I was asked to send around a reminder for tonight's program. In addition Ken and Donna are sponsoring the food and they tell me they have yummy stuff.
June 20 "Reinventing the Wheel: From Ferris to Fat Bikes to the Future”
Matt Ford, is a graduate of Berkeley with a degree in Mechanical engineering and Materials science and is working toward his PhD at Northwestern. Through his thesis he aims to explain the mechanics of the bicycle wheel.
Matt will share the history of the bicycle wheel over the last 200 years.
• Why wheels "taco" and how to prevent it.
• Computer simulations of wheel failure.
• Other "wheels" inspired by the bicycle (the Chicago Ferris Wheel, the London Eye, ...).
• Mechanics of “extreme wheels (fat bikes, aero rims, ...).