News & Events: Seminars

Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator, spoke to engineering and science students on January 17 during his visit to Calvin as a January Series Speaker.

Spring 2009 Seminar Schedule

Please check these listings often. All seminars are subject to change. The Faculty seminar co-ordinator for Spring 2009 is Prof. Aubrey Sykes.

Date, Time & Place	Title	Speaker
Wed, Feb. 4 3:30 p.m. SB 110	Electrochemical Micro Machining: A Case Study for Synergistic International Industry-Academia Collaboration	Dr. Wayne NP Hung is an Assoc. Professor & Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University
Thurs, Feb. 5 3:30 p.m. SB010	Building a Green Economy in Michigan	Mr. David LaGrand, Grand Rapids City Commissioner
Thursday, Feb. 12 8:00 p.m. SB010	Power Systems and Signal Processing: Bridging the Gap and  Unfolding Transient Waveform Distortions	Prof. Paulo F. Ribeiro, MBA, PhD, CEng, FIEEE
Monday, March 2 3:30 p.m. SB010	Technical Writing Seminar This seminar is required of all Junior Engineering students.	E. Lohroff & R. Selmo
Thursday, March 19 3:30 p.m. Meeter Center Lecture Hall	The Future of the Automotive Industry	Erich Merkle
Monday, March 30 3:30 p.m. SB 110	Building a Gospel Radio Station	Mr. Joselph Marah, Kuyper College
Monday, April 13, 2009, 3:30 p.m. Science Building 110	Renewable Energy In Michigan:  An Entrepreneur's Perspective	Dr. Imad Mahawili, GVSU Consultant on Off-Shore Wind
Wednesday, April 15, 12:30 p.m. Science Building 110	The Phoenix Mars Lander & the James Webb Space Telescope	Brent Bos, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Tuesday, April 21, 3:30 p.m. North Hall 064	Small Wind Turbines - A New Start-Up	Mr. Charles Dykstra Representative for Zephyr Wind Inc; Grand Rapids, MI True North Power NG; Ayr, ON Canada
Saturday, May 9 7:30 p.m.	Engr. Senior Design Presentations *Credit can be earned by writing a summary of three of the presentations	Senior Engr. Students

These seminars are coordinated with the requirements of Engr. 294/394 in mind. See description below. While it may be geared for students currently in the engineering program, the Calvin Community and general public are always welcome to attend.

Engineering 294/394 (0 credit) A seminar devoted to an exploration of topics in engineering. Seminrs will cover areas such as the practice of engineering design, non-technical issues in engineering practice, engineering graduate studies, and aspects of engineering analysis. Students will receive transcript recognition for Engineering 294 if they attend eight (8) seminars before being admitted to a BSE concentration and will receive transcript recognition for Engineering 394 if they attend eight (8) seminars after being admitted toa BSE concentration. Plant tours and technical society meetings may be substituted for seminars upon approval. Engr. 294 is NOT a prerequisite for Engr. 394. Honors students are required to have transcript recognition for either Engr. 294 or 394.

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