Conference schedule

8:00 - Opening Remarks (Room 129)

Prof. James L. Merz, Vice-President for Graduate Studies and Research,
Dean of the Graduate School

Session 1 - Room 129 ( Macintosh computer)

Aerodynamics/Aeroacoustics


K. Cheung        8:20  An Experimental Study of an Isolated Vortex
R. Minniti, III  8:40  An Experimental Investigation of the Inverse 
                       Problem for Thin Airfoils Exposed to
                       Periodic Gusting 
A. Pelletier     9:00  Dynamic Behavior of an $80^\circ/65^\circ$
                       Double-Delta Wing
V. Golubev       9:20  Acoustic-Vorticity Waves in a Swirling Flow
X. Li            9:40  A Study of Micro-Particle Impact on 
                       Smooth Surface

10:00 - 10:20 Beverage Break

Fluid Mechanics

A. Smith         10:20  Wet Clutches
S. Gordeyev      10:40  Investigation of Large-Scale Coherent Structures
                        in Jets by means of Proper Orthogonal 
                        Decomposition (POD)
G. Ross          11:00  The Effect of Thermal Stratification on 
                        a Turbulent Plane Wake
P. Malatkar      11:20  A Model of Mixed Lubrication in Wet Clutches

11:45 - 1:15 Group Picture / Lunch

Fluid Mechanics/Solid Mechanics

P. Li             1:20  Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer for Zero-Mean 
                        Oscillatory Flows in Channels
R. Romero-Mendez  1:40  Vortex-induced enhancement of boundary layer 
                        heat transfer
S. Suslov         2:00  Petrov-Galerkin Method For The Direct Simulation
                        Of Enclosed Flows
G. Diaz           2:20  Analysis of Chilled-Water Hydronic Networks
S. Tang           2:35  Thermal Performace of a Single-Row Fin-and-Tube
                        Heat Exchanger
J. Finnerty       2:50  Optical Measurement of Deforming Contacts during 
                       Impact and Applications

3:10 - 3:25 Closing Remarks (Room 131)

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Session 2 - Room 131( SUN and IBM PC )

Design

B. Wujek          8:20  Automatic Differentiation for Improved 
                        GRG Optimization 
R. Tappeta        8:40  A New Multi-Level Optimization Strategy
R. Sellar         9:00  Gradient-Enhanced Neural Networks for Optimization
M. Stelmack       9:20  Optimization of Mixed Continuous/Discrete Systems
J. Rodriguez      9:40  CSSO Algorithm with an Augmented Lagrangian 
                        Based Coordination Procedure

10:00 - 10:20 Beverage Break

Solid Mechanics/Robotics

M. Ellison       10:20  Design of 4-Point Bending Machine for I Beams
K. Roessig       10:40  Impact Initiation of Tritonal and PBX N109
M. Seelinger     11:00  The Semi-Autonomous Robotic System Using 
                        Camera-Space Manipulation
H. Arriola       11:20  Implementation of a Dual Criterion for 
                        Cue Identification

11:45 - 1:15 Group Picture (Room 129) / Lunch

Fluid Mechanics/Solid Mechanics

J. Wojno          1:20  Unsteady Aerodynamic/Aeroacoustic Response 
                        of a Ten Bladed Propeller 
F. Haan, Jr.      1:40  Turbulence Effects on Long-Span Bridge 
                        Aeroelasticity
G. Addington      2:00  Leading-Edge Vortex Behavior in the Vicinity 
                        of a Delta Wing Apex
X. Liu            2:20  An Experimental Investigation of the Confluent 
                        Boundary Layer on a High-Lift System
E. Fitzgerald     2:40  Efforts in Developing a Method to Measure 2-D 
                        Optical Wavefronts Using the Small-Aperture 
                        Beam Technique
M. Korobeinik     2:55  Modeling Fatigue Crack Initiation and Crack Growth 
                        in Ti-6Al-4V at Stress Concentrators under 
                        High R-ratio Cyclic Loading

3:10 - 3:25 Closing Remarks

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