Seminar Series - 2000-2001 Seminars

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Materials Science and the U.S. Army Transformation, Dr. David M. Stepp, Chief, Mechanical Behavior of Materials Branch, U.S. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211.  Thursday, June 7, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Highly-Accurate Computational Methods for Second Order Wave Equation with Application to Elastodynamics and Acoustics, Realino L. Hidajat, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  A. Safjan.  Tuesday, May 8, 2001, W106 Nebraska Hall, 2:00 p.m.

DNA Micromechanics, Professor Bernard D. Coleman, Department of Mechanics and Materials Science, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NH  08854-8058.  Friday, April 27, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Micromechanics of Active Materials, Jiangyu Li, Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA  91125.  Thursday, April 5, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 2:00 p.m.

Porous Materials with Anisotropic Microstructures:  Elastic and conductive properties, cross-property correlation.  Applications to plasma-sprayed coatings, Igor Sevostianov, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA  02155.  Monday, April 2, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:00 p.m.

Applications of Smart Materials to Diagnostics and Vibration Suppression, Gyuhae Park, Ph.D., Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA  24061-0261.  Thursday, March 29, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 2:00 p.m.

Adhesion and the Fiber-Polymer Interphase in Composite Materials:  Structure-Property Relationships and Interphase Design, Professor Lawrence T. Drzal, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Mechanics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI   48824-1326.  Tuesday, March 27, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Antiplane Piezoelectricity with Initial Fields, Fenghong Liu, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  E. Baesu.  Tuesday, March 6, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Dynamical Methods of Atomic Force Microscopy, Roshanak Nilchiani, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  J. Turner.  Tuesday, March 6, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Manufacturing, Characterization, and Applications of Carbon Nanofibers, Yongkui Wen, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  Y. Dzenis.  Tuesday, March 6, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

The Mullins Effect:  Constitutive Modeling and Experiments, Professor Millard F. Beatty, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Tuesday, February 27, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Mechanics of Particulate and Porous Materials, Professor Nicolaie D. Cristescu, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics & Engineering Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL  32611-6250.  Tuesday, February 20, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Nontraditional Applications for Finite Element Analysis, Professor Lorraine Olson, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Tuesday, January 30, 2001, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Electrohydrodynamics of Electrospinning Process, Alexandre F. Spivak, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  Y. Dzenis.  Thursday, December 7, 2000, W106 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Infinite Element Methods for Helmholtz Equation Problems on Unbounded Domains, Michael Newman, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  A. Safjan.  Wednesday, December 6, 2000, W185 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Fracture of Laminated Composites with Interfaces Modified by Thermoplastic Nanofibers, Emrah Gokdag, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  Y. Dzenis.  Tuesday, December 5, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Dynamic Tribometry of Fracture Surfaces, Hongfa Huang, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  R. Feng.  Tuesday, December 5, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Rate Effects on Interlaminar Fracture of Polymer Composites, Xiangfa Wu, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  Y. Dzenis.  Tuesday, December 5, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Study Abroad Opportunity for UNL Students in France, David H. Allen, Stewart & Stephenson Professor, Director of Engineering Abroad Program, Aerospace Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX  77843-3141.  Tuesday, November 28, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Phase Transition and Tribology at the Nanoscale, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Tuesday, November 14, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Disclination in Transversely Isotropic Bicrystals, Prof. M. S. Wu, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Tuesday, October 10, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Tensile Testing of MEMS Materials, W. N. Sharpe, Jr., Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.  Tuesday, September 26, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Time-Resolved Rheometry of Polymer Melts at High Shear Rates, Yungui Hu, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Advisor:  R. Feng.  Tuesday, September 19, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Nonlinear Aspects of Hertzian Contact Vibrations in Atomic Force Microscopy, Baowei Wei, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  J. Turner.  Tuesday, September 19, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Vibrations of Atomic Force Microscope Cantilevers, Joshua S. Wiehn, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Nebraska - Lincoln.  Advisor:  J. Turner.  Tuesday, September 19, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Unsheared Pairs and Triads, Dr. Michael A. Hayes, Professor, Department of Mathematical Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Member of the Royal Irish Academy.  Tuesday, September 5, 2000, W128 Nebraska Hall, 3:30 p.m.