Seminars
The Mechanical Engineering Department hosts a variety seminars throughout the year. They cover a broad range of topics and bring together highly regarded faculty from many disciplines. See below for the current list for the 2009-2010 school year. Unless otherwise noted, all seminars take place Fridays at 11 am in room 245 at 110 Cummington Street.
2009-2010 Schedule
| Date | Seminar |
|---|---|
| December 11 | Louis L. Bucciarelli, Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Technology Studies MIT How many engineers does it take to design a light bulb? |
| December 4 | George G. Adams, Distinguished Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department Northeastern University Modeling and experiments for the contact of a rough microsphere with a flat |
| November 13 | James F. Lynch Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The 2009 Munk Award Lecture: Acoustical oceanography and shallow water acoustics |
| November 6 | Chiang C. Mei, Ford Professor MIT Modeling of the hydrodynamics of power extraction from sea waves |
| October 26 | Semyon M. Meerkov, Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department University of Michigan Production Systems Engineering: Problems, Solutions, and Applications |
| October 23 | Kamil Ekinci, Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Boston University Fluid dynamics of NEMS: Fundamentals, challenges, and prospect |
| October 16 | Michael P. Brenner, Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University Physics and mathematics of self assembly |
| October 9 | Julie Chen, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Emerging opportunities and strategies for research and partnerships in mechanical engineering |
| October 2 | Richard Wlezien, Professor and Department Chair Department of Mechanical Engineering Tufts University Hybrid laminar flow for efficient subsonic cruise |
| September 25 | Clare M. Rimnac, Professor and Department Chair Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Case Western Reserve University Engineering the natural history of total joint replacements |
| September 18 | Pierre Dupont, Adjunct Research Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Boston University Development of robot technology for minimally invasive surgery |
| September 11 | Gretar Tryggvason, Professor and Department Head Mechanical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute Direct numerical simulations of multiphase flow |
| September 4 | Catherine Klapperich, Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Boston University Miniaturizing Molecular Diagnostics: Engineering for Portability, Performance and Ease of Use |