MIME Seminars and Presentations:
Winter–Spring 2008

Note: All Friday MIME Faculty–Graduate seminars are preceded by 2:30–3 pm social time in Rogers 230, with coffee and tea served.

Friday, January 18, 3–4 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
BELINDA BATTEN, Professor and Head, OSU School of MIME:
Effective Presentations

Wednesday, February 6, 1 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
MATT KNUDSON, Candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Applying Hierarchical and Adaptive Control to Coordinating Simple Robots

Friday, February 8, 3–4 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
BARRY RAHIMIAN, Senior Director, Global and Strategic Relationships, ATS:
A Concurrent Design Approach for Better Customer Satisfaction

Friday, February 22, 3–4 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
KENNETH FUNK, Associate Professor/Associate Head, OSU School of MIME:
Using A Human–Machine Systems Engineering Process To Facilitate Emergency Cesarean Deliveries

Friday, March 7, 3–4 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
PING GE, Assistant Professor, Design/Mechanics, OSU School of MIME:
Design for Environment

Wednesday, March 19, 11 am–Noon, Rogers 226

MIME Faculty–Graduate Robotics Seminar
JONATHAN HURST, PhD candidate, Carnegie Mellon University:
Robots, Running, and Actuators

Friday, April 4, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
ROBERT PAASCH, Boeing Professor of Design, OSU School of MIME:
Wave Energy

Friday, April 11, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
TONI DOOLEN, Associate Professor, OSU School of MIME:
An Overview of the ABET Accreditation Process

Friday, April 18, 10am, Rogers 226

STEPHEN SNIDER, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Detection and Analysis of Separated Flow Induced Vortical Structures

Friday, April 18, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
ANGELIKA MAMIER, International Communications Consultant:
Being Aware of Cultural Differences in an International Work Environment

Friday, April 22, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Robotics Seminar
DR. JAMES ANDREW SMITH, Faculty Candidate for Robotics Position, OSU School of MIME:
Exploiting Passive Dynamics in Legged Locomotion

Friday, April 25, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
KELLAR AUTUMN, Associate Professor of Biology, Lewis and Clark College:
Geckos: Biological Inspiration for Smart Adhesives and Climbing Robots

Wednesday, April 30, 1–2 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
KAREN SHARP, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Enginering, The Pennsylvania State University:
Manipulation of Cylindrical Particles in Microfluidic Systems

Friday, May 2, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
BRIAN BAY, Associate Professor, OSU School of MIME:
Sustainability in Engineering

Friday, May 9, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
JOE JUNKER, Assistant Director, OSU IAC:
Helping the Northwest become Lean and Green in Manufacturing and Beyond

Thursday, May 15, 3–4 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
TERRY J. HENDRICKS, PE, Senior Chief Engineer / Program Manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA:
Micro-Technology: A Key to Energy System Minimization in Solving Our Energy Dilemma

Friday, May 16, 3 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
DANIEL P. KREBS, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Local Wall Temperature Measurements During Flow Boiling in Branching Microchannel Heat Sinks Using Infrared Thermography

Friday, May 16, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
ROSS ARTWOHL, LCSW, Staff Therapist, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at OSU:
Gatekeeper Training Session

Thursday, May 22, 10 pm, Covell 139

MIME Graduate Defense
PETER VAN TAMELEN, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Design Considerations in Developing Specialized, Low-Production Volume Products

Friday, May 23, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
BRIAN PAUL, Professor, OSU School of MIME:
Microreactor-Assisted Nanomaterial Deposition for Bonding Catalytic Microreactors

Friday, May 30, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
JAY KRUZIC, Assistant Professor, OSU School of MIME:
Understanding Fatigue Behavior in Extrinsically Toughened Materials

Friday, June 6, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
LANDIS KANNBERG, Director, MBI:
Insights on Technology Response to Climate Change