Events for November 09, 2015
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Seminars in Biomedical Engineering
Mon, Nov 09, 2015 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Yossi Chait, PhD , Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Talk Title: BME Faculty Research Areas
Series: Seminars in Engineering, Neuroscience & Health (ENH)
Biography: Yossi Chait is a Professor in the department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts. He graduated from the Ohio State University with BS (1982), Michigan State University with MS (1984), and PhD (1988) degrees in mechanical engineering. His research activities have been funded by the National Science Foundation covering diverse topics including the Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT), robust multivariable control, reset control, Internet congestion control, modeling of the mammalian master clock, and dynamics of the human thyroid. Prof. Chait has consulted internationally in the area of robust control, and is a co-author of the QFT Control Design MATLAB Toolbox. He has held visiting professor positions at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland; the Technion, Israel, and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He is a fellow of ASME.
His recent research focus lies at the interface of engineering, mathematics, and medicine, with a particular interest in chronic kidney disease. He is collaborating with clinicians at Western New England Renal Transplant Associates, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard medical school, the University of Louisville medical school, and New York Blood Center. His recent work has been supported by the National Institute of Health and the pharmaceutical industry.
Host: Stanley Yamashiro, PhD
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 122
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Engineering Neuroscience & Heatlh
Mon, Nov 09, 2015 @ 03:49 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Philip Holmes, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics Associated Faculty in Mathematics and Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University
Talk Title: Moving Fast and Slow*: Feedforward and feedback control in insect locomotion
Series: Engineering, Neuroscience & Health (ENH Seminars)
Abstract: All faculty and students are cordially invited to
The Seminar Series on
Engineering Neuroscience & Health
At the University of Southern California
Monday, November 9th 2015
3:50 p.m.
Presenting:
Dr. Phil Holmes
Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics
Associated Faculty in Mathematics and Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University
Moving Fast and Slow*: Feedforward and feedback control in insect locomotion
Seminar is simultaneously presented
UPC: RTH 217 - Live ** Location to be confirmed**
UPC Campus Map/Directions: http://www.usc.edu/about/visit/upc/
HSC: CHP 147 - Video Conference
Center for the Health Professional
HSC Campus Map/Directions: http://www.usc.edu/about/visit/hsc/
Abstract: I will describe mathematical models for running insects, from an energy-conserving biped, through a muscle-actuated hexapod driven by a neural central pattern generator, to reduced phase-oscillator models that capture the dynamics of noisy gaits and external perturbations, and provide estimates of coupling strengths between legs. I will argue that both simple models and large simulations are necessary to understand biological systems, and end by describing some current experiments on fruit flies that cry out for new and improved models.
*Apologies to D. Kahneman "Thinking Fast and Slow"
Hosted by
Prof. Francisco Valero-Cuevas
Complete schedule of speakers and information about all prior seminars can be found at
http://bbdl.usc.edu/ENH
Biography: http://www.princeton.edu/mae/people/faculty/holmes/
Host: Professor Francisco Valero-Cuevas
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 217
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
