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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR SERIES

2/12/24 Seminar - Durga Ghosh, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan
Lecture:

2/16/24 Seminar - Yun Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mechanical Engineering Dept
Purdue University
Lecture:

2/19/24 Seminar - Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Energy Transport Research Lab
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Lecture:

2/23/24 Seminar - Xuanjie Wang, PhD
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecture:

4/5/24 Seminar - Lin Han, PhD
Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering
Science & Health Systems
Drexel University
Lecture:

11/10/23 Seminar - Alison Weber, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biology
Bryn Mawr College
Lecture:

11/3/23 Seminar
Elizabeth Getto, PhD
Associate Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
Lecture:

11/1/23 Special Seminar
Co-hosted with CLAS, VSB and Athletics
Joseph Lunardi
ESPN bracketologist
Lecture:

10/26/23 - David J. Cappelleri, PhD
Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) 
Purdue University
Lecture:

10/16/23 - Lieven Vervecken, PhD
Co-founder and CEO
Diabatix nv
Leuven, Belgium
Lecture:

10/6/23 - Yuri Muzychka, PhD
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canada
Lecture: 

10/5/23 - Nesreen Ghaddar, PhD
Qatar Chair of Energy Studies
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Lecture:

9/29/23 - Sandip Mazumder, PhD
Professor & Associate Chair
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Ohio State University
Lecture:

4/20/23 – Noah Jafferis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering Dept.
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Lecture:

4/14/23 – Ajit Roy, PhD
Air Force Research Laboratory
Materials & Manufacturing Directorate
Wright-Patterson AFB
Lecture: 

3/17/23 – Arindam Banerjee, PhD
Professor & Dept. Chair
Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
Lehigh University
Lecture:

2/24/23 – Leslie Lamberson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Lecture: 

2/10/23 – Alexander Rattner, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Penn State University
Lecture:

12/2/22 – William Nagel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Robotics Engineering
Widener University
Lecture:

11/18/22 – Anthony J. Calise, PhD
Retired Professor
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lecture: 

11/11/22 – Haibo Dong, PhD
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept.
Director, Aerospace Engineering Program
University of Virginia
Lecture:   

10/28/22 – James Tangorra, PhD
Department Head
Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Drexel University
Lecture:  

10/21/22 - Tyler Van Buren, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Dept.
University of Delaware
Lecture: 

9/30/22 - Jie Yin, PhD
Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Lecture: 

9/23/22 - David H. Kohn, PhD
Natalie C. Roberts Endowed Professor
Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Dept of Biologic & Materials Sciences
University of Michigan
Lecture: 

9/13/22 - Grzegorz Litak, PhD, DSc
Dept. of Automation
Head of Department
Lublin University of Technology, Poland
AND
Piotr Wolszczak, PhD, DSc
Dept. of Automation
Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Lecture: 

7/7/22 Special Summer Seminar - Kam K. Leang, PhD
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Utah Robotics Center
University of Utah
Lecture:  Autonomous Sentinels for Dangerous Gas Leak Detection, Localization, and Estimation

4/22/22 - Raffaele Luca Amalfi, PhD
Senior Lead Researcher
Nokia Bell Labs
New Jersey
Lecture:  

3/11/22 - Anthony Calise, PhD
Retired Professor from Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering
AIAA Fellow
Lecture: 

2/18/22 - Andrew Erwin, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Valero Lab
University of Southern California
Lecture:
Robots with Compliance for Neurorehabilitation and Human-Robot Collaboration

2/14/22 - Seong Hyeon Hong, PhD
Postdoc
Mechanical Engineering Dept
University of South Carolina
Lecture:  Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Robotics Applications

2/11/22 - Rui Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE)
Kent State University
Lecture:  AI-Powered Robot Cognition Modeling for Resilient Humans-Robots Collaboration ---   Trust, Intent, Attention, Risk

2/4/22 - Arman Sargolzaei, PhD
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
Lecture:  Resilient, Autonomous, Networked Control Systems

12/3/21 - Dr. Pengtao Yue
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mathematics
College of Science
Virginia Tech
Lecture: 

11/12/21 – Dr. Kevin Hemker
Alonzo G Decker Chair of Mechanical Engineering
Depts. of Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering
Earth & Planetary SciencesJohns Hopkins University
Lecture: 

11/5/21 – Dr. Yogendra Joshi
G.W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lecture: 

10/8/21 – Dr. Ashwin Ramasubramaniam
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Lecture: 

10/1/21 – Dr. ShinYoung Kang
Quantum Simulations Group in MSD
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
Lecture: 

9/17/21 – Dr. Steven Kurtz
Principal, Exponent, Inc.
Associate Research Professor
Director of Implant Research Center
Drexel University
Lecture: 

4/30/21 – Jin-Oh Hahn, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland
Fellow, Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices
Faculty Affiliate in Applied Mathematics, Statistics & Scientific Computation (AMSC) Program
Lecture:  

4/16/21 – Ajay Prasad, PhD
Engineering Alumni Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
Lecture:  

4/9/21 – Brian Helenbrook, PhD
Paynter-Krigman Endowed Professor in Engineering Science Simulation
Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Dept. Chair
Clarkson University
Lecture:  

3/19/21 – Nicholas Glavin, PhD
Functional Materials Division
Air Force Research Laboratory
Lecture: 

3/5/21 – Mary Frecker, PhD
Professor of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering
Riess Chair in Engineering
Director, Center for Biodevices
Penn State University
Lecture:  

2/12/21 – Kavan Hazeli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept.
University of Alabama
Lecture: 

2/5/21 – Frank Fish, PhD
Professor of Biology
Liquid Life Laboratory
Department of Biology
West Chester University
Lecture:  

12/11/20 â€“ Mulugeta Haile, PhD
Aerospace Research, Lead
Vehicle Technology Directorate
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Lecture:  

11/20/20 â€“ Zhenyu Gan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept
Syracuse University
Lecture:  

11/13/20 â€“ Kai, Xiao, PhD
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lecture: 

11/6/20 â€“ Sung Hoon Kang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute; Institute for NanoBioTechnology
John Hopkins University
Editorial Board Member, Sensors
Early Career Research Board Member, Multifunctional Materials
Lecture:  

10/2/20 - Carl Zweben, Ph.D. Advanced Thermal Materials and Composites Consultant
Life Fellow, ASME; Fellow, SAMPE & ASM;
Associate Fellow, AIAA; Senior Member, SPIE
Lecture: 

10/9/20 – Chengyuan Wu, MD, MSBmE
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiology
Co-Director, Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center 
Fellowship Director, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Division of Epilepsy and Neuromodulation Neurosurgery (EN2)
Department of Neurosurgery 
Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
Thomas Jefferson University
Lecture:  

10/16/20 – Keith W. Moored III, PhD
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Lehigh University
Lecture:  

  

Updated 10/31/2024