Graduate Seminar - ME/ISyE 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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September 3, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ISyE and ME Series
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Dr. Sean C. Garrick
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Course Introduction |
September 10, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ISyE Series
Host: Benjaafar
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Dr. Barry L. Nelson
Charles Deering McCormick Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Room C250, Evanston, IL 60208-3119
Title: Industrial Strength COMPASS for Optimizing Simulated Systems (pdf) |
September 17 , 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Traian Dumitrica |
Dr. Roberto Ballarini
James L. Record Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Cracking the Conch Conundrum: Tough Ceramics at the Seashore (pdf) |
September 24 , 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Sean Garrick
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October 1, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Jane Davidson
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Dr. Alan W. Weimer
Professor, Director of TEAM WEIMER, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (ECCH 111), University of Colorado at Boulder, University Campus Box 424, Boulder, CO 80309
Title: Renewable Solor-thermal Production of Fuels from Water and Biomass (pdf)
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October 8, 2008
*4:00 PM
2-470 PWB
ME Series
Host: David Pui |
Dr. Mihail C. Roco
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation, Chair, U.S. National Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), 421 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
Title: Frontiers in Nanotechnology (pdf)
L.M. Fingerson/TSI, Inc. Distinguished Lecture
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October 15, 2008
3:30 PM, 4125A+B ME
ME Series
Host: Sean Garrick
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Dr. Lance R. Collins
S. C. Thomas Sze Director, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Upson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14
Title: Dynamics of Inertial Particles in Isotropic Turbulence (pdf) |
October 22 , 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ISyE Series
Host: Diwakar Gupta
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Dr. Goutam Dutta
Professor, Production & Quantitative Methods, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 380 015, India
Title: A Multi-Period Optimization Based Decision Support System for Strategic Planning in Process Industries (pdf) |
October 29 , 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Terrance Simon |
Dr. Paul Durbin
Martin C. Jischke Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, 2271 Howe Hall, Room 2237, Ames, IA 50011-2237
Title: Transition to Turbulence in Gas Turbine Geometries (pdf) |
October 29 , 2008
3:30 PM, 4125 A & B ME
ISyE Series
Host: Saif Benjaafar |
Dr. Fikri Karaesmen
on sabbatical in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Title: Revenue Managment and Dynamic Pricing in Production/Inventory Systems: Some Structural Properties and Parameter Effects (pdf) |
November 5, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Sean Garrick |
Panel: Drs. Tianhong Cui, Susan C. Mantell, and Rajesh Rajamani
Professors, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Title: D&M MEMS group discussion (pdf) |
November 5, 2008
3:30 PM, 4125 A & B ME
ISyE Series
Host: William Cooper |
Dr. Tony Haitao Cui
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Title: An Experimental Investigation of Risk-Pooling Effect (pdf) |
November 12, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Rajesh Rajamani
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Dr. Jae Lew
Principal Research Scientist, Eaton Innovation Center, Eaton Corporation, 15151 Highway 5, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Title: Dynamics and Control Electro-Mechanical and Hydraulics System (pdf) |
November 12, 2008
3:30 PM, 4125 A & B ME
ISyE Series
Host: William Cooper |
Dr. Henry Liu
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Uncovering the Traffic Equilibration Process after Network Disruption (pdf) |
November 19, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: Kumar Tamma |
Dr. J. N. Reddy
Distinguished Professor and Holder of Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair, Director of the Computational Science and Engineering Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-31223
Title: On Least-Squares Finite Element Formulations with Applications to Problems in Fluid and Solid Mechanics (pdf) |
November 26, 2008
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No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday - November 27-28
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December 3, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ISyE Series
Host: William Cooper |
Dr. Joseph C. Hartman
Department Chair and Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
Title: Equipment Replacement under Uncertainties (pdf) |
December 10, 2008
3:30 PM, 1130 ME
ME Series
Host: TBA |
Dr. Demoz Gebre-Egziabher
McKnight Land-Grant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Title: Provably Safe Algorithms for Multi-Sensor Navigation (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 |
Teaching Assistant
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LM Fingerson/TSI Lecture Coordinator
David Y.H. Pui, Professor
3101F ME
Phone: 612-625-2537
Fax: 612-625-6069
E-mail: dyhpui@umn.edu |
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