"Refrigerant Flow through Short-Tube Orifices"

Dennis L. O’Neal, Ph.D., P.E.

Holdredge/Paul Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, Associate Dean for Research in the Dwight Look
College of Engineering, Deputy Director for the Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Thursday, January 19, 2012, 12:45 PM, 12:20 Room 109 Rogers Bldg. [flyer]

"Power Electronics and Electrical Power Systems Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory"

Burak Ozpineci, Ph.D.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 12:20 Room 312, Rogers Bldg.ELC 5001. [bio]

"Using DEM to Develop Constitutive
Models for CFD Simulations of Granular Flows"

Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Florida

Thursday, January 26, 2012, 2:00 Room 109, Rogers Bldg [flyer]

"On the Properties of Metallic Microwave-Scale Mach-Zehnder Interferometers for Dielectric Resonator Tuning"

Héctor J. De Los Santos, Ph.D.

NanoMEMS Research, LLC
Irvine, CA

Thursday, February 9, 2012, 11:00 AM, Room 109, Rogers Bldg.ELC 5001. [Bio & Abstract]

"An International Scientific Micro-satellite:
RISESAT Missions and System Design"

Toshinori Kuwahara, Ph.D.

Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:00 PM, Baylor Sciences Building, Room D.110 [Flyer]

This talk is sponsored by Baylor's CASPER [Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research.] B.E.A.R.S. has chosen to participate.

"Advanced power system operations with large amounts of wind power"

Jianhui Wang, Ph.D.

Center for Energy, Environmental, & Economic Systems Analysis (CEEESA)
Decision and Information Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 2:20 Room 312, Rogers Bldg.ELC 5001.

"Just Charge It! Time-scale based observer design with application to battery state-of-charge estimation"

Ian Gravagne, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 12:20 Room 312, Rogers Bldg.ELC 5001. [Abstract]

"Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Recent Advance in Technologies and Applications"

Jim Ji, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 2:00 Room 106, Rogers Bldg.ELC 5001. [Bio & Abstract]

"TBD"

Charles Baylis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 12:20 Room 312, Rogers Bldg.ELC 5001.