ME Research Seminar Series
Spring 2013 (Coordinator: Prof. Kwang Kim)
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Prof. L. Roy Xu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, “IMPACT
AND INDENTATION MECHANICS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS” (January 14, 2013)
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Prof. Olivia A. Graeve, Materials Science and Engineering/Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), “EXPLORING FUNDAMENTAL
RESPONSES AND LIMITS OF PRECIPITATION PROCESSES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF NANOPOWDERS
OF UNIQUE MORPHOLOGIES” (February 07, 2013)
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Prof. Hyouk Ryeol Choi, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, S. Korea,
“SOFT SENSOR AND ACTUATOR TECHNOLOGIES” (February 18, 2013)
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Prof. Frank van Breukelen, School of Life Sciences, UNLV, “BIOLOGY + ENGINEERING = GOOD
SCIENCE” (February 21, 2013)
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Mr. Robert Stratton, Stratton Composite Solutions, “ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ADVANCE
MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING” (February 28, 2013)
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Prof. Thomas Hartmann, The Harry Reid Center, UNLV, “FABRICATION AND PROPERTIES OF
ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUELS AND NOVEL TC-99 WASTE FORMS AT UNLV” (March 07, 2013)
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Prof. David W. Hatchett, Department of Chemistry, UNLV, “THE CONTROLLED BOTTOM-UP
PREPARATION OF POLYANILINE COMPOSITES WITH INTRINSICALLY LINKED METAL” (April 04,
2013)
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Prof. Kam K. Leang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
“PRECISION CONTROL OF ACTIVE (SMART) MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS IN HIGH-SPEED
NANOPOSITIONING AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS” (April 18, 2013)
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Dr. Kumar Krishen, Chief Technologist, Johnson Space Center/NASA, “TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER AT NASA-JOHNSON SPACE CENTER” (April 29, 2013) –
Distinguished Seminar Speaker