"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, 11:00 Room 109, 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]

"Do Physics and Faith Converge?"

Hugh Ross, Ph.D.

Reasons to Believe, President & Founder [ Flyer | Bio ]

Monday, March 5, 2012, 7:00 PM Room B.110, Baylor Science Building. ELC 5001.

This talk is co-sponsored by Baylor's ECE Department

"Development and Implementation of a Multi-Agent System for Intelligent Optimal Power Plant Control"

Jason Head

Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 3:30 Room 312, Rogers Bldg. ELC 5001.

"Mathematics of the Unknowable"

Robert J. Marks II, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Heritage Hall Lobby, Monday, March 19, 2012, 5 PM, Presentation & Q&A Time.

"2012 Mini-Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems"

2012 WMCS Mini-Symposium

Baylor University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
[ Flyer | wmcs2012.com ]
Friday, March 23, 2012, 1pm – 6:30pm, Baylor University Campus [Details]

"Cognitive Radar"

Joseph Guerci, Ph.D.

Guerci Consulting

Friday, March 23, 2012, 1:10 PM, Traveling Exhibit Room. Mayborn Museum, Baylor University, ELC 5001.

Jerry Lopez, Ph.D.

Hao Ling, Ph.D., Stephen Berger

Oren Eliezer, Ph.D.

2012 WMCS Mini-Symposium

Friday, March 23, 2012, 1:40 PM, Traveling Exhibit Room, Mayborn Museum, Baylor University, ELC 5001.

"Unsupervised Hierarchical Biclustering"

Donald C. Wunsch II, Ph.D.

IEEE Fellow, INNS Senior Fellow, M.K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor
Missouri University of Science & Technology

Monday, March 26, 2012, 12:30 PM, Room TBA [Bio] ELC 5001.

"Two Research Projects that Deal with the Integration of Wind and Solar Energy Sources into Power Grids"

W. Mack Grady, Ph.D.

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE Fellow
Jack S. Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources
The University of Texas at Austin

Tuesday, March 27. Rogers 312, 2:00-3:00
[ Abstract | Bio] ELC 5001.

"Computers and Mathematics: Problems and Prospects"

Ron Graham, Ph.D.

Irwin & Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at the U.C. San Diego; Member of the National Acadamy of Sciences
Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm - D109 (Baylor Sciences Building) [Additional Information]
This talk is part of the Baylor Lecture Series in Mathematics sponsored by Baylor's Mathematics Dept. & the College of Arts & Sciences.B.E.A.R.S. has chosen to participate..

"Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of an Aircraft Power Distribution System using Simulink"

Aaron Provost

Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Thursday, April 26, 2012, 3:30 Room 210 Rogers Bldg.

"Science and Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies"

Alvin Plantinga, Ph.D.

John A. O’Brien Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame and the Jellema Chair of Philosophy, Calvin College

Thursday, April 26, at 3:30 pm, in the Foyer of Meditation, the Armstrong Browning Library
This talk is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. .B.E.A.R.S. has chosen to participate..

"Digital Monitor Mixing System: FPGA Approach to Mixing Live Audio"

Daniel P. Jepson

Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Friday, April 27, 2012, 1:45 Room 309 Rogers Bldg.

"Human-Computer Interfaces for People with Disabilities"

Adam J Sporka, Ph.D.

Department of Computer Graphics and Interaction
Czech Technical University in Prague
Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Tuesday, May 1, 2012. 11:00 a.m. Rogers 207
This talk is sponsored by the Department of Computer Science. .B.E.A.R.S. has chosen to participate..

"Efficient Energy Harvester for Microbial Fuel Cells using DC/DC Converters"

Jae-Do Park, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Colorado Denver

Friday, June 8, 2012. Rogers 207, 11AM
[ Abstract & Bio] ELC 5001.

"Development and Implementation of a Multi-Agent System for Intelligent Optimal Power Plant Control"

Jason Head

Graduate Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Baylor University

Wednesday, March 9, 2012, 3:30 Room 312 Rogers Bldg.