George W. Pearsall Distinguished Lecture Series

George W. Pearsall
George W. Pearsall

The George W. Pearsall Distinguished Lecture Series was created by the Dukes MEMS faculty to honor the internationally recognized research engineer who served as dean of engineering twice, from 1969 to 1974 and 1982 to 1983.

During more than 30 years at Duke, George W. Pearsall, Sc.D., PE, was a beloved teacher, mentor and friend to hundreds of students and colleagues.

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Pearsall Lecture

John Rogers

MEMS PEARSALL LECTURE:3D Mesostructures and Their Applications in Unusual MEMS Technologies

Presenter: John A. Rogers

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Candler

MEMS Seminar- PEARSALL LECTURE : Boundary Layer Stability Analysis of the BOLT Hypersonic Flight Experiments

Presenter: Graham V. Candler

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Ellen Arruda

MEMS Seminar - PEARSALL LECTURE: Full-Field Methods for Characterizing the Non-Linear Anisotropic Response of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the Knee

Presenter: Dr. Ellen M. Arruda

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Hod Lipson

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: The Robot Scientist: Automating Discovery, from Cognitive Robotics to Computational Biology

Presenter: Dr. Hod Lipson | Columbia University

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Dr. Michimasa Fujino

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Innovation and Inspiration - The HondaJet

Presenter: Dr. Michimasa Fujino - President and Chief Executive Officer, Honda Aircraft Company

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Xiang Zhang

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Soft Meta-Materials: Self-Gauged Assembly, Non-Equilibrium Matters, and 3D Super-Resolution Imaging

Presenter: Professor Xiang Zhang, Ph.D.

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Dean Mary Boyce

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Mechanics of Soft Composites - The Interplay Between Geometrical Structuring and Large Deformation to Achieve Novel Behavior, Dean Mary Boyce

Presenter: Dean Mary C. Boyce - The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University

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Mark Asta

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Computationally Aided Materials Discovery and Design

Presenter: Prof. Mark Asta - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

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Alexander Smits

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Logarithmic Scaling in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows

Presenter: Prof. Alexander Smits, Princeton

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Gang Chen

Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Nanoengineering for Efficient Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Materials and Systems

Presenter: Prof. Gang Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology