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Thesis Defense: Sanat Vibhas Modak

2000 PML 2301 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI

Title: Enabling Low-Cost Electrolytes and Membranes for Redox Flow Batteries Date: 09/26/2023 12:00 pm Location: 2000 PHOENIX MEMORIAL LABORATORY

Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series: Astrid Layton

1200 EECS 1301 Beal Ave, Ann Arborr, MI, United States

Inspiration from nature has produced some fascinating, novel, and life changing solutions for the human world. Most of these bio-inspired designs however have been product based, but taking a systems perspective when we look to nature taps inspirations that can improve the critical networks we depend on. This talk focuses on biological ecosystems in particular, complex networks of interacting species that are able to support individual needs while maintaining system-level functions during both times of abundance and unexpected disturbances.

Thesis Defense: Siddharth Rath

Virtual

Title: On the Zeros of Flexible Systems Date: 09/27/2023 1:00 pm Location: HTTPS://UMICH.ZOOM.US/J/92522437477

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Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series: Dan Henningson

FXB 1109 2505 Hayward St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Fluid flows subject to time-dependent external forces or boundary conditions are ubiquitous in aeronautical applications. Whether one considers pitching wings, dynamic stall or the gust response of wind turbines, the flow is unsteady or non-autonomous. We investigate the influence of unsteadiness on the non-linearflow evolution, as well as on the linear response to small disturbances that determines their stability and the subsequent transition to turbulence.

Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series: Matthew Eisaman

1200 EECS 1301 Beal Ave, Ann Arborr, MI, United States

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a specific ocean CDR approach that can locally reverse ocean acidification and draw additional CO2 from the air into oceanic bicarbonate where it is stored for over10,000 years, mimicking the Earth’s natural mechanism for regulating the atmospheric CO2 concentration. In this talk, I will review the latest results from my group on electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement and describe the efforts to commercialize this technology at Ebb Carbon, Inc.

Thesis Defense: Hyung Suk Kwon

2636 GGB 2350 Hayward St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Title: Acoustic Metamaterials and Convolutional Neural Networks for Broadband Ultrasound Sensing Date: 10/18/2023 10:00 am Location: 2636 GGB (G.G. BROWN LABORATORY)

Thesis Defense: Patrick Dorin

2004 AL 1231 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Title: Exploring Advanced Topological Metamaterials for Elastic Wave Manipulation Date: 10/23/2023 9:00 am Location: WALTER E. LAY AUTOMOTIVE LAB ROOM 2004