Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Series



All seminars are held on Thursdays between 2pm and 3pm, unless otherwise indicated.

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Spring 2008 SEMESTER


January 17Professor Dionisio Bernal, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston MA, “Damage Localization from Invariant Zeros of Delta Systems”
January 24Professor Peter Furth and Mr. Chris Boll (MS candidate), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston MA “Congestion Protection: Lessons from Europe and Application to MBTA Route 66”
January 31Cancelled
February 7Dr. Erin Santini-Bell, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University New Hampshire. “Advances in Structural Health Monitoring in New Hampshire” Dr. Santini(host: Professor Sara Wadia-Fascetti). To be held in Egan 206 from 10:30am to 11:30am.
February 14Professor Kishor Mehta, P.W. Horn Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University,“Wind Engineering, TBD. ” Prof. Mehta To be held in Snell Library 090 2pm to 3pm (host: Prof. Luca Caracoglia)
February 21TBD,
February 28Dr. J. Zoe Wilson, Pollution Research Group, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa “Environmental Engineering, TBD” (host: Professor Novotny)
March 6No Seminar - Spring Break
March 13Professor William Arnold, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, “Organic Chemicals in Natural and Engineered Aquatic Systems, TBD ” Prof. Arnold (host: Prof. Hellweger)
March 18March 18 (Tuesday), Professor Daniele Zonta, University of Trento, Italy, “A Reliability-Based Bridge Management Concept”. To be held in Egan 206 on Tuesday March 18, 3pm to 4pm. Prof. Zonta's Abstract/Bio (host: Professor Bernal)
March 27Professor Dryver Huston, Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont. “Smart Structures and Systems, TBD”. Prof. Huston (host: Prof. Luca Caracoglia)
April 3Dr. Mingshun Jiang, Research Associate, Ecosystem Modeler, Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts- Boston,“Environmental Engineering TBD”Prof. Jiang (host: Prof. Hellweger)