MMEC SEMINAR SERIES
(Mechanics: Modeling, Experimentation, Computation)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall
Semester 2016
Tuesdays, 4:00pm, Room 3-370
| Sep 13 | Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou | MIT | On the fundamentals and simulation of nanoscale kinetic transport |
| Sep 20 | Allan Bower | Brown University | Models of deformation, transport and phase transformations in battery electrode materials |
| Sep 27 | Eric Vanden - Eijnden | New York University | Infrequent transitions and large deviations in non-equilibrium systems |
| Oct 4 | Itai Cohen | Cornell University | Using a Confocal Rheoscope to Investigate Soft Squishy Materials |
| Oct 11 | Columbus Day | ||
| Oct 18 | Roger Bonnecaze | UT Austin | MULTI-SCALE MODEL OF MAGNETICALLY-DRIVEN FLOWS IN DEAD-END CHANNELS |
| Oct 25 | Nuno F. Loureiro | MIT | Magnetic reconnection: explosive energy release via a transition to turbulence in plasmas |
| Nov 1 | Harold Park | Boston University | Computational Modeling of Electromechanical Instabilities in Dielectric Elastomers |
| Nov 8 | Gianluca Iaccarino | Stanford University | Uncertainties and Optimization: aggressive design, multi fidelity analysis and applications |
| Nov 15 | Jeffrey Fredberg | Harvard Medical School | The jamming transition, physical forces, and cell shape in the confluent epithelial cell layer |
| Nov 22 | Thanks Giving | ||
| Dec 6 | Ali Mani | Stanford University | Microscale “Turbulence” induced by Electrochemical Interfaces |
| Dec 13 | Fred Mackintosh | Rice University | Mechanical phase transitions and the principle of detailed balance in living systems |
Organizers: Ken Kamrin, Pedro Reis, Xuanhe Zhao, Themis Sapsis
Contact Info: Christina Spinelli ext. x3-5328; Rebecca Fowler ext. x4-7567