Rapoff :: MER 010 Senior Seminar

Date	Speaker	Presentation Title
11 January	Prof. William W. Thomas Modern Languages & Literatures, Union College Prof. Thomas K. Jewell Engineering, Union College	Terms Abroad and International Programs (for Sophomores)
18 January	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
25 January	Profs. Brad Bruno, Ron Bucinell, Andrew Rapoff & Rich Wilk Mechanical Engineering, Union College	Codes of Ethics Assigned Reading: Society Codes A Case Study Assignments: Challenger Disaster Video & Reading
1 February	Robert C. Soules Becker Career Center, Union College	Working with the Career Center & Finding a Career
8 February	Profs. Andrew Rapoff & Ron Bucinell, Mechanical Engineering, Union College	Senior Project Deadlines Senior Suggestions to Faculty
15 February	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
22 February	Mary Beth Grabowsky Ph.D. Candidate Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Determining Forces in the Spine In Vivo – Past, Present and Future
27-29 February	Seniors & Juniors in Mechanical Engineering	Student Speaking Competition (Internal Competition for ASME Old Guard Speaking Competition)
7 March	Dr. Renaud Rinaldi Post-Doctoral Research Associate Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Mechanical Behavior of Polymers: From Their Physical-Based Constitutive Description to Simple Structural Applications
14 March	Tom Case (ME '02) Pratt & Whitney	From Brayton to Breaking the Sound Barrier: Applying Thermodynamic Principles to Develop Jet Engines

Date	Speaker	Presentation Title
7 September	Dr. Ronald B. Bucinell Chair, Union College Mechanical Engineering	"Departmental Update"
14 September	Dr. Brad Bruno Dr. Frank Wicks Dr. Rebecca Cortez Dr. Andrew J. Rapoff Union College Mechanical Engineering	"Details of ASME Old Guard Speaking Competition" "Details of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam" "Applying to Graduate Schools" "Administration of the Senior Project Experience"
21 September	Dr. Joseph E. Van Nostrand Air Force Research Laboratory	"Conjugation with and Destruction of Escherichia coli Bacteria and Bactriophage using Biofunctionalized Nanoshells"
28 September	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
5 October	Dr. Gregory J. Michna Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	"Compact Heat Exchanger Performance at High Reynolds Numbers"
12 October	Dr. Frank Wicks Union College Mechanical Engineering	Steamboats & Nuclear Reactors
19 October	Dr. Renato Perucchio University of Rochester Mechanical Engineering	"Engineering in the Roman Empire. The Development of Structural Form in Monumental Concrete Vaults"
26 October	Dr. Ashok Ramasubramanian Union College Mechanical Engineering	"Basic Biomechanics of Growth and Remodeling"
2 November	Mr. Simon Tang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	"Bone Quality: What Is It and Why Is It Important?"
9 November	Senior Project Students Union College Mechanical Engineering	"Oral Progress Reports"