Engineering Distinguished Lecture by Professor Brian Mace: "Waves and Finite Elements"
In this talk a Wave Finite Element (WFE) method for the analysis of the wave behaviour of uniform 1- and 2-dimensional structures is described. The WFE method involves conventional Finite Element (FE) analysis of just a small segment of the structure, using conventional FE methods and commercial codes, followed by application of periodic structure theory. This results in an eigenproblem, the solutions to which yield wavenumbers etc. The forced response can be determined from these eigensolutions. Prof Brian Mace is currently Professor of Structural Dynamics at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), University of Southampton, UK and Chairman of the Dynamics Group at ISVR.

Date: September 7, 2010 (Tuesday)
Time:  17:00 - 18:15
Venue: LG 109, Composite Building, HKU
Language: English

For enquiries, please feel free to contact Faculty of Engineering by email at enggfac@hkucc.hku.hk

HKUL Reading Club: "Poor English : Why Should Hong Kong Care?"
China has become a major player in global business, and Hong Kong and its people are a major factor in the Chinese economy.  Yet Hong Kong's grasp of English, the international language of commerce, is embarrassingly poor.  Barry Kalb, a veteran journalist and journalism lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, discusses the situation and what is needed to rectify it.  Mr. Kalb is the author of the recently published You Can Write Better English.

Speaker:  Mr Barry Kalb, Honorary Lecturer, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU
Moderator: Professor Ying Chan, Director, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU

Date:             9 September 2010 (Thursday)
Time:            7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue:          Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, HKU
Language:    English

For registration, please visit: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2010_9.html

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Velentina Ma, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU (Tel: 2219 4012) or Ms Carmen Tsang, Hong Kong University Libraries (Tel : 2859 2211)