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Speaker Presentation Time and location
John W.M. Bush
Department of Mathematics, MIT
Distinguished Speaker
The Fluid Trampoline: Droplets Bounching on a Soap Film
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September 18, 2009
2:10PM
MC102
Chang Liu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
Biologically Inspired Sensors
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September 25, 2009
2:10 PM
MC102
Amy Shen
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington (Seattle)
Complex Fluids Under Confinement and Flow
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October 2, 2009
2:10 PM
MC102
Robert D. Howe
Gordon McKay Professor of Engineering, Assoc. Dean of Academic Programs, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Distinguished Speaker
Fixing the Beating Heart: Ultrasound Guidance for Robotic Intracardiac Surgery
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October 16, 2009
2:10 PM
MC102
John Boyd
Golder Associates, Mississauga
The Implications of Sustainability and Climate Change on the Practice of Engineering
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October 23, 2009
2:10 PM
MC 102
Panos Pardalos
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida
Distinguished Speaker
The Critical Nodes Detection Problem in Networks
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November 20, 2009
2:10 PM
MC102
Geza H. Szabo
Principal Research Scientist, DBR Technology Center, Schlumberger, Edmonton
Sedimentation Equilibrium of Suspensions in Centrifugal Field: The Colloidal State Equation
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November 27, 2009
2:10 PM
MC102
Andrew K.S. Jardine
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
On the Optimization of Condition – Based Maintenance (CBM) Decisions
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December 4, 2009
2:10PM
MC102
Charles A. Ward
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Interfacial Conditions During Evaporation
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January 15, 2010
2:10PM
MC102
Rick Hull
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York
Distinguished Speaker
Business Artifacts: A Central Pillar of Service Science
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January 22, 2010
2:10PM
MC102
David J. Beebe
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distinguished Speaker
Microscale Environments for Understanding Cell Biology
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January 29, 2010
2:10 PM
MC102
Michael W. Carter
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Healthcare Engineering: Quantitative Decision Support Models for the Healthcare Industry
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February 12, 2010
2:10PM
MC102
Kon-Well Wang
Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Distinguished Speaker
Adaptive Structural System Synthesis with Multi-Field Coupling
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February 22, 2010
2:10 PM
MC102
Fritz B. Prinz
R.H. Adams Professor of Engineering, Robert Bosch Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Distinguished Speaker
The Convergence of Science and Engineering: Energy Conversion at Nano Scale
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March 5, 2010
2:10 PM
MC102
Javad Mostaghimi
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Thermal Spray Forming of Highly Efficient Heat Exchangers
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March 12, 2010
2:10PM
MC102
Hans Mueller-Steinhagen
Director, Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and University of Stuttgart, Germany
Distinguished Speaker
A Vision with a Mission: The German Route to 50% Renewable Energy by 2050
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March 19, 2010
2:10 PM
MC102
Margaret Brandeau
Management Science and Engineering, Medicine, Stanford University
Distinguished Speaker
Using Mathematical and Systems Models to Inform Policy Decisions: A Personal Perspective
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March 26, 2010
2:10PM
MC102
Marco Amabili
Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Nonlinear Vibrations and Stability of Shells and Plates
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April 9, 2010
2:10 PM
MC102
Subra Suresh
Dean of the School of Engineering, Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering, MIT
Distinguished Speaker
Cell Biomechanics and Human Disease States
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April 30, 2010
2:10 PM
MC102