MMAE Seminar Archive

  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Optimality and Guarantees in Robotic Exploration’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Optimality and Guarantees in Robotic Exploration’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Ian Abraham, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering with courtesy appointment in the Computer Science Department at Yale University, who will present “Optimality and Guarantees in Robotic Exploration.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘From Fundamental to Flight Test’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘From Fundamental to Flight Test’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Matthew McCrink, a Research Assistant Professor at Ohio State University, who will present, “From Fundamental to Flight Test.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) That Accounts for Periodic Large-Scale Behavior’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) That Accounts for Periodic Large-Scale Behavior’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Andres Goza, an assistant professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who will present, “A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) That Accounts for Periodic Large-Scale Behavior.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Distinguised Alumni Seminar: Mathieu Joerger on ‘Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing for Safe Transportation’

    MMAE Distinguised Alumni Seminar: Mathieu Joerger on ‘Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing for Safe Transportation’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering welcomes the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Mathieu Joerger, assistant professor at Virginia Tech, who will give a presentation on “Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing for Safe Transportation.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Friday, March 22, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 (auditorium) of the John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center. Departmental awards will immediately follow the seminar.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Go with the Flow: Flow Control Strategies for Unsteady and Uncertain Environments’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Go with the Flow: Flow Control Strategies for Unsteady and Uncertain Environments’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Girguis Sedky, a postdoctoral research associate in the Bio-inspired Adaptive Morphology lab at Princeton University, who will present, “Go with the Flow: Flow Control Strategies for Unsteady and Uncertain Environments.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Matthew Robertson, an assistant professor at Queen’s University, who will present “Novel Engineering and Multi-Material Design Strategies for Robots in the Wild.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Douglas Carter, a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Carter will give a presentation on "Turbulence Experiments at Low and High Speeds." This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents its spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Peter Johnsamson, director of global customer care at Nano Dimension, who will give a presentation on “Reinventing the Industry: Additively Manufactured Electronics.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 131 of Perlstein Hall.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles’

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles’

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Shabnam Raayai-Ardakani, a Rowland Fellow and principal investigator at Rowland Institute at Harvard University, who will give a presentation on “Bio-Inspired Passive Drag Reduction for Single and Multiple Vehicles.” This seminar is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Advancing the Versatility of Legged Robots and Assistive Devices,’ Presented by Dr. Patrick Wensing

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Advancing the Versatility of Legged Robots and Assistive Devices,’ Presented by Dr. Patrick Wensing

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents the Spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker, Dr. Patrick Wensing, who will give a presentation on “Advancing the Versatility of Legged Robots and Assistive Devices.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 in the auditorium (room 104) of the John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center from 3:30–4:30 p.m. This event is open to all graduate students and faculty.

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