Title: Buoyancy-Induced Columnar Vortices for Electirc Power Generation When: Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 12:00 PM Where: Love Building, Room 210

Title: Wear at High Sliding Speeds and High Contact Pressures When: Friday, January 31, 2014 at 11:00 AM Where: Love Building, Room 109

Title: Experimental Studies of Benard-Marangoni Convection in Simple and Binary Fluids When: Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 9:30 AM Where: Love Building, Room 210

Title: Reconstruction of representative 3D microstructures from partial statistics When: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM Where: MARC Building, Room 201

Title: Predictive Modeling of Residual Stress in MQL Grinding and Surface Characteristics in Grinding of Ceramics When: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 9:00 AM Where: MARC Building, Room 201

Title: Engineering glycosaminoglycan coatings for mesenchymal stem cells-based cartilage tissue repair When: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 3:00 PM Where: ES and T, Room L1175

Title: Model Predictive Control for High Performance Pneumatic Actuation When: Friday, February 28, 2014 at 2:00 PM Where: MARC Building, Room 114

Title: Synthetic Hydrogel Microencapsulation of Pancreatic Islets for Improved Engraftment and Immunomodulation When: Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 3:30 PM Where: MSE, Room 1224

Title: Multi-scale Modeling of Impact and Penetration of High-performance Concrete Using Peridynamics When: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 1:00 PM Where: MRDC Building, Room 4211

Title: Investigation of the Effects of Large Stress Gradients on Fatigue Behavior of Nickel Thin Films When: Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 9:00 AM Where: Love Building, Room 210