Colloquium Spring 2015

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Seminars are held from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in MEC 221 unless indicated *

January 29, 2015 (11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.)	Prof. Deva Chan Rush University Medical Center Mechanics, Imaging, and Biology: Towards a multi-faceted approach to understanding health and disease in orthopedic soft tissues"
February 3, 2015 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)	Prof. Hamed Hatami-Marbini Oklahoma State University "Experimental and Computational Investigations of Biomechanical Properties of Corneal Stroma"
February 3, 2015 (2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.)	Prof. Jianguo Zhao Michigan State University "Biologically Inspired Approach for Robot Design and Control"
February 5, 2015 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)	Prof. Jing Du University of California, San Franciso "Adhesion and Contact in Biomedical Materials and Structures"
February 9, 2015 (2:00 p.m.)	Prof. Cong Wang University of California, Berkeley Control Techniques for Emerging Demands in Robotic Manufacturing"
February 10, 2015 (1:30 - 2:30 p.m.)	Prof. Lu Lu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "Constrained Motion Control and Optimization in Robotics and Additive Manufacturing"
February 12, 2015 (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)	Prof. Nam-Keun Kim Linkoping University "Bone-conduction pathways of hearing: Computational Approaches"
February 25, 2015 (1:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.)	Prof. Fabio Bozzoli University of Parma Department of Industrial Engineering "Inverse problem approach: A powerful tool for improving industrial heat exchangers and discovering murderers too"
March 4, 2015	Dr. Quing Chang Stony Brook "Energy-Aware Operations in Manufacturing Systems"
March 11, 2015 (1:00 - 2:25 p.m.)	Howon Lee Department of Mechanical Engineering Rutgers University "Micro 3D Printing of Soft Materials"
March 25, 2015 (2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.) * Special GMF Seminar	Prof. Surajit Sen Department of Physics State University of NY at Buffalo "Newton's Cradle, the Fermi, Pasta, Ulam problem and the Nonlinear Many Body Physics Frontier"
April 1, 2015 (1:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.)	Tolga Aydinlyim Baruch College, CUNY "Counteracting Strategic Purchase Deferrals: The Impact of Online Retailer's Return Policy Decisions"
April 8, 2015 (1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)	Leslie Lamberton Drexel University "Dynamic Deformation & Fracture of Non-classical Composites"
Friday, April 17, 2015 * 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. * MEC 224 *	K. R. Rajagopal Distinguished Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University "New Perspectives in Elasticity"

For More Information Contact: Dr. Ian Fischer (973) 596-3354 fischer@njit.edu