MIME Seminars and Presentations

Archived Seminars:

2010-11 Seminars

2009-10 Seminars

2008-09 Seminars

2007-08 Seminars

Upcoming:

Other opportunities for MIME Seminars:

• Design and Mechanics - Typically Mondays at 3 pm in Covell 117 (MIME Library). Contact Joe Piacenza for more information.
• Materials Science - Typically Thursdays at 3 pm in Covell 117 (MIME Library). See their website or contact Brady Gibbons for more information.

Mon, May 7

MBI Seminar: Progress on Coating Engineering of Nanosprings and Corresponding Applications presented by David McIlroy, Professor and Department Chair (Univ of Iowa). Noon–1 pm, Metolius Room at HP Bldg 11, Corvallis.

Thurs, May 10

MatSci Seminar: The role of synthesis levers for control of phase, size and morphology in nanoscale transition metal pnictides: consequences for catalytic and magnetic properties presented by Dr. Stephanie Brock (Wayne State University). 3–4 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, May 11

MIME Seminar: Optimization of Robot Motor Control in Tasks with Contact presented by Dr. Tom Erez (University of Washington). 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Wed, May 16

MIME Graduate Defense: Integrating Sustainable Manufacturing Assessment into Decision Making for a Manufacturing Work Cell presented by Hao Zhang, candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering. 8 am, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Thurs, May 17

MatSci Seminar: Convergent-beam electron diffraction - an overview of a misunderstood technique presented by Dr. John Mansfield (Univ of Michigan). 3–4 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, May 18

Engineering Expo. 11 am–4 pm, Kelley Engineering Center. Volunteers needed! Free and open to the public.

2011-12 Academic Year Past Seminars:

Mon, April 30

MIME Graduate Defense: Enabling Safety-Informed Design Decision Making through Simulation, Reasoning and Analysis presented by David Jensen, candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering. 1 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Thurs, April 26

MIME Graduate Defense: A Risk-Informed Decision Making Framework for Early-Phase Conceptual Design of Complex Systems presented by Douglas Van Bossuyt, candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering. 1 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon, April 23

MIME Graduate Defense: Coevolution and Transfer Learning in a Heterogeneous, Point-to-Point Fleet Coordination Problem presented by Logan Yliniemi, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 2:30 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Thurs, April 19

MIME Graduate Defense: Modeling, Control, and Estimation of Flexible, Aerodynamic Structures presented by Cody Ray, candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering. 9 am, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon, April 16

MatSci Seminar: Performance Limiting Imperfections in Silicon Carbide Based Transistors presented by Patrick Lenahan (Penn State). 4–4:50 pm, KEC 1001.

Fri, April 13

MIME Seminar: The Advantage of Random: Novel Carbon Fiber Material Forms presented by Dr. Paolo Feraboli (Director of the Automobile Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Lab at UW). 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon, April 9

MIME Graduate Defense: Sustainable Building Design Framework: An Integrated Approach presented by Joseph Piacenza, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 2 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Socratic Club Debate: Have Science and Technology Made God Irrelevant? presented by Dr. Ken Funk (IE) and Dr. Mark Walsh (Math). 7 pm, Gilfillan Auditorium.

Fri, April 6

EEM Candidate Seminar: Aluminum Production Using High-Temperature Solar Process Heat presented by Dr. Jean Murray (Center for Processes and Solar Energy). 1–2 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Tues, April 3

EEM Candidate Seminar: Microscale Sorption Technologies for Waste Heat Utilization and Carbon Capture presented by Matthew Determan (Georgia Institute of Technology). 1–2 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, March 23

MIME Graduate Defense: Vehicle Dynamic Validation and Analysis from Suspension Forces presented by Bill Murray, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 3 pm, Valley Library Willamette East Conference Room.

Wed, March 21

MIME Graduate Defense: Process-Based Modeling for Cradle-to-Gate Energy and Carbon Footprint Reduction in Product Design presented by Ahmed Alsaffar, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 8 am, Covell 177 (MIME Library).

MBI Seminar: Commercialization Mindset for Researchers: How and why to drive research and innovation at the speed of business presented by Ravi Sinha. Noon, MBI HP Bldg 11 Metolius Conference Room.

Mon, March 19

MIME Graduate Defense: Optimal Passive Dynamics for Torque/Force Control presented by Kevin Kemper, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 2 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, March 16

MIME Graduate Defense: Material and Process Design for Powder Injection Molding of Silicon Nitride for the Fabrication of Engine Components presented by Juergen Lenz, candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering. 10 am, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

MIME Cascades Campus EEM Candidate Seminar: "One of these things is like the other ones: A similarity measure for identifying analogies among a heterogeneous collection of design artifacts" presented by Kerry Poppa. 1 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

MIME Seminar: TBA presented by Dr. Barry Carter (UCONN). 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Thurs, March 15

MIME Graduate Defense: Improving Manufacturing Sustainability Assessment in Product Design presented by Dane Eastlick, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 8 am, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

MIME Graduate Defense: Characterization of Expert Solutions to Inform Instruction and Assessment in an Industrially Situated Process Development Task presented by Ben Sherrett, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 11 am, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Materials Science Seminar: Deconstructing structural transitions via thermal transport presented by Michael Zwolak from the OSU Dept of Physics. 3 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library). Contact Brady Gibbons for more information.

Tues, March 13

Marine Energy Forum: "Composites Materials for Marine Applications" presented by Dr. Roberto Albertani. Noon, Kearney 305. Email Cameron McNatt for more information.

MIME Cascades Campus EEM Candidate Seminar: "Clean, Efficient Energy: The Role of Fuels, Sensors, & Control Systems" presented by Christopher Hagen (Colorado State). 1 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon, March 12

MIME IE Candidate Seminar: "Remanufacturing Strategies for Stochastic End-of-Life Product Returns" presented by Xiaoning Jin, (Univ of Michigan). TBA, Covell 117 (MIME Library). Contact Phyllis Helvie for more information.

Fri, March 9

MIME Graduate Defense: Performance of a thermally activated cooling system driven by a diesel generator via a microchannel heat recovery device presented by Ryan Seward, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 9 am, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

MIME Graduate Defense: Combining Coordination Mechanisms to Improve Performance in Multi-robot Teams presented by Ehsan Nasroullahi, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering.. 9 am, Valley Library Willamette West.

Thurs, March 8

MIME Guest Lecture: Low-k/Cu Metallization and Future Advanced Interconnect Technologies presented by Sean King (Intel). 10–11:20 am, Covell 218.

MIME Candidate Seminar: The Bed Manager’s Dilemma: A Dynamic Bed Assignment Problem presented by Dr. Jackie Griffin (Georgia Institute of Technology). 11 am–noon, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon, March 5

MIME Candidate Seminar: Algorithms and Optimization Models for Truckload Relay Network Design presented by Hector Vergara (University of Arkansas). 2 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

MIME Graduate Defense: Performance and Flow Stability Characteristics in Two-Phase Confined Impinging Jets presented by Michael Sabo, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 3 pm, OSU Valley Library 1420.

Wed, Feb 22

MIME Candidate Seminar: Robotics and Virtual Reality as Tools to Study Human Motor Learning presented by Dr. Felix Huang (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). 11 am–noon, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon, Feb 20

MIME Candidate Seminar: Engineering Biomimicry in Mathematical Models of Fish Schooling presented by Dr. Nicole Abaid (Polytechnic Institute of New York). 11 am–noon, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, Feb 17

MIME Seminar: System Level Design Optimization presented by Dr. Raju Mattikalli. 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Mon Feb 13

MIME Candidate Seminar: A Comparison of Alternative Propulsion Module Architectures for the International Space Station presented by Dr. Paul Componation (University of Alabama). 2 pm, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, Feb 10

MIME Candidate Seminar: Geometric Mechanics and Optimal Coordinates for Locomotion presented by Dr. Ross Hatton (Carnegie Mellon). 11 am–noon, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

MIME Graduate Defense: Adhesive Microlamination Protocol for Low-Temperature Microchannel Arrays presented by Prawin Paulraj, candidate for PhD in Industrial Engineering. 1 pm, Valley Library 1420.

Wed, Feb 8

MIME Candidate Seminar: Autonomous Decision Making for Robotic Information Gathering presented by Dr. Geoffrey Hollinger (USC). 11 am–noon, Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, Feb 3

MIME Seminar: Capillary Fluidics in Space presented by Mark Weislogel (PSU). 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Thurs, Jan 19

MIME Seminar: Computational Approaches to Hypothesis Testing in Neuromuscular Systems presented by Francisco Valero Cuevas. 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Kidder 278.

Wed, Dec 7

MIME Graduate Defense: Fracture Toughness of Void-Site-Filled Skutterudite Thermoelectrics presented by James Eilertsen, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 2 pm, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Tues, Dec 6

MIME Graduate Defense: Container Fleet-Sizing for Part Transportation and Storage in the Supply Chain presented by SeJoon Park, candidate for PhD in Industrial Engineering. 9 am, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Mon, Dec 5

MIME Graduate Defense: Design and Performance of a Small Scale Waste Heat Recovery Unit presented by Chris Ward, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 1 pm, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Fri, Dec 2

MIME Graduate Defense: Force and Impulse Control for Spring- Mass Running presented by Devin Koepl, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 1 pm, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Tues, Nov 29

MIME Graduate Defense: The Geometric Characterization and Thermal Performance of a Microchannel Heat Exchanger for Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery presented by James Yih, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 10 am, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Mon, Nov 21

MIME Graduate Defense: Bi-criteria group scheduling with sequence-dependent setup time in a flow shop presented by Dongchen Lu, candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering. 11:15 am, Rogers 304.

Wed, Nov 9

IAB Professional Development Series: "New Product Commercialization" and "Corporate Entrepreneurship" presented by Jake VanderZanden, President of ICS and Senior Vice-President of New Product Development at Blount International. 6 pm, Dearborn 118. Pizza and drinks provided.

Mon, Nov 7

MIME Seminar: Reliable Numerical Methods for Large-Scale Game-Theoretic Market Systems Models of Engineering Design presented by Dr. W. Ross Morrow. 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Fri, Nov 4

MBI Workshop: Electrical / Electronic Connections for Computer Process Control presented by Steven Leith. Noon–2 pm, Metolius Room at the Hewlett-Packard campus building 11. Bring your lunch, dessert provided. Part 3 of 3.

Fri, Oct 28

MBI Workshop: Custom Made and Off-the-Shelf Parts Integration presented by Steven Leith. Noon–2 pm, Metolius Room at the Hewlett-Packard campus building 11. Bring your lunch, dessert provided. Part 2 of 3.

Mon, Oct 24

MIME Seminar: Configuring and Exploring the Foundry Tradespace presented by Dr. Michael Yukish. 2:30 pm snacks, 3–4 pm talk. Covell 117 (MIME Library).

Wed, Oct 19

IAB Professional Development Series: "How to Interview a Company" presented by LaMont Matthews, CH2M HILL employee #30. 6 pm, Dearborn 118. Pizza and drinks provided.

Mon, Oct 17

MBI Workshop: Macro to Micro: The Challenges of Micro-device Fabrication presented by Steven Leith. Noon–2 pm, Metolius Room at the Hewlett-Packard campus building 11. Bring your lunch, dessert provided. Part 1 of 3.

Fri, Oct 14

MIME Graduate Defense: Synthesis and Characterization of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 Thin Films for Microelectromechanical Systems presented by Kirsten Brookshire, candidate for MS in Materials Science. 10:30 am, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Tues, Oct 11

MIME Graduate Defense: Methodologies to Improve Reliability Engineering in Early Design presented by Bryan 0'Halloran, candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering. 1 pm, MIME Library (Covell 117).

Wed, Oct 5

School of MIME IAB Professional Development Series: An Example of Manufacturing Engineering Roles in Test and Measurement presented by Vince Barghigiani of Tektronix Inc's Worldwide Operations. 6–7 pm, Dearborn 118.