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Spring 2005 Seminars

Seminar Date Seminar Details
January 26
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Peter Mucha (Mathematics, Georgia Tech)
Title: Computer-Generated Animation of Fluids: An Applied Math Perspective
Host: Bing Cady
February 2
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Anders Andersen (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University)
Title: Aerodynamics of Fluttering and Tumbling Cards
Host: Richard Rand
February 9
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Robert Gilmour (Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University)
Title: Spatiotemporal Control of Local Dynamics in the Heart
Host: Richard Rand
February 16
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Richard Weaver (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Title: Mesoscopic Electronics with Ultrasound, Diffuse Field Correlations, and Seismology
Host: Wolfgang Sachse
February 23
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
John C. Lambropoulos (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Rochester)
Title: Densification in Fused Silica
Host: Herbert Hui
March 2
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Wendy E. Thomas (Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington)
Title: Biological Adhesive that Strengthens with Tensile Mechanical Force
Host: Herbert Hui
March 9
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Mary Lou Zeeman (Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Texas at San Antonio)
Title: How Does Estradiol Initiate the LH Surge? A Modeling Approach
Host: Tim Healey
March 16
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
John Guckenheimer (Mathematics, Cornell University)
Title: The Birth of Chaos Revisited
Host: Richard Rand
March 30
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Stefan Schaal (Computer Science and Neuroscience, University of Southern California)
Title: Learnable Nonlinear Dynamic Systems for Control
Host: Andy Ruina
April 6
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Nicolas Triantafyllidis (Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan)
Title: On Magnetorheological Elastomers: General Theory and Application to the Stability of a Rectangular Block under a Transverse Magnetic Field
Host: Tim Healey
April 13
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Harry Dankowicz (Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Title: Discontinuity-Driven Design and Control of Impact Microactuators
Host: Richard Rand
April 20
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Jeannette Yen (School of Biology, Georgia Tech)
Title: Small-Scale Biological-Chemical-Physical Signals in the Sea
Host: Jane Wang
April 27
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Joseph A. Burns (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University)
Title: Dynamics Galore at Saturn
Host: Richard Rand
May 4
4:30 PM
205 Thurston Hall
Srinivas Telukunta (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University)
Title: Hybrid Techniques for the Simulation of Thin MEMS Structures
Host: Subrata Mukherjee