8:00 a.m. 

Continental breakfast with the Dean in the meeting room

8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.

Welcome and introduction
Lance Collins, Director, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

8:40 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

Status of  the Swanson Program: Report to the committee
Rajesh Bhaskaran, Director of Swanson Engineering Simulation Program

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. 

Unveiling of Swanson Laboratory for Advanced Engineering Simulation, version 2.0; 163 Rhodes Hall (CU SAT Presentation, FSAE Presentation)

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Coffee break (Swanson Laboratory)

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m

CFD simulations using FlowLab in M&AE 427 Fluids/Heat Transfer Lab
Michel Louge, Professor

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Finite-element analysis of hydraulic excavator bucket
Jorge Rodriguez, M.Eng student
Brian Zajac, M.Eng student
Dan Marks, Stego Industries, LLC  & Cornell Alum 

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Engineering simulation in the Cornell M&AE Fluids Program
Brian Kirby, Assistant Professor

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch , John Swanson atrium, Duffield Hall

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Tour of new Experiential Learning Labs and Project Space

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Thermal-structural FEM simulations in an aero-structures design course
Alan Zehnder, Professor

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Workshop on the integration of simulation technology into the engineering curriculum: Plan
Rajesh Bhaskaran

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Executive session of the committee

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Report back from committee