Each semester, the Department of Mechanical Engineering holds research seminars which are open to all faculty and students. The department invites speakers from the department as well as outside on research topics of interest to the faculty and students. These seminars are held on Thursdays, 11:00 - 12:00 pm, in room SL 165, unless otherwise stated.

In the following, you will find the schedule for this semester's seminars along with the speaker and abstract information. (Click on the Title for the abstract.) Please check this page regularly for updated information. For more information, contact Dr. Sohel Anwar at soanwar@iupui.edu. Schedules of previous semesters may be accessed from the News and Events main page.

• August 31, Friday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Edward J. Bair, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
  Title: Space Solar Power – Definitions and Standards

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• September 13, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Charles H. Turner, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Surgery, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Bone Mechanics

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• September 18, Tuesday, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Room ET 137
  Speaker: Ms. Nitia Ramesh, Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
  Title: Development and Characterization of Catalysts Used in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

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• September 27, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Karl F. MacDorman, Associate Professor, School of Informatics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Android Science and the Uncanny Valley

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• October 4, Thursday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Mert Geveci, Senior Engineer, Advanced Controls, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN.
  Title: Robust Cylinder Health Monitoring for Internal Combustion Engine Applications

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• October 11, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Erdal Yilmaz, Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Environmental Airflow Modeling using CFD: Applications and Opportunities

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• October 16, Tuesday, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Mr. Mohammad Sharif-ul Hasan, Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Sliding Mode Observer and Long Range Prediction Base Fault Tolerant Control of a Steer-By-Wire (SBW) System

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• October 19, Friday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 150
  Speaker: Dr. Glenn R. Widmann, Chief Engineer, Integrated Safety System Delphi Electronics & Safety
  Title: Role of Active Safety Systems to Improve Vehicle Safety

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• October 23, Tuesday, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Room SL 220a
  Speaker: Dr. Wei Chu, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, China
  Title: Nano Cobalt Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis to Clean Fuels

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• October 25, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Guofeng Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Multiscale Computer Simulations for Materials Science

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• November 1, Thursday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Shiafan Fang, Associate Professor, Department of Computer and Information Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: 3D Facial Image Analysis for Medical Diagnosis

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• November 8, Thursday, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: ME Internship Presentations.
  Title: Presentations of Interns and Co-ops

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• November 15, Thursday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Karl F. MacDorman, Associate Professor, School of Informatics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Android Science and the Uncanny Valley

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• November 21, Wednesday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Mr. Sameera Devsritha Wijeyakulasuriya, Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Gas Injection Strategies in Confined Subsonic Cross Flow for Wave Rotor Fueling

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• November 29, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. John H. Stang, Vice President, Advanced System Design, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN.
  Title: Innovative Approaches to Improving Engine Efficiency

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• December 6, Thursday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Stephen Kim, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: History-Based Collision Resolution of CSMA/CA

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• December 10, Monday, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: ME 450 Computer Aided Engineering Analysis Presentations.
  Title: Presentations of ME 450 Students

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• December 11, Tuesday, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Marcel Castro-Sitiriche, Adjunct Faculty, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
  Title: Artificial Intelligence Control of Electric Motor Drive Systems

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• December 12, Wednesday, 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm, Room SL 165; 5:50 pm - 7:30 pm, Room LD 136
  Speaker: ME 462 Capstone Design Presentations.
  Title: Presentations of ME 462 Students

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• December 13, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Ramesh K. Agarwal, The William Palm Professor of Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Structural Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
  Title: Renewable Energy for Sustainability, Clean Environment, and National Security

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