prashant G. Mehta
Prashant G. Mehta
Topic: Model reduction via aggregation: An information theoretic interpretation of spectral cut
Date: Thursday, April 23th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Alexandre Pouget
University of Rochester
Topic: Probabilistic inferences in neural circuits: from insects to humans
Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Tom Lee
Maplesoft
Topic: Emerging trends and new techniques for engineering modeling and simulation
Date: Friday, April 10th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 112 O'Brian Hall
Paul Cefola
Aerospace Consultant
Topic: Emerging trends and new techniques for engineering modeling and simulation
Date: Thursday, April 9th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
David Doman
Air Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Topic: Dynamics and Control of a Minimally Actuated Biomimetic Vehicle
Date: Thursday, April 2nd, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Michele Milano
Arizona State University
Topic: Using Artifical Evolution to Study Physical Phenomena
Date: Thursday, March 26th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Cenk Cavusoglu
Case Western Reserve University
Topic: Robotic Beating Heart Surgery: Design of Next Generation Robotic Telesurgical Systems
Date: Thursday, March 19th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Lalit K. Mestha
Xerox Research Center Webster
Topic: Control of Color Imaging Systems
Date: Thursday, March 5th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Suman Chakravorty
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Topic: The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Problem of Robotics
Date: Thursday, February 26th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
John Y. Fu
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Topic: Flexoelectric Effects in Condensed Matter Systems and their Applications
Date: Thursday, February 19th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Afshin A. Divani
Director of Stroke Research, Minnesota Stroke Initiative
Topic: Changes in Cerebral Perfusion and Tissue Oxygenation Using
External-to-Internal Carotid Artery Flow Diversion Method
Date: Thursday, February 5th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Gu Xu
Department of Materials Science and Engineering McMaster University
Topic: Multi-cell hydrogen storage devices with extra volumetric capacity
Date: Thursday, January 29th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Matthew Podgorsak
Departments of Biophysics and Radiation Medicine Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Topic: The Technology of Radiation Therapy Delivery: From Roentgen's X-ray Tube to
Future Compact Proton Accelerators
Date: Thursday, January 22th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Adam Fosbury
US Air Force Research Laboratory
Topic: Opportunities with AFRL & Estimation with Multi-Temporal Measurements
Date: Thursday, January 15th, 2009, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Roy E. Smith
President, RESCO Engineering,
Kingston Ontario, Canada
Topic: Creep in Rolling Contact - Its importance to Rail Vehicle Behaviour and
other Mechanical Systems
Date: December 4, 2008, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm .
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Tuhin Das
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology
Topic: Dynamic Analysis and Control Design in Mechatronics: Applications to Robotics and Energy Systems
Date: November 17, 2008, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Khanh D. Pham
Air Force Research Laboratory
Kirtland Air Force Base, NM
Topic: Multi-Player Game of Defending a Target: A Risk-Averse and Pareto Strategy Approach
Date: November 13, 2008, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Jemin George & Chin Pei Tang
Ph.D. students, University at Buffalo Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Topic1:Coping with Uncertainties: A Stochastic Control Approach
Topic2:Differential Flatness Approach to Control of a Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Manipulator
Date: November 6, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Matthew J. Ringuette
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Topic: Unsteady, three-dimensional vortex flows with applications to bio-inspired propulsion
Date: October 23, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Sivaram P. Gogineni
Spectral Energies, LLC
Dayton, OH
Topic: ROLE OF OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF GAS TURBINE PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Date: October 16, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Ken H. Yu
Aerospace Engineering Department
University of Maryland
Topic: Supersonic Mixing Enhancement and Combustion Control
Date: October 2, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Farrukh S. Alvi
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Florida Center for Advanced Aeropropulsion (FCAAP)
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Tallahassee, FL
Topic: Controlling and Harnessing Flow-Acoustic Resonance in Supersonic Impinging Jets
Date: September 25, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Suhada Jayasuriya
Program Director, Control Systems, NSF/CMMI
(On leave from) Kotzebue Endowed Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Topic: Funding Opportunities at the NSF and Cooperative Control of Multi-agent Systems under Realistic Constraints
Date: September 18, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Nancy A. Schiller
Engineering Librarian, Arts and Sciences Libraries
Co-Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
University at Buffalo
Topic: Library Resources Supporting Research and Academic Activities in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Date: September 11, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Dr. Karl Schulte
Professor
Institute of Polymers & Composites
Technische Universität Hamburg - Harburg
Topic: Electrical response of mechanically loaded carbon nanotube filled glass epoxy composites
Date: September 4, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 104 Knox Hall.
Dr. Douglas Bohl
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Clarkson University
Topic: Application of Molecular Diagnostic Methods for Thermo/Fluid Dynamic Studies
Date: April 24, 2008, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. Matthew Ringuette
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Topic: Characterizing unsteady, three-dimensional vortices in low- and high-speed flows
Date: April 14 , 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Dr. Yongsheng Lian
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Topic: Computational Study of Unsteady Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics for Micro Air Vehicles
Date: April 11 , 2008, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Jeremy J. Michalek
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Engineering and Public Policy
Director of the Design Decisions Laboratory
Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: Driving Design: Modeling the Influence of Market Forces and Public Policy on Vehicle Design Decisions
Date: April 10, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Donald J. Leo
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Virginia Tech
Topic:Biologically-inspired engineering materials: from artificial muscles to cell mimics
Date:April 3 , 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall
Dr. Sean Garrick
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Minnesota
Topic: Modeling & Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Multiphase Flows: From the Nanoscale to Microscale.
Date: March 27, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. Sean Brennan
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Penn State University
Topic: The Vehicle of 2020: Beyond the Flat Earth
Date: March 20, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. Suresh Dhaniyala
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Clarkson University
Topic:Near real-time size distribution measurements of airborne nanoparticles (Cancelled)
Date: March 6, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. Venkat E. Tangirala
Senior Research Scientist, Combustion and propulsion
Energy and Propulsion Technologies
GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY
Date: February 28, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
George T. Schmidt
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: INS/GPS Technology Trends
Date: February 21, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. William Messner
Professor
Mechanical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University
Topic :A Taste of Controls
Date: February 21, 2008, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm .
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Chin Pei Tang
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topic: Kinematic Performance Evaluation and Control of Wheeled Mobile Manipulator Collectives
Date: February 7, 2008, 3:00-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. Achille Messac
Professor
Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Topic: Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization: Methodologies and Applications - and its Potential Impact on World Energy Fossil Fuel Consumption
Date: February 5, 2008, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm .
Location: 206 Furnas Hall
Dr. Michael R. Lovell
Associate Dean for Research
School of Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Topic: A Case Study on Sustaining a Technology-Based Economy in the US: Continuous Inkjet Printing of 3-D Electric Circuits.
Date: January 31, 2008, 11:00am-12:15pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Dr. Adam Fosbury
Aerospace Engineer
Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate
Topic: Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Scholar Program.
Date: January 24, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Mr. Jeremy de Jong
Graduate Student
University at Buffalo
Topic: Beyond velocimetry: Utilizing holographic particle imaging to study aerosol clustering in turbulence.
Date: January 17, 2008, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 110 Knox Hall.
Dr. Michael Renfro
Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
University of Connecticut
Topic: Local Extinction in Diffusion Flame Sheets.
Date: November 29, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 112 O'Brian Hall.
Dr. John Wen
Professor, Director (CATS)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Topic: Designing a Wide Field Microscope: An Optomechatronics Approach using Adaptive Optics.
Date: November 16, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Dr. Hanspeter Schaub
Associate Professor
Virginia Tech University
Topic: Electrostatic Spacecraft Relative Motion Control.
Date: November 7, 2007, 4:00-5:00pm.
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Dr. Sunil Murthy
Marketing Manager
Moog Inc
Topic: Enhancing Your Impact as an Engineer in the Industry.
Date: November 1, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm (Refreshments following Seminar).
Location: 112 O'Brian Hall.
Dr. Anthony Vodacek
Associate Professor
Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
Topic: Assimilating remote sensing with dynamic data-driven environmental models.
Date: October 25, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 112 O'Brian Hall.
Mr. Kareem Ahmed & Mr. Uma Konda
Graduate Students
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University at Buffalo
Topic: Flame Stabilization in a Model Ramjet Combustor Using a Transverse Slot Jet. (Ahmed)
Topic: Predicting the evolution of toxic plumes for casualty mitigation in chem-bio incidents. (Konda)
Date: October 18, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm.
Location: 112 O'Brian Hall.
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Detailed information. (Konda)
Dr. Mark E. Braaten
Senior Engineer
GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY
Topic: Recent Trends in Computational Fluid Dynamics at GE.
Date: October 4, 2007, 3:00-4:00pm (Reception at 4:00-4:30pm).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Dr. Yang Cheng
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University at Buffalo
Topic: Applications of Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Spacecraft Attitude Estimation.
Date: September 27, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm (Refreshments following Seminar).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Nancy A. Schiller
Engineering Librarian, Arts and Sciences Libraries
Co-Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
University at Buffalo
Topic: Library Resources Supporting Research and Academic Activities in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
Date: September 6, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm (Refreshments following Seminar).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Erik M. Boczko
Departmentof Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University
Topic: Extending Synchrony and Deconvolving Population Effects in Budding Yeast Through an Analysis of Volume Growth With a Structured Leslie Model.
Date: May 24, 2007, 11:00am-11:45pm (Refreshments at 10:45am).
Location: 134B Farber Hall (South Campus).
James Schmiedeler
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ohio State University
Topic: Modeling Time Invariances in the Coordination of Human Reaching.
Date: April 26, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm (Refreshments at 3:00pm).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Hans-Uwe Berger (Dipl.-Ing.)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Topic: The Link between DIET, Breast Cancer and Engineering.
Date: April 17, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm (Refreshments at 3:00pm).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Changsong Luo & William Godoy
Ph.D. candidates
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University at Buffalo
Topic: Thermo-Mechanical Damage Modeling for Composite Materials. (Luo)
Topic: Radiation Heat Transfer in Fire Suppression Environments. (Godoy)
Date: April 12, 2007, 2:30-3:30pm (Refreshments at 2:15pm).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Anupam Saxena
Visiting Assistant Professor
Cornell University
Topic: Evolving Flexible Systems.
Date: March 22, 2007, 3:30-4:30 pm (Refreshments at 3:00pm).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.
Dr. James A. E. Bell
Director of Research (Retired)
Inco Limited
Topic: High Temperature Structural Composites with Polymer and Metal Matrices.
Date: January 18, 2007, 3:30-4:30pm (Refreshments at 3:00pm).
Location: 206 Furnas Hall.