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Monday, April 4th, 2016
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Kinematics and Local Motion Planning for Quasi-static Whole-Body Mobile Manipulation
Krishna Shankar, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Recent Theoretical and Experimental Progress on Near-Field Thermal Radiation"
Zhuomin Zhang, Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Monday, April 11th, 2016
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar (Special Date)

Gates-Thomas 135
Control of agile robots in complex environments with formal safety guarantees
Anirudha Majumdar, PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
9:00am – 10:00am
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Microscopic Origin of Macroscopic Strength in Granular Media: A Numerical and Analytical Approach
Alex Jerves, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
"Evolution of submarine landslides: Unifying shear band propagation approach"
Alexander Puzrin, Professor, Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Unsteady aerodynamics and optimal control of an airfoil at low Reynolds number
Jeesoon Choi, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Friday, April 15th, 2016
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

  • Academic
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
8:00am – Ongoing
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Midterm Examination Period

  • Academic
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
11:00am – 12:00pm
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(CANCELLED) Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
(CANCELLED) Seth Guikema, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan,
Friday, April 29th, 2016
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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MCE Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Understanding Micro- and Macro-Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction: A Necessary Step for Field-Scale Assessment
Utkarsh Mital, Understanding Micro- and Macro-Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction: A Necessary Step for Field-Scale Assessment, Mechanical and Civil Engineering,