ME Seminar Series
Spring 2006
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Coordinators: Prof. J.C. Ordonez and Prof. Anter El-Azab
Place and Time:
Seminars are at 4:00 PM on Tuesdays, room A-226, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, unless otherwise noted.
Contacts:
** indicates local speaker, it may be rescheduled if an outside speaker becomes available.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Dr. Alexander Leonessa, Indirect Collaborative
Control of Autonomous Vehicles with Limited
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Dr. Bing Lu, Thomas Brinson and Dr. Juan C. Ordonez. Overview of Research Programs at the Center for Advanced Power Systems (Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Superconducting Cables. Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL.
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 Dean Ho, Cytomimicry- Developing Biofunctional Materials Through Biotic-Abiotic Interfacing, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Prof. Alexandru Morega, Double Diffusion Convection. Chair of Biomedical Engineering Program and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University.
Thursday, February 16, 2006 Prof. Jose V.C. Vargas. "Numerical simulation and thermodynamic optimization of FCC risers for maximum fuel production. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Parana, Brazil. Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 (1:45 pm in room B210) Dr. Harold Kroto. Nobel Laureate. Florida State University.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Nidhi Kalra, M arket-Based Approaches to Multirobot Coordination. Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Spring Break
Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Ayanna Howard (Georgia Tech) (contact: Dr. Collins)
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Jules Pienkos and Mohit Mathur. Cooling of High Temperature Superconducting Motors. Center for Advanced Power Systems. Tallahassee, FL.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Prof. Ahmed F. Ghoniem, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Energy & Conversion Efficiency; Drivers and Emerging Opportunities.
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 Dr. Kenell J. Touryan, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),Dener, Colorado. Realizable Renewable Energy Future is Within Reach.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Dr. Luca Bottura, "THE LHC: A GREAT CHALLENGE", CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Dr. B.J. Fregly. UFL