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Spring 2020 Seminars
Spring 2020 Seminars
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Fall 2019 Seminars
Fall 2019 Seminars
- How should I approach the upcoming school year? - Employer Panel (August 30, 2019)
- Career Opportunities in the Aerospace Industry- TJ and Haley Anderson, Sierra Nevada Corporation (September 6, 2019)
- Keeping your wheels on the road - Gary Weaver, College of Western Idaho (September 13, 2019)
- Does Size Matter? - Panel presentation (September 20, 2019)
- Enhancing Affordability with Contemporary Systems Engineering - Dr. Heidi Davidz, Aeroject Rocketdyne (September 27, 2019)
- I Owe U-niversity - Todd Christensen, MoneyFit by DRS (October 4, 2019)
- Homebuying 101 - Heather Bowman, Idaho Housing and Finance (October 11, 2019)
- Building Your Stress Management Plan - Holly Levin, Bronco Fit at Boise State (October 18, 2019)
- Engineering Patient-Specific Drug Delivery to the Brain - Dr. Bryn Martin, University of Idaho (October 25, 2019)
- Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Parts - Dr. Aref Yadollahi, Mississippi State University (November 1, 2019)
- Navigating the Health Insurance Journey in Idaho - Brandon Akers, Blue Cross of Idaho (November 8, 2019)
- Machining/Manufacturing - Supporting the Semiconductor Industry - Sid Sullivan, AceCo Precision Manufacturing (November 15, 2019)
- Baby Biomechanics: Improving Safety and Progressing Innovation - Dr. Erin Mannen, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (November 22, 2019)
- Multidisciplinary Approaches to Quantifying Musculoskeletal Movement Pathologies - Dr. Brecca Gaffney, Washington University of Medicine (December 6, 2019)
- Technological advances in joint replacement options - Dr. Bradley Daines, St. Alphonsus RMC (December 13, 2019)
Spring 2019 Seminars
Spring 2019 Seminars
- Can Buildings Swarm? - John Gardner (January 18, 2019)
- Baby, it's cold outside! - Dr. L. Damon Woods, University of Idaho (January 25, 2019)
- Engineering Project Management and Leadership - Dr. Tony Songer (February 1, 2019)
- Dream Machines: Power plants with zero exhaust (to the air) - Dr. Robert Dibble, KAUST (February 8, 2019)
- Fail early. Fail Often. - Panel presentation (Febraury 15, 2019)
- The "Problem of Many Hands" - Dr. Don Winiecki (February 22, 2019)
- Integrated Solutions to Muskuloskeletal Challenges - Dr. Paul Rullkoetter, Denver Center for Orthopaedic Biomechanics (March 1, 2019)
- Careers in Prosthetics and Orthotics - Brittany Tilden, Brownfield's Prosthetics and Orthotics (March 8, 2019)
- ASHRAE and You - Panel presentation (March 15, 2019)
- Creative Ways of Knowing in Engineering - Dr. Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Tech (March 29, 2019)
- "Dear Me ..." : A message to my student self - Alumni panel (April 5, 2019)
- Lessons Learned from the Lewandowski Wind Farm - Lars Dorr, Clenera (April 12, 2019)
- Silicon as a mechanical material: revisiting a seminal paper in MEMS and NEMS - Dr. Frank DelRio, NIST (April 19, 2019)
- What will get you that choice position? - Employer panel (April 26, 2019)
- Ups and Downs: a career in aerospace - Rebecca Ahern, Boeing (May 3, 2019)
Fall 2018 Seminars
Fall 2018 Seminars
- Get your hands dirty! - Members of engineering student organizations (August 24, 2018)
- Industrial Robotic Applications. Past, Present and Future. - Al Youngwerth, Versabuilt (August 31, 2018)
- Synergistic Solar Hybrids - Dr. Kody Powell, University of Utah (September 7, 2018)
- Service & Repair in Industrial Markets - Chuck Adams, GE Aviation (Sept. 14, 2018)
- The right and very wrong ways to build your professional network - Ryan Vasso, Associate Director – Boise State Venture College (Sept. 21, 2018)
- Electricity comes from outlets, right? - John Bernardo, Idaho Power Company (September 28, 2018)
- You’re invited to – Grill the Chair! - Dr. Don Plumlee, MBE Department Chair (October 5, 2018)
- Everything Under the Sun: Solar energy, desalination, and the importance of heat transfer - Dr. Todd Otanicar, University of Tulsa (October 12, 2018)
- Characterization and Model Validation of Thermal and Flow Dynamics During Microchannel Flow Boiling - Todd Kingston, Purdue University (October 19, 2018)
- Addressing Global Challenges Related to Energy, Combustion, and Air Pollution - Dr. Jessica Tryner, Colorado State University (October 26, 2018)
- Fighting Brain Cancer with Electricity - Dr. Christopher Arena, Virginia Tech (November 2, 2018)
- How to stand out in your career pursuits! - Leandra Aburusa, COEN Student Support (November 9, 2018)
- How to get an internship now – and why! - Student Interns Panel (November 16, 2018)
- Leading in a Changing World - Dr. Heidi Reeder, Boise State University (November 3, 2018)
- A Unified Framework for Teaching Engineering Science - Dr. Phil Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (December 7, 2018)
Spring 2018 Seminars
Spring 2018 Seminars
- Should I be my own boss? - Kim Sherman-Labrum, Idaho Small Business Development Center (January 18, 2018)
- Networking strategies for success - Employer panel: Hewlett-Packard, POWER Engineers, Fiberguide Industries (January 25, 2018)
- Systems Engineering - Layne Lewis, Willowview Consulting (February 1, 2018)
- Emerging materials and technologies for biomedical engineering at Boise State University - Dave Estrada and Gunes Uzer, Boise State University (February 8, 2018)
- Virtual Renegades: Exploring your future in a new frontier - Rich Reavis, Black Box VR (February 15, 2018)
- Bioelectronic Medicine and StimDust: A Miniaturized Wireless Peripheral Nerve Stimulator - Dr. Ben Johnson, Boise State Electrical and Computer Engineering (February 22, 2018)
- Next Generation of Cyber-Physical Systems and Industrial Control Systems - Dr. Hoda Mehrpouyan, Boise State Computer Science (March 1, 2018)
- The Fine Art of Small Talk: how to engage in meaningful conversations - Laura Chiuppi, College of Business and Economics (March 8, 2018)
- Thermal conductivity measurements of alternative energy sources - Courtney Hollar, PhD student (March 15, 2018)
- Additive Manufacturing in the 21st Century - Brian Hoffman, Intermountain 3D (March 22, 2018)
- Because No One Should Have to Crawl - Free Wheelchair Program (April 5, 2018)
- Not All Robots Are Terminators - Dr. Matthew Esmaeili, ArtCares (April 12, 2018)
- How can we use exercise to maintain and promote skeletal health? - Dr. Stefan Judek, Stony Brook University (April 19, 2018)
Fall 2017 Seminars
Fall 2017 Seminars
- Get Your Hands Dirty! Student Involvement Presentation (August 25, 2017)
- Mechano-Active Materials to Direct Stem Cell Differentiation - Dr. Robert Mauck, University of Pennsylvania (September 8, 2017)
- Research Opportunities in Advanced Manufacturing - Dr. Steven Schmid, National Science Foundation (September 12, 2017)
- Passivity-Based Control in Robotics - Dr. Mark Spong, University of Texas - Dallas (September 15, 2017)
- Historical View of America's Aerospace Industry - Don Peterson (September 22, 2017)
- Careers in the Energy Industry - POWER Engineers panel (September 29, 2017)
- Designing the Next Generation of Robots - Dr. Aykut Satici, Robot Control Laboratory (October 6, 2017)
- Emerging Solution-Processed Thin Film Photovoltaic and Other Thin Film Devices - Dr. Morteza Eslamian, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute in Shanghai, China (October 13, 2017)
- Spotlight on Selected Thermal-Hydraulic Research Activities to Support Current and Future U.S. Nuclear Energy - Dr. Amir Ali, University of New Mexico (October 20, 2017)
- Adoption of Smart Materials in Automobile and Aircraft Design - Dr. Zhangxian (Dan) Deng, The Ohio State University (October 27, 2017)
- New Concepts and Materials for Thermal Energy Storage in Concentrated Solar Power - Dr. Donghyun Shin, University of Texas - Arlington (October 31, 2017)
- How to find and win an internship - and WHY! - Student Panel (November 3, 2017)
- Biomedical Engineering Minor - Andrew Kasanovicz, Securos Surgical, and Trevor Lujan, Northwest Tissue Mechanics Laboratory (November 10, 2017)
- Computational Science and Engineering Minor (November 17, 2017)
- Industrial Engineering Minor (December 1, 2017)
- What's Next Panel (December 8, 2017)
Spring 2017 Seminars
Spring 2017 Seminars
- What Employers Want - Industry Employers Panel from MotivePower, DC Engineering, POWER Engineers, Micron, Rekluse Motor Sports (January 13, 2017)
- Engineering Smart Elastic Interfaces - James K. Ferri, Lafayette College (January 20, 2017)
- Building things no one wants–how do you know your idea solves a problem worth solving? - Dr. Ed Zimmer And Micah Sandusky, Boise State University (January 27, 2017)
- Creativity in Unexpected Places - Dr. Nancy Napier, Boise State University emeritus (February 3, 2017)
- Supporting Growth in the Wind Energy Industry - Melissa Elkinton, DNV GL-Energy (February 10, 2017)
- Orion: an engineering adventure - Mark Baldwin, Lockheed Martin (February 24, 2017)
- Sustainability and Materials Science - John Bernardo, Idaho Power (March 3, 2017)
- PARC – exploring the history of modern computing - Tim Curley, PARC (March 10, 2017)
- A Tour of Chebfun - Nick Trefethen, University of Oxford (March 17, 2017)
- Team Work: the essential shift of mind - Janet Mills, Boise State University (March 31, 2017)
- An Overview of Pulsed Laser Characterization of Materials - David Hurley, Idaho National Laboratory (April 7, 2017)
- Engineering healing: how ligament injuries are benefiting - John Everingham, Boise State University (April 14, 2017)
- Flipping the Classroom: Converting a Traditional Lecture Based Junior Level Course into an Active-Learning Based Class - Steve Tennyson, Boise State University (April 21, 2017)
- Thermoelectric materials and radiation: a promising relationship - Nick Kempf, Boise State University (April 28, 2017)
Fall 2016 Seminars
Fall 2016 Seminars
- Get Involved in ME! - MBE Faculty and Students (August 26, 2016)
- Engineering Your Own Path - Mike Francis, Payette Brewing Company (September 2, 2016)
- Engineering Licensure and Ethics – What’s It All About? - Keith Simila, Executive Director, Idaho Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (September 9, 2016)
- Interaction of Angiogenic Microvessels with the Extracellular Matrix - Dr. Jeff Weiss, University of Utah (September 16, 2016)
- Career Search 101: Search and Discover - Alex Gutierrez and Leandra Aburusa, Boise State University (September 23, 2016)
- Career Search 101: Winning the Prize - Alex Gutierrez and Leandra Aburusa, Boise State University (September 30, 2016)
- Sunset for a CAREER grant: Short-term wind forecasting over complex terrain for grid integration - Dr. Inanc Senocak, Boise State University (October 7, 2106)
- Geometric Control of Multi-Agent Systems and Robotic Manipulation - Dr. Aykut C. Satici, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (October 10, 2016)
- Materials Modeling and Experiments to Extend the Applicability of Advanced Manufacturing of Materials under Extreme Environments - Dr. Jonghyun Lee, University of Massachusetts – Amherst (October 14, 2016)
- Protecting critical components of unmanned spacecraft from orbital debris impacts - Dr. Aleksandr Cherniaev, University of Manitoba (October 17, 2016)
- Novel Smart Vibration Isolation and Flexible Micropump Systems Utilizing Magnetorheological Elastomers - Dr. Majid Behrooz, University of Nevada – Reno (October 21, 2016)
- Mesoscale Modeling of Microstructural Evolution - Dr. Mahmood Mamivand, University of Wisconsin – Madison (October 24, 2016)
- Hydrogen as a Clean Energy Carrier: Removing Barriers to Large-Scale Hydrogen Distribution - Dr. Robert Amaro, Colorado School of Mines (October 28, 2016)
- Structural Polymer/Nanoparticle Composites: Processing, Structure, Properties, and Performance - Dr. Kenan Song, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (November 4, 2016)
- Motion Control, Planning and Manipulation of Nanowires under Electric-Fields in Fluid Suspension - Kaiyan Yu, Rutgers University (November 7, 2016)
- DeepPIV: Measuring small-scale fluid motion in the deep sea - Kakani Katija, Monterey Bay Aquarium (November 18, 2016)
- Turbulence Modeling with Large-eddy Simulation: An Introduction and an Application in Wind Engineering - Rey Deleon, University of Idaho (December 2, 2016)
- Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies Program: An Overview of Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation - Bruce Hallbert, Idaho National Laboratory (December 9, 2016)
Spring 2016 Seminars
Spring 2016 Seminars
- A Journey from Coastal Currents to Evaporation Fronts - Dr. Krishna Pakala, Boise State University (January 22, 2016)
- The Science of Learning: using evidence-based instructional practices - Dr. Eric Landrum, Boise State University (January 29, 2016)
- Introduction to Fatigue and Damage Tolerance - Dr. Chul Y. "Charles" Park, The Boeing Company (February 5, 2016)
- The Application of Biomechanics and Mechanobiology to Enhance Ligament Healing - Dr. Trevor Lujan, Northwest Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, Boise State University (February 12, 2016)
- Manufacturing with Soft Materials: Towards High Precision Flexible Devices - Dr. Arda Gozen, Washington State University (February 19, 2016)
- 4-D Printing: design and fabrication of self-folding structure - Dr. Tsz-Ho Kwok, University of Southern California (February 25, 2016)
- Product Development at Ford Motor Company in the Second Machine Age - Dr. Cagri Sever, Ford Motor Company (February 26, 2016)
- On the Control of a Canonical Separated Flow - Dr. Louis N. Cattafesta III, Florida State University (March 4, 2016)
- Adventures in Aerospace: 5 decades of discovery - Darold Cummings, Boeing (retired) (March 11, 2016)
- Enabling Lightweight Sandwich Composites through Phononic Metamaterials - Dr. Bhisham Sharma, Purdue University (March 15, 2016)
- Transverse Impact of Ballistic Fibers, Yarns and Composites: fiber length scale modeling and experiments - Dr. Subramani Sockalingam, University fo Delaware Center for Composite Materials (March 17, 2016)
- Thermo-acoustic instabilities: three case studies - Dr. Peter Schmid, Imperial College - London (April 1, 2016)
- Engineering in the Third World: creative problem solving in the African jungle - Dr. Don Plumlee, MBE Chair, Boise State University (April 8, 2016)
- Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: materials, manufacturing and systems - Dr. Yanliang Zhang, Advanced Energy Laboratory, Boise State University (April 15, 2016)
- Bio-CMOS Interface for Smaller, Cheaper and Better Biosensors - Dr. Edwin C. Kan, Cornell University (April 22, 2016)
Fall 2015 Seminars
Fall 2015 Seminars
- Boise State's 2015 Microgravity Team (August 28, 2015)
- From BSU to NASA Engineer - Dan Isla, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (September 4, 2015)
- Internships: Strategies for Success - Dr. Don Plumlee, MBE Internship Coordinator (September 11, 2015)
- The Ultrasonic Scrubber: description, performance and operating mechanisms - Dr. John Saylor, Clemson University (September 18, 2015)
- Round and Round: confronting stress factors in rotating parts design - Chuck Adams, General Electric Aviation (September 28, 2015)
- Next Steps: tools, tips and tricks to planning your future - Lynn Catlin, MBE Advising Coordinator (October 2, 2015)
- From the Surface to the Sea Bed: recent advances in computational coastal dynamics - Dr. David Fuhrman, University of Denmark (October 9, 2015)
- Exploring the Role of Extracellular Matrix in Muscle Healing and Brain Injury - Dr. Jeffrey Wolchok, University of Arkansas (October 16, 2015)
- Computational Biomechanics: applications in orthopaedics - Dr. Clare Fitzpatrick, University of Denver (October 23, 2015)
- Biomass Deconstruction with Ionic Liquids - Dr. Joan Lynam, University of Nevada - Reno (October 30, 2015)
- Using Computer Models and Simulations to Study Animal Movement: a platform for innovation and bio-inspiration - Dr. Jeffery Rankin, University of London (November 3, 2015)
- Cell Mechanosensitivity Is Enabled by the LINC Nuclear Complex - Dr. Gunes Uzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (November 6, 2015)
- Putting the "SMART" in Smart Grid: the role of demand side management in grid balancing - Dr. John Gardner, Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Boise State University (November 13, 2015)
- Characterizing the Fatigue Life of the Bovine Meniscus - Jaremy Creechley, Northwest Tissue Mechanics Laboratory, Boise State University (December 4, 2015)
- Mechanical Engineering Alumni Panel (December 11, 2015)
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