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. Sivakumar S. Krishnan at sskris@iupui.edu. Schedules of previous semesters may be accessed from the News and Events main page.

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• August 31, Wednesday, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Mr. Amanuel Abebaw, Graduate Student of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI.
  Title: Failure Analysis of an LCD Assembly

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• September 15, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Mr. Fazni Aziz, Manufacturing Engineer, Boston Scientific Corporation, Spencer, IN.
  Title: How to make a Fortune (Cookie!) with an IUPUI Degree

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• September 22, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Steven Collicott, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
  Title: Advances in Capillary Fluids Modeling for Space Flight and Terrestrial Problems

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• September 29, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Mr. Resat Umit Payli, Research Associate, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory,
  Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI.
  Title: Scientific Computing and Visualization on the TeraGrid Facility

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• October 7, Friday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Sabri Cetinkunt, Director of Mechatronics Lab and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  Title: Modeling, Control, and Validation of an Electro-Hydraulic Steer-By-Wire System for Articulated Vehicle Applications

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• October 24, Monday, 5:45 pm - 7 pm, Room SL 109
  Speaker: Mr. Brett Barnhart, Director of Advanced Engineering, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN.
  Title: Project Management

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• October 26, Wednesday, 5:45 pm - 7 pm, Room SL 109
  Speaker: Ms. Doreen Gridley, Attorney, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Intellectual Property and Patents

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• November 3, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Sivakumar S. Krishnan, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
  Title: Diffusion Flame Shapes and Thin Filament Diagnostics

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• November 10, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm, Room SL 165
  Speakers: ME Interns and Coops
  Title: Internship Presentations

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• November 17, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Srinivasa Salapaka, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL.
  Title: Control Systems Approaches for Atomic Force Microscopy

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• November 22, Tuesday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room ET 137
  Speaker: Dr. I.S. Jawahir, Professor and James F. Hardymon Chair in Manufacturing Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  Title: Product Design and Manufacture for Sustainability: A New and Comprehensive Method for Measurement and Quantification

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• November 28, Monday, 8:30 am - 10:00 am, Room ET 137
  Speaker: Mr. Amit Baddi, Graduate Student of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI.
  Title: Parallel Computing of Fluid Structure Interactions Problems (MSME Thesis Defense)

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• November 28, Monday, 10:15 am - 11:45 am, Room ET 137
  Speaker: Mr. Arnab Banerjee, Graduate Student of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI.
  Title: Prediction and Design of Fuel-Air Mixing in a Combustion Wave Rotor Using Two-Dimensional Unsteady Moving Mesh Flow Computation (MSME Thesis Defense)

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• December 1, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Hiroki Yokota, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI.
  Title: Development of Successful NIH Proposals by ME Engineers

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• December 8, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Charles M. Krousgrill, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Academic Director of Engineering Professional Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
  Title: Two Studies in Friction-Induced Vibrations