Date: Thursday, March 27, 2003 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: California University Building, Room 102 in Southpoint, Canonsburg, PA
Directions to Cal. Univ. Building: (Note: we will be just down the hill from ANSYS Inc. and Mallett's offices)
Exit off I-79 at Exit 48 (Southpoint/Hendersonville). Turn into the Southpoint Complex on Southpoint Boulevard. Straight through at the 1st stop light, straight through at the 1st stop sign (Southpoint Golf Clubhouse), straight through at the 2nd stop sign (Technology Drive), pass the lake on your left. Turn RIGHT at the 3rd stop sign (Technology Drive). Travel up the hill to the second building on the left (Cal. Univ. Building) and turn left into their parking lot. Park where you can and look for room 102.
TOPIC: Annual Student Presentations Meeting
Agenda:
| 9:00 - 10:00 am | Socialize: coffee, orange juice, muffins |
| 10:00 - 10:20 am | "Using Finite Element Analysis To Determine Permeability of Plastic Resin," presented by PSU-Erie seniors Mike McCluskey & Mike Goetz. Advisors: Marty Dropik and Paul Koch |
| 10:20 - 10:40 am | "Determining Internal Profile of a Gas Assist Component Using Combined Software Techniques" presented by PSU-Erie seniors Amanda McKain, Joe Defibaugh, and Mike Pusateri. Advisor: Marty Dropik |
| 10:40 - 11:00 am | "Vibration Study of Large Equipment Platform" presented by PSU-Erie seniors Jonathan Martin and Jim McWilliams. Advisors: Dave Johnson and Shannon Sweeney |
| 11:00 - 11:20 am | "Nonlinear Analysis of Support Strap Designs" presented by PSU-Erie seniors Chauncey Hartwig and Matt Rubin. Advisor: Dave Roth |
| 11:20 - 11:40 am | "CFD Simulations of Lab Oven Concepts" presented by PSU-Erie seniors Jill Johnson and Matt Keller. Advisors: Dave Johnson and Tom Briselden |
| 11:40 am - noon | "Plastic Centrifuge Bowl Design Study" presented by PSU-Erie seniors Jason Henry, John Shearer, and Ron Starvaggi. Advisors: Dave Johnson and Marty Dropik |
| noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch: Garden Tossed Salad, Chicken Pot Pie, Buttered Sweet Corn, Assorted Sodas, Chocolate Chip Cookies |
| 1:30 - 1:50 pm | "CFD Analysis of Inkjet Process" presented by Salil Desai, University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. Candidate. Advisor: Dr. Michael R. Lovell |
| 1:50 - 2:10 pm | "Strongly coupled finite element formulation for modeling MEMS with dominant fringing fields" presented by Ilya Avdeev, University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. Candidate. Advisors: Dr. Michael R. Lovell and Dr. Dipo Onipede Jr. |
| 2:10 - 2:30 pm | "Vibration Analysis of a PCB" presented by Mosab Al-Rahmani, Larry McCarthy, and Roshan Vaswani, University of Pittsburgh undergraduates. Advisors: Dr. Dipo Onipede Jr., Dale Ostergaard, Susan Chang |
| 2:30 - 2:50 pm | Closing and Adjournment |
Attendance on 3/27/03: 24 members, 19 students !!!