// File: .../08Scourse.js
// Author: Dr. George Corliss, MU EECE, August, 2001
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var thisTerm = "Sp08";
var thisYear = 2008;
var semesterStartDate = new Date(thisYear, 0, 14);
var numberOfWeeks = 17;
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var ThurDate = new Array();
var FriDate = new Array();
var specialEvent = new Array();
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var EECEcolloq = 'EECE Colloquium, Tuesday, ';
var EECEloc = ', 3:00 P.M., Olin 202';
var Brotzcolloq = 'BIEN Brotz Seminar Series, Friday, ';
var Brotzloc = ', 12 noon, Olin 202';
var MSCScolloq = 'MSCS Colloquium, Friday, ';
var MSCSloc = ', 4:00 P.M., Cudahy 401';
wk = 2;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead('Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Thursday, January 24, 11:45 - 1:00, EN 170')
+ specialEventBody('Lowry Manson, Chief Technology Officer at SigMax Solutions,Design for Six Sigma - Engineering in the 21st Century '
+ 'More details: 080124MEEN_SixSigmaSolutions.doc');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'January 25' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Anne Clough, MU MSCS,SPECT Imaging of Lung Injury in Small Animals '
+ 'Single-photon emission computed tomography has emerged as a dominant player in molecular imaging. We are developing methodologies for investigating oxidative stress: its role in lung injury and disease, and treatments thereof. A brief overview of SPECT imaging will be given, followed by presentation of an ongoing study designed to assess early markers of lung injury.');
wk = 3;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(MSCScolloq + 'February 1, 1:00 P.M., Cudahy 401')
+ specialEventBody('Rich Loft, National Center for Atmospheric Research '
+ 'Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century: Earth System Modeling at the Petascale and Beyond');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'February 1' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Konrad Koerding, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,Estimating the Sources of Movement Errors '
+ 'The nervous system needs to estimate many properties of the body and the environment that can contribute to motor errors: muscle strength, inertia, stiffness and viscosity characterize the impedance of the limb, and external masses, force-fields and loads define the admittance of the environment. Estimating these properties is complicated because of ambiguity: distinct sources may give rise to the same movement error. I will present an extension of internal model theories so that they can distinguish between these sources of motor errors and solve the ambiguity problem. I will demonstrate how this model allows us to explain many motor adaptation and generalization results in a coherent framework.');
wk = 4;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(MSCScolloq + 'February 8' + MSCSloc)
+ specialEventBody('Doug Harris,Communicating across a Channel');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('MSCS Colloquium, 1:00 P.M., Friday, Feb. 8, Cudahy 401')
+ specialEventBody('Elaine Spiller, Statistical & Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Modified Particle Filter Methods for Lagrangian Data Assimilation');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('Faith Doing Justice, '
+ "Marquette's Mission Week, Feb. 3 - 9")
+ specialEventBody('
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wk = 5;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(EECEcolloq + 'February 12' + EECEloc)
+ specialEventBody('Lixiang Wei, Rockwell Automation, Investigation of IGBT Performance and its Reliability on Adjustable Speed Drive '
+ 'This presentation analyzes some failure modes of the IGBT module for adjustable speed drive. Among them, the thermal system and power cycling capability of the inverter are specifically studied. In the beginning, the presentation develops an electrical and thermal model for a six pack IGBT module operating as a three phase voltage source inverter. An impedance matrix model directly related to the location of the power modules is developed. With the proposed method, the temperature prediction accuracy can be largely increased. After that, an analysis is made to calculate the mean time to failure (MTTF) of the IGBT bond-wires under various conditions. It was concluded that the MTTF of the inverter might be very short under some conditions, thus it is mandatory to size the drive properly to avoid earlier failures.');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('DR. GUION S. BLUFORD JR., THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT, SPEND TIME IN OUTER SPACE!')
+ specialEventBody('Friday, February 15th, 11:30am-12:30pm, Raynor Memorial Library Lower Level Conference room '
+ 'Sponsored by: College of Engineering; Hosted By: The National Society of Black Engineers '
+ 'Dr. Guion Bluford Jr. is the first African-American to travel in outer space! He received a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1964; a M.S. in aerospace engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1974; a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering with a minor in laser physics from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1978, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1987. Dr. Bluford became a NASA astronaut in 1979. He has logged over 5,200 hours of jet flight and 688 hours in space; he is a veteran of the Vietnam War; founder and president of an aerospace technology firm and much more! '
+ 'Dr. Bluford will make a brief presentation and then be available for questions. Come, join us and ask Dr. Bluford questions about his experiences as we welcome him to Marquette University!');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'February 15' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Laura M. Ellwein, North Carolina State University,Cardiorespiratory Regulation Modeling and Parameter Identification '
+ 'Short-term cardio-respiratory regulatory responses to a variety of stresses require complex interactions between autonomic reflexes and cerebral autoregulation. In order to better understand these interactions, several lumped-parameter models were developed which predict dynamic changes in beat-to-beat arterial blood pressure, middle cerebral artery blood flow, and end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide during postural stresses. The large parameters spaces of these models motivated the development of a deterministic sensitivity analysis method, which when combined with an inverse least-squares problem allowed for the identification of patient-specific model parameters.');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('MSCS Colloquium, 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, Feb. 13, Cudahy 401')
+ specialEventBody('Dobromir Dimitrov, University of Tennessee, Adaptive Cross-Level Modeling of Infectious Diseases in Wild Mammals with Focus on Bat Rabies');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('MSCS Colloquium, 1:00 P.M., Friday, Feb. 15, Cudahy 401')
+ specialEventBody('Ning Shang, Purdue University, Low Genus Curves and Cryptography');
wk = 6;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead('Wednesday, February 20, Total lunar eclipse');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('Thursday, February 21, WorkForce 2008 Career Fair, 4 - 8:00 p.m., AMU Ballrooms')
+ specialEventBody('More information, '
+ 'from the MU Career Services Center');
wk = 7;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(EECEcolloq + 'February 26' + EECEloc)
+ specialEventBody('Bill Leannah, West Bend Mutual Insurance');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'February 29' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Ronald Fijalkowski, Marquette University,Rotational Acceleration Pulse Characteristics Affect Mild Diffuse Brain Injury Severity');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'February 29, 12 noon, Haggerty 494')
+ specialEventBody('Jason Long, Marquette University,A BIOMECHANICAL MODEL FOR MEASUREMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY KINEMATICS WITH INTEGRATED MULTISEGMENTAL FOOT MOTION');
wk = 8;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(MSCScolloq + 'March 7' + MSCSloc)
+ specialEventBody('Hao Zhang, Purdue University');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Thursday, March 6, 11:45 - 1:00, EN 494')
+ specialEventBody('Dr. Laine Mears, Clemson University, International Center for Automotive Research, '
+ 'Impulsive-Actuation Part Positioning Through Constrained Energy Balance Planning ');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'March 7' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Benjamin M. Ellingson, Marquette University,Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Spinal Cord Injury '
+ 'Non-invasive assessment of spinal cord integrity following injury is critical for precise diagnosis, prognosis, and surgical intervention strategies. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) are more sensitive to the underlying spinal cord microstructure than traditional imaging techniques. As a result, diffusion imaging is emerging as a promising clinical technique for imaging the spinal cord after trauma, surgery or during progressive degenerative diseases. This lecture will review the basic physics of diffusion imaging using magnetic resonance and the changes in diffusion characteristics that occur along the length of the spinal cord during recovery from spinal trauma in both humans and using a controlled animal model of spinal cord injury.');
wk = 11;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead('Career Week, March 29 - April 4')
+ specialEventBody('Click here to preview Career Week activities. '
+'Need a job? Job Search Boot Camp is this Saturday, March 29. '
+ 'Sign up today! ');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Thursday, March 27, 11:45 - 1:00, EN 494')
+ specialEventBody('Ron Voglewede, Whirlpool Corporation, '
+ "CADENCE OF CONSUMER INNOVATION: WHIRLPOOL’S APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. "
+ 'Abstract');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'March 28' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Darryl Thelen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Measurement and Simulation of Musculotendon Mechanics During Movement '
+ 'We will discuss the coupled use of motion analysis, forward dynamic simulation, and imaging to characterize musculotendon mechanics during movement. Attention will be focused on the use of fundamental engineering principles to investigate injury factors, rehabilitation mechanisms and muscle function during human locomotion. We will demonstrate how such an approach can enhance the scientific basis for treating gait disorders and muscle injury.');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(MSCScolloq + 'March 28' + MSCSloc)
+ specialEventBody('Kooros Mahjoob, US Food and Drug Administration '
+ 'Dealing with Missing Values in Clinical Trials from Regulatory Perspectives. '
+ 'Abstract');
wk = 12;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead('Career Week, March 29 - April 4')
+ specialEventBody('Click here to preview Career Week activities.');
wk = 13;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead('Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Tuesday, April 8, 1 - 5:00 p.m., Raynor Memorial Library')
+ specialEventBody('Dennis J. Maiman and Frank A. Pintar, Injury Biomechanics from Head to Toe, 1 - 2:00 Oral Presentations from PhD Candidates, 2 - 4:00 Poster Session and Wine and Cheese Reception, 4 - 5:00');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'April 11' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Rumi Ahmed Khan, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Sheihk Iqbal Ahamed, MU MSCS, Pervasive Healthcare '
+ "The advancement of available, portable, low cost handheld devices (PDAs, cell phones, etc.), Sensors, Bluetooth, and WiFi has resulted in the users’ mobility at unprecedented levels. As these devices can communicate with one another, the combined capabilities can be leveraged to form a useful new set of tools. Presently, pervasive computing is being extended into the sophisticated healthcare sector with the promise of providing an easier and more efficient mode of communication among healthcare professionals. In this talk, we will present our ‘Healthcare Aide’ and ‘Wellness assistant’ project."
+ "
‘Healthcare Aide’ has been designed to provide not only more convenience for doctor-doctor, resident doctor-doctor, patient-doctor and nurse-doctor interaction but also a smooth pathway for real-time decision making along with survey results from users’ point view and performance analysis. The number of people over age 65 will almost double by 2030 and as they age, they generally prefer to remain in their home or go to a nursing home. There are a variety of reasons for their decision, such as convenience or a need for security or privacy. Despite growing requests by people to be able to take a more active part in managing their own health, wireless or internet-based healthcare devices have not been accepted for use in this area. This is probably due to the reluctance of this age group to make use of new technology, as well as the lack of reliable, individualized, or user friendly interfaces. In ‘Wellness Assistant (WA)' project, we address the above challenges. "
+ "The Assistant will use pervasive computing technologies because of the availability of inexpensive handheld devices such as PDAs, cell phones, and wrist watches with short range wireless capabilities. The WA can also be used by people with obesity, diabetes, or high blood pressure, conditions which need constant monitoring. Our pervasive middleware MARKS (Middleware Adaptability for Resource Discovery, Knowledge Usability and Self-healing) provides the underlying support for ‘Healthcare Aide’ and Wellness Assistant in a completely transparent manner. We will also briefly talk about two ongoing projects: a therapy assistant and sleep monitoring followed by some demos of our systems.");
wk = 14;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(EECEcolloq + 'April 15' + EECEloc)
+ specialEventBody('Kevin Craig, Robert C. Greenheck Chair in Engineering Design, '
+ 'Academic and Industrial Applications of Mechatronics. See abstract');
wk = 15;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'April 25' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Yabo Guan, Medical College of Wisconsin, Finite Element Analysis in Clinical Biomedical Applications '
+ '
Clinical finite element model of the human lumbosacral spine and its applications
Patient-specific models for pediatric head injury
Patient-specific finite element analysis for femur fracture risk assessment during gait in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
');
wk = 16;
specialEvent[wk] =
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'May 2' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Edward Quigley, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Tampa, Florida, Estimating the Rate of Energy Consumption during Walking in Children with Cerebral Palsy '
+ 'Metabolic energy expenditure (MEE) is commonly thought of as the best objective measure of overall gait performance. The equipment for measuring MEE directly can be prohibitively expensive in some clinical settings and may not be useful for the child with severe developmental disabilities. An approach for estimating MEE based on data already collected during the gait analysis process was investigated. Several methods were used to determine base metabolic rate, mechanical work rate (MW), and cocontraction during walking. These variables along with the measured MEE were collected from 29 children with spastic cerebral palsy. Data from 19 of the children were used to develop a regression equation for estimating MEE. Data from the remaining 10 children were used to cross validate the equation. The most accurate equation developed was: WMR=1.20RMR+1.24W+39.73, where WMR is the walking metabolic rate (J/s), RMR is the resting metabolic rate (RMR), and W is the mechanical work rate calculated from the changes in segmental energies allowing the transfer of energy within and between segments. The root mean square error form the cross validation of this equation was 39.9 J/s. This corresponds to a relative absolute error 12 percent. It was concluded that this equation may be useful in settings in which it is not possible to measure MEE directly.');
// document.write('
Career Week, March 29 - April 4')
+ specialEventBody('Click here to preview Career Week activities. '
+'Need a job? Job Search Boot Camp is this Saturday, March 29. '
+ 'Sign up today! ');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead('Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Thursday, March 27, 11:45 - 1:00, EN 494')
+ specialEventBody('Ron Voglewede, Whirlpool Corporation, '
+ "CADENCE OF CONSUMER INNOVATION: WHIRLPOOL’S APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. "
+ 'Abstract');
specialEvent[wk] +=
specialEventHead(Brotzcolloq + 'March 28' + Brotzloc)
+ specialEventBody('Darryl Thelen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Measurement and Simulation of Musculotendon Mechanics During Movement