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Friday, May 29, 2015 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Professor Yeo Kiat Seng, Associate Provost STUD, Singapore
Title
The Next Big Things in Education and Research
Abstract
The new challenges posed by an increasingly integrated world require a rethinking of how we address our current education system and future research directions. This talk begins with an introduction of Singapore University of Technology and Design, which was established in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Friday, May 29, 2015 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Muhammad Ali Martuza
Topic
Wearable Wireless Body Monitoring System Based on Passive LC Sensors
Supervisor
Andrei Sazonov
Background subjects
- Semiconductor devices
- Passive LC Sensors
- Nano-scale Device fabrication
Thursday, May 21, 2015 — 2:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Prashant Doshi, Associate Professor, University of Georgia, on leave at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Topic
Generalizing Inverse Reinforcement Learning for the Real World
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Pengyu Zhao
Title
Collaborative Real-Time Interactive Billboard Networks
Supervisor
Pin-Han Ho
Thursday, May 14, 2015 — 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM EDT
Speaker
Dr. Amany El Gouharyl
Topic
An analysis of phase noise in transformer-based dual-tank oscillators
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 — 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Professor Brett H. Meyer, McGill University, Canada
Topic
Managing Multicore Power Integrity and Voltage Noise via Walking Pads C4 Placement
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 — 9:30 AM EDT
Candidate
Melissa Jane Chow
Topic
Optimizing Inkjet-Printed Organic Transistors for Circuits
Supervisors
William Wong and Peter Levine
Background subjects
- Electronic Properties of Materials
- Semiconductor Devices
- Electronic Circuits
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Mohammadreza Memarian
Title
Novel Finger-like Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Affective Movement
Supervisors
Dana Kulic and Robert Gorbet (Knowledge Integration)
Monday, May 11, 2015 — 2:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Rajan Joshua Gill
Title
Robust Spline Path Following for Redundant Mechanical Systems
Supervisors
Dana Kulic and Christopher Nielsen
Monday, May 11, 2015 — 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
Speaker
Dr. James Forbes, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, United States
Topic
Estimation and Control on the Special Orthogonal Group of Rigid-Body Rotations
Friday, May 8, 2015 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Speaker
Luca Scardovi, The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Topic
From Synchronization Analysis to Synchronization Control of Cellular Networks
Friday, May 8, 2015 — 9:30 AM EDT
Candidate
Alireza Doosthoseini
Title
Coordinated Path Following: A Nested Invariant Sets Approach
Supervisor
Christopher Nielsen
Thursday, May 7, 2015 — 1:00 PM EDT
Candidate
Alireza Doosthoseini
Title
Coordinated Path Following: A Nested Invariant Sets Approach
Supervisor
Christopher Nielsen
Thursday, May 7, 2015 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Mortaja Alqassab
Title
Human Performance and Cognitive Workload in Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments
Supervisor
David Wang
Thursday, May 7, 2015 — 11:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Reid Miller
Title
Analysis of Weather, Time, and Mandatory Time-of-Use Pricing Effects on Aggregate Residential Electricity Demand
Supervisors
Catherine Rosenberg and Lukasz Golab (Management Sciences)
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Assistant Professor Puyan Mojabi, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Topic
Electromagnetic Inversion
Monday, May 4, 2015 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Speaker
Professor Rodrigo Palma, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Chile
Topic
Challenges for the Chilean Solar Development
Monday, May 4, 2015 — 9:30 AM EDT
Candidate
Mariano Arriaga Marin
Title
Long-Term Renewable Energy Electricity Planning for Remote Communities
Supervisors
Claudio Canizares and Mehrdad Kazerani
Friday, May 1, 2015 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker
Imran Mehdi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States
Topic
Super-compact Submillimeter-wave Array Receivers for Space Applications
Friday, May 1, 2015 — 10:00 AM EDT
Candidate
Alireza Parsafar
Title
Design and Implementation of a High Resolution CMOS X-Ray Imager with Amorphous Selenium Sensor
Supervisors
Peter Levine and Karim Karim