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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, 8:30 am, Rogers 226

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:
Application of Nickel Nanoparticles in Diffusion Bonding/Brazing of Stainless Steel Surfaces

Friday, May 30, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

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

Friday, June 6, 10 am, Covell 129

MIME Graduate Defense
LESLIE BRAITSCH, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
An Analytical Methodology to Support the Identification and Remediation of Potential Human Fallibilities in Complex Human Systems

Friday, June 6, 2 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
LEE M. EDWARD, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Flow Boiling of Water in a Branching Fractal-Like Microchannel Network

Friday, June 6, 3–4 pm, Dearborn 118

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
LANDIS KANNBERG, Director, Microproducts Breakthrough Institute (MBI):
Insights on Technology Options for Reducing CO2 Emission to Limit Climate Change

Tuesday, June 10, 10 am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
MIKE A. CHAMBLIN, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Design of an Automated System for Imaging and Sorting Soil Mesofauna

Thursday, June 12, 10 am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
JUSTIN DeMALLIE, Candidate for Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Application of Gantry Robot in the Development of Sensing Technology for use in Handheld Printing Devices

Tuesday, June 17, 2 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
MYEONG CHAN JO, Candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Thermally Actuated Pumping of a Single-phase Fluid Using Surface Asymmetry

Thursday, June 19, 10 am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
YOUNGHOON KWAK, Candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Experimental Study of Two-Phase Gas–Liquid Flow in a Microscale Fractal-Like Branching Flow Network

Friday, June 20, 10 am, Richardson 115

MIME Graduate Defense
NOAH MATSUMOTO, Candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Wood Science & Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
The Fracture Toughness of MDF and other Fiber Bridging Composites

Friday, June 20, 2 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
SCOTT CHEWNING, Candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Micro Adiabatic Combustion Engine: Concept Development, Simulation and Combustion Experiments

Wednesday, July 16, 10am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
ZHEFU WANG, Candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Applications of the Thermal Wave Technique in Liquid Thermal Conductivity Measurements and Flow Field Diagnostics

Friday, July 18, 9am, Owen 224

MIME Graduate Defense
SHERRY TUCKER, Candidate for Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Tool for Validating Accessibility in Aircraft Lavatory Models Using CATIA

Tuesday, July 29, 10am, Rogers 332

MIME Graduate Defense
SEUNGHWA KWON, Candidate for PhD in Materials Science, OSU School of MIME:
Effects of Doping, Cation Stoichiometry, and the Processing Conditions on the Dielectric Properties of high-K CaCu3Ti4O12 Ceramics

Wednesday, July 30, 2 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Graduate Defense
CHIEN-CHIH HUANG, Candidate for PhD in Materials Science, OSU School of MIME:
Structure and piezoelectric properties of lead-free bismuth-based perovskite solid solutions

Wednesday, Sept 2, 1 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Faculty–Graduate Seminar
KARL R. HAAPALA, Faculty Candidate in Manufacturing Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Development and Application of Manufacturing Process Models for Sustainability Decisions

Wednesday, Sep 3, 1 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
CHRIS DANDENEAU, Candidate for MS in Materials Science, OSU School of MIME:
The Optimization of Thin Film p-CuO/n-ZnO Heterostructures for Use in Selective Gas Detection

Wednesday, Sept 10, 2 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
BRIAN DANIELS, Candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
A Study of Adiabatic Flow Boiling in Fractal-like Branching Microchannels

Friday, Sept 19, 1 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
LIJUAN WANG, Candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
An Application of Regression Tree Methodology in Freeway Travel Time Estimation Using Speed as a Proxy

Thursday, Sept 25, 1 pm, Covell 139

MIME Graduate Defense
SUMANTRA BOSE, Candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Internal Convective Heating System for Diffusion Bonding Highly Parallel Microchannel Arrays

Friday, October 24, 10 am, Rogers 226

MIME Faculty—Graduate Seminar
PING GE, Program Director, Division of Graduate Education, National Science Foundation:
Introduction to the NSF Division of Graduate Education (DGE) Grant Programs

Friday, October 24, 3 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
YUMING QIU, Candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Risk-based Negotiation for Collaborative System Design in a Distributed Environment

Thursday, November 6, 8 am, Valley Library, Room 1420

MIME Graduate Defense
MINALBEN SHAH, Candidate for PhD in Materials Science, OSU School of MIME:
Mechanistic Aspects of Fracture and Fatigue in Resin Based Dental Restorative Composites

Thursday, November 20, 3:10 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
DANIEL MORSE,Candidate for PhD in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Experiments on a Low Aspect Ratio Wing at Low Reynolds Numbers

Friday, November 21, 10 am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
SACHIN LADDHA,Candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
The Effect of Feedstock Composition on Defect Evolution in Powder Injection Molded Ceramic Microarrays Using Simulations and Experiments

Friday, November 21, 2:30 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Faculty—Graduate Seminar
RONALD G. POLCAWICH, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland:
Design & Processing of Piezoelectric-MEMS

--- CANCELLED --- Friday, December 5, 2:30 pm, Rogers 230

MIME Faculty—Graduate Seminar
ROSS ARTWOHL AND MICHELE RIBEIRO, Counseling & Psychological Services, Oregon State University:
Gatekeeper Training Session

Monday, December 8, 2:30 pm, Willamette West, Room 3622, Valley Library

MIME Graduate Defense
CHIH-HENG (TOM) TSENG,Candidate for PhD in Industrial Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Sources of Flow Maldistribution in Microreactor-Assisted Synthesis of Ceria Nanoparticles

Tuesday, December 9, 1:00 pm, Gleeson 306

MIME Graduate Defense
JAN TRENKEL-AMOROSO,Candidate for MS in Materials Science, OSU School of MIME:
Synthesis, Degradation and Practical Application of a Glycerol/Citric Acid Condensation Polymer

Thursday, December 11, 12:30 pm, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
TAYLOR STRENG, Candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Mechanical Linkage Design for Haptic Rehabilitation and Development of Fine Motor Skills

Friday, December 12, 9 am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
REX SHROYER,Candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
The Mechanical Actuation of the Steering, Braking, and Fuel Systems used on OSU’s entry to the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge

Tuesday, December 16, 1:00 pm, Covell 129

MIME Graduate Defense
MIKE LEE,Candidate for MS in Industrial Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
The Development and Application of a Systematic Human Error Identification and Remediation Methodology

Monday, December 29, 10:00 am, Rogers 226

MIME Graduate Defense
DOUGLAS LEE VAN BOSSUYT, Candidate for MS in Mechanical Engineering, OSU School of MIME:
Addressing Cultural Factors in Mechanical Design

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