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Speaker	Presentation	Time and location
Dr. Milos R. Popovic (PhD MechE 9T6) Professor, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Rehab Chair in Spinal Cord Injury Research, University of Toronto	Brain machine interfaces: Proof of principle studies Details »	September 16, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Noel Perkins Arthur F. Thurnau Professor & Donald T. Greenwood Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan	Understanding the Mechanics of DNA Supercoiling Details »	September 23, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. John D.W. Madden Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia	Pull, Bend, Twist and Spin: Ultra-Strong Artificial Muscle Technology Details »	September 30, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Chip White H. Milton & Carolyn J. Stewart Chair, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech	In-transit Perishable Product Inspection Details »	October 7, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Anton Davies (MechE 7T2, MASc MechE 7T4, PhD MechE 7T7) President & Chairman, Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI)	Wind Engineering and Sustainable Design – Project Opportunities in the Middle East Details »	October 14, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Nashed Youssef Manager of Advanced Engineering, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Senior Fellow	Aviation in a Sustainable World Details »	October 21, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Tamás Terlaky George N. & Soteria Kledaras ‘87 Endowed Chair Professor & Chair, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Lehigh University	Disjunctive Conic Cuts for Mixed Integer Second Order Cone Optimization (MISOCO) Details »	October 28, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Nadine Aubry Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor & Head, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University	Some Fundamentals of Microfluids: From Mixing to Particle Handling Details »	November 4, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Alex Kirlik Professor of Computer Science, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Psychology & Head of Human Factors, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Using Interactive Visualization to Support Human Reasoning Under Uncertainty Details »	November 11, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Xin Zhang Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Distinguished Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering, Boston University	Metamaterial Enhanced MEMS for Terahertz Technology Details »	November 18, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Yingxiao Wang Associate Professor, Departments of Bio-Engineering, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Molecular Engineering, Live Cell Imaging, and Mechanobiology Details »	November 25, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Shi-Chune Yao Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University	Heat Transfer of Micro-channel Systems Details »	December 2, 2011 2:10 p.m. MC102
Dr. Ronald S. Fearing Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley	Biomimetic Millirobots Details »	January 13, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Shane G. Henderson Professor, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University	Real-time control of ambulances through a combination of statistics and dynamic programming Details »	January 20, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Edwin Romeijn Professor, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan	A column generation based heuristic for Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) treatment plan optimization Details »	January 27, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Ross Ethier Professor & Head of the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, UK	The role of shear stress and eNOS in regulation of intraocular pressure Details »	February 3, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Amy R. Pritchett David S. Lewis Associate Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering and Joint Associate Professor, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech	Designing Effective Human-Automation Teams Details »	February 10, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dan Chan (IndE 9T0) & Carlos Menezes (IndE 8T3) Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.	Leveraging Technology To Create A Higher Performance Supply Chain Details »	February 17, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Dongqing Li (PhD 9T1) Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, University of Waterloo	Electrokinetic Microfl uidics and Lab-on-a-Chip for Biomedical Applications Details »	March 2, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Matthew M. Mench Professor & Condra Chair of Excellence in Energy Conversion & Storage, Joint Faculty at Oak Ridge National Lab University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Ultra-High Performance Reduced Cost Hydrogen Fuel Cells Through Optimized Transport Details »	March 9, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Gareth McKinley Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Designing Omniphobic Surfaces for Super Liquid Repellency and Friction Reduction Details »	March 16, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Gerald Diebold Professor of Chemistry, Brown University	Photoacoustic Photonic Structures, “Spontaneous Generation”, and Optical Mass Spectrometry Details »	March 23, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Liwei Lin Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley	Nanostructures for Sensing/Energy Applications Details »	March 30, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Dr. Armelle Vardelle Professor, Department of Materials Engineering at the National Higher College for Engineering, Université de Limoges, France	Emerging processes in plasma spraying: from micro to nano-structured coatings in the context of green manufacturing Details »	April 13, 2012 2:10 p.m. MC 102
Professor Gang Chen Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Extraordinary Heat Transfer at Nanoscale Details »	June 4, 2012 10 a.m. BA1160