M&AE Departmental Colloquia
Fall 2006

Fall 2006 colloquia are held in B17 Upson or 111 Upson 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.

MAE faculty and staff: click here for departmental information about Colloquium administration.

Date	Speaker & Topic	Location
29 Aug	Christine Shoemaker, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell "Function Approximation Algorithms for Continuous Optimization of Multi-modal Computationally Expensive Models with Applications to Mechanics Problems"	111 Upson
5 Sep	Mark Campbell, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell "Technologies for Semi-Autonomous, Networked Cooperative Vehicles"	B17 Upson
12 Sep	Francisco Valero-Cuevas, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell "Inverse Biomimetism: Understanding Neuromuscular Systems through the Lens of Engineering Science"	B17 Upson
19 Sep	Hod Lipson, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell  "Biologically Inspired Robots"	B17 Upson
26 Sep	Lindseth Lecture Dan Kammen, Energy Resources Group (Public Policy) and Nuclear Engineering, University of California at Berkeley "The Revolution in Renewable Energy: is it Enough?" Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at Berkeley.  Read more from Kammen here	B17 Upson
3 Oct	Ke Max Zhang, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell "Atmospheric Aerosols: Linking Air Pollution to Global Climate Change"	B17 Upson
10 Oct	No seminar--Fall Break
17 Oct	Michel Louge, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering "Granular Flows, and Surface Density on Desert Dunes"	B17 Upson
24 Oct	Lindseth Lecture Keith Glover, Engineering, University of Cambridge "Engineering in the Face of Mathematical Uncertainty"	B17 Upson
31 Oct	Mason Peck, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering "Doing More with Less: Enabling Technologies for Next-Generation Space Systems"	B17 Upson
7 Nov	Lindseth Lecture Clare Rimnac, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University "The In Vivo Performance of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Components in Total Joint Replacements"	B17 Upson
14 Nov	Ephrahim Garcia, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell "Intelligent Design, Dynamics and Controls of Aircraft, Ground Vehicles and Cybernetic Organisms"	B17 Upson
21 Nov	No seminar--Thanksgiving
28 Nov	Julian Hunt, Professor of Climate Modelling, Department of Space and Climate Physics, University College, London and Mary Upson Visiting Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell "Disappearing Eddies - The Missing Link in Turbulence Theory?"	111 Upson