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Fall 2009 Seminars
Oct. 7, Johannes Zimmer, University of Bath, UK, 1216 Hamburg Hall, 4:30 PM.
"Moving interfaces in solids: from conservative lattice models for phase transitions to macroscopic dissipation"
Oct. 22, Claude Fressengeas, Universite Paul Verlaine - Metz / CNRS, France, 1216 Hamburg Hall, 4:30 PM.
"Spatio-temporal correlations in the plasticity of crystalline solids"
Nov. 11, Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of Technology, 1209 Doherty Hall, 4:30 PM.
"Mechanics of shape-memory alloys"
Fall 2008 Seminars
Oct. 16, Tony Rollett (MSE), 1216 Hamburg Hall.
"Hotspots during plastic deformation"
Oct. 30, John Kitchin (ChemE), 1216 Hamburg Hall, 4:30 PM, Refreshments at 4:15.
"Corresponding states of
adsorption of coverage dependent atomic adsorption:
Finding simplicity in complexity"
Nov. 13, Yang Wang (PSC), 1216 Hamburg Hall, 4:30 PM, Refreshments at 4:15.
"Density Functional Theory and
Electronic Structure Calculations: an overview"
Dec. 4, Marc de Graef (MSE), 1216 Hamburg Hall, 4:30 PM, Refreshments at 4:15.
"Extracting digital 3-D
micro-structures from experimental serial sectioning data"
Spring 2008 Seminars
Bob Suter, Physics - August 7, 2008 in Porter Hall, A7F.
"Towards experimental measurements of 3D microstructure evolution"
Noel Walkington, Math - July 24, 2008.
Continuum Models of Materials with Microstructure.
Gary Fedder, ICES - June 12, 2008.
CMOS MEMS: Applications and Material Properties.
CM2EM Retreat - May 19, 2008.
Mike Widom, Physics - May 8, 2008.
Thermodynamics from First Principles.
Greg Rohrer, MSE - April 17, 2008.
The onset of three dimensional microstructural observations: analysis and simulation challenges.
Luc Tartar, Mathematics - April 10, 2008.
What is "the general theory of homogenization"?
Bob Swendsen, Physics - March 27, 2008.
Optimized Monte Carlo simulations.
Maarten DeBoer, ME - March 13, 2008.
Adhesion and Friction Experiments in Microscale Systems.
Amit Acharya, CEE - February 28, 2008.
Introductory remarks followed by, time permitting, A simple example of sequential scale transition in dynamics.