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Shane Lani, undergraduate student in engineering science and mechanics, will present works entitled “Direct measurement of aeroacoustic source spectrum due to a jet/wall interaction,” at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (Division of Fluid Dynamics). The meeting is held in Minneapolis on November 22-24. To learn more about the conference, please visit their web site.

Hongyan Yuan, Graduate Student in Engineering Science and Mechanics under the advisor of Dr. Sulin Zhang, Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics will attend the 2008 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress on October 31 - November 6 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hongyan will be presenting a paper ‘Coarse-Grained Modeling of Vesicle-Substrate Interactions.” To learn more about the conference, please visit this website.

Mst kamrun Kamrunnahar, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, will present a paper entitled “Towards a Robust Visual Stimulus in Brain Computer Interfaces” at Neuroscience 2009, the 39th annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience (SFN). The meeting will be held on October 17-21 in Chicago, IL.

To learn more of the annual meeting, please visit their website.

Yina Wei, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, is presenting a poster entitled “Tracking of neuronal dynamics based on a hippocampal network model,” at the 38th Society for Neuroscience (SFN) annual meeting. The meeting is hosted in Chicago, IL on October 17-21, 2009. The SFN annual meeting provides neuroscientists a great chance for learning, sharing ideas and developing professional skills. Yina is advised by Dr. Steven Schiff, Brush Chair Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics.

To learn more of the annual meeting, please visit this website.

Jason Fritz, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, will be presenting two accepted papers titled “A Study of the Effect of the Pulsatile Ventricular Pressure in the Development of Hydrocephalus” and “A Triphasic Mechano-Electrochemical Model of Brain Neuro-Mechanics: Application of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.” The presentations will take place at the 3rd International Conference of Computational Mechanics and Virtual Engineering (COMEC 2009) from October 28 – 31 in Brasov, Romania. To learn more about the meeting, please visit their web site.

Amber Black, graduate student in engineering science and mechanics, has been asked to serve on the Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee on behalf of the ASM International Board of Trustees. The committee is tasked with improving events, publications and services to benefit the worldwide materials community. Amber is advised by Professor Judith Todd.

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.

To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.

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

To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.