ME Seminar Series

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Coordinator: William S. Oates

 

Syllabus:

Instructions for Speakers

Place and Time:

Contacts:

Prof. William S. Oates

Ms. Andrea Stanley

Mr. George Green


Spring 2008

Seminar topics:

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Dr. Farhad Booeshaghi, Applied Engineering Failure Analysis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Dr. Chengying Xu, "Research Intelligent Multivariable Control System with Potential Applications", Department of Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida

Thursday, January 24, 2008 Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, "Growth and Properties of (BaTiO3)n/(SrTiO3)m Superlattices: Study of Nanoscale Ferroelectricity", Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Dr. John Collier, Shear and Elongational Rheology of Polymer Melts and Concentrated Solutions, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University.

Friday, February 1, 2008 Dr. Hassan Aref, "Vortices and Polynomials", Reynolds Metals Professor Engineering Science & Mechanics, Virginia Tech

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Dr. David Lablastier, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University.

Friday, February 8, 2008 Dr.Yogi Goswami, "Global Energy Future", Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Dr. Wei Yang, "Problem Oriented Sampling Designs for Quantitative Simulations of Complex Systems," Department of Chemistry/School of Computational Science, Florida State University.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Dr. Eric Hellstrom, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University.

Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Dr. Greg Boebinger, Keynote Address: "Levitation, Superconductivity, and the World's Largest Magnetics," Director National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University. Location: College of Engineering B210, Time 1:30.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 Dr. Rajan Kumar, "A Brief Review on High Speed Wind Tunnel Testing Technology at the National Aerospace Laboratories India," Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida State University.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Dr.Gopinath Subramanian, "Monte Carlo Methods in Polymer Modelling - An Introduction," Post Doctorate Researcher, School of Computational Science, Florida State University.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Todd Franklin, "What it's like in the Engineering World: We will talk about how to get started, how to succeed, how to make some money, and how to CYA," Local Entrepreneur and President of Comm-Engines.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Dr. Nancy Marcus, "Research and Professional Activities - Ethical Behaviors and Standards," Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University.

Thursday, April 3, 2008 Dr. Long Yiang, "Complexity of oxide-semiconductor and oxide-oxide systems: from epitaxial films to nanostructures," Motorola Labs, Tempe, AZ (Location and time: A229, 4:00-5:00)

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Dr. Tao Liu, "SWNT based Functional Materials - a Structure-Processing-Property Perspective," Department of Industrial Engineering, Florida State University.