Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15) Place: RMB 323
CFD Ablation Predictions in Rocket Motor Nozzles: from Theory to Application
Alessandro Turchi, Aeronautical and Space Technology, University of Rom “La Sapienza”
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Date: Monday, April 2, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15) Place: RMB 323
Finite Element Method for Coupled Conserved Phase Fields: Morphological Instabilities in Thin Films
Sinisa Dj. Mesarovic, Washington State University, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Pullman, WA
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Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15) Place: RMB 323
Life Cycle of Tools and Affiliated Grinding Processes
Barbara Linke, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability (LMAS), University of California, Berkeley
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Date: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15) Place: CRMS 323
Mysteries and Conundra in the Meaning and Use of Physical Dimensions
Dennis S. Bernstein, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Date: Monday, March 5, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15) Place: CB 114
A short review of ablative-material response models and simulation tools
Jean Lachaud, Ph.D., Associate Scientist, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15) Place: RMB 323
Integrating Aerothermodynamics Research and Advanced Materials: An Air Force Perspective
John Schmisseur, Ph.D., Program Manager, Aerothermodynamics and Turbulence
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington, VA
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Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:30 – 4:30 (refreshments at 3:15)
Place: RMB 323
Computational Armor Research at the US Army Research Laboratory:
Presenter: Dr. Andrew J. Porwitzky, Research Physicist, US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland