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Mechanical Engineering Home > Events: Seminars

Seminars: Fall 2004

September 08, 2004 No Seminar
September 15, 2004* MAIN Series
4:00 p.m.
2-690 MoosT

Host: David Pui

John H. Seinfeld
Louis E. Nohl Professor, Divisions of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
Title: Global Climate Change: Sensitivities and Uncertainties
L.M. Fingerson/TSI, Inc. Distinguished Lecture

September 22, 2004
3:30 pm,
ME 1130
THT Series
Host: Allison Hubel
John C. Bischof
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota
Title: Micro and Nanoscale Phenomenon in Bioheat Transfer

September 29, 2004
3:30-5:00pm, ME 1130
ENV Series
Host: Thomas Kuehn

James E. Woods Ph.D., P.E.,
Executive Director, The Building Diagnostics Research Institute, Inc., Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4455
Title: : Shifting the HVAC Paradigm from Comfort to Health, Safety and Security

October 06, 2004
3:30 pm, ME 1130
IE Series
Hosts: Thomas Chase William Cooper
Michael Schabacker Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Math.,
Information Technologies in Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Machine Construction, Magdeburg University, Madgeburg, Germany
Title: Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Processes in Industry
October 13, 2004
MAIN Series
3:30 pm, 3-180 EECSci
Host:
Joachim Heberlein
Gary Parker
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (St. Anthony Falls Laboratory), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Water Detrainment Across Settling Interfaces: A New Horizon in the Modeling of Reservoir Sedimentation
October 20, 2004
THT Series
3:30 pm, 1130 ME
Host: John Bischof and Allison Hubel
Victor H. Barocas
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Application of Fundamental Transport Concepts to Microfluidic Design


October 27, 2004
ENV Series
3:30 pm, 1130 ME
Host:
Thomas Kuehn
Byron W. Jones
Engineering Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
Title: Aircraft Cabin Air Quality, the View from 40,000 Feet
November 03, 2004
THT Series
3:30 pm, 1130 ME
Host: John Bischof

Robin N. Coger
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Title: Bioartifical Liver Design -- A Mechanical Engineering Perspective

November 10, 2004
MAIN Series
3:30 pm, 3-180 EECSci
Host:
Joachim Heberlein and
Paul J. Strykowski

Anjaneyulu Krothapalli
Professor, Don Fuqua Eminent Scholar, Chair in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FAMU-FSU, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Title: Renewed Look at Sustainable Energy; the Solar Strategy

November 17, 2004
IE Series
3:30 pm, 1130 ME
Host:
William Cooper

Gerard P. Cachon
Associate Professor, Operations and Information Management, Ph.D. Coordinator, OPIM, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Title: Obtaining Fast Service in a Queueing System via Performance-Based Allocation of Demand

November 24, 2004

No Seminar – Happy Thanksgiving

December 01, 2004
ENV Series
3:30 pm, 1130 ME
Host:
Thomas Kuehn

Kathryn Creek CIH, MS,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
Title: Bioaerosol Background Collection Techniques

December 09, 2004
MAIN Series*
Thursday, 4:00 pm
2-470 PWB

Hosts:
Joachim Heberlein Jeffrey Roberts (Chemistry)

Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Energy and Environment Correspondent, The Economist, New York City, NYBook
Title: Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet.
Donaldson Company Distinguished Lecture Series
joint seminar with Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

December 15, 2004
IE Series
3:30 pm, 1130 ME
Host: William Cooper
René A. Caldentey
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Department of Information, Operations, & Management Sciences, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York
Title: Online Auction and List Price Revenue Management
Seminar Coordinator
Joachim V.R. Heberlein, Professor
Office: 2101F ME
Phone: 612-625-4538
Fax: 612-625-4344 (HTPL)
E-mail: jvrh@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


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