| January 22 |
No Seminar |
| January 29 |
Sean
C. Garrick
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Minnesota
Title: Large-Scale Simulations
of Nanoparticle Formation and Growth in Turbulent
Reacting Flows |
| February 05 |
Michael
R. Zachariah
Professor and Director, Center for NanoEnergetics
Research, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota
Title: New Strategies
for Controlling Primary Particle Size and the Onset
of Aggregation |
| February 12 |
Ishwar
K. Puri
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Associate
Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of
Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: New
Developments and Applications of Partially Premixed
Flames |
| February 19
|
Paul
J. Strykowski
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Title: The Control
of Non-Reacting and Reacting Free Shear Flows
|
| February 26 |
Srinivas
Garimella
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Iowa State University
Title: Sustainable
Thermal System Development Using Condensation and
Binary Fluid Absorption in Microchannels |
| March 05 |
David
Beebe
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Title: Alternative
Approaches to Microfluidic System Design, Fabrication
and Operation |
| March 12
|
Mark
A. Nicosia
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, University of Minnesota
Title:Biomechanical
Analyses of Gastrointestinal and Cardiovascular
Physiology |
| March 17-21 |
Spring Break |
| March 26 |
Mark
A. Shannon
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Microfabricated
Mechanical Systems (MMS): Exploiting the Micro- to
Nanoscale for Applications in Actuation, Sensing,
and Power |
| April 02 |
John
C. Bischof
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University
of Minnesota
Title: Challenges
and Frontiers in Cryogenic Heat and Mass Transfer
in Biological Systems |
| April 09 |
Kevin
A. Edge
Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Bath
Title: Quietening
Hydraulic Systems - Research Contributions to the
Measurement, Analysis and Prediction of Fluid Borne-,
Structure Borne- and Airborne- Noise
|
| April 16 |
Pratim
Biswas
Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor, Director,
Environmental Engineering Science Program, Departments
of Chemical and Civil Engineering, Washington University
Title: Aerosol
Nanotechnology for Synthesis of Semiconducting Photocatalysts
and for In Situ Capture of Toxic Species in Combustion
Systems |
| April 23 |
Robert
Shumsky
Associate Professor, William E. Simon Graduate
School of Business Administration, University of Rochester
Title:Dynamic
Capacity Management with Substitution
|
| April 30 |
Sheldon
K. Friedlander
Parsons Professor of Chemical Engineering,
UCLA
Title:Aerosol Science
and Technology as an Enabling Discipline: From Nanoparticles
to Bioparticles |
| May 07 |
Rachel
T.A. Croson
Associate Professor of Operations and Information
Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
*Joint project with Karen Donohue, Assistant Professor,
Department of Operations and Management Sciences,
University of Minnesota
Title: Behavioral
Causes of the Bullwhip Effect and the Effects of Information-Sharing
on Supply Chain Efficiency*
|