Seminars

Schedule of Upcoming Events

The Department of Mechanical Engineering invites you to view our upcoming seminars, as well as our archived research seminars. Additionally, for those looking for employment during the pandemic, please view our panel discussion on mechanical engineering career opportunities in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.


SPRING 2022 SEMINAR SERIES SCHEDULE
January 27 11 a.m.–12 p.m.	Dr. Zahra Pournorouz, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Tarleton State University Part I: “Experimental and Theoretical Study of Thermophysical Properties’ Enhancement for Synthetic Oil Nanofluids” Part II: “Active Learning Methods for an Interactive Lecture and Classroom”
February 3 11 a.m.–12 p.m.	Chaitanya Krishna Vallabh, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh Part I: “Evaluation of Melt Pool Dynamics in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Based Metal Additive Manufacturing” Part II: “Teaching Philosophy & Methods and Teaching Interests & Plans”
February 23 4:30 p.m.	Charles Meneveau, Ph.D., Louis M. Sardella Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University *Fluid Mechanics and Wind Energy: Applications of Aerodynamics Beyond Turbine Blades*
March 1 2:30–3:30 p.m.	Robert Kelso, Program Director, ORBITBeyond *Brief History of Space Mission Failures … & Murphy’s Law in Space*
March 23 1–2:30 p.m.	Luke P. Lee, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital *Nanomedicine via Nanobiotechnology and Precision Engineering*
April 8 11 a.m.–12 p.m.	Jeffrey F. Morris, Levich Institute and Chemical Engineering, CUNY City College of New York *Flow Near Jamming: Discontinuous Shear-Thickening in Suspensions* McLean 218A
April 13 4:30 p.m.	Maurizio Porfiri, Institute Professor with appointments in the Center for Urban Science and Progress, The Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering *When Zebrafish Met Engineering* Carnegie 315

FALL 2021 SEMINAR SERIES
October 13	Dr. Elliott Rouse, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan *Success and Viability of Augmentative Exoskeletons* EVENT DETAILS
October 20	Dr. Naira Hovakimyan, Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *Safe Learning and Control with L1 Adaptation* EVENT DETAILS
October 26	Dr. Steven Shaw, Harris Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology *Embracing Nonlinearity and Evading Noise in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Resonators* EVENT DETAILS

Spring 2021 SEMINAR SERIES
March 31	Dr. Steven L. Brunton, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington *Machine Learning for Fluid Mechanics* VIEW ON KALTURA
April 21	Dr. Alper Erturk, Woodruff Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech, Stevens Institute of Technology *Leveraging Vibrations and Waves: from Smart/Meta-structures to Human Skull-brain System* VIEW ON KALTURA
April 28	Dr. Kathleen H. Sienko, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan *Designing for Global Health* Join via Zoom

Fall 2020 SEMINAR SERIES
September 30	Dr. Hao Zeng, Professor in the Department of Physics, the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York *Proximity Effects in Magnetic/TMD Heterostructures* View on Kaltura
October 14	Dr. David Sinton, Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto *Small Fluids Technologies for the Largest Fluids Challenge: CO2 Utilization and CO2 Conversion* View on Kaltura
October 21	Dr. Kishore Pochiraju, Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and SES Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology *Design Space Exploration with Machine Learning* View on Kaltura
November 04	Dr. Xian "Annie" Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology *Energy Transport in 2D Materials* View on Kaltura
November 18	Dr. Matei Ciocarlie, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York *Mechanisms for Manipulation: From Humans to Robots and Back* View on Kaltura

SUMMER 2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Summer 2020	Dr. Brendan Englot *Virtual Maps for High-Performance Mobile Robot Exploration Under Uncertainty* View on Kaltura
Summer 2020	Dr. EH Yang *Magnetism in 2D Flatlands* View on Kaltura
Summer 2020	Dr. Damiano Zanotto *Wearable Technology for Human Motion Analysis and Gait Training* View on Kaltura
Summer 2020	Dr. Hamid Jafarnejad Sani *Resilient and Secure Control Design for Intelligent Autonomous Systems under Cyber-Physical Attacks* View on Kaltura
Summer 2020	Dr. Yong Shi *Active Micro and Nanostructures for Sensing and Robotics* View on Kaltura
Summer 2020	Dr. Long Wang *Toward Intelligent Remotely Assisted Manipulation Tasks* View on Kaltura

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