He will explain the differences and associated consequences of these characteristics, as well as the need to quantify the flowability of powders. Nonlinear phenomena topic of April 17 lecture Ali Hasan Nayfeh, an international authority in the field of nonlinear dynamics and vibrations, is the Thursday, April 17, speaker in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. Nayfeh is the University Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He will discuss potential nonlinear phenomena which design engineers must be able to recognize, understand and respond to appropriately. The Dorrance Distinguished Lecture is sponsored by the Australia-New Zealand Studies Center, the Office of International Programs and the Equal Opportunity Planning Committee.
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Perkins, who retired as ambassador to Australia last year, is currently the William J. Crowe Chair professor and interim executive director of the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma. Explore the role of Vitamin A in immunity A. Catharine Ross , Dorothy Foehr Huck chair and professor of nutrition, will present the Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Lecture of the College of Health and Human Development at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in 209 Henderson Building South at University Park. The lecture is open to the public, and a reception will follow in the Henderson Living Center. Ross received the college's 1996 Pattishall Outstanding Research Award which honors a senior health and human development faculty member who has made outstanding research contributions to the field across a major portion of his or her career. In addition to providing fundamental knowledge about the basic mechanism by which homostatis of retinoids is maintained in mammals, she has contributed significantly to the understanding of how dietary retinoids influence resistance to infections.