Warren Distinguished Lecture Series
The Warren Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a generous, renewing gift by Alice Warren Gaarden in 1961. Since 1989, we have been bringing in accomplished researchers and speakers from around the world to share their work with students, faculty, and friends of CEGE.
NOTE: The series will resume after a summer break. Please review our recordings of past sessions linked below!
Past Warren Lectures
The Theory of Mechanobiological Stability
Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, 10:10 a.m. through Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, 11:15 a.m.
George J. Schroepfer Conference Theater, 210 Civil Engineering Building
Christian Cyron
Institute for Computational Mechanics, Technische Universität München
ABSTRACT: This presentation introduces the foundations and general ideas of the theory of mechanobiological stability and demonstrates how the mathematical implications of this theory can directly help us to understand the governing principles of important sources of mortality and morbidity such as aneurysms, which are currently among the leadings causes of death in the US.
Micromechanical Modeling of Layered Fibrous Networks with Applications to Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, 10:10 a.m. through Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, 11:15 a.m.
George J. Schroepfer Conference Theater, 210 Civil Engineering Building
Greg Rodin
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin
ABSTRACT: This work focuses on modeling and simulation of materials with layered, fibrous network microstructures. Methods for characterizing the complex network geometry are first established. Then an algorithm is developed for generating realistic network geometries mimicking electrospun tissue scaffolds, which serve as the primary synthetic structure on which engineered tissues are grown. Mechanical simulations are based on Cosserat rod theory for modeling individual fibers.
Controllable Damping for Base Isolated Buildings: Advancing Real-time Hybrid Experiments Calibrated by Full-Scale Physical Tests
Erik Johnson
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California
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Nonlocal Continuum Modeling of Granular Flows
Ken Kamrin
Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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Inverse Wave Problems, Time Reversal and Identifying Structural Damage
Dan Givoli
Aerospace Engineering, Technion, Israel
(Recording not available.)
A Grand Challenge for Civil and Environmental Engineering: Climate Change Adaptation for Infrastructure
David Dzombak
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Bio-Inspired Fiber-Based Nanofluidics
Konstantin (Kostya) Kornev
Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University
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Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Disinfection and Microbial Control: Mechanisms, Applications and Implications
Pedro J. J. Alvarez
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
(Recording not available.)
Failure Starts Small: The Role of Stochastic Mechanics in Multi-scale Modeling
Lori Graham-Brady
Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
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Visco-Elastic Fracture Mechanics Model for Crack Propagation in Asphalt Mixtures
Gabriele Tebaldi
Civil Engineering, University of Parma
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