| Seminar Date | Seminar Details |
|---|---|
| January 23 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Stephen Burns
(University of Rochester) Title: Thermo-mechanics of Electrowetting Host: Richard Rand |
| January 30 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Robert Parker
(Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University) Title: Nonlinear Gear Vibrations: Practical Problems and Analytical Successes Host: Andy Ruina |
| February 6 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Karthick Chandraseker
(Dept. TAM, Cornell) Title: 1D and 2D atomistic-continuum models for deformations of single-walled carbon nanotubes Host: Subrata Mukherjee |
| February 13 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Andy Ruina
(T&AM Cornell) Title: Rotation with zero angular momentum: A demonstration of the falling cat problem goes sour. Host: Richard Rand |
| February 13 4:40 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Assad Oberai
(Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Title: Biomechanical Imaging Canceled Host: Wilkins Aquino |
| February 20 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Christopher Earls
(CEE, Cornell) Title: Computational approaches for simulating transient response in solids and structures: blast, progressive collapse, and inverse problem solutions Host: Richard Rand |
| February 27 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Ralph D. Lorenz
(Space Department, Planetary Exploration Group, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab) Title: Spinning Flight : Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras and Skipping Stones Host: Joe Burns |
| March 5 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi
(Dept. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University) Title: Space Weather Forecasting Using System Identification Techniques Host: Sachin Goyal & Andy Ruina |
| March 12 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Chandrajit Bajaj
(Department of Computer Sciences, Institute of Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin) Title: Computational Bio-Molecular Modeling And Analysis For Drug Discovery Host: Tim Healey |
| March 26 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Peter Dear
(Dept. History/Dept. Science & Technology Studies, Cornell) Title: Mechanics as a Theory of Everything: Newton, Maxwell, and Intelligibility Host: Steve Strogatz |
| April 2 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Mark Shattuck
(Physics Dept., City College of New York) Title: Shaken, Not Stirred: Granular Equilibrium Host: Richard Rand |
| April 4 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Richard D. James
(University of Minnesota) Title: Lessons on Structure from the Structure of Viruses Host: Paul Steen |
| April 9 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Huajian Gao
(Division of Engineering, Brown University) Title: Nanomechanics of Biological Systems: Bridging Single Molecule and Continuum Mechanics Descriptions of Cell Adhesion Host: Herbert Hui |
| April 16 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Prashant Purohit
(Dept. Mechanical Enigineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania) Title: Twisting DNA and Its Implications on Gene Regulation Host: Sachin Goyal |
| April 23 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Elizabeth Villa
(Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Title: Structural Dynamics of Protein-DNA Complexes Revealed by Multiscale Simulations Host: Sachin Goyal |
| April 30 4:30 PM 205 Thurston Hall |
Suvranu De
(Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Title: Some Advances in Digital Surgery Host: Subrata Mukherjee |
