HKSTAM Distinguished Seminars
2018-20
- 15 September 2020: Towards a novel method for
liquefaction evaluation of granular soils. Prof. Jun Yang,
University of Hong Kong.
- 27 February 2019: Structural safety inspection
using linear and nonlinear guided waves. Prof. Ching Tai Ng, The
University of Adelaide.
- 09 July 2018: Vehicle scanning method for bridges. Prof. Yeong-Bin
Yang, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Honorary Dean of Civil
Engineering, Chongqing University
- 9 July 2018: Rock-filled concrete technology: innovation and
application in dam engineering. Prof. Feng Jin, Changjiang Chair Professor,
Tsinghua University
2016-17
- 12 December 2017: 共融機器人若干動力學關鍵問題. Prof. Jian Xu,
School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University,
Shanghai, China [accouncement]
- 08 August 2017: Topological toughening of graphene and
other 2D materials. Prof. Huajian Gao, School of Engineering, Brown
University, USA [announcement]
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- 03 July 2017:
Hypersonic research in the high enthalpy shock tunnel
Gottingen,
Prof. K. Hannemann, German Aerospace Center, Gottingen, Germany [announcement]
[news report]
- 11 April 2017: Fuel Options for Next Generation
Chemical Propulsion, Prof. Chung K. Law,
Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Princeton University, USA., Director of Center for Combustion Research,
Tsinghua University, P.R. China [announcement]
2015-16
- 27 January 2016: Underwater
Superhydrophobicity: Fundamentals and Applications, Prof. Huiling Duan,
Department Head and "Cheung Kong Scholar" Chair Professor, Department of
Mechanics and Engineering Science, College of Engineering, Peking
University, China [announcement]
- 20 January 2016: Oblique shock
reflection of a shock wave from an axis of symmetry,
Prof. Hans G. Hornung, C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of
Aeronautics, Emeritus, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech,
U.S.A. [announcement]
- 4 January 2016: Fracture Mechanics of Biological
Composites, Prof. Xi-Qiao Feng, Department Head and Chang Jiang
Chair Professor, Institute of Biomechanics and Medical Engineering,
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China [announcement]
- 9 October 2015: Quadrature of Highly Oscillatory
Integrals, Prof. Arieh Iserles, Department of Applied Mathematics and
Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of
Cambridge, United Kingdom [announcement]
2014-15
- 31 Dec 2014: Static Analysis for
Vibration Problems,
Prof. Moshe
Eisenberger, Professor, Sigmund Sommer Chir in Structural Engineering,
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute
of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel
[announcement]
- 18 Oct 2014:
Simulation Tools for Aerospace Flexible
Multibody Systems Dynamics,
Prof. Olivier A. Bauchau, Professor, Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology [announcement]
- 17 July 2014: Nonclassical Structural
Theories of Beams and Plates with Nonlocal and Strain Gradient Effects,
Prof. J. N. Reddy,
Distinguished Professor, Holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station,
Texas, USA
[announcement]
- 4 Jun 2014: Cell Mechanobiology and Mechanics on Micro Devices,
Prof. Yun Sun, Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nano Engineering Systems,
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto,
Canada [announcement]
2013-14
- 16 Dec 2013: Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Materials: The Archetype-Genomer Exemplar, Prof. Wing Kam Liu, Walter P. Murphy Professor, Northwestern University. [announcement]
- 13 Dec 2013: New Trends in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Prof. Wieslaw Ostachowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery, Gdansk, Poland. [announcement]
- 19 Jul 2013: Probing the Structure and Properties of Engineering and Biological Materials at Multiple Length-Scales using Real-Time Imaging, Prof. Robert O. Ritchie, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA [announcement]
1 Jun 2013: Nano-Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes, Dr. Xiao Qiao HE, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. [announcement]
2012-13
15 Jan 2013: Boundary Integral/Level Set Simulations of Fluid Break-up, Prof. Leonard J. GRAY, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. [announcement]
20 Dec 2012: Ductile vs Brittle Fracture Behaviors in Nanostructured and Amorphous Materials, Prof. Huajian GAO, School of Engineering, Brown University. [announcement]
22 Sep 2012: Assembling Carbon Nanotubes into Strong and Multifunctional Fibers and Composites, Prof. Qingwen Li, Director, Division of Nanodevices & Materials, SINANO, CAS. [announcement]
1 Aug 2012: Structure-based finite strain modelling of the human left ventricle in diastole, Prof. Xiaoyu LUO, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. [announcement]
Lecture Seminar, 2007
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, Rm 2464 (2/F,
Lift 25-26), Academic Building, HKUST, 4pm, Dec 7, 2007
Rate Independent Hysteresis and
Criticality in Martensite, Prof Lev Truskinovsky, Laboratoire de Mˆmcanique des
Solides (LMS), Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, Rm 2571B, HKUST, Sep 28, 2007
Modeling the Growth and Adaptation of
Biological Materials, Prof Kumbakonan R. Rajagopal, Distinguished
Professor, Forsyth Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA.
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, Rm 2571B, HKUST, May 11, 2007
Biological Materials Science: Fracture
of Bone and Teeth, Prof Robert O. Ritchie,
H.T. & Jseeie Chua Distinguished Professor of Engineering; Chairman of Dept of
Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA
94720-1760, USA; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
Lecture Seminar, 2006
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, Rm 2504, HKUST, Dec 2, 2006
Analytical
Structural Mechanics and FEM, Prof Wan-Xie Zhong, Member of CAS, State Key
Lab of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of
Technology, Dalian 116023, China
Understanding
of Basic Mechanics of Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Materials, Prof
Biao Wang, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan)
University, Guangzhou, China
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, Rm 2571B, Sep 23, 2006
Gas-Kinetic
Scheme for Continuum and Rarefied Flow Computation, Prof Kun XU, Dept of
Math, HKUST
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, May 20, 2006
Stability
and Vibrations of Plates by the Multi-Term Extended Kantorovich Method, Prof
Moshe Eisenberger, Technion Institute of Technology
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, March 11, 2006
Contribution of the Experimental Mechanics and the Numerical Simulation to the Study of Advanced Materials
Applications of Lattice Boltzmann Method
Lecture Seminar, 2005
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, December 17, 2005
Role of Strain in Thermodynamics of Ferroelectric Thin Films
Chain Reactions in Passive Media - The Domino Effect
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, September 24, 2005
The Helical Structure of the Propagating Waves in a Spinning Timoshenko Beam
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, June 18, 2005
Dynamical Systems Method for Solving Operator Equations
Dynamic Soil-Foundation Interaction: A Mechanics Perspective
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, March 12, 2005
Prediction of Indoor Airflow by Large Eddy Simulation
NSFC Priority Areas in Mechanical Safety
Lecture Seminar, 2004
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, December 11, 2004
Offshore Pipeline Collapse, Propagation And Arrest
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, June 28, 2004
Fracture Mechanics Modelling of Ferroelectric Ceramics
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, May 15, 2004
Granular Materials, Micromechanics, and Discrete Element Method
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, March 6, 2004
Geostrophic Turbulence and
Zonal Jets
A New Formulation of High order
Boussinesq Equations for Water Waves on Uneven Bottom
Bridging Scale Mechanics
and Materials
Power-Law Slip Profile of the
Moving Contact Line
Lecture Seminar, 2003
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, December 06, 2003
Random Vibration in Structural Engineering -
Computation and Applications
River Dynamics: Present Status and
Engineering Practice
Bottom Up Methodology and Nano
Electromechanical Systems
HKSTAM Distinguished Lecture, September 20, 2003
Chaos and its Applications in Mechanical
Engineering
Stable Vortex Solitons in the
Two-Dimensional Ginzburg-Landau Equation
Lecture Seminar,
2002
HKSTAM Lecture Seminar, May 04, 2002
Numerical simulation and visualisation for tunnelling and
underground space
JETLAG - a computer ocean outfall modelling system
HKSTAM Lecture Seminar, September 14, 2002
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN SHELL THEORY
TYPHOONS, DOWNBURSTS AND ANALYSIS OF EXTREME WINDS
HKSTAM Lecture Seminar, December 07, 2002
Holography
NANOMECHANICS RESEARCH AND CHALLENGES
Second Lecture Series,
1998/99
Jointly organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering,
HKUST -
Schedule
Vibration Control of
Wind-Excited Structures" by Professor Kenny Kwok, HKUST
Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Fracture Based on Gridless Methods" by Dr. E. P.
Chen, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California USA
