Seminar Series - 2003-2004 Seminars

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Showcase of Research in the Engineering Mechanics Department: Elastic Waves and Vibrations for Material and Microstructural Characterization, Dr. Joseph A. Turner; Microstructure Mechanics of Active Materials, Dr. Jiangyu Li; Computational Modeling and Optimal Design of Materials and Structures: From the Nanoscale to the Macroscale, Dr. Florin Bobaru. Tuesday, September 23, 2003, W183 Nebraska Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Phase Transitions and Dynamical Behavior in Ferroelectrics by Molecular-Dynamics Simulation, Dr. Simon R. Phillpot, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.  Thursday, October 2, 2003, W183 Nebraska Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Recent Advances in Meshfree Methods, Professor J. S. Chen, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles.  Tuesday, October 7, 2003, W183 Nebraska Hall at 3:30 p.m.

The Mullins Effect in the Transverse Vibration of a Non-Gaussian Rubber String, Professor Emeritus Millard F. Beatty, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Kentucky-Lexington.  Friday, October 17, 2003, 110 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Disclinations in Nematic Elastomers, Dr. Eliot Fried, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, MO.  Tuesday, October 28, 2003, W183 Nebraska Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Advanced Composites with Fiber Matrix Interfaces Modified with Nanoparticles, Brent Petersen, M.S. Thesis Defense, Advisor: Dr. Yuris Dzenis, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Friday, October 31, 2003, 110 Othmer Hall at 3:00 p.m.

Multi-Level Computational Models For Multiple Scale Analysis of Composite Materials, Somnath Ghosh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.  Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 105 Othmer Hall at 3:00 p.m.

Nonlinearly Elastic Rods with Chirality: Symmetry, Analysis and Computation, Timothy J. Healey, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics and Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  Friday, November 14, 2003, 110 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Influence of surface breaking crack properties on ultrasound diffusion, Yogesh Kane, M.S. Thesis Defense, Advisor: Dr. Joseph Turner, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Monday, December 1, 2003, W129 Nebraska Hall at 2:40 p.m.

Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Adhesive Composite Joints, Minghao Qin, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Advisor: Dr. Yuris Dzenis, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Tuesday, December 2, 2003, N104 Walter Scott Engineering Center at 1:30 p.m.

The Scattering of Elastic Waves in Statistically Anisotropic Media, Liyong Yang, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Advisor: Dr. Joseph Turner, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Wednesday, December 3, 2003, W196 Nebraska Hall at 2:30 p.m.

Numerical Simulations of Elastic Wave Scattering in Polycrystalline Materials, Goutam Ghoshal, M.S. Thesis Defense, Advisor: Dr. Joseph Turner, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Thursday, December 4, 2003, 105 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Optimal Shape Design of Thermal Systems With Meshfree Methods Over a Fixed Grid, Srinivas Rachakonda, M.S. Thesis Defense, Advisor: Dr. Florin Bobaru, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Friday, December 5, 2003, W129 Nebraska Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Nanoscale Properties of Piezoelectric Polymers, Dr. Stephen Ducharme, Professor and Vice Chair Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 105 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Solitons, Inverse Scattering, and Lattice Waves, Dr. Steve Cohn, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Tuesday, February 24, 2004, 105 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Hydrodynamics of Complex Fluids, Dr. Amy Shen, Mechanical Engineering Department, Washington University in St. Louis, MO.  Thursday, March 25, 2004, 106 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

ENGINEERING DESIGN: an Industrial Perspective plus Educational/Research Challenges, Dr. Ciro Soto, Research and Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company.  Tuesday, March 30, 2004, 110 Othmer Hall at 1:00 p.m.

Grain growth and deformation in nanocrystalline materials; A combined atomistic and mesoscopic simulation study, Dr. Dorel Moldovan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.  Tuesday, April 6, 2004, 105 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Recent New Developments In The Numerical Simulation of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Dr. Subrata Mukherjee, Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University.  Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 105 Othmer Hall at 3:30 p.m.

Novel Continuous Carbon and Ceramic Nanofibers and Nanocomposites, Yongkui Wen, Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Advisor: Dr. Yuris A. Dzenis, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Friday, April 23, 2004, 205N Walter Scott Engineering Center at 11:30 a.m.

A Stochastic Framework for Microstructural Material Modelling, Dr. Sanjay R. Arwade, Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.  Thursday, April 29, 2004, 110 Othmer Hall at 1:00 p.m.

A Mesoscopic Study of Ferroelectrics with Engineered Domain Configurations, Dan Liu, M.S. Thesis Defense, Advisor: Dr. Jiangyu Li, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Monday, May 10, 2004, 105 Othmer Hall at 10:00 a.m.