Syllabus

The Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar consists of four separate seminar series:

1. The Main Seminar series of the Department consisting of four lectures on the topic of “Globalization.” These lectures are held once a month usually in the EECS 3-180 seminar room. All graduate students are invited to attend, and all students taking the seminar for credit are expected to attend.

2. There will be three additional Division Seminar series, each addressing a topic of interest to one of the ME Department’s Divisions. Each of these series consists of three or four seminars, and the lectures will be held on average once a month in the Department seminar room 1130 ME. The L.M. Fingerson/TSI Inc. Distinguished lecture will begin at 4:00 pm in 2-690 Moos T. The Donaldson Company Distinguished Lecture will begin at 4:00 pm in 402 DTC, Walter Library. All graduate students are invited, and every student taking the ME/IE seminar for credit is expected to attend at least two of these series. The topics for Fall Semester 2005 are

• “Bio-Mimetics” for the Design & Manufacturing Series,
• “Nano-Heat Transfer” for the Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Series, and
• “Topics in Industrial Engineering” for the Industrial Engineering Series.

To receive credit for the ME Seminar series, students should

a. Attend ALL lectures of the Main Seminar Series and ALL lectures of at least two Seminar series,

b. Submit one summary report (two to three pages in length) for the four lectures of the Main Seminar series, and

c. Submit one summary report (two to three pages in length) for the three or four lectures of one of the Seminar Series.

The summary reports should contain:
1. A brief description of the speakers, i.e. where they are from and what they are involved in.
2. The major points of each lecture.
3. Common conclusions or differences between the lectures. This point can include your personal opinion on the presentations on this topic.

The two summary reports must be turned in to the seminar coordinator by the first day of finals week. The reports will be reviewed for correct English and for correct factual content, and unsatisfactory reports will have to be rewritten. University policies for plagiarism apply.