Fall 2021 Seminar Schedule
Held on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. with a face-to-face and virtual option, unless otherwise noted below.
Physical location: HEB 118
Zoom Information:
Meeting Number: 913 2193 4579
Passcode: 860750
September 2
Etiquette in Modern Engineering Practice
Dr. Manoranjan Majji, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University
September 16
Fire Whirls, Blue Whirls and Vortex Breakdown
Dr. Xiao Zhang, postdoctoral researcher, Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University
September 23
On the Feedback Law in Optimal Nonlinear Control
Dr. Suman Chakravorty, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University
September 30
Meet the New Department Head
Dr. Ivette A. Leyva, Department Head, Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University
October 7
Examples of Space Situational Awareness: Fragmentations Event Characterization and Far-Field Imaging of Satellites
Dr. Carolin Frueh, Associate Professor, School of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Purdue University
October 14
Gravity Portals: Enhancing Security with Quantum Technology
Dr. Andrew Lamb, UK Intelligence Community Fellow, University of Birmingham, England
October 21 - No seminar
October 28
On the Fusion of Astrodynamics and Optimal Control: Some Modern Innovations and Applications
Dr. John Junkins, Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, Holder of the Royce E. Wisenbaker Chair at Texas A&M University
November 4
Collective Behavior in Bioinspired Autonomous Robotics
Derek Paley, Director of the Maryland Robotics Center and Willis H. Young Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education at the University of Maryland
November 11
Frontal Polymerization: A Faster and Energy-Efficient Way to Manufacture and 3d Print Thermoset Polymers and Composites
Phillipe Geubelle, Bliss Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DSX Adaptive Control Experiment
Andrew Sinclair, Branch Technical Advisor, Spacecraft Component Technology Branch