Mechanical Engineering Seminars (Fall 2005)
Date Speaker Title Time & location
September 15 Dr. Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 		Towards engineering thermal transport and energy conversion in nanomaterials 2:00PM, T-254
September 22 Prof. Alberto M. Cuitino
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University		 Mesoscopic Modeling of Open Cell Solid Foams 2:00PM, T-254
September 29 Prof. Clancy Rowley
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University 		Low-order models for control of fluids 2:00PM, T-254
October 6 Prof. Jun Zhang
Department of Physics and Courant Institute, NYU 		Unidirectional Flight of a Flapping Wing 2:00PM, T-254
October 13 No class 2:00PM, T-254
October 20 Foluso Ledainde**
SUNY Stony Brook 		Turbulent Combustion 2:00PM, T-254
October 27 Prof. Ilhan A. Aksay
Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University		 Ceramics & Biomics 2:00PM, T-254
November 3 Prof. Frank Fisher
Department of Mechanical Engineering , Stevens Institute of Technology		 Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites 2:00PM, T-254
November 10 TBA 2:00PM, T-254
December 1 Professor D.D.L. Chung
Endowed Chair Professor of Engineering
University at Buffalo, State University of New York 		Functional Materials for Thermal, Electromagnetic and Sensor Applications 2:00PM, T-254
December 8 TBA 2:00PM, T-254
**Seminar sponsored by CREST