Graduate Seminar - ME 8773/8774
Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00 pm *
Room 1130 ME
Seminar Coordinator: Professor Sean C. Garrick
*Change of day, time, or meeting room
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January 21, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
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Dr. Sean C. Garrick
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Course Introduction |
January 28, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Sean Garrick
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Dr. Terrence W. Simon
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Experiences with the Development of a New Space Power Engine (pdf) |
February 4, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Sean Garrick |
Dr. Vaughan Voller
Professor and Associate Head, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: An Enthalpy Model for Dendritic Growth (pdf) |
February 11, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Sean Garrick
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February 18, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Paul Strykowski
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Dr. Peyman Givi
William Kepler Whiteford Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Title: Petascale Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Combustion via EPFVS-FMDF (pdf)
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February 25, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: David Pui |
Dr. H. Young Chung
Fellow, Corporate Technology, Donaldson Company, Inc. Bloomington, MN 55431
Title: Electrospinning at Donaldson Company, A Tribute to Professor Benjamin Liu and the Center for Filtration Research (pdf)
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March 4, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Sean Garrick
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Dr. Kim A. Stelson
Professor and Director of
NSF Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota
Title: Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles(pdf)
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March 11, 2009
Radisson University Hotel
3:00 PM
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Dr. Uwe Kortshagen
Professor and Department Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Title: Mini Symposium (program details) |
March 18, 2009
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No Seminar, Spring Break - March 16 - 20, 2009
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March 25, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: |
Dr. Michael D. Cloeter
Core R & D, Engineering & Process Sciences, Fluid Mechanics & Mixing Discipline, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX 77541
Title: A Novel Industrial-Scale Mixer for Mixing-Sensitive Chemistry (pdf) |
April 1, 2009
Radisson University Hotel
3:00 PM
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Dr. Uwe Kortshagen
Professor and Department Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Mini Symposium (program details) |
April 8, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Peter McMurry |
Dr. Christopher M. Sorensen
Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-2601
Title: Fire, Fractals and Physics (pdf) |
April 15, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Uwe Kortshagen
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Dr. Timothy S. Fisher
Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
Title: Vertical, Templated Carbon Nanotube Arrays: Synthesis and Applications (pdf) |
April 22, 2009
4:00 PM
Room: 3-120 Molecular and Cellular Biology (map)
Host: Frank Kulacki |
Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard
Professor and Co-Director of Center for Design Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Title: What we have learned about educating engineers: A field report from the Carnegie Study (pdf)
8th Annual ME Founders Lecture |
April 29, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Sean Garrick |
Dr. Victoria Interrante
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Title: Enabling Accurate Spatial Perception in Emersive Virtual Environments (pdf) |
May 6, 2009
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
Host: Sean Garrick |
Dr. Sotiris E. Pratsinis
Professor, Institute f. Verfahrenstechnik, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Title: Core-Shell Nanoparticles: One-step Aerosol Synthesis and Coating (pdf) |
Seminar Coordinator
Sean C. Garrick, Assoc. Professor
Office: 245 ME
Phone: 612-625-0532
Fax: 612-624-5230 (THT)
E-mail: garrick@me.umn.edu |
Course Secretary
Betsy A. Antinozzi, Executive Administrative Specialist
Office: 1100 ME
Phone: 612-625-0140
Fax: 612-626-1854
E-mail: antin003@umn.edu |
ME Day Coordinator
Frank A. Kulacki, Professor |