Since 2010 the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering has sponsored technical presentations on the 3rd Thursday of most months of the academic fall and spring semesters. These free, one-hour seminars present innovative and technical topics of interest to our engineering students, faculty, and the broader Lawrence Tech community, as well as the outside public. We have had a variety of presenters from many industry and academic institutions, including highly capable Lawrence Tech students, faculty.
Seminars are free and open to the public.
For more details contact Dr. Robert Fletcher.
| Year | Speaker | Topic |
| 2015 | Gianluca Allegretto Módesto LLC |
Introduction to Interaction Design |
| 2014 | Dr. Imad Makki Ford Motor Company |
A Non-intrusive Three-way Catalyst Diagnostics Monitor Based on Support Vector Machines |
| Michael Royce Albion Associates |
Grades Do Count, But That’s Not All – Tips for Engineers in Training | |
| 2013 | Dr. James A. Mynderse Lawrence Tech faculty |
A Dynamic Mirror Actuator for Improving Electrophotographic Print Quality |
| Giuseppe Santangelo Teoresi US |
Commercial Space Technologies and Aerospace System Engineering | |
| Mahmoud Yassine Chrysler Group |
Powertrain Emissions Department, Impact of Ethanol Fuels on Regulated Tailpipe Emissions | |
| 2012 | Dr. Alaa El-Sharkawy The Chrysler Group |
Impact of Emissions and Fuel Economy on Vehicle Thermal Management: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Ghassan Khalil US ARMY TARDEC |
Hybrid Electric Challenges for Military Applications | |
| Dr. Robert W. Fletcher Lawrence Tech faculty |
A review of recent energy research the Lawrence Tech Energy Lab, and the opportunities of utilizing undergraduate engineering student assistants | |
| Stephanie (Shevenock) Campbell Lawrence Tech student |
Supersonic Jet Inlet Buzz and Preparatory Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Steps | |
| Hugh Blaxill MAHLE Powertrain LLC |
The Role Of Internal Combustion Engines In Future Energy Use | |
| 2011 | Dr. Michael A. Gennert Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Engineering a Robotics Program from Scratch |
| Dr. Liping Liu Lawrence Tech faculty |
Effects of Air-Side Surface Wettability on the Performance of Dehumidifying Heat Exchangers | |
| Dr. Yawen Li Lawrence Tech faculty |
Lawrence Tech’s New Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope: Capabilities and Applications | |
| Dr. Selin Arslan Lawrence Tech faculty |
Controlled Flow Evaporation in Complex Microchannels with Non-Uniform Wall Temperatures | |
| 2010 | Amy Tsang Lawrence Tech student |
The NREL SULI Research Experience |
| Dr. Joe Mercurio General Motors |
Automotive Fuel Cells | |
| Dr. Vladimir V. Vantsevich Lawrence Tech faculty |
Inverse Ground Vehicle Dynamics: Research and Teaching |