M&AE Departmental Colloquia
Spring 2009

Spring 2009 colloquia are held in Kimball B11 on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm, with refreshments served in Upson Lounge at 4:15 pm.  The M&AE Colloquia cover a broad range of topics of interest to the mechanical and aerospace engineering communities.  The public is welcome to attend.

Date		Location
January 27	"Computer Graphics Imagery: The Achievement of Highly-Realistic Images Using Principles from Mechanical Engineering" Professor Kenneth E. Torrance Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University	Kimball B11
February 3	"Micro (and Nano) Mechanical Signal Processors" Professor Sunil Bhave,  Professor David Erickson, Faculty Host Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University	Kimball B11
February 10	"Simulation of Scramjet Combustor Flows" Professor Graham Candler, Professor David Caughey, Faculty Host Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota	Kimball B11
February 17	"Mechanical Property Evaluation at the Micro-Scale" Dr. Michael Uchic, Professor Matthew Miller, Faculty Host Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB	Kimball B11
February 24	"Integration of Materials with Design and Manufacturing: A Grand Challenge" Professor Tresa Pollock, Professor Paul Dawson, Faculty Host Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan,	Kimball B11
March 3	"Flexible Automation for Micro and Meso-scale Manipulation Tasks with Applications to Manufacturing and Biotechnology" Professor David J. Cappelleri, Professor Hadas Kress-Gazit, Faculty Host Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology.	Kimball B11
March 10	"Blistering and Delamination in High Temperature Polymer Matrix Composites due to Rapid Heating" Professor Alan Zehnder Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University.	Kimball B11
March 17	Spring Break	Kimball B11
March 31	"Analyzing Human Motion Using Computer Simulation and Experiments" Dr. Alison Sheets Post Doctoral Researcher, Biomotion Lab, Stanford University	Kimball B11
April 2	"Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Repair: Opportunities and Challenges" Professor James Iatridis Associate Professor, University of Vermont	Kimball B11
April 7	"Toward Numerical Simulations of Compressible Multiphase Flows: With Applications to Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability" Dr. Eric Johnsen Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University	Kimball B11
April 9	"Synthetic Micro/Nanosystems for Rapid Biomolecule Analysis and Stem Cell Research" Dr. Jianping Fu Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania	Kimball B11
April 14	"Lagrangian Measurements of Inertial Particle Accelerations in Wind Tunnel Turbulence and Their Relation to the Formation of Water Droplets in Clouds" Professor Zellman Warhaft Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University	Thurston 205
April 21	"Granular Liquids: Surprises at Ultra-Low Surface Tension" Professor Heinrich Jaeger, Professor Hod Lipson, Faculty Host Professor, James Franck Institute, Department of Physics and the College, University of Chicago	Kimball B11
April 28	"Approaches to Understanding the Evolution of Osteoporosis-Related Fractures" Professor Christopher Hernandez Assistant Professor, Director of Musculoskeletal Mechanics and Materials Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University	Kimball B11
April 30	"Anisotropic, Inhomogeneous and Nonlinear Structure-Function on Human Supraspinatus Tendon" Dr. Spencer Lake Post-Doc, University of Pennsylvania	Kimball B11

We gratefully acknowledge partial support for the colloquium from the Elmer Lindseth Fund.

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