University of Maryland at College Park

Department of Mechanical Engineering





Speaker and Affiliation Title of Talk Date and Time of Lecture Lecture Venue
Professor Peter Hagedorn
Department of Applied Mechanics
Darmstadt University of Technology
Darmstadt, Germany
PIEZOELECTRIC MOTORS AND ACTUATORS: SOME UNEXPECTED NONLINEAR PHENOMENA Dec. 3, 1999
@2:30 P.M. 		EGR 1202
Dr. Richard Wysk
William E. Leonhard Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802 		SIMULATION-BASED SCHEDULING AND CONTROL Feb. 11, 2000
@2:30 P.M. 		EGR 1202
Professor Juan C. Lasheras
Chairman, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 		BREAK-UP OF AN IMMISCIBLE FLUID INJECTED INTO FULLY DEVELOPED TURBULENT FLOW March 10, 2000
@2:30 P.M. 		EGR 1202
Professor Dick H. van Campen
Scientific Director, Stevin Centre
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands 		STRUCTURAL AND ACOUSTIC OPTIMIZATION OF CARILLON BELLS March 31, 2000
@2:30 P.M. 		EGR 1202
Professor Donald Saari
Pancoe Professor of Mathematics
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 		BAD ELECTION AND ENGINEERING DECISIONS: OUR FAULT OR BAD PROCEDURES ? April 28, 2000
@2:30 P.M. 		EGR 1202


Series Organizers: Professors B. Balachandran and S. Buckley, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park


Directions to Campus
Queries regarding the lectures may be directed to Professor B. Balachandran (PH: (301)405-5309; e-mail: balab@eng.umd.edu) or Ms. Thelma Miller (PH: (301)405-5297; e-mail: tcm@eng.umd.edu)