Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series | Mechanical Engineering

Seminar Series: Winter 2020

Date	Room	Speaker Name	Institution	Abstract Title
01/14/2020	TBA	Martin Z. Bazant	MIT	Control of Interfacial Stability in Electrochemical Systems
01/21/2020	EECS 1500	Matthew McDowell	Georgia Institute of Technology	In Situ Investigation of Chemo-Mechanical Phenomena in Batteries
01/28/2020	EECS 1500	Eric R. Masanet	UCSB	Industrial decarbonization and the role of emerging technologies
02/18/2020	EECS 1500	Prabhakar Bandaru	UCSD	Thermal metamaterials – for efficient directing, harvesting, and dissipation of heat
04/07/2020	EECS 1500	Jake Socha	Virginia Tech	CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
04/14/2020	EECS 1500	Lynden Archer	Cornell University	CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
04/21/2020	EECS 1500	Katia Bertoldi	Harvard University	Cancelled

Seminar Series: Fall 2019

Date	Room	Speaker Name	Institution	Abstract Title
09/10/2019	2147 GG Brown	Peter Gabriel Adamczyk	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Challenges in Prosthetic Limbs: design, control, use and utility
09/17/2019	2147 GG Brown	Dr. Spencer Bryngelson	Caltech	Computational Methods for Multi-Component Flows: From the Microcirculation to Feeding Humpback Whales
09/24/2019	2147 GG Brown	Amy Marconnet	Purdue University	Nanoengineering Materials for Thermal Transport
10/01/2019	2147 GG Brown	Dr. Kent Bowden	Cadillac Hospital, Munson Healthcare	Impacting Healthcare Costs with a University of Michigan Innovation - FlexDex
10/08/2019	2147 GG Brown	Maziar Hemati	University of Minnesota	Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Fluid Flows
10/22/2019	2147 GG Brown	Paul Korinko	Savannah River National Laboratory	An Introduction to Metals Additive Manufacturing
10/29/2019	2147 GG Brown	Sherry Xain Chen	The Hong Kong University of Science and Techology	Mesomechanics experimental mechanics: dual beam-shear differential interference contrast microscopy
11/05/2019	2147 GG Brown Bldg	Michael D. Sangid	Purdue	Coupling microstructure-sensitive modeling and in situ experiments to understand and predict fatigue behavior: Towards the rapid qualification of additive manufactured materials
12/03/2019	2147 GG Brown	Stefano Gonella	University of Minnesota	Topology Meet Phononics Wave Manipulation on Edges and Interfaces
12/10/2019	2147 GG Brown	Jianxun Wang	Notre Dame	Data-driven forward and inverse modeling of fluid dynamics with "small data"

Seminar Series: Winter 2019

Date	Room	Speaker Name	Institution	Abstract Title
01/15/2019	2540 GG Brown Grand Conference Room Time 4:00 - 5:00 PM	Robert McCormick	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Development of Sustainable Fuels for High-Efficiency Spark-Ignition and Mixing-Controlled Compression-Ignition Engines: Storage Stability and Effects of Fuel Properties on Engine Performance and Emissions
01/22/2019	Johnson Rooms, LEC Time 10:00 AM	Neville Hogan	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	How do we do it? The puzzle of human performance
01/29/2019	DOW1017 Time 4:00 - 5:00 PM	L.S. Fan	The Ohio State University	Chemical Looping Combustion, Gasification and Reforming Technology and CO2 Capture
03/26/2019	EECS 1500 4:00 - 5:00 PM	Pradeep Sharma	University of Houston	Flexoelectricity and Electrets
04/02/2019	EECS 1500 4:00 - 5:00 PM	Kejie Zhao	Purdue University	Bridging mechanics and electrochemistry: Experiments and modeling on battery materials
04/16/2019	EECS 1500 Time 4:00 - 5:00 PM	Elsa Olivetti	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Linking Materials Synthesis to Manufacturing Scalability
04/23/2019	EECS 1500 Time 4:00 - 5:00 PM	Christine Hrenya	University of Colorado	Attractive couples break up unexpectedly

Seminar Series: Fall 2018

Date	Room	Speaker Name	Institution	Abstract Title
10/02/2018	2153 GG Brown Building, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Amos Winter	MIT	Coupling Insights into Emerging Markets with Engineering Science to Create High-Performance Low-Cost, Global Technologies
10/17/2018	2000A Phoenix Memorial Lab 10:30 - 11:30 am	Satish Kumar	Georgia Tech	Electro-Thermal Transport in Electronics Materials and Their Devices
10/19/2018	1680 IOE 10:00 - 11:00 am	Haoxiang Luo	Vanderbilt University	Computational Fluid-structure Interaction for Biological and Biomedical Applications
10/23/2018	2153 GG Brown Building, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Craig Arnold	Princeton University	Piezoelectrochemistry in Li-ion Batteries: Coupling Mechanics and Electrochemistry
11/06/2018	2153 GG Brown Building, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Greg Jackson	Colorado School of Mines	Reactive and Inert Oxide Particles for Capturing and Storing Solar Energy
11/13/2018	2153 GG Brown Building, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Tim Colonius	Cal Tech	Flutter Instabilities with Application to Energy Harvesting