Seminar Series - 1999-2000 Seminars

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Studies of Damage Evolution in Advanced Polymer Matrix Composites Subjected to Thermomechanical Fatigue Loading, Di Wu, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska – Lincoln.  Advisor: Y. Dzenis. Wednesday, June 14, 2000, W106 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Vibrations of a Rotating Piezoelectric Body and Applications in Gyroscopes, Huiyu Fang, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisors:  J. S. Yang and Q. Jiang. Monday, June 5, 2000, W196 Nebraska Hall, 9:30 a.m.

The Large Deformation Mechanics of Annealed and Quenched Isotactic Polypropylene,  Ellen M. Arruda, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI  48109, arruda@umich.edu.  Tuesday, May 9, 2000, W129 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Chaos Suppression in Multi-Dimensional Systems, Bogdan Epureanu, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Friday, May 5, 2000, N213.3 Walter Scott Engineering Center, 3:30 p.m.

Shape Optimization of Elastic and Thermoelastic Materials Using a Meshless Method:  Optimization of Shape and Structure of Functionally Graded Materials, Florin Bobaru, Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University.  Tuesday, May 2, 2000, N129 Walter Scott Engineering Center, 3:30 p.m.

Experimental Analysis of Delamination in Laminated Composites With Nanoreinforced Interfaces, Sergiy Sergiyenko, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  Y. Dzenis.  Tuesday, May 2, 2000, N129 Walter Scott Engineering Center, 1:45 p.m.

Issues of Composite Structural Design, Wen Chan, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director, Center for Composite Materials, University of Texas - Arlington.  Tuesday, April 25, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Elastic Guided Waves in Plates With Surface Roughness, Professor Dale E. Chimenti, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.  Friday, April 21, 2000, 241 Walter Scott Engineering Center, 1:30 p.m.

Dynamic Failure in Nominally Brittle Materials, Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX.  Friday, April 14, 2000, W196 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Mixed Enhanced Finite Elements For the Analysis of Thick and Thin Plates, Deepu Joseph, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  R. Piltner.  Wednesday, April 12, 2000, N177 Beadle Center, 2:00 p.m.

Elastic Waves and Material Characterization, Professor Tribikram Kundu, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.  Monday, April 3, 2000, W129 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Order Reduction and Nonlinear Energy Pumping in Coupled Oscillators, Professor Alexander F. Vakakis, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.  Tuesday, March 28, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Diffusion of Ultrasound in Concrete, Phanidar Anugonda, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL.  M.S. Advisor:  Dr. Joseph A. Turner.  Friday, March 24, 2000, W106 Nebraska Hall, 10:00 a.m.

Dynamic Models of Martensitic Phase Transitions, Dr. Anna Vainchtein, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Division of Mechanics and Computation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University.  Tuesday, March 21, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Three-Dimensional and K-Dominance Effects in Crack Tip Fields, Santosh V. Prabhu, Doctoral Candidate, University of Delaware Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Newark, DE.  Friday, March 10, 2000, W131 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Composite Materials in Aerospace Structures: A Lesson in Technology Introduction, Dr. Paul A. Lagace, Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics and Engineering Systems, Technology Laboratory for Advanced Composites, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Monday, March 6, 2000, W131 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Modeling of Fabric-Reinforced Woven Composites, Dr. Xin-Lin Gao, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.  Tuesday, February 29, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Microscopic Damages in PZT Ceramics, Zuoyi Wang, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL.  Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. Qing Jiang.  Monday, January 24, 2000, W213.3 Nebraska Hall, 1:30 p.m.

Experimental Analysis of Electrospinning Process, Alexander F. Spivak, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL.  Ph.D. Advisor:  Dr. Yuris Dzenis.  Tuesday, November 16, 1999, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Analysis of Single Lap Adhesive Composite Joints With Delaminated Adherends, Minghao Qin, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL.  Ph.D. Advisor:  Dr. Yuris Dzenis.  Tuesday, November 16, 1999, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

The Characterization of Compliant Active Materials, Professor Andrew Douglas, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.  Tuesday, November 9, 1999, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Experimental Analysis of Single Lap Adhesive Composite Joints, I. J. Saunders, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, UNL.  M.S. Advisor:  Dr. Yuris Dzenis.  Thursday, October 21, 1999.  W128 Nebraska Hall, 2:30 p.m.

Ionic Polymer-Conductor Composites (IPCC) As Biomimetic Sensors, Actuators and Artificial Muscles - A Review of Recent Findings, M. Shahinpoor, Artificial Muscles Research Institute, School of Engineering & School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.  Tuesday, October 5, 1999.  W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Pseudo-Elasticity,  Professor R. Ogden, Department of Mathematics, University of Glasgow.  Tuesday, August 24, 1999.  W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.