2011 Spring Seminar Schedule
Apr 21: Associate Professor Mihai Marasteanu, of civil engineering at the University of Minnesota, will present a seminar, "Obtaining MEPDG Low Temperature Material Parameters from Tests on Thin Mixture Beams," from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, April 21, in Dow 642.
Apr 14: Assistant Professor Carol Menassa, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison, will present "Understanding and Modeling Occupancy
Energy Use in Commercial Buildings," from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, April 14, in Dow 642.
Menassa's visit is cosponsored by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Futures Institute and the Visiting Women and Minorities Lecture Series program which is funded by the President's Office and a grant to the Office for Institutional Diversity for the State of Michigan's King‐Chavez‐Parks Initiative. The public is welcome.
Apr 7: CE will feature two guest speakers for a graduate seminar from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, April 7, in Dow 642. The public is welcome.
Director Mike Witt, of Global Regulatory Services and EH&S Auditing in the Dow Chemical Company, will present "Science for a Sustainable World."
Line Manager Jane Waldron, of the Reuse and Recycle Product Line in Dow Corning, will present "Industry Perspectives on Sustainability."
Mar 31: Three CEE graduate students will present their research from 4 to 5 p.m., in Dow 642. The public is welcome. Rita Lederle will present "A Brief Overview of Equivalent Temperature Difference in Concrete Pavements." Jun Zhou will present "Application of Acoustic Emission for Material Damage Detection." Jason Flietstra will present "Ultra High Performance Concrete." Thursdays in Dow 642. 4-5 pm
Mar 24: Dr. Eshan V. Dave of University of Minnesota -Duluth, Department of Civil Engineering, "Low Temperature Fracture Evaluation of Asphalt mixtures using Mechanical Testing and Acoustic Emissions Techniques", from 4-5PM in Dow 642. 4-5 pm
Mar 17: Darrin Evans (CEE) will present "Determining Bridge Deck Deterioration Through The Use Of 3D Photogrammetry." Mark Herder (CEE) will present "Cladding of Structures: Seismic Behavior and Current Design Standards for Seismic Events." Kevin Mears (CEE) will present "Structural Capacity of Cast-in-place Steel Tubular Piling." Thursdays, 642 Dow Building, 4-5 pm
Mar 3: Professor William Sproule (CEE) will present a seminar, "Somewhere in Time--A History of Automated People Movers," from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, March 3, in Dow 642. The public is welcome.
Feb 17: Dustin Sommer, "Walkable Urban Development; a Discourse on Research and Trends" at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, in Dow 642. |
Feb 3: Hamed Pouryousef "High Speed Rail Access to Existing Stations in Downtown." and
Yu Liu, "Structure analysis of asphalt concrete materials using computer modeling approaches." .
4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, in Dow 642
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Jan 27: Two graduate student will present the third Civil Engineering Seminar of the Spring from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday,
Jan. 27, in Dow 642.
Alex Craigmile will present "Geotechnical Exploration at Haengel and Associates Engineering."
Brian St. Vincent will present "Road Design Projects at KL Engineering."
Refreshment will be served 15 minutes before the seminar until 4:05 p.m.
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Jan 20: Professor Yue Li, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, from 4-5P in Dow 642. He
will present: Performance-based engineering framework for multi-hazard
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Jan. 13: Associate Professor Brian Barkdoll will present "Research Ethics" from 4 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 13, in Dow 642. Issues such as plagiarism, data fabrication and copyright, both for students and faculty, are explored here to help give credit where credit is due and to make sure no disciplinary action is needed.
Research ethics is an area of growing concern with the advent of the Internet and the ease of information access, especially in this "download" culture we live in.
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