Events and Seminars

Details of events organised by the Department or involving our academic staff are listed below.

Our departmental seminars are open to both university staff and students and, unless otherwise stated, are held in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sir Frederick Mappin Building. Visitors from outside the university are also welcome but are requested to contact the department before attending.

Please check this webpage regularly for details of forthcoming research seminars

2012
Date	Seminar Details	Venue
29 June 2012	Parametric Methods for Non-Stationarity Random Vibration Identification Professor S. D. Fassois University of Patras, Greece	2.30-3.30pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building Mappin Street
13 March 2012	Some Optimisation and Estimation Problems in Fluid Mechanics Professor Bartosz Protas Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Canada	10.00am-11.00am SG-LT12 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
2 March 2012	The Role of Virtual Physiological Human Technology in Musculoskeletal Research Professor Marco Viceconti Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield	1.00-2.00pm Mellanby Centre for Bone Research Seminar Series 2012 Lecture Theatre 3, F Floor, Medical School

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2008-2011
Date	Seminar Details	Venue
2 February 2011	Industry Driven Research Dr Steve King CEng, FIET EHM Specialist – Advanced Analytical Methods EHM – Functional Systems Engineering Rolls-Royce, Derby, UK	SG-LT14 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
22 April 2010	Robust-Satisficing and the Probability of Survival Professor Yakov Ben-Haim Technicon, Haifa	2.00pm-3.00pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
5 March 2010	An Automated, Aerothermal Design and Optimisation System for Aero-Engine Components Dr Shahrokh Shahpar, CEng, FRAeS, AFAIAA	2.00pm-3.00pm SG-LT14 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
11 December 2009	Introduction to Gazi University, Department of Mechanical Engineering Introduction to LDA, PIV and CFD, and Reports on Related Research Activity Department of Mechanical Engineering Gazi University	1.00pm-2.00pm SG-RD14 Dept of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
2 July 2009	The Development of a Traction System for the World's Fastest Elevator Professor Seung-Ki Sul, Fellow IEEE, at Seoul National University	10.30am-11.30pm SG-LT06 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
27 May 2009	Multiphysics Modelling Seminar Comsol Multiphysics	12.50pm-14.30pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
6 October 2008	Ultrasonic and Guided Wave Transducer Arrays for Assessing Structural Integrity Dr Paul Wilcox Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Bristol	13.30pm-14.30pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin street
19 September 2008	Implementing Smart Structures Technology in High Consequence Applications Charles R. Farrar The Engineering Institute, Los Alamos National Laboratory	1.00pm-2.00pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
7 July 2008	Using Evolutionary Algorithms to Tailor or Optimize Dynamic Systems for Applications in Structural Health Monitoring Michael Todd and Colin Olson Dept. of Structural Engineering University of California, San Diego	11.00am-12.00pm SG-LT14 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
23 April 2010	Phytomining, Carbon Nanotubes and Other Eco-technologies Dr Andrew Harris University of Sydney	2.00pm-3.00pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
8 April 2008	Analysis of Statisical Constraints on Sub-Grid Scale Modelling Dr Yi Li Dept. of Applied Mathematics The University of Sheffield	1.00pm-2.00pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
21 February 2008	Study of Crack Tip Plasticity Under Cyclic Mixed-Mode Loads Pablo Lopez-Crespo	1.00pm-2.00pm SG-LT15 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
14 February 2008	Fluid Dynamics at the Scale of Organisms Dr S. Humphries Dept. of Animal and Plant Sciences University of Sheffield	10.00am-11.00am SG-LT04 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street
29 January 2008	Vortice Structure in Turbulence Models Professor Konrad Bajer University of Warsaw, Poland	1.00pm-2.00pm SG-LT14 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street

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