| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 01-Sept. | Dr. Samuel C. Walcott, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, UVM | "Using classical mechanics to understand muscle biophysics" |
| 08-Sept. | Dr. Jason H. Bates, Research Professor, Depts. of Medicine-Pulmonary and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, UVM | "Sequential micro-rips as a mechanism for the
viscoelastic behavior of biological soft tissue." |
| 15-Sept. | NO ME Seminar; Dean's Distinguished Seminar Series , instead: DR. JULIO M. OTTINO, "Engineering Complex Systems", Wed., Sept. 13, at 4 pm, Billings North Lounge | |
| 22-Sept. | No Seminar | |
| 29-Sept. | Dr. Martin Brouillette, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec | "Shock waves at microscales" |
| 06-Oct. | Prof. Jakob J. Stamnes, Dept. of Phys. and Tech., University of Bergen, Norway; and Prof. Knut Stamnes, Dept. of Engr. and Engr. Phys. Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ | "Optical Remote Sensing for Atmosphere/Ocean Monitoring and Skin Cancer Diagnosis" |
| 13-Oct. |
Dr. Francesco Fedele, Goddard Earth Sciences
and Technology center Global Modeling and Assimilation Office NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland NOTE: additional lecture, same day, see below. |
"Instantons, Stochastic Wave Groups & Rogue Waves In Wave
Turbulence" |
| 13-Oct. |
Dr. Gonzalo R. Feijoo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied
Ocean Physics and Engineering Department NOTE: additional lecture, co-sponsored by ME, CEE, and Applied Math. Note time and location: 12:20 - 1:10 p.m., 207 Votey. |
"On the solution of some inverse scattering problems using
shape sensitivity analysis " |
| 20-Oct. | Prof. Alina Alexeenko, Dept. of Astronautics & Aeronautics, Purdue
University NOTE: time and location change, 11:15-12:15, Perkins 101 |
"Thermally Driven Microflows: Phenomena and Modeling
Approaches" |
| 20-Oct. |
Vermont Lt. Governor, Brian Dubie NOTE: Special School of Engineering Lecture, 2:30-3:30, Rm. TBD |
" Economic Development as it applies to the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences" |
| 27-Oct. | Prof. Joshua Bongard, Ph.D., Dept. of Computer Science, UVM | "Resilient Machines through Continuous Self-Modeling" |
| 03-Nov. | Dr. Fahmi Bedoui, Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics, UVM | "tentative title(Characterization and modeling of
mechanical properties in polymeric materials.)"
|
| 10-Nov. | Prof. Ursula Gibson, Dartmouth | "tentative title (Nanomagnetics)" |
| 17-Nov. | Prof. Jeffrey S. Marshall, Director of the School of Engineering, UVM | "On the Role of Complex Systems
in Fluid Dynamics" |
| 24-Nov. | No Seminar, Thanksgiving | |
| 01-Dec. | Prof. Kamran Siddiqui, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal | "Interfacial Heat and Mass Transfer" |