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Biomechanics
High-Tech Health Patient imaging data, such as CT or MRI scans, are used to build interactive 3-D computer models of the arteries and veins and to simulate blood flow in order to design customized surgeries. The collaboration among engineers, computer scientists, and doctors improves results for patients.
Undergraduate Labs
A Foundation for Success Many students participate in several hours of research each week during the academic year. Students can also enroll in independent study, internships, and programs like Global TIES where they gain experience and solve real problems.
Environmental Engineering
Predicting Sunshine Sky imagers, developed at UC San Diego and in use at the nation’s largest solar power plant, minimize uncertainty in solar energy generation by predicting solar power output. The imagers track cloud cover via fish-eye lenses and three-dimensional modeling.
Mechanics and Materials
Impressive Compression Nanoscale materials offer immense benefits for enhanced functionality and portability. Coiled carbon nanofibers synthesized through thermal chemical vapor deposition can be used in various applications, including cushioning foams, electrical inductors and metamaterials.
Dynamic Systems and Control
Building Better Batteries Improving the estimation of charge distribution inside lithium-ion batteries – a project undertaken by the Cymer Center – promises more efficient and reliable electronics for industry and for consumers.
Energy
Cool Little Wires Thermal transport plays a significant role in energy production and consumption. Materials built at the nanoscale, such as nanowires, are used to enhance the performance of devices for generating electricity from solar power and heat.
Design
Learning by Building Project-based learning involves constructing robotic contraptions, student-initiated projects in labs and computer courses, and a senior design project in which teams work to solve industry problems.
Fluid Mechanics
Propulsive Research Research using engineering techniques to unlock some of biology’s most interesting mysteries reveals how soft surfaces, like water, can be distorted by applying small-scale forces. Applications could lead to new and efficient methods for propulsion or aquatic military uses.
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New Graduate Student Handbook, 2014-2015

View the New Graduate Student Handbook with information on registration, orientations, calendars, local apartments, etc.
TA, Reader and Tutor Applications For Winter 15 will be Available November 7, 2014

Apply HERE.  You can also find information about the positions, compensation, and training here.

Deadline to apply is Friday, November 14, 2014
Seminars & Events  
Systems Science and a Novel Insight into Cardiovascular Physiology with a Focus on Aortic Waves
Thursday, January 29, 2015, 3:00 to 4:00 PM, SME, Room 248
Niema Pahlevan (Caltech)
System-theoretic Methods for Secure Control or Computation
Friday, January 30, 2015, 3:00 to 4:00 PM, EBU2, Room 479
Shaunak Bopardikar (United Technologies Research Center)
Wall to wall optimal transport
Monday, February 2, 2015, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, EBUII, Room 479
Charles R. Doering (University of Michigan)
Continuum Mechanics beyond the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Monday, February 2, 2015, 11:00 - 12:00, EBU2, Room 479
Martin O. Starzewski (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Thin plate/shell models for materially-uniform bodies
Thursday, February 5, 2015, 3:00 to 4:00 PM, SME, Room 248
David Steigmann (UC Berkeley)
TBD
Friday, February 6, 2015, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, EBU2, Room 479
Cerry Klein (University of Missouri) - joint controls/energy seminar
Materials properties and performance in organic photovoltaics
Monday, February 9, 2015, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm, EBU2, Room 479
Alberto Salleo (Stanford)
News            
Professor Robert Skelton appointed 2014-2015 Fellow of the Texas Institute for Advanced Study

The Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS) selects Fellows from among leading international scholars, with current Fellows who are members of national academies, Nobel laureates, and National Medal of Science recipients. Professor Bob Skelton is one of this year’s seven TIAS Fellows and is spending a part of the year in College Station conducting collaborative research with TAMU faculty and students.
 
Padmini Rangamani selected a 2015 Young Investigators Program awardees from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Congratulations to Padmini Rangamani who was selected as one of the 2015 Young Investigators Program awardees from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research on her proposal entitled, " Nanopore Formation in Lipid Bilayers: Insights from Mechanochemical Models".    Click here to read the press release.
 
Symposium on The Application of Mechanics to Geophysics January 17-18, 2015, EBUII Rm. 479

Symposium on The Application of Mechanics to Geophysics
Supported by                                                      Co-Chairs:
The National Science Foundation                       Yuri Fialko and Xanthippi Markenscoff
& The Green Foundation

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