FALL 2013 SEMINARS
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Date
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GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
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Topic
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| Sept. 10 | Corey Kruse, M.S. Student | Extraordinary shifts of the Leidenfrost temperature from multiscale micro/nano structured surfaces |
| Hualong Du, Ph.D. Student | Evaluation of steel with duplex microstructures using diffuse ultrasonic backscatter | |
| SGM Hossain, Ph.D. Student | RoGenSiD – A rotary plate genderless single-sided docking mechanism for modular self-reconfigurable robots | |
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Date
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Speaker and Institution
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Topic
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| Sept. 17 | Daniel J. Duncan – Exec. Director Kate Engel – Community Engagement & Operations Mgr. Terence Bowden – Business Accelerator Director, Nebraska Innovation Campus, UNL |
Development of Nebraska Innovation Campus – Strategic Direction |
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Date
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GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
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Topic
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| Sept. 24 | Michael Lucis, Ph.D. Student | Magnetocompliance of Ferrite Aerogels |
| Dimitry Papkov, Ph.D. Student | Simultaneously Strong and Tough Continuous Nanofibers | |
| Xiujuan Jiang, Ph.D. Student | Microstructure and magnetism of SmCo2Fe2B nanocomposite alloy | |
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Date
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Speaker and Institution
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Topic
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| Oct. 1 | Jian Wang Materials Science & Technology Div., Los Alamos National Laboratory | Several Twinning-associated Boundaries in Hexagonal-close-packed Metals |
| Oct. 8 | Satish Kandlikar, Mechanical Engineering Department, Rochester Institute of Technology | Flow Boiling in Microchannels – A New Pathway to Unprecedented Heat Transfer Performance |
| Oct. 15 | Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania | Modular Reconfigurable Robots from the University of Pennsylvania |
| Oct. 29 | Pietro Valdastri, Vanderbilt University | Magnetic capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal surgery |
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Date
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GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
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Topic
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| Nov. 5 (abstracts needed by Oct. 29) | Christopher Bruening, Ph.D. Student | Development of Flame Weeding Equipment |
| Bin Yang, Ph.D. Student | Rational Device Design to Increase Open-Circuit Voltage for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells | |
| Severine Vennin, Ph.D. Student | Mechanical characterization of switchgrass | |
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Date
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Speaker and Institution
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Topic
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| Nov. 6 | Vikram L. Dalal, Iowa State University | Stability and performance of organic solar cells (co-sponsored by IEEE) |
| Nov. 12 | Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, Iowa State University | Computationally exploring process, structure and property relationships in organic electronics |
| Nov. 20 | Zhimao Yang, Professor, Department of Materials Physics Director, Office of Basic Research and Oversea Projects Xi’an Jiaotong University - China | Controllable Synthesis of Cu2O Crystals and Applications |
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Date
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GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
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Topic
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| Nov. 19 | John Davidson, M.S. Student | How are soap bubbles blown? Fluid dynamics of soap bubble blowing |
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Mohammad Andalib, Ph.D. Student
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The Role of RhoA Kinase (ROCK) in cell alignment on nanofibers | |
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Erica Sherman, Ph.D. Student
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Measurement of fluid dynamic loading on staphylococci bacteria bio-film structures using µPIV | |
| Nov. 26 (abstracts needed by Nov. 19) | Jordann Bornhoft, M.S. Student | Nd-Fe-B nanoparticles through surfactant assisted mechanical milling and alloy design |
| Zhanping Xu, Ph.D. Student | GPU implementation and in-situ visualization of ice templating | |
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Sina Pourghodrat, Ph.D. Student
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Surgical robotics under fluid power | |
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Date
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Speaker and Institution
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Topic
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| Dec. 3 | Troy Anderson, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, UNL | Fabrication of Biomimetic Multiscale Metallic Surfaces Via Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing |
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Date
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GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
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Topic
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| Dec. 10 (abstracts needed by Dec. 3) | Mark Koten, Ph.D. Student | Fe-W Nanoparticles Fabricated by Inert Gas Condensation |
| Yenan Wang, Ph.D. Student | How do glass plates break from impact? | |
| Ping Hu, Ph.D. Student | Estimation of the mean correlation length of metals by using a mode-converted diffuse ultrasonic backscatter model |