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Theodore von Kármán-Fellows Presentations

2023
Date	Lecture
January 11, 2023	Digital Innovation and the Changing Health Ecosystem: Visibility and Hybrid Care Services Across Hospital and Home Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Michael Barrett, Cambridge Judge Business School, CJBS for short, and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
January 10, 2023	Silk variability at the nanoscale: methodologies and challenges Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Dr. Sean Blamires, UNSW

2022
Date	Lecture
November 29, 2022	Oxidative Aging Multiphysics in Field Asphalt Pavements Theodore von Kármán Fellow Dr. Yuqing Zhang - Senior Lecturer, Aston University, UK
November 25, 2022	Towards Sustainable and Resilient Roadway System Theodore von Kármán Fellow Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hao Wang, Rutgers University, USA
November 15, 2022	Bacterial Outer Membrane Simulations: Why Atomistic Models Remain Useful? Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Thereza Soares, University of São Paulo, Brasilien
October 27, 2022	Plasmid DNA manufacturing for vaccination and gene therapy: advances and challenges Theodore von Kármán Fellow Professor Alvaro Lara, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa, Mexico
October 14, 2022	The use of robot pets to help students in need: A series of studies examining companion robots for social support Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellows Prof. Autumn P. Edwards and Prof. Chad Edwards, Western Michigan University, USA
October 10, 2022	Enhancing Biosensor Response with Graphene “Lighting-Rods" Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Steven J. Koester, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA
September 21, 2022	Behavior of Textile Reinforced High Strength Cementitious Matrices Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Dr. Bekir Yilmaz Pekmezci, Istanbul Technical University
August 29, 2022	Melt-spun fibers from bioplastics: materials, properties and applications Theodore von Kármán Fellow Mohammadreza Naeimirad, Ph.D. – Former Assistant Professor at Razi University, Iran

2021
Date	Lecture
August 23, 2021	Fatigue life prediction by means of microscopic stress analysis Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
August 19, 2021	Thermal process simulation for CFRP tank Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
August 18, 2021	Hydrogen Society – Japan Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Nobuhiro Yoshikawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan
January 28, 2021	Nature-Based Ecohydraulic Technology: Seaweed Aqua forest for Coastal Resilience as Adaptation for Climate Change-induced Sea Level variation Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Sulaiman Olanrewaju, University Malaysia Terengganu

2019
Date	Lecture
October 31, 2019	Ménage à trois around the dinner table Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Dr. Petro Spanu, Imperial College, London, UK
July 17, 2019	High Fidelity Aerospace Modeling Opportunities and Challenges for Simulation Assisted Certification and Certification by Analysis Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Javid Bayandor, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York, USA
June 18, 2019	Goal adjustment capacities, subjective well-being, and physical health Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Professor Carsten Wrosch, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
April 24, 2019	Multi-functional composites reinforced by graphene from waste tire by recycling and upcycling techniques Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Saner Okan, Sabanci University / Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center (SU-IMC), Turkey

2018
Date	Lecture
November 12, 2018	An Overview of Research Methods Conducted for The Past 40 years: Low Loss and High Efficiency Motor Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. em. Masato Enokizono, Fac. of Science and Technology, Oita University, Japan
October 19, 2018	Zinc Blende Nanocrystals and Wires as Function of Size, Shape and Surface Orientation: Analytic Metrology Down to the Atom Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Dr. Dirk König, University of New South Wales, Australien
October 15, 2018	Ventricular Hemodynamics in Disease and Development Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Vijay Vedula, Ph.D., Cardiovascular Biomechanics Computation Lab Dep. Of Pediatrics and Bioengineering Inst. For Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Stanford University, USA
October 9, 2018	Intelligent Structures using Textile Reinforced Concrete Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Dr. Yiska Goldfeld, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
August 27, 2018	Dynamics of Heterogeneous Materials: New Approaches to Manipulate Vibration, Sound and Heat Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Vladislav Danishevsky, Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ukraine
May 30, 2018	Control in an Uncertain World: Artificial Pancreas - A Case Study Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Tarunraj Singh, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
May 9, 2018	Numeric modeling of AM and related production methods Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Ferdinando Auricchio, University of Pavia, Italien
February 26, 2018	On the Competitiveness of On-Demand Silent Air Taxi over Europe Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Assoc. Prof. Xiaoqian Sun, National Key Labortory of CNS/ATM School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, China

2017
Date	Lecture
July 19, 2017	The Artificial Pancreas – Steps in the Design of a Medically Inspired Control Algorithm for Day-and-Night Automated Glucose Control Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Dr. Eyal Dassau, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA
July 6, 2017	Some Thoughts About the Internationalization of Institutions of Higher Education: Translation Process Research as a Case in Point Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Fabio Alves, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/Brazil
July 3, 2017	Cross-Cultural Technology Design: Creating Culture-sensitive Technology for Local Users Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Dr. Huatong Sun, Digital Media Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, USA
July 3, 2017	Human-computer Interaction at the Interface with Translation Process Research: Post-editing Processes Under Scrutiny Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Fabio Alves, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte/Brazil
June 28, 2017	Biologically Inspired Fiber-based Nanofluidics: From Biology to Materials Science to Engineering Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Dr. Konstantin (Kostya) Kornev, College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA
June 27, 2017	Fan-driven Innovation in China and South Korea Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Dr. Huatong Sun, Digital Media Studies, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, USA
May 22, 2017	Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Global Warming: Science Over “Alternative” Facts Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Hamish L. Fraser, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
May 12, 2017	Some Unique Experiments of High Reynolds Number Wall-bounded Flows Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Julio Soria, Laboratory of Turbulence Research in Aerospace & Combustion, Dep. Of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
May 9, 2017	Promotion Contests with Empathic Agents and a Remark on the Effect of Gender Quotas Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Oliver Fabel, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, Universität Wien, Österreich
April 20, 2017	Self-similar Adverse Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Julio Soria, Laboratory of Turbulence Research in Aerospace & Combustion, Dep. Of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
April 3, 2017	Neutrinos – The Ghostly Shapeshifters Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Alfons Weber, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK

2016

Date	Lecture
November 10, 2016	The role of embodiment in processing of language Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Giovanni Buccino, Università di Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Italy
July 20, 2016	Moving Building Information Modeling (BIM) from Level 2 to Level 3 Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Vladimir Bazjanac PhD, Stanford University, USA
February 12, 2016	Some historical highlights in the development of categorical data methodology Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Alan Agresti, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, USA

2015

Date	Lecture
October 23, 2015	Oncogenic K-Ras: the undruggable protein Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Dr. Ruth Nussinov, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Israel
September 29, 2015	How to (do research to) publish in leading journals? Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Rajiv Kohli, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
September 15, 2015	Multiscale Modeling of Advanced Ceramic Matrix Composites Theodore von Kármán Fellow Dr. Evan J. Pineda, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
July 17, 2015	Adaptive Systems for Protective Smart Textiles Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Tae-Jin Kang, Seoul National University, Korea
June 22, 2015	Academic engagement and disengagement: Developmental-contextual approach Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Dr. Katariina Salmela-Aro, University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä (FI)
June 8, 2015	Textiles at Clemson University: From Yarn Spinning to Web Spinning Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Mike Ellison, Clemson University, USA
April 28, 2015	Geometric Tools in Medical Informatics Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Marco Paluszny, National University of Colombia, Mathematics Department

2014

Date	Lecture
November 27, 2014	Approximate Dynamic Programming for Network Revenue Management Theodore von Kármán Fellow, Prof. Thomas Vossen, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
October 21, 2014 October 16, 2014	The Model-based Approach to Autonomous Behaviour: Models, Heuristics, Challenges From Models to Solvers: Models and Techniques for General Intelligence Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Hector Geffner, ICREA & Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
October 2, 2014	Global Air Transportation System Cost Effectiveness Modelling and Applications Theodore von Kármán Fellow Bryan Boling, Georgia Tech, USA
July 4, 2014	Plant Biotechnology for Biofuels Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Markus Pauly, University of California, Berkeley
July 3, 2014	Waves in layered structures Theodore von Kármán Fellow Graham A. Rogerson, Keele University, United Kingdom
May 28, 2014	Elementary nonlinearity‘ as a new tool for fundamental and applied studies: physical basis, methodology, and illustrations Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Valery N. Pilipchuk, Wayne State University, Michigan
April 11, 2014	The Virtual Haydn Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Wieslaw Woszczyk, McGill University, Montreal, Kanada
February 28, 2014	Language, Motor Functions & Brain Modeling in the Solodkin/Small Brain Circuits LaboratoryTheodore von Kármán Fellows Prof. Ana Solodkin and Professor Steven L. Small, University of California, Irvine
February 27, 2014	Modelling Intermediate Filament Networks Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Stéphanie Portet, University of Manitoba, Canada
January 22, 2014	Quantitative Imaging Technologies for Cilia-driven Fluid Flow Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Michael Choma, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University

2013

Date	Lecture
November 28, 2013	3D Concrete Printing: Full Scale Additive Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Dr. Richard Buswell, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
November 20, 2013	The Artificial Pancreas – Steps in the Design of a Medically Inspired Control Algorithm for Day-and-Night Automated Glucose Control Theodore-von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Jianwei (John) Miao, Department of Physics and Astronomy and the California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
October 24, 2013 October 28, 2013	Compliant Mechanisms – Opportunities and Challenges of Folding Origami-Inspired Applications of Compliant Mechanisms Theodore von Kármán Fellow Prof. Larry L. Howell, Brigham University, Provo, USA
September 23, 2013	Spirituality and Health: Reviewing the Evidence and Their Clinical Implications Theodore -von-Kármán-Fellow Prof. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
September 9, 2013	Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulations of Actin Dynamics in the Eukaryotic Cell Kármán Fellow Dr. Anotida Madzvamuse, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
July 17, 2013	Research and Scholarship for Enabling a Sustainable Society Kármán Fellow Prof. Dr. Jayant Baliga, North Carolina State University, USA
July 15, 2013	Schizophrenia As a Model of Disturbances in Non-Verbal Communication Kármán Fellow Dr. Yutaka Kato, Keio University, Japan
July 9, 2013	Long-lived Hyperpolarized Contrast Agents for NMR and MRI Kármán Fellow Dr. Thomas Theis, Duke University, NC, USA
June 20, 2013	Damage and Failure Analysis of Laminated Composites using Advanced Computational Modeling Techniques Kármán Fellow Dr. Pavana Prabhakar, University of Michigan, USA
June 17, 2013	Nanomaterials in the Environment: Threat or Opportunity? – Manipulating the Antimicorbial Behaviour of Carbon Nanotubes Kármán Fellow Dr. Julie B. Zimmerman, Yale University, USA
June 4, 2013	Ethics and Optimality in Clinical Trials Kármán Fellow Prof. William F. Rosenberger, George Mason University, USA
May 10, 2013	Disrupted Mirror Neuron System in Antipsychotic-free Schizophrenia Kármán Fellow Dr. Yutaka Kato, Keio University, School of Medicine, Japan

2012

Date	Lecture
November 12, 2012 November 13, 2012	Structural Evolution and Electrical Property Changes in Amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 Metallic Glasses - At the Cutting Edge of Metals Research Prof. Evan Ma, John Hopkins University, Baltimore
October 10, 2012	Rigid Origami Structures Dr. Tomohiro Tachi, Universität Tokio, Japan
September 11, 2012	When Sensory Systems Merge – From the Bottom to the Top Prof. Dr. Johan Lundström, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
August 14, 2012	Numerical Algorithms for Efficient Simulation of Elastoplastic Deformation Dr. Ashraf Hadoush, Hashemite University Jordan
July 18, 2012	Magnetic and Electronic Studies of Topological Insulators Prof. Louis Bouchard, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
July 13, 2012	Charge and Spin Responses in Low-Dimensional Holes Dr. Michele Governale, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
June 25, 2012	Ethnographie und Design: eine Beziehung im Wandel Prof. Dr. Gavin Melles, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
June 20, 2012 June 29, 2012	Epistemic Democracy: The Politics of Knowledge and the Constitution of Modern Societies Rethinking Energy Demand: Reflections from the History of U.S. Electric Utilities Prof. Clark Miller, Arizona State University, USA
June 15, 2012	Thermodynamics and Kinetics-based Alloy and Process Design: Application to Al-Mg and Al-Mg-Si-Fe Alloys Prof. Gregory Haidemenopoulus, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
May 3, 2012	Electron Crystallography: Single-Crystal Diffraction from Powders Prof. Dr. Sven Hovmöller, Stockholm University, Sweden
April 26, 2012	The Role of the Visual Modality in Shaping Language Structure: Insights from Sign Language and Gesture Dr. phil. Pamela Perniss, University College London, UK & Max Planck Institut Nijmegen
April 25, 2012	Individual Differences in the Ability to Communicate in Noisy Settings Prof. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, Boston University, Center for Computational Neuroscience and Neural Technology, USA im Rahmen des Workshops “Noise: Cognition and Health”
March 5, 2012	Serotonin in Adolescence: Role in Behavioral Inhibition Prof. Dr. Cynthia Kuhn, Duke University, NC, USA im Rahmen des Symposiums “Stimulating New Research on Serotonergic Neurotransmission from a Developmental Perspective.”

2011

Date	Lecture
October 13, 2011	Laser-matter Interaction in Fusion Welding of Glass Using Ultrshort Laser Pulses Prof. Isamu Miyamoto, Osaka University, Japan
September 29, 2011	Money or Social-Recognition? Exploring the Effects of External Rewards on Creativity Prof. Darren Dahl, University of British Columbia – Canada
September 22, 2011	Fibrous Protein Damage: Redox Proteomic Mapping of Modifications Dr. Jolon Dyer, Christchurch, Neuseeland

last updated : 12/01/2023