1/22/2014 Katrina Hagler, Assistant Director of Graduate Recruiting and Admissions
Written by Katrina Hagler, Assistant Director of Graduate Recruiting and Admissions
Every semester, MechSE invites leading researchers in mechanical engineering and theoretical and applied mechanics to visit our department and offer a seminar to our students. Every semester we have a diverse schedule of talks covering biomechanics, controls & dynamics, fluid mechanics & thermal sciences, nanomechanics & nanomanufacturing, and solid mechanics & materials.
The seminars listed below are only the seminars that are considered "MechSE Seminar Series" which students can attend to fulfill requirements for ME 590 and TAM 500. All MechSE students are required to register for ME 590 or TAM 500 and are required to attend a minimum of 4 seminars each semester. This list is, by no means, a comprehensive list of seminars on campus as all departments offer seminars. In fact, there are even other seminars within the department (such as BioMechanics Interest Group Seminars, Fluids Interest Group Seminars, Materials Interest Group Seminars, to name a few).
I invite you to check out this semester's offerings and attend those in your research area, or explore a new field!
Tuesday, February 11, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Draping Materials: Enabling Advanced Adhesives and Multifunctional Technologies"
Prof. Alfred Crosby, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
Host: Prof. Amy Wagoner Johnson
Thursday, February 20, NCSA Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.
"Wetting of Living Drops: Soft Matter Models of Tissue and Tumors"
Prof. Franҫoise Borchard-Wyart, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Disquisitiones Mechanicae Seminar
Hosts: Prof. Sascha Hilgenfeldt and Prof. Amy Wagoner Johnson
Tuesday, February 25, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Robotic Devices and Wearable Sensors for Neurorehabilitation"
Prof. David Reinkensmeyer, University of California, Irvine
Host: Prof. Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler
Tuesday, March 4, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Osmotic Propulsion: Chemical Swimming, Sailing, Surfing, Squirming and Swarming"
Prof. John Brady, California Institute of Technology
Host: Prof. Randy Ewoldt
Tuesday, March 11, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"BioArtificial Materials and Mechanobiology Technologies for Regenerative Medicine"
Prof. Andrés Garcia, Georgia Institute of Technology
Host: Prof. SungWoo Nam
Tuesday, March 18, NCSA Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.
Alwin Schaller Distinguished Lecture, title TBA
Dean Mary Boyce, Columbia University
Host: Prof. Harley Johnson
Tuesday, April 1, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Toward Ultra-minimally Invasive Surgery Through Robotics"
Prof. Pierre Dupont, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Host: Prof. Andrew Alleyne
Friday, April 4, Deere Pavilion, MEL, 12:00 p.m.
"Dynamics of Complex Fluids: Reversible Plasticity & Flow Instabilities"
Prof. Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania
Host: Prof. Randy Ewoldt
Tuesday, April 8, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Design, Control and Integration of Next Generation Power and Energy Systems"
Joint MechSE/I2CNER Seminar
Prof. Jacob Brouwer, University of California, Irvine
Host: Prof. Petros Sofronis
Thursday, April 17, NCSA Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.
"Cellular Materials in Engineering, Nature and Medicine"
Disquisitiones Mechanicae Seminar
Prof. Lorna Gibson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hosts: Prof. Iwona Jasiuk and Prof. Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler
Tuesday, April 22, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Extreme Mechanics of Growing Matter"
Midwest Mechanics Seminar
Prof. Ellen Kuhl, Stanford University
Host: Prof. Amy Wagoner Johnson
Thursday, April 24, NCSA Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.
"Modeling Ductile Fracture Toughness and Fracture Surface Roughness"
Arthur Newell Talbot Distinguished Lecture
Prof. Alan Needleman, University of North Texas
Hosts: Prof. Petros Sofronis and Prof. Elif Ertekin
Tuesday, April 29, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
Title TBA
Prof. Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University
Host: Prof. Seok Kim
Tuesday, May 6, 190 ESB, 3:00 p.m.
"Peeling of Heterogeneous Adhesive Tapes"
Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran, California Institute of Technology
Host: Prof. Taher Saif
Note: Times, dates and titles are subject to change. Check mechanical.illinois.edu for updated information.
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