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Seminar Series

The Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series at Stevens Institute of Technology is a dynamic forum where innovation meets insight. Featuring leading researchers, industry pioneers and visionary thinkers from across the mechanical engineering spectrum, these sessions foster collaboration, spark curiosity and inspire the next generation of leaders.

Schedule of Upcoming Seminars

Explore this semester's lineup. Click on a seminar title to view details and register.

Fall 2025

October 7

James Breen | VP of Project Delivery, Johnson and Johnson

Norman Goldschmidt | President, Genesis AEC

Claudio Radossi | President, MG America

Careers for Engineers in Life Science Industries

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For a complete overview of upcoming seminars, lectures, and academic events across all departments, please visit the Schaefer School's full event calendar.

Past Seminar Series Speakers

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Spring 2025 Seminar Series

Peter I. Renn, Virtu Financial
Expecting Turbulence: Machine Learning for Prediction and Control of Fluid Flows

Ferdous Alam, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Learning to Generate and Manufacture the Next Billion Designs

Sandip Patel, Kyowa Kirin
Overview of Quality Assurance (QA) Functions and How We Work Cross-Functionally

Deepika Raina, L’Oreal
The Hygiene Edge: Ensuring Microbial Prevention in Equipment Design, OTC Drugs & Cosmetic Manufacturing

Fall 2024 Seminar Series

Kon-Well Wang, A. Galip Ulsoy Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Stephen P. Timoshenko Professor of Mechanical Engineering | University of Michigan
Harnessing the Dynamics of Reconfigurable Metastructures - From Wave Control to Embodying Mechano-Intelligence

Milos Ilak, RTX Technology Research Center
Overview of RTX Technology Research Center with Project Highlights

Dr. Derek Moulton, Professor, Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford
Morphorods: A Modelling Framework for Active Slender Structures

Spring 2024 Seminar Series

Yuanhang Zhu, PhD, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
Fluid-Structure Interactions In Energy Harvesting And Bio-Inspired Propulsion Systems

Lauren Katch, PhD candidate, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University
Wave Propagation In Complex Media And Its Nondestructive Evaluation Applications For Material Characterization

Shahab Mirjalili, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Understanding Multiphase Flows via High-Fidelity Simulations, Asymptotics, and Machine Learning

Ekta U. Samani, PhD, Amazon
Enhancing Robot Perception for Robust Autonomy in Unstructured Environments

Binbin Ying, PhD, MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bioinspired Robots and Robotic Biomaterials for Precision Medicine

Shima Shahab, PhD, Virginia Tech
Ultrasound-Responsive Intelligent Material Systems

Zhuomin Zhang, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Fundamentals and Applications of Near-Field and Far-Field Thermal Radiation

Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Jaqueline Libby, Assistant Professor, Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology
Soft, Smart Physical Human-Robot Interaction in the Medical Domain

Fall 2022 Seminar Series

Haotian Gu, Provost Fellow (2021), Mechanical Engineering, Guoqing Zhang, Fernando Fernandez Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, Yang Xu, Fernando Fernandez Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, and Ehsan Nasiri, Provost Fellow, Mechanical Engineering
2022 Summer Graduate Fellowship Robotics Seminar (Fernando Fernandez Fellowship & Provost Fellowship)

Venkat Krovi, Michelin SmartState Professor of Vehicle Automation, Clemson University- International Center for Automotive Research
Clemson Connected Autonomy Systems

B. Balachandran, Distinguished University Professor, Minta Martin Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland
Data-Driven Nonlinear Dynamics