Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MMEC SEMINAR SERIES
(Mechanics : Modeling, Experimentation, Computation)


FALL SEMESTER 2009
Tuesdays, 4:00pm, Room 3-370

Sept. 22 Arezoo Ardekani
MIT
 Theory, Computation, and Experiments of Multiphase
Flows: Films, Particles, and Drops
Sept. 29 David Clarke
SEAS, Harvard University

On the Propensity for Stiction of Small Scale
Mechanical Contacts in RF MEMS Devices
Sept. 30

G. Paul Neitzel

 Georgia Tech

Permanent Noncoalescence and Nonwetting:
Science and Applications
(This seminar will be held in Room 3-343 at 3:30 PM.)

Oct. 6 Luis Dorfmann Tufts University

On Modeling Stress Softening in
Highly Deformable Biomaterials
Oct. 13 Mark Levi Pennsylvania State
University		 High Frequency Vibrations and Non-Holonomic Mechanics
(This seminar will be held in Room 5-233.)
Oct. 20 Yunfeng Shi Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Artificial Nanomotor Design via
Molecular-level Simulations
Oct. 27 Jean-Luc Thiffeault University of Wisconsin Stirring by Swimming Bodies
Nov. 3 Vikas Tomar Purdue University Atomistic Simulations at Micro Time and Length
Scales: Implications and Applications
Nov. 10 Ken Kamrin SEAS, Harvard University A Continuum Model for Dense Granular Flow
Nov. 17 Derek Warner Cornell University Atomistic Insights into Metallic Fracture
Dec. 1 Ju Li University of Pennsylvania The Mechanics of Ultra-Strength Materials

Contact Info: Ray Hardin ext. x3-5328.