2008 Pumps & Pipes event registration and information
Pumps and Pipes 2
Being held at the University of Houston on Monday, December 8, Pumps and
Pipes II will provide common language and terminology to all parties, as
well as a platform to discuss the hurdles
facing each discipline.
Talks focued on anatomy, pathophysiology, how the petroleum industry maintains flow in the pipeline infrastructure, and other topics with potential crossover.
The intended audience includes:
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Researchers and Academia: medical device manufacturers, computer scientists, imaging specialists, physicists, and engineers
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Oil and Gas: geologists, physicists, and researchers
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Medical: vascular biologists, researchers, and
clinicians interested in cardiovascular disease
Pumps and Pipes II - Agenda
Theme: “The Other Guy’s Toolkit”
Emphasis: Emerging technologies that may be of interest to “The Other Guy”
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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| 8:00 - 8:15 |
Welcome Lumsden/Kline/Kakadiaris and UH Chancellor, Renu Khator
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| 8:15 - 8:30 |
My Medical Toolkit
Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., Methodist DeBakey
Heart & Vascular Center
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| 8:30 - 8:45 |
My Oilfield Toolkit
Bill E. Kline, ExxonMobil Upstream
Research Company
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| 8:45 - 9:00 |
My Engineering Toolkit Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, University of
Houston
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Oilfield Robotics Rustom Mody, Baker Hughes
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| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Pipeline Robotic Connection Kim Breaux, Quality Connector
Systems
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Medical Robotics Nikolaos Tsekos, University of Houston |
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| 10:30-10:50 |
Break
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| 10:50-11:10 |
Robot Assisted High Throughput Experimentation Rakesh Jain,
Symyx
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| 11:10-11:40 |
Use of Magnetics for Device Positioning
Use of Magnetics for Device Positioning Billy Cohn, M.D.,
Texas Heart Institute
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| 11:40-12:00 |
Full Field Strain Mapping John Tyson, Trilion Optical Systems
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| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch
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| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Inside Well Imaging Steve Hansen, Schlumberger Global Geology
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| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Intravascular Imaging Catheters Mark Davies, M.D., Ph.D.,
MBA, The Methodist Hospital
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| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Mapping surfaces at the molecular level Dalia Yablon,
ExxonMobil
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| 2:30 - 2:50 |
(Structural) Health Monitoring Using (Vibration) Signature
Changes David Zimmerman, University of Houston
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| 2:50 - 3:10 |
Break |
| 3:10 – 3:30 |
Belief Networks Overview Shishir Shah, University of Houston
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| 3:30 – 3:50 |
Belief Networks in Geoscience Kurt Steffen, ExxonMobil
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| 3:50 – 4:10 |
Membranes and Filters Osama Gaber, M.D., The Methodist Hospital
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| 4:10 – 4:40 |
Nanomaterials – Present and Future C. Vipulanandan,
University of Houston
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| 4:40 - 5:00 |
Vision: Pumps & Pipes III and Beyond Lumsden/Kline/Kakadiaris
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| 5:00 - 6:30 |
Social Hour and Reception
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