Ph.D. Defense- March 24, 2014

Monday, March 24, 2014 (3:30 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: Piezoelectric Inverse Problems with Resonance Data: A Sequential Monte Carlo Analysis Speaker: Edrissa Gassama (Case Western Reserve University) Abstract: Piezoelectricity is a property of certain materials that allows the conversion of mechanic deformation into electric voltage potential, and vice versa. The wide use of piezoelectric materials,...

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Undergraduate Colloquium- Mar. 21, 2014

Friday, March 21, 2014 (4:15 - 5:15 p.m. in Yost 306) Title: How To Build the Hydrogel Membrane Oscillator: Mathematical Model of Hydrogel Volume Phase Separation Speaker: Lingxing Yao (Case Western Reserve University) Abstract: Hydrogels are soft materials similar to natural tissue, and they can be found in applications such as food additives, contact lens, cosmetic surgery, wound...

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