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Events
March 01, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
Winston Chung Hall 205-206
Exploration and Control of Transverse Jet Shear Layer Instabilities
Ann R. Karagozian, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, UCLA Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
Complex flow phenomena are widely present in systems involving energy generation and propulsion, and control of such fundamental phenomena is key to…
February 01, 2019 @ 11:10 pm
Winston Chung Hall 205/206
Achieving “Just Press Print” for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Wayne King, Ph.D.
Project Leader of the Accelerated Certification of
Additively Manufactured Metals Project at LLNL
Part qualification for critical applications can be costly and take a long time—attributes that offset the speed, versatility, and adaptability of…
January 25, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
Genomics Auditorium 1102
Industry 4.0 - An Emerging Era for Materials Processing
Diran Apelian, Ph.D.
Alcoa-Howmet Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
It is well accepted that the 21st Century is the century of the 4th industrial revolution (IR). Construction of railroads and the invention of the steam engine;…
January 18, 2019 @ 11:10 am
WCH Room 205/206
Army Composite Materials Technology Supporting the Future Soldier
James M. Sands, Ph.D.
Chief, Composite and Hybrid Materials Branch Materials & Manufacturing Science Division U.S. Army Research Laboratory
As the U.S. Army establishes the Army Future's Command and the obligations associated with this new leadership…
January 11, 2019 @ 11:10 pm
Winston Chung Hall 205/206
Cyber-physical Systems Security: Resolved and Unresolved Challenges
Ryan M. Gerdes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Virginia Tech Research Center
The security of cyber-physical systems is receiving an unprecedented amount of attention. Both within the CPS and wider security community, there is a recognition…
May 18, 2018 @ 11:10 am
Bourns Hall A265
Biomedical Applications of Nontoxic Carbon Dots
Shanghao Li, Ph.D.
Global Product Manager
MP Biomedicals
Carbon dots, a new family of 0-dimensional carbon-based material, have recently emerged as attractive biomaterials due to their …
May 11, 2018 @ 11:10 am
Bourns Hall A265
Twin Formation, Propogation, and Intersection at the Mesoscale
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department, Materials Dept.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystalline materials, such as Mg and Ti, can provide a potential solution to the ever-increasing portfolio of structural applications…
May 04, 2018 @ 11:10 am
Winston Chung Hall 205/206
Advances in Computing Charge Carrier Dynamics in Materials from First Principles
Marco Bernardi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Applied Physics and Materials Science
California Institute of Technology
Calculations of charge transport and ultrafast dynamics have relied on heuristic approaches for the past several decades.…
April 27, 2018 @ 11:10 am
WCH Room 205/206
Respiratory Aerosol Dynamics with Applications to Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery and Lung Tumor Diagnosis
Jinxiang Xi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Biomedical Engineering
Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering, California Baptist University
Determining the detailed dynamics of inhaled…
April 20, 2018 @ 11:10 am
Bourns Hall A265
The cross linking and chain scission of irradiated polyethylene
Scott Beckman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
Electrical insulation around cabling is an essential engineering component in nuclear…