Date of the Event: February 7, 2014
TITLE: Generating and shepherding intrinsic localized modes in nonlinear macroscopic and microscopic lattices DATE: Friday, February 7th, 2014 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Al Sievers. Cornell University ABSTRACT: It had been known for some time that nonlinearity and discreteness play important roles in many branches of condensed matter physics as evidenced by […]
2014
SPRING 2014
Date of the Event: January 31, 2014
TITLE: Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Tapered Closures in Sandwich Composites DATE: Friday, January 31st, 2014 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Satchi Venkatraman. Department of Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Sandwich composites used in aerospace and marine structures due to their high specific bending stiffness and high specific in-plane strengths […]
2014
SPRING 2014
Date of the Event: January 24, 2014
TITLE: Geometric Numerical Integration and Computational Geometric Mechanics DATE: Friday, January 24th, 2014 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Melvin Leok, University of California, San Diego ABSTRACT: Symmetry, and the study of invariant and equivariant objects, is a deep and unifying principle underlying a variety of mathematical fields. In particular, geometric mechanics is […]
2014
SPRING 2014
Date of the Event: December 6, 2013
TITLE: Tight-Binding Approximations, Edge States, and PT symmetry in Honeycomb Optical Lattices DATE: Friday, December 6th, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Christopher Curtis. Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics SDSU ABSTRACT: Over the last several years, a great deal of interest has emerged over honeycomb optical lattices, which are modeled by a […]
2013
FALL 2013
Date of the Event: November 22, 2013
TITLE: Viral Dark Matter, and DNA Sequencing: identifying new functions and sequencing new genes at sea DATE: Friday, November 22nd, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Robert Edwards. Department of Computer Science at San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Genomics and metagenomics have revolutionized our understanding of marine microbial ecology, and our view […]
2013
FALL 2013
Date of the Event: November 15, 2013
TITLE: Ultrafast Light Control: fiber amplifiers, quantum cascade lasers, and nano LEDs DATE: Friday, November 15th, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Lyuba Kuznetsova. Physics Department at San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Laser and laser diode technology is at the heart of modern optics which is now, not just limited to imaging, […]
2013
FALL 2013
Date of the Event: November 8, 2013
TITLE: AAAS S&T Policy informational session DATE: Friday, November 8th, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Chitra Kalyandurg (Program Manager) ABSTRACT: AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships will host an informational session at San Diego State University for PhD candidates and postdocs, to learn more about the S&T Policy Fellowships. The fellowships are […]
2013
FALL 2013
Date of the Event: November 1, 2013
TITLE: Bubble Dynamics with Biomedical Applications DATE: Friday, November 1st, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Tim Colonius. Dept. Mechanical and Civil Engineering (CalTech) ABSTRACT: Shock and ultrasonic waves in water often induce the growth and collapse of cavitation bubbles, or clusters of bubbles, which, in turn, can lead to erosion and […]
2013
FALL 2013
Date of the Event: October 25, 2013
TITLE: Effect of Well Trajectory on Two-Phase Flow Behavior in Horizontal Wells DATE: Friday, October 25th, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Carlos Torres. University of Tulsa, Oklahoma ABSTRACT: Shale gas and oil have become an increasingly important resource of energy in the United States since the beginning of this century owing […]
2013
FALL 2013
Date of the Event: October 18, 2013
TITLE: Measuring Crack Density in Composite Laminates using Piezoelectric Sensors DATE: Friday, October 18th, 2013 TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 214 SPEAKER: Dr. Cecilia Larrosa. Exponent Inc. ABSTRACT: The use of fiber reinforced composite materials has increased tremendously in many applications from aerospace structures to sporting goods. These materials have many advantages, but the major […]
2013
FALL 2013
