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Spectral Methods in Motion
October 17, 2014
David Kopriva Professor of Mathematics The Florida State University
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Predictive Modeling Of Failure In Ductile Materials
October 11, 2014
Krishnaswamy Ravi-Chandar Temple Foundation Professor University of Texas at Austin
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Genre and Structure: Framing and Organizing Scientific Writing
October 2, 2014
Edward Helfers University Writing Program The George Washington University