Seminars: Fall 2007

HTPL seminar

Syllabus (pdf)

Graduate Seminar - ME/ISyE 8773/8774 Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:00 pm * 3:15 pm Refreshments 1130 ME Seminar Coordinator: Professor Jane Davidson *Change of day, time, or meeting room
September 5 , 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: John Bischof Main Series	James S. Clegg Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, PO Box 247, Bodega Bay, CA 94923 Title: Life Without Water (Anhydrobiosis): Organisms, Mechanisms, Significance (pdf)
September 12, 2007 3:30 PM, 2-101 Hasselmo Host: Erdman, Barocas Main Series	Dr. Richard T. Hart Professor and Edgar C. Hendrickson Chair, Biomedical Engineering Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 Title: Finite Element Modeling: Bones and Eyes (pdf) Co-Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering
September 12 , 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Bill Cooper ISyE Series	Dr. Lisa Miller Target Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota Title: Space Optimization at Target Corporation (pdf)
September 19, 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Sean Garrick Main Series	Dr. Richard Miller Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0921 Title: Progress on the Simulation and Modeling of Turbulent Combustion at Large Pressure (pdf)
September 26 , 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Al Aksan Main Series	Dr. Thomas Truskett Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0231 Title: Clarifying Some Basic Consequences of Confinement for Fluids (pdf)
October 3, 2007 3:30 PM 1130 ME Host: Bill Cooper ISyE Series	Dr. Warren B. Powell Professor, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Title: Approximate Dynamic Programming for High-Dimensional Problems (pdf)
October 10 , 2007 4:00 PM, 2-620 Moos T Host: David Pui Main Series	Dr. Jim Ho Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 8K6, Canada Title: Detection of Biological Threat Aerosols: Why is it so Difficult? (pdf) L. M. Fingerson/TSI, Inc. Distinguished Lecture
October 17, 2007 3:30 PM, 2-101 Hasselmo Host: Durfee, Barocas Main Series	Dr. Richard D. Rabbitt Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9458 Title: Say, can you Hear? There must be something in there I Fear (pdf) Co-Sponsored by the Biomedical Engineering Department
October 17 , 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Bill Cooper ISyE Series	Dr. Oualid Jouini Laboratoire Genie Industriel, Ecole Centrale, Paris, France Title: Modeling Call Centers with Delay Information (pdf)
October 24, 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Heberlein Main Series	Dr. James Menart Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton OH 45435 Title: Modeling of a Plasma Discharge in an Ion Engine
October 31 , 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Sean Garrick Main Series	Dr. Cyrus K. Madnia Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4400 Title: Nanoscale Heat Transfer in Thermoelectric Materials (pdf)
November 7 , 2007 3:30 PM, 2-101 Hasselmo Host: Hubel, Barocas Main Series	Dr. Natacha DePaola Professor and Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 Title: Fluid Dynamics Regulates Specificity in Endothelial Cell Communication and its Role in the Maintenance of Vascular Homeostasis (pdf) Co-Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering
November 14 , 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Kuehn	Dr. Gurmurthy Ramachandran Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN 55455 Title: Nanoparticles and Occupational Health (pdf)
November 21, 2007	No Seminar - Happy Thanksgiving Holiday - Nov 22-23
November 28 , 2007 3:30 PM, 2-101 Hasselmo Host: Bischof, Barocas Main Series	Dr. Louis J. Soslowsky Professor, Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Title: Tendon Injury and Repair in a Rotator Cuff Animal Model (pdf) Co-Sponsored by Biomedical Engineering
December 5, 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Rangarajan ISyE Series	Dr. Shi-Quan (Tom) Luo Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Mpls, MN 55455 Title: Optimall Spectrum Management: Complexity, Duality, and Approximation (pdf)
December 12, 2007 3:30 PM, 1130 ME Host: Gupta ISyE Series	Dr. Haresh Gurnani Professor, Department of Managaement, School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 331224-6524 Title: Effect of Inspection Policy on Quality Investment and Pricing Decisions in Supply Chains (pdf)
Syllabus (pdf)	Seminar Coordinator Jane H. Davidson, Professor Office: 3101E ME Phone: 612-626-9850 Fax: 612-625-6069 (ENV) E-mail: jhd@me.umn.edu
LM Fingerson/TSI, Inc. Lecture Coordinator David Y. H. Pui, Professor Office: 3101F ME Phone: 612-625-2537 Fax: 612-625-6069 E-mail: dyhpui@umn.edu		Course Secretary Betsy A. Antinozzi, Executive Administratrive Specialist Office: 1100 ME Phone: 612-625-0140 Fax: 612-626-1854 E-mail: antin003@umn.edu

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Fall 2007 Spring 2007 Fall 2006 Spring 2006 Fall 2005 Spring 2005 Fall 2004	Spring 2004 Fall 2003 Spring 2003 Fall 2002 Spring 2002 Fall 2001 Spring 2001	Fall 2000 Spring 2000 Fall 1999 Spring quarter 1999 Winter quarter 1999 Fall quarter 1998 Spring quarter 1998

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