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Registration Appointments Availble on OASIS
Fri, Mar 10, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Monica De Los Santos
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Fall 2006 Schedules Available Online
Fri, Mar 10, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
University Calendar
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Monica De Los Santos
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Viterbi Student Council Funding Board Meeting
Fri, Mar 10, 2006
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Viterbi Student Council's Funding Board weekly meeting to discuss applications for funding.
Audiences: Funding Board only
Contact: Viterbi Student Council Funding Board
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Analytical Methods in Compositional Modeling
Fri, Mar 10, 2006 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Tara LaForce
Stanford UniversitySubsurface flow of several phases occurs in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), geological carbon dioxide storage, coal-bed methane production, and surfactant enhanced remediation of non-aqueous phase liquid contaminants in aquifers. The thermodynamic processes that allow for efficient flow of multiple fluids simultaneously are poorly understood, yet this knowledge is the key to developing a successful hydrocarbon production strategy. Using the method of characteristics (MOC) it is possible to construct analytical solutions to the conservation laws governing dispersion-free multicomponent, multiphase flow in one dimension. Analytical solutions provide insight into the behavior of multiphase flow and can also be used in streamline simulators and as benchmarks for traditional simulators. The first analytical solutions presented are for an analogue ternary system modeling gas injection into an oil reservoir. Three components are present and up to three phases may form. In this study the analytical solutions are compared to core flood data. The analytical solutions accurately predict core flood effluents for most of the experiments. A single set of relative permeability parameters is insufficient to model all of the experiments, indicating hysteresis in the relative permeabilities.Analytical solutions are also constructed to model surfactant enhanced remediation of a contaminated aquifer. Like the previous example up to three phases may form. Three realistic sets of relative permeability parameters are studied. The phase relative permeabilities have a substantial impact on the recovery efficiency. In some cases the recovery of oil declines with increasing surfactant in the injection mixture. Current research on four-component three-phase flow will be discussed. This extension of MOC theory is critical because at least four components are needed in order to accurately model CO2 or WAG injection into a water-flooded reservoir. Future analytical and numerical research into multiphase flow with adsorption and hysteresis and discuss further applications of MOC theory to coal-bed methane production, CO2 sequestration and EOR will also be proposed.
Location: Hedco Pertroleum and Chemical Engineering Building (HED) - 116
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Takimoto Idania
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ENERGY USAGE
Fri, Mar 10, 2006 @ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker:Dr. Paul Liu
Former Lecturer of Environmental Engineering at USCAbstract:
Topics to be discussed include renewable energy, and fossil fuels, both in its natural and converted forms with an emphasis on bio-environmental impact.Location: Kaprielian Hall (KAP) - RIELIAN HALL, ROOM 156
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Evangeline Reyes
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Opportunities in Nanomagnetism
Fri, Mar 10, 2006 @ 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Samuel BaderSenior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and
Scientific Director of the Argonne Center for Nanoscale MaterialsOpportunities in NanomagnetismABSTRACTNanomagnetism is the discipline dealing with magnetic phenomena specific to structures having dimensions in the submicron range. This talk addresses the challenges and scientific problems in this emerging area, including its fabrication strategies, and describes experiments that explore new spin-related behaviors in metallic systems as well as theoretical efforts to understand the observed phenomena. As a subfield of nanoscience, nanomagnetism shares many of the same basic organizing principles such as geometric confinement, physical proximity, and chemical self-organization. These principles are illustrated by means of several examples drawn from the quests for ultrastrong permanent magnets, ultra-high-density magnetic recording media, and nanobiomagnetic sensing strategies. As a final example showing the synergetic relationships to other fields of science, the manipulation of viruses to fabricate magnetic nanoparticles is discussed.**ALL FIRST YEAR MATERIALS SCIENCE MAJORS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND**Location: Vivian Hall of Engineering (VHE) - 217
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Petra Pearce
