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.

• January 25, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Marlon E. Pierce, Assistant Director of the Community Grids Lab, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
  Title: Geographical Information System Services for Earthquake Grids

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• February 8, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Lynn M. Powers, Life Methods Specialist, Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Mechanical Behavior of Ceramics at High Temperatures

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• February 22, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Thomas Katona, Associate Professor of Orthondontics and Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Mechanical Engineering in Dental Research

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• March 8, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Andrea Dziubek, Department of Mathematics, Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany.
  Title: Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Moving Boundary Problems with Phase Change and Surface Tension

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• March 22, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. C. Frederic Smith, Senior Specialist, LibertyWorks, Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Aerodynamic Design and Optimization for Turbine Engine Exhaust Systems

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• March 29, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm, Room SL 165
  Speakers: ME Interns.
  Title: ME Internship Presentations

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• April 5, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:45 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Shiaofen Fang, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Purdue School of Science, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Volume Fusion: A New Volume Modeling Approach

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• April 12, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Ghassan S. Kassab, Guidant Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: A Bioengineering Model of Coronary Circulation

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• April 13, Friday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Bin Yao, Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
  Title: Nonlinear Adaptive Robust Control –Theory and Applications

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• April 13, Friday, 9:30 am - 11:00 pm, Room SL 208
  Speaker: Mr. Gustavo Rengifo, Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Development of an Innovative Neural Network Model for Milling Based on a Systematic Approach for Statistical Design of Experiments

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• April 13, Friday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Room SL 208
  Speaker: Mr. Brandon Meyer, Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: An Experimental and Analytical Approach to Optimize Orthodontic Force with Minimal Root Resorption

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• April 19, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Javed Mostafa, Victor H. Yngve Associate Professor of Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
  Title: Collaborative classifier agents: Impact of learning on distributed document classification

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• April 26, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Tamer Wasfy, President and Founder, Advanced Science and Automation Corporation, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: Experimental Validation of a Finite Element Model of Coupled Flexible Multibody Dynamics and Liquid Sloshing for Tanker Trucks

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• May 11, Friday, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Jiahau Yan, Research Associate, Division of Dental Biomaterials, Department of Restorative Dentistry, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.
  Title: How Tough is Bone? Application of Fracture Mechanics to Bone Research

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• May 15, Tuesday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Min Huang, Technology Computer Aided Design Engineer, Silicon Technology Development, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX.
  Title: Stresses in Optical Waveguides and Their Effects on Optical Performance

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• May 16, Wednesday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Gang Qi, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.
  Title: Microdamages: An Insight to Understanding Performance of Materials

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• May 17, Thursday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Sirish Namilae, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Materials Science Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
  Title: Multiscale Modeling of Nanomaterials: Role of Interfaces

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• June 4, Monday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Guofeng Wang, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Physics, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC.
  Title: Multiscale Computer Simulations for Materials Science

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• June 5, Tuesday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Qiyang Hu, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
  Title: Phase-Field Modeling on Guided Self-Assembly of Surface Nanostructures

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• June 22, Friday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Faculty Research Associate, Fuel Cell Dynamics and Diagnostics Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University
  Title: Electrochemical Power Sources for Global Energy Sustainability

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• June 25, Monday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Guy Faubert, Research Scientist, R&D, Ballard Power Systems, Burnaby, B.C.
  Title: Metal Hexaborides, a Path to Engineered Catalyst Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells?

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• June 26, Tuesday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Xinyu Huang, Assistant Research Professor, The Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center, The University of Connecticut, Storris, CT
  Title: Durability of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

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• June 27, Wednesday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Rongrong Chen, Visiting Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
  Title: Non-Precious Metal Catalysts Development for Oxygen Electrode of Fuel Cells

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• June 28, Thursday, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Feng-Yuan Zhang, Research Associate, Fuel Cell Research Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  Title: Development of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells with Micro/Nano Technology

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• July 13, Friday, 10:15 am - 11:15 am, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Dr. Jian Xie, Principal Research Scientist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH
  Title: Development of High Performance and Stability PEFC Catalysts and MEA Using Modified Carbon Supports

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• July 19, Thursday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Room SL 165
  Speaker: Cem Ersungur, Research Assistant, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IUPUI
  Title: Kinetic Monte Carlo Molecular Simulations for Fuel Cell Applications and Surface Reactions

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