PRISM Seminars

Science and Technology of Multifunctional Thin Films and Application to Multifunctional Micro and Nano-Devices
Orlando Auciello, Materials Science Division and Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory
Friday October 2, 2009 - 3:00 pm
Birck 1001

The September 25th seminar featured three students who completed internships at national labs over the summer:
Speaker #1
First Principles Investigation of Oxygen Deficient Centers in Amorphous Silica
Nathan L. Anderson, Purdue University
Internship: Sandia National Laboratory, Alburquerque, NM

Speaker #2
Modified Data Analysis for Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Polycrystalline Silicon Microbridges Using a Steady State Joule Heating Technique
Robert Sayer , Purdue University
Internship: Sandia National Laboratory, Alburquerque, NM

Speaker #3
Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for Trace Gas Analysis
Joshua Small, Purdue University
Internship: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

Friday September 25, 2009 - 3:00 pm
Birck 1001

Computationally Efficient Bayesian Inference Using Polynomial Chaos Expansions
Youssef Marzouk, Boeing Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics, Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday September 18, 2009 - 3:00 pm
Birck 1001

Efficient Bayesian Inference and Learning for Graphical Models
Yuan (Alan) Qi, Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Statistics, Purdue University
Friday September 11, 2009 - 3:00 pm
Birck 1001

NNSA PRISM Workshop: Verification and Validation (V&V): Quantifying Prediction Uncertainty and Demonstrating Simulation Credibility
Dr. François M. Hemez, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory
Friday June 5, 2009 - 8:00am to 4:00pm
Morgan 129

Understanding and Improving Longevity In RF MEMS Capacitive Switches
Dr. Chuck Goldsmith, Ph.D., MEMtronics Corporation
Monday May 18, 2009 - 10:30am
Birck 1001

Multiphysics and Multiscale Analysis of MEMS/NEMS
Professor Narayan R. Aluru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Friday May 15, 2009 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Modeling of Dielectric Charging in RF MEMS
Professor Ashraf Alam, Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Friday May 1, 2009 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Solutions of the Boltzmann Equation via a Discrete Velocity Monte Carlo Method
Philip L. Varghese, University of Texas Austin
Friday April 17, 2009 - 10:30pm
Arms 1109

Modeling of Squeeze-film Damping in MEMS based on Rarefied Flow Simulations
Xiaohui (Sandy) Guo, Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Friday April 3, 2009 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

RF MEMS for Radio-Frequency Applications and Sensors
Professor Dimitri Peroulis, Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Friday March 27, 2009 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Efficient Computation of Sparse Jacobians and Hessians Using Automatic Differentiation
Dr. Assefaw Gebremedhin, Purdue University, Computing Research Institute and Department of Computer Science
Friday March 13, 2009 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Nanotribology, Nanomechanics and Materials Characterization Studies
Professor Bharat Bushan, Ohio State University
Friday March 6, 2009 - 3:00pm
Burton Morgan 129

Pursuing High Reliability in Microelectronics: Analysis, Environmental Testing, and Reliability Prediction
Dr. Andre Kleyner, Delphi Corporation
Friday February 27, 2009 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Introduction to the Computational Science and Engineering Program at Purdue
Dr. Jyoti Mathur, Computing Research Institute, Purdue University
Friday February 13, 2009 - 3:00pm

The Combinatorial Scientific Computing and Petascale Simulations (CSCAPES) Institute
Alex Pothen, Computer Science Department and Computing Research Institute, Purdue University
Friday December 5, 2008 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Uncertainty Quantification in Chemical Systems
Habib N. Najm, Sandia National Laboratories
Friday November 14, 2008 - 3:00pm
Birck 1001

Experiences with nonintrusive polynomial Chaos and stochastic collocation methods for uncertainty analysis and design
Mike Eldred Ph.D., Sandia National Laboratories
Friday October 31, 2008 - 1:30pm
Birck 1001

Gas Damping of Microcantilevers at Low Ambient Pressures
Rahul A. Bidkar, Purdue University
Friday October 17, 2008 - 3p.m.
Birck 1001

An Introduction to PRISM
Jayathi Murthy, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Universtiy
Friday October 3, 2008 - 3p.m.
Birck 1001

The Challenges of Micro-System Product Development
James J. Allen, Ph.D., P.E
Friday September 19, 2008 - 3p.m.
Birck 1001

Purdue School on High Performance Parallel Scientific Computing
Friday September 4-5, 2008