The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents a special seminar given by Terry Fong, Chief Roboticist at the NASA Ames Research Center. Fong will present “The NASA Volatiles Inspecting Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission,” on Friday, October 25, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 111 of the Pritzker Science Center.

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The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents the 2024–2025 seminar series featuring Cameron Tropea, a Henry Ford Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, who will present “Quantitative Hydrodynamics from Trajectory Imaging.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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The Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering presents the 2024–2025 seminar series featuring Amir Mostafaei, assistant professor of mechanical, materials and aerospace engineering at Illinois Tech. Mostafaei will present “Recent advancements from powder production to additive manufacturing of non-spherical powder.” This seminar will take place on Friday, September 6, 2024, from 12:45–1:45 p.m. in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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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 Wednesday, October 16, at 12:45 in room 104 of the Rettaliata Engineering Center.

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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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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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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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