The Sidney E. Fuchs Seminar Series
Spring 2012
The Mechanical Engineering Alumni Achievement Award Lecture: "Mechanical Engineering: Different Paths to Success"
Roy O. Martin III (LSU BSME 1982; MBA 1985)
President and CFO
Roy O Martin Lumber Co.; Martin Timber Co.; Martin Companies
Poster Announcement - 4/5/2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Frank H. Walk Room
"Bone as a Structural Material: Multi-Length Scale Origins of its Fracture, Resistance and Biological Degradation"
Robert O. Ritchie
H.T. & Jessie Chua Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, U.
C. Berkeley
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Senior Materials Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Poster Announcement - 3/30/2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Frank H. Walk Room
"Convective Heat Transfer in Gas Turbines"
Michael E. Crawford
Core Competency Owner for Heat Transfer, Fossil Power Generation Division
Siemens Energy Inc.
Professor Emeritus, The ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Texas Austin
Poster Announcement - 3/23/2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Frank H. Walk Room
"Turbulence and Stochasticity in High-Speed Reactive Flows"
Elain S. Oran
Senior Scientist for Reactive Flow Physics
Member of the National Academy of Engineering
US Naval Research Laboratory
Poster Announcement - 3/9/2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Frank H. Walk Room
La-SiGMA Joint Seminar: "Plasmonic Nanostructures: Artificial Molecules"
Peter Nordlander
Professor of Physics & Astronomy, and Electrical & Computer Engineering
Director, Rice Quantum Institute
Rice ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Poster Announcement - 2/24/2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Frank H. Walk Room
"Seven Sinful Problems in Mechanical Engineering"
Glenn B. Sinclair
Groves-Hodge Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø
Poster Announcement - 2/17/2012, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Frank H. Walk Room