Clifford Searfass, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, under the advising of Dr. Bernhard Tittmann, Schell Professor in ESM, accepted an invitation to give a talk on High Temperature Ultrasound Filled Microwave Sintering of sol-gel spray on Bismuth Titanate for use as a High Temperature ultrasonic Transducer. Clifford will present at the IEEE Ultrasonic Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control meeting from September 18 – 24 in Rome, Italy.

Ye Zhu, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, under the advising of Dr. Charles Bakis, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is presenting a paper entitled “Influence of Carbon Nanotubes on Fatigue Delamination Growth in Filament Wound Composites with Rigid and Flexible Matrix Materials.” Ye will present the paper at the 1st Joint Canadian and American Technical Conference, American Society for Composites in Newark, Delaware, September 15 – 17, 2009. For more information, please visit their website.

Haraprasad Kannajosyula, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, will present a poster entitled “Interface Waves for SHM of Adhesively Bonded Joints,” on ESM’s Ben Franklin Center on Structural Health Monitoring at the International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring. The conference is scheduled for September 8 through 11 in Stanford, California. Haraprasad is advised by Dr. Cliff Lissenden, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics.

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Nick Chernyy, graduate student at the center for neural engineering in ESM, is invited to present a paper at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC) conference. The conference is held in Minneapolis, on September 2 through 6. Nick will benefit from interactions with leaders in his research field to further his work and progress his career post graduation

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