The misuse of the Laplace Law for estimating stiffness of biological vessels and an alternative method

Francesco Costanzo
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, PSU

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
3:35pm - 4:25pm

114 EES Building

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan
School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, CANADA

Wednesday, February 22, 2012
3:35pm - 4:25pm

114 EES Building

Congratulations to the ESM Today winners. Thanks to all who presented and participated. This was an outstanding competition with very high quality papers and posters. The winners will receive information about their awards this week.

The Annual ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium was held Saturday, February 11, 2012, in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department. The Symposium was open to all ESM graduate students. This year, the symposium honored Glen Chatfield, Alumnus of Engineering Science and Mechanics.

The 2012 winners and their award winning presentations and posters follow below.

Presentations:

Room 114
1st: Xiaoyun Ding
2nd: Michael Ian Lapsley
3rd: Yuliang Xie
3rd: Priyanka Dash

Room 116
1st: Ahmad Nawaz
2nd: Abdalla Nassar
3rd: Brian Reinhardt

Room 119
1st: Daniel Ahmed
2nd: Amber Black
3rd: Muhammand Faryad

Posters:

1st: Mengqian Lu
2nd: Asheesh Lanba
3rd: Yao Jin
3rd: Hiteshi Basantani

Edward Ventsel Mechanics Award:
Baiyang Ren

Congratulations!

Jianyu Huang
Sandia National Laboratory

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
3:35pm - 4:25pm

114 EES Building

Zoubeida Ounaies
Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, PSU

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
3:35pm - 4:25pm

114 EES Building

Dr. S. Ashok, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will travel to Orlean, France on February 10, 2012. During his travel, he will visit Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), in order to meet with colleagues and graduate students pursuing the PhD degree in Solar Cell areas. Additionally, Dr. Ashok will discuss long-term participation through their LABEX (Laboratory of Excellence) proposal to the French government on “The Study of Materials under Extreme Environments.”