The ME-EM Graduate Seminar Series is offered as an opportunity for graduate students and faculty to broaden their knowledge beyond their specific area of research and/or studies. This is important at and beyond the graduate level where our activities are highly focused and specialized from a topical perspective. The Seminar Series Committee works diligently to provide a full agenda of speakers who are known nationally and internationally and represent academia, industry and government. The intention is to balance the topics across all areas of the Department while also integrating a few speakers who traverse the traditional ME-EM boundary into new and exciting areas.
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Spring 2013 SeminarsUnless otherwise noted, seminars are from 4:00–5:00 PM in Room 112 of the ME-EM Building. Refreshments will be served | |||
| Date | Speaker | Organization | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17 | Brett Chouinard | Chief Operating Officer, Altair Inc. | Altair Engineering - In pursuit of Lightweight Design |
| Jan 24 | Mark R. Vaughn | Research Professor in the Mechanical Engineering –Engineering Mechanics Department at Michigan Tech | Energy Storage for Power Grid Integration of Renewables |
| Jan 31 | Hugh Blaxill | Managing Director MAHLE Powertrain LLC, Novi, Michigan | Turbulent Jet Ignition: An efficient, clean combustion concept for the future? |
| Feb 14 | Venkat Krovi | Automation Robotics & Mechatronics Lab in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at SUNY- Buffalo | |
| Feb 21 | Sean Egmon | Assistant Director of Services, AVL North America | Success in Engineering is More Than an Equation |
| Feb 28 | Steve Przesmitzki | Technology Development Manager, United States Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Program | DOE Fuels and Lubricants Subprogram |
| Mar 7 | Joshua M. Pearce | Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | The Rise of Open-Source 3-D Printing (Or How We Can Make Everyone a Mechanical Engineer) |
| Mar 21 | Thomas Wallner | Principal Mechanical Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory | Alternative fuels for transportation – drivers, options and trends |
| Mar 28 | Sunand Santhanagopalan | Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics Department, Michigan Technological University | Scalable Nanomanufacturing for Energy Storage and Conversion Based on High-Voltage Electrophoretic Deposition |
| Apr 4 | Greg Shaver | Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University | Model-Based Engine Algorithm Development for Control and Virtual Sensing |
| Apr 11 | Mahdi Shahbakhti | Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Energy Mechatronics Laboratory at Michigan Technological University | Low Temperature Combustion Engines: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions |
| Apr 18 | Steven W. Shaw | Department of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University | Using Nonlinear Torsional Vibration Absorbers to Improve Automotive Fuel Economy |
Fall 2012 SeminarsUnless otherwise noted, seminars are from 4:00–5:00 PM in Room 112 of the ME-EM Building. Refreshments will be served. | |||
| Date | Speaker | Organization | Topic |
| Sep 6 | Ilias Belharouak | Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory | Lithium Batteries: Current State and Beyond |
| Sep 13 | Chris Cotting | Master Instructor of Flying Qualities, U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School | An Overview of the USAF Test Pilot School, and A Framework for UAV Flying Qualities |
| Sep 20 | Todd Murphey | Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department Secondary Appointment, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences Affiliate Faculty Member, Interdeparmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University | Control Synthesis for Discrete Mechanical Systems |
| Sep 27 | Waruna D. Kulatilaka | Spectral Energies, LLC, Dayton, OH Air Force Research Laboratory, Propulsion Directorate, WPAFB, OH | Fiber-Based Optical Diagnostics for Real-World Applications |
| Oct 4 | Marie Cleveland | FedEx | |
| Oct 11 | Alexander Yarin | University of Illinois Chicago, Multiscale Mechanics and Nanotechnology Laboratory | |
| Oct 18 | Arnold Lumsdaine | University of Tennessee, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department | Making a Star on Earth – the Future of Fusion Energy |
| Oct 25 | Robert Santoro | Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director of the Propulsion Engineering Research Center, Pennsylvania State University | Soot formation studies using JP-8 and JP-8 surrogate fuels |
| Nov 1 | Robert F. Klie | University of Illinois Chicago,Nanoscale Physics Group | Chemical analysis with sub-Å resolution: The power and challenges of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy |
| Nov 8 | Chongmin Wang | Senior Research Scientist, WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Interfacial & Nanoscale Science Facility, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | Nanoscale designing towards high capacity, high power rate, long cycle life, and safe operation for lithium ion battery |
| Nov 15 | Ezra Bar-Ziv | Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University | Biocoal: A Drop-In Fuel in Coal-fired Power Plants |
| Nov 29 | Rafael Fierro | Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of New Mexico, Multi-Agent, Robotics, Hybrid, and Embedded Systems, MARHES Laboratory | Coordination Strategies for Robotic Networks |
| Dec 6 | Cortino Sukotjo | Assistant Professor at Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago | Current Research Trend in Implant Dentistry |
| Dec 13 | Christopher S. Johnson, Ph.D., | Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory | Advanced Materials to Enable High-Energy Li and Na-Ion Batteries |
Graduate Seminars Committee
- Scott Miers, Chair
- Nina Mahmoudian
- Mo Rastgaar
- John Hill
- Tolou Shokuhfar
- Mahdi Shabakti
- Staff Assistant: Jo Anne Stimac, 906-487-3611