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Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Thu, Mar 10, 2011 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Mark D. Asta, Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California
Talk Title: Crystal-Melt Interfaces: Insights from Atomic-Scale Simulations
Series: Lyman L. Handy Colloquium Series
Abstract: The properties of crystal-melt interfaces have long been a topic of substantial interest in materials science, primarily because of their role in governing crystal growth kinetics and morphologies. While the importance of this class of heterophase interfaces has long been recognized, detailed information related to their properties has become available only relatively recently due to advances in both experimental and computational methods. This talk will discuss insights derived over the past decade in the application of atomic-scale computer simulations as a framework for calculating structural, thermodynamic and kinetic properties of crystal-melt interfaces. The talk will include a review of results obtained for elemental metals and model alloy systems with cubic and hexagonal crystal structures, and will illustrate how the detailed information provided by atomistic simulations can be combined with phase-field modeling to derive insights into the origin of complex morphological phenomena in alloy solidification. Recent applications to faceted solid-liquid interfaces, and to rapid solidification in binary alloys with also be discussed.
Host: Professor Vashishta
More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/l-03-10-11.htmLocation: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/l-03-10-11.htm
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. -
Cornelius Pings Lecture
Tue, Mar 22, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Chryssostomos Chryssostomidis, Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Talk Title: The Role of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in Future Deepwater Oil Exploration and Production
Series: Cornelius Pings Lecture
Abstract: The oil industry has moved into deeper and deeper waters to meet the continued high demand for oil. The move into deeper waters has required major innovations to keep the cost low without sacrificing safety. The first innovation, the use of ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles), has made possible subsea completions at ever increasing standoff distances from the producing platform. The use of ROVs keeps the associated cost of the producing platform reasonable but increases the cost of inspection and maintenance. Even the most routine inspection using an ROV requires the presence of large surface vessel to support the ROV increasing the daily cost of even the most routine maintenance operations by tens of thousands of dollars. This cost pressure has ushered in the second innovation namely the use of AUVs, which can be operated without a costly surface vessel, to meet the inspection needs of producing platforms.
Whether ROVs will be entirely replaced by AUVs is debatable, but we believe that in the next decade an increasing number of light maintenance tasks will be assigned to AUVs. During the lecture the genesis and evolution of modern AUV technology will be discussed. Associated technologies such as underwater communications, sensor technologies, and near real-time supervisory control will be presented. The design of a fully operational and integrated AUV offshore oil inspection system will be described and discussed.
Biography: Educated at MIT and at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in naval architecture, Professor Chryssostomidis was appointed to the MIT faculty in 1970 and became a full professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering in 1982. That same year he was appointed director of the MIT Sea Grant College Program where in 1989 he established the MIT Sea Grant Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Laboratory to develop technology and systems for advanced autonomous surface and underwater vehicles. He served as Department Head of the department of Ocean Engineering where he established the Ocean Engineering Teaching Laboratory from 1994 to 2002. He has been director of the MIT Ocean Engineering Department Design Laboratory since its inception in the early 1970s. In 2003, with MIT Sea Grant staff, he created the Sea Perch Program, funded by the Office of Naval Research. The Sea Perch program trains educators across the United States and around the world to build a simple, remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV, made from PVC pipe and other inexpensive, easily available materials.
In 1994 he was elected as Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineering. His over 100 publications display his wide range of interests including design methodology for ships, vortex-induced response of flexible cylinders, underwater vehicle design, design issues in advanced shipbuilding including the all electric ship and T-Craft. He receives research support from the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, the Naval Sea Systems Command, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in addition to industry support. Professor Chryssostomidis has served on several National Research Council advisory committees focusing on shipbuilding and marine issues.
Host: Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/p-03-22-11.htmLocation: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) - Room 450,
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/p-03-22-11.htm
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. -
Distinguished Lecture Series - Cancelled
Thu, Mar 24, 2011 @ 12:45 PM - 01:50 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Diana Huffaker,
Host: Professor Armani
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
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. -
CiSoft Seminar Series 2011
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Professor Jan Dirk Jansen, Delft University of Technology
Talk Title: Closed Loop Reservoir Management
Abstract: Closed-loop reservoir management is a combination of model-based optimization and computer-assisted history matching. The aim is to maximize life-cycle reservoir performance, in terms of recovery or financial measures, by changing reservoir management from a periodic to a near-continuous process. I will present work from our group at Delft University to illustrate the scope for closed-loop water flooding using real-time production data under uncertain reservoir conditions. In particular Iâll address the effect of update frequency, ways to systematically incorporate uncertainties, and approaches to reconcile short-term production optimization and long-term reservoir management.
Biography: Jan-Dirk Jansen is Professor of Reservoir Systems and Control at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. His current research is focused on the application of systems and control theory to subsurface flow and well bore flow. Earlier, he worked for Shell in the Netherlands, Norway and Nigeria, in research and operations. He is currently spending a year at Stanford University as Cox Visiting Professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering.
Host: CiSoft
More Info: To participate remotely, please register via this link: http://usccisoft.omnovia.com/register/88521298064699Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 324
Audiences: Please RSVP: legat@usc.edu
Contact: Juli Legat
Event Link: To participate remotely, please register via this link: http://usccisoft.omnovia.com/register/88521298064699
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.
