January:

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Huajian Gao, Brown University.  Topic: Nanomechanics of biological systems - what can we learn from nature about the principles of hierarchical materials?

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Steve Stanhope, University of Delaware.  Topic: Virtual Prototype Custom Passive-Dynamic Orthoses: One Small Step for Man....

February:

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Gary Koopman, Penn State University.  Topic: Designing Structures with Optimal Acoustic Characteristics.
    I. Virtual tuning of a Replica of the Berlin-Shoneberg’s Liberty Bell
   II. Tuning Resonators Optimally to Control the Blade Tones of Turbofans

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Trung Van Nguyen, National Science Foundation.  Topic:
    I. Energy for Sustainability Program
   II. Surface Ionic Activity of Proton Conducting Membranes.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Dr. Minking Chyu, University of Pittsburgh.  Topic: Challenges in Coal-to-Hydrogen and Hybrid-Fuel-Cell Clean Power Generation Systems.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Dr. Mark Campbell, Cornell University.  Topic: Autonomous Driving in an Urban Environment; Team Cornell and the DARPA Urban Challenge.

March:

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Jim Grotberg, University of Michigan.  Topic: Pulmonary Microfluidics (Distinguished Lecture).

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Elon Terrel, Carnegie Mellon University.  Topic: Research Innovations in Particle-Augmented Mixed Lubrication.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Nadine Aubry, Carnegie Mellon University.  Topic: Moving Particles and Fluids through Micro Channels.

April:

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Gad El Hak, Virginia Common-wealth University.  Topic: The Art and Science of Large-Scale Disasters.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Robert Schlinker, united Technologies.  Topic: Aeroacoustics Research at the United Technologies Research Center.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Jogender Singh, Penn State ARL.  Topic: Nano-materials Manufacturing – Past Efforts, Current Thrusts, and
Future Frontiers.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - Located in 135 Reber Building, 4:00 p.m.  Speaker: Greg Washington, Ohio State University.  Topic: Modeling and Control of Magnetorheological Fluid-Based Haptic
Systems for Telerobotic Surgery.

Additional speakers and dates to be announced soon, please check back at a later date.