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Graduate Studies: Mechanical Engineering Seminars

Spring 2006, 3:30 pm on Fridays, 220 Boardman Hall

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Feb. 17	Vince Cacesse	Overview of Aerospace and Ship Structures Research
Mar. 3	Christie Mahaffey	Qualitative GIS Modeling of Shipstrike Risk in the US Gulf of Maine
Mar. 10	Becky Woodward	Ph.D. Defense
Mar. 24	Jacques Nader	Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis of Tension Test for Marine Grade Composites
Mar. 31	Andy Goupee
April 7	Chris Malm
Apr. 14	Senthil Vel
April 21	Don Bragg
April 28	Doug Read
May 5	Wenjin Luo

 

Fall 2005

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
August 12	Jose Daniel Melo	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte “Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Composite Materials”
Sept. 16	Various	"Organizational Meeting Structure and Pizza at Pat's"
Sept. 23	Keith Berube	"Variability in Flexural Response of E-Glass/Vinyl Ester Composites Fabricated using the VARTM Process"
Oct. 7	Eric Landis	Strength of Materials: Is Continuum Mechanics Obsolete
Oct. 21	Aaron Cohen	Zachry Professor of Engineering, Texas A&M University “The US Space Program Safety and Innovation”
Nov. 4	Zhihe Jin	"Some Studies on Fracture of Advanced Materials"
Nov 18	Michael “Mick” Peterson	“Ground Penetrating Radar for the Detection of Racetrack Sub-Surface Anomalies”
Dec. 2	Ryan Beaumont	"A Novel Meshing Algorithm for the Fundamental Study of Coronary Artery Disease"
Dec. 9	Jean-Paul Kabche

 

Spring 2005

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan. 21	Jean-Paul Kabche	"Experimental Characterization of Hybrid Composite Metal Joints for Marine Structures"
Jan. 28	Andrew Goupee	"Optimization of Natural Frequencies of Bidirectional Functionally Graded Structures"
Feb. 4	Becky Woodward	"Experimental Modeling of Large Whale Entanglement Injuries"
Feb. 11	-------------	No Seminar
Feb. 18	Jacob Pelletier	"Multi-objective Optimization of Functionally Graded Plates"
Feb. 25	Dr. T. Plona	"Slow Waves and Geophysical Exploration"
Mar. 4 & 11		Spring Break
Mar. 18	Prof. James Sucec	"Integral Calculation of Turbulent Boundary Layers Including Reynolds Number Effect on Thermal and Velocity Wakes"
Mar. 23-28	Visitors for Faculty Opening
Apr. 1		Seminar Cancelled due to Meeting
Apr. 8	Fadi ElChiti	"Development of Design Allowables for Woven Fabric Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites for use in Marine Applications"
Apr.	Prof. K. Bhaganagar	"Numerical Simulation of turbulence using high performance computing: An overview of ongoing and future research in our group"
	John Forester

Fall 2004

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Oct. 1	Mick Peterson	"Comparative study of hardness and shear strength in California horse racing"
Oct. 8	Prof. Vince Cacesse	"Sandwich Panel Testing for Space Shuttle Impact Sensing System"
Oct. 15	Prof. Steve Vogle	"Life in Moving Fluid
Oct. 22	Keith Berube	"Variability in Composite Material Properties Fabridcated via VARTM/SCRIMP Process
Oct. 29	Doug Read	"Forces on Oscillating Foils for Propulsion and Maneuvering"
Nov. 5	Lin Lin
Nov. 12	Ghassan Fayad	"Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis of Tension Test for Marine Grade Composites"
Nov. 19	John Forester	"Analysis of an External Combustion Engine for Combined Heat and Power"

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Orono, ME 04469-5711
Phone: (207) 581-2120 | Fax: (207) 581-2379
E-mail: megsmith@maine.edu