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Events for February 2013

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  1. Week of February 3, 2013

    1. Monday, February 4, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmCharles Reichhardt, Los Alamos National Lab
        ICMT Seminar: Pattern Formation from Competing Interactions: Implications for Soft and Hard Condensed Matter Systems
        190 ESB
      2. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pmProfessor Metin Sitti
        Miniature Mobile Robots Down to Micron Scale
        2005 Mechanical Engineering Lab
      3. 4:00 pmSara Behdad, University of Illinois
        Decision Analysis Methods to Make Product Take-back Systems Profitable
        303 Transportation Building

    2. Tuesday, February 5, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmProfessor Oleg Gendelman, Israel Institute of Technology
        Exact solutions for discrete breathers in Hamiltonian and forced ' damped vibro-impact chains
        2005 MEL
      2. 4:00 pmProfessor Matthew I. Campbell, University of Texas at Austin
        Automated Graph Synthesis in Engineering Design and Manufacturing
        303 Transportation Building

    3. Wednesday, February 6, 2013

      1. 10:00 amA More Youthful Self-renewal: Bioengineering Solutions to Rejuvenate Dysfunctional Muscle Stem Cells in Aging
        1000 Lincoln Hall
      2. 12:00 pmIMSE Lunchtime Seminar
        Room 335, Grainger Library
      3. 12:00 pmProfessor Harley Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        Mechanics of Ion Irradiated Semiconductor Surfaces
        2310 Newmark Civil Engineering Bldg
      4. 3:00 pmDr. Robert D. Gregg, Northwestern University
        Translational Control Design for Lower-Limb Prosthetics and Orthotics: Lessons from Robot Locomotion
        B02 Auditorium CSL

    4. Thursday, February 7, 2013

      1. 2:00 pmThe Sub-Nanometer Length Scale: Exploring Fundamental Challenges in Aerosols & Catalysis
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory

    5. Friday, February 8, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmProfessor David Saintillan, University of Illinois, Dept of Mechanical Science and Engineering
        Living Fluids: Modeling And Simulation Of Biologically Active Suspensions
        2005 MEL (The Deere Pavilion)

  2. Week of February 10, 2013

    1. Monday, February 11, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmDr. Kevin Wood, Harvard University
        Decoding the Multi-Drug Response in Populations of Bacteria and Human Cancer Cells
        2240 DCL
      2. 12:00 pmMichael King
        Rolling in the Deep: Tumor Cell Adhesion and Treatment in the Bloodstream
        2005 Mechanical Engineering Lab

    2. Tuesday, February 12, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmKennedy Nguyen, University of California at Merced
        Characterization and Effect of Engineered Solid and Mesoporous Silica Particle Physical Properties on In Vitro Toxicity
        1000 MNTL
      2. 12:30 pmSarah E. Holton, University of Illinois
        Combining Three-dimensional Cell Culture Models and Chemical Imaging for Understanding Fibroblast-epithelial Interactions During Early Breast Cancer Progression
        1000 MNTL
      3. 3:00 pmProf. Evelyn Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        'Nanoengineered Surfaces: Transport Phenomena and Energy Applications'
        190 Engineering Sciences Bldg

    3. Wednesday, February 13, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmProfessor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois
        Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Energy Conversion Processes: Insights from Theory and Computation
        2240 DCL
      2. 3:00 pmProfessor Noah J. Cowan, Johns Hopkins University
        Antagonistic thrust forces enhance controllability and stability at the expense of energy in the glass knifefish
        B02 Auditorium CSL
      3. 4:00 pmStrategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects on Security (SHARPS)
        2405 Siebel Center

    4. Thursday, February 14, 2013

      1. 2:00 pmDr. Ximin He, Harvard University
        Warm-blooded Plastics: Bio-inspired Smart Soft Materials Systems
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      2. 4:00 pmDr. Jackie Shen, Barclays Investment Bank
        Portfolio Algos: Demands, Challenges, and Opportunities
        303 Transportation Building

    5. Friday, February 15, 2013

      1. 3:00 pmProfessor Raphal Jungers, Universite Catholique de Louvain
        Joint spectral characteristics: a tale of three disciplines
        B02 Auditorium CSL

  3. Week of February 17, 2013

    1. Monday, February 18, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmCynthia A. Reinhart-King
        Pulling Apart at the Seams: The Role of Cell Contractility in Atherosclerosis and Metastasis
        2005 Mechanical Engineering Lab
      2. 1:00 pmProfessor Bin Zhao, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
        Environmentally Responsive Hairy Particles
        Beckman Institute - Room 3269
      3. 3:00 pmDr. Mahendra S. Rao, NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine
        Using Primary Cells for Bioengineering
        1000 MNTL

    2. Tuesday, February 19, 2013

      1. 2:00 pmDr. Christopher Alabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        Multiparametric Evaluation of Nanocarriers for siRNA Delivery
        116 Roger Adams Laboratory
      2. 4:00 pmJamol Pender, Princeton University
        New Approximations and Algorithms for Stabilizing Time Varying Queues
        303 Transportation Building

    3. Wednesday, February 20, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmProfessor Andrew Ferguson, University of Illinois
        Machine Learning and Biology: Folding Paths and Fitness Landscapes
        2240 DCL
      2. 12:00 pmDr. Sameh Tawfick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
        Manufacturing of Ordered Carbon Nanotube Assemblies
        2005 MEL (Deere Pavilion)
      3. 3:00 pmProfessor Kevin M. Lynch, Northwestern University
        Functional Electrical Stimulation for Restoration of Arm Function
        B02 Auditorium CSL

    4. Thursday, February 21, 2013

      1. 3:00 pmProfessor Harry Dankowicz, Cannon Faculty Scholar, Dept of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
        MechSE Grad Professional Development Seminar: 'The Engineer as a Responsible Participant in the Scientific Enterprise: Ethical Issues in Research and Publishing'

        2005 MEL (Deere Pavilion)

    5. Friday, February 22, 2013

      1. 11:00 amProfessor Geir Dullerud, University of Illinois
        From Theoretical Foundations to Complex Engineering Systems
        303 Transportation Building
      2. 12:00 pmDr. Daniel J. Klingenberg, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Rheology REsearch Center
        'Rheology and Mass Transfer of Lignocellulosic Biomass'
        2005 MEL (The Deere Pavilion)

  4. Week of February 24, 2013

    1. Monday, February 25, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmDr. William S. Hlavacek, Los Alamos National Laboratory
        Early Phosposite Dynamics in T Cell Receptor Signaling
        2240 DCL
      2. 12:00 pm

        Dr. Rodney D. Averett, Research Engineer, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology


        The Significance of Fiber Mechanical Properties in Nanocomposites and Blood Clots

        2005 MEL (Deere Pavilion)

    2. Tuesday, February 26, 2013

      1. 12:00 pmDrew Elizabeth Glaser, CMMB IGERT Trainee
        Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells for Studying Vascular Development
        1000 Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
      2. 3:00 pmProf. Tim Colonius, California Institute of Technology
        Midwest Mechanics Seminar: 'Wave Packets and Turbulent Jet Noise'
        190 Engineering Sciences Bldg

    3. Wednesday, February 27, 2013

      1. 9:00 amDr. Stacey Finley, Johns Hopkins University
        Of Mice and Men: Computational Models to Investigate Anti-angiogenic Cancer Therapies Targeting the VEGF Pathway
        217 Noyes Laboratory
      2. 12:00 pmLandscape Seminar Series 2012-2013
        1000 Micro and Nanotechnology Lab
      3. 1:00 pmAndrea Lani, Senior Research Engineer at Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Belgium
        COOLFluiD: an open computational platform for multi-physics simulation and research
        100 Material Sciences and Engineering Building
      4. 3:00 pmUmer Hassan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
        An Integrated CD4+ and CD8+ T Lymphocyte Counter for Point-of-Care HIV/AIDS Diagnostics
        Beckman Institute - Room 3269
      5. 3:00 pmProfessor Benedetto Piccoli, Rutgers University - Camden
        Multiscale Models and Sparse Controls for Crowd Dynamics and Vehicular Traffic
        B02 Auditorium CSL

    4. Thursday, February 28, 2013

      1. 12:00 pm

        Jacob Notbohm


        Dynamics of cell-matrix mechanical interactions in three dimensions
        2005 Mechanical Engineering Lab
      2. 4:00 pmProfessor Jeremy J. Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University
        Plug-in Vehicle Life Cycle Benefits and Costs'Implications and Strategies for Electrification
        303 Transportation Building