| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 24 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Mohammad Younis
(Binghamton University) Title: Dynamics, Motion, and Reliability Issues of MEMS and Microsystems Host: Alan Zehnder |
| January 31 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Isabelle Cantat
(University of Rennes, France) Title: Foam Rheology Host: James Jenkins |
| February 7 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Doug James
(Cornell University) Title: Toward Multi-Sensory Physical Simulation Host: Steve Strogatz |
| February 14 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Gerrit Huber
(MIT) Title: Miniscule Forces of No Little Importance Host: Herbert Hui |
| February 21 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Zoran Popović
(University of Washington) Title: Towards a Generative Model of Animal Locomotion Host: Andy Ruina |
| February 28 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Daniel Forger
(University of Michigan) Title: Discovering the Dynamics of Mammalian Timekeeping Host: Steve Strogatz |
| March 7 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Peter Varkonyi & Gabor Domokos
(Princeton University & Budapest University of) Title: Equilibria of Rigid Bodies: From Monostatic Objects to Optimal Turtles Host: Andy Ruina |
| March 14 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Yogesh K. Potdar
(Mechanical Engineer, Lifting Technologies, GE –Global Research, Niskayuna) Title: Challenges in X-Ray Diffraction Measurements of Residual Stresses Host: Alan Zehnder |
| March 28 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Arpita Upadhyaya
(University of Maryland, College Park) Title: Actin' pushy and pulling springs: Two forms of biological motion Host: James Jenkins |
| April 4 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Xi Chen
(Columbia University) Title: Mechanisms of Gating of Mechanosensitive Channels of Large Conductance (MscL) Host: Herbert Hui |
| April 11 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Perry Leo
(University of Minnesota) Title: Elastic inclusion problems in multi-phase materials Host: Tim Healey |
| April 18 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Florin Bobaru
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Title: Peridynamic models for fracture and impact: adaptive refinement, multiscale modeling & applications Host: Subrata Mukherjee |
| April 25 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Alberto Salvadori
(University of Brescia, Italy) Title: A Plasticity Framework for Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics Host: Subrata Mukherjee |
| May 2 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Pradeep Guduru
(Brown University) Title: Biologically Inspired Wavy Surface Adhesion Host: Herbert Hui |
| May 9 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Peter Doerschuk
(Cornell University) Title: Challenges in the Computational Structural Biology of Viruses Host: Richard Rand |
