MMAE Seminar Archive

  • MMAE Seminar Series: “Understanding and Controlling Fluid Flows Using Data, Physics, and Machine Learning,” Featuring Scott Dawson

    MMAE Seminar Series: “Understanding and Controlling Fluid Flows Using Data, Physics, and Machine Learning,” Featuring Scott Dawson

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents the 2024–2025 seminar series featuring Scott Dawson, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Illinois Tech. Dawson will present “Understanding and Controlling Fluid Flows Using Data, Physics, and Machine Learning.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Towards Robot Companions: How Legged Robots Affect Human Gait Behavior,’ Featuring Amy Wu

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Towards Robot Companions: How Legged Robots Affect Human Gait Behavior,’ Featuring Amy Wu

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents the 2024–2025 seminar series featuring Amy Wu, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen’s University and the Mitchell Professor in Bio-Inspired Robotics. Wu will present “Toward Robot Companions: How Legged Robots Affect Human Gait Behavior.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • Special MMAE Seminar: ‘The Progress of Turing Plan for AI-Driven Materials Design,’ Featuring Hao Li

    Special MMAE Seminar: ‘The Progress of Turing Plan for AI-Driven Materials Design,’ Featuring Hao Li

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents a special seminar given by Hao Li, associate professor at Tohoku University in Japan, titled “The Progress of ‘Turing Plan’ for AI-Driven Materials Design.” This seminar will take place on Friday, August 16, from 2–4 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • DEI Seminar: Working Toward Socially Just Data Practices by Dr. Scott Tharp

    DEI Seminar: Working Toward Socially Just Data Practices by Dr. Scott Tharp

    The Armour College of Engineering and Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents “Working Towards Socially Just Data Practices,” a lecture presented by Scott Tharp, Associate Director for Academic Program Review and Assessment at the University of Illinois Chicago. This lecture will take place on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center. This event is in-person only and open to the public.

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  • MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Mechanistic Interactions at Scale in Energy Storage,’ Featuring Partha Mukherjee

    MMAE Seminar Series: ‘Mechanistic Interactions at Scale in Energy Storage,’ Featuring Partha Mukherjee

    The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents the 2024–25 Seminar Series featuring Partha Mukherjee, Professor and University Faculty Scholar at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University. Dr. Mukherjee will present: "Mechanistic Interactions at Scale in Energy Storage." This event will take place on Wednesday, September 4, at 12:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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  • 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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