2005 NIA Seminars & Colloquia  
December 15, 2005
Mayuresh Patil, Virginia Tech, "Nonlinear Structural Mechanics and Aeroelasticity"

December 1, 2005
Sean Humbert, University of Maryland, "Extracting Behaviorally Relevant Retinal Image Motion Cues via Wide-Field Integration"

November 15, 2005
Ken Jucks, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, "Photochemical Studies and Aura Validation Activities Using the FIRS-2 Far Infrared Spectrometer"

November 15, 2005
Osama Kandil, Old Dominion University, "Sonic Boom Prediction, Focusing and Mitigation"

November 14, 2005
Doug Stanley, Georgia Tech, "NASA's Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) Trade Studies and Results"

November 7, 2005
David M. Urie, Rocketplane Limited, Inc., "Rocketplane Progress Report"

November 4, 2005
Hiroshi Asanuma, Chiba University, Japan, "Development of Sensitive/Active Structural Material Systems"

November 3, 2005
Bram van Leer, University of Michigan, "Discontinuous Galerkin for Diffusion"

October 18, 2005
C. Michael Holloway, NASA Langley Research Center, "Learning from Accidents: Some Benefits for Researchers"

September 23, 2005
Richard Morgan, The University of Queensland, "Expansion Tube Investigations of Planetary Entry Aerothermodynamics"

September 15, 2005
Danny Dolev, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Self-Stabilizing Byzantine Pulse Synchronization"

August 15, 2005
Robert Maddock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "Mars Advanced Studies: Investigating the Entry, Descent and Landing Trade Space"

August 9, 2005
Andrea Dadone, Politecnico di Bari, Italy, "Rapid CFD Analysis and Design Using a Novel Cartesian Grid Formulation"

August 8, 2005
Raphael T. Haftka, University of Florida, Gainesville, "Effects of Uncertainty Reduction on Structural Design Performance"

August 3, 2005
Marwan Bikdash, North Carolina A&T State University, "Collision-free Optimal Path Planning Using Mixed Logical Linear Programming"

August 2, 2005
Marwan Bikdash, North Carolina A&T State University, "Formation Initialization - Choreography in Space"

July 25, 2005
Formal Methods Seminar
Ewen Denney, NASA Ames Research Center, "Certifiable Program Synthesis"

July 15, 2005
Formal Methods Seminar
Stefan Petters, National ICT Australia Ltd., "Secure Embedded Systems Need Microkernels!"

June 23, 2005
Dimitri Mavriplis, University of Wyoming, "Exploring Alternative Approaches to CFD"

June 17, 2005
Osman Balci, Virginia Tech, "Quality Assessment, Verification, and Validation of Modeling and Simulation Applications"

May 13, 2005
David Coppit, The College of William & Mary, "Software Plans: A New Approach for Separating Tangled Concerns"

May 3, 2005
L. David Pye, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, "Introduction to Non-crystalline Solids"

April 21, 2005
James McCauley, Army Research Laboratory, "Some Aspects of Materials by Design"

March 18, 2005
Formal Methods Seminar
Sylvie Boldo, ENS Lyon, "Formal Certification for the Implementation of Elementary Functions"

March 14, 2005
Bram Elsenaar, NLR, ret., "Wake Turbulence: Do We Know Enough to Manage the Safety Aspects?"

February 15, 2005
Taku Ohwada, Kyoto University, Japan, "Novel Kinetic Shock-capturing Schemes: Alternatives to the Riemann Solver"

February 17, 2005
Taku Ohwada, Kyoto University, Japan, "Kinetic Schemes for Finite Knudsen Number Flows: Deterministic Alternatives to DSMC"

* Please note that all seminars denoted by an asterisk will be web-broadcast live and then archived on the NASA Technology Portal at http://nasatechnology.nasa.gov.






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