Upcoming Seminars

Programmable metamaterials: A rich platform for controlling a plethora of wave phenomena
April 3, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Osama Bilal
Series: Mechanics & Materials

Oblique transition in high-speed separated boundary layers
April 3, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Mihailo Jovanovic
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics

Learning Physics-Based Reduced-Order Models from Data Using Polynomial Manifold Constructions
April 7, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Rudy Geelen
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

In and Out of the Body and into the Machine
April 12, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Chico MacMurtrie
Series: Mechanics & Materials

Motor Learning and Rehabilitation in the Context of Assistive Robotic Devices
April 14, 2023 - 9:00 am
Speaker: Alexandra (Sasha) Voloshina
Series: Biomechanics & Medical Devices

Learning and Control for Energy Systems
April 14, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Yuanyuan Shi
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

Dynamics of Cohomology in Fluids
April 17, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Albert Chern
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics
Building Out a Sociotechnical Systems and Control Paradigm for Designing and Governing Algorithmic Systems
April 19, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Dr.ir. Roel Dobbe
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

The Role of Biophysical And Biochemical Cues In Cardiovascular Tissue Formation
April 21, 2023 - 9:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Janet Zoldan
Series: Biomechanics & Medical Devices

Fast Real-Time Online Optimization for Estimation and Control
April 21, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Joao Hespanha
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

Kirigami metamaterials: from morphing structures to soft robotic skins
April 24, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Ahmad Rafsanjani
Series: Mechanics & Materials

A Near-Autonomous Large Eddy Simulation Method Based on Interscale Energy Transfer Among Resolved Scales of Turbulence
April 24, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Julian Domaradzki
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics

On the Approximability of Koopman-Based Operator Lyapunov Equations
April 28, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Dr. Tobias Breiten
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

Manipulating mechanical waves with phononic materials
May 1, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Kathryn Matlack
Series: Mechanics & Materials

Flow between soft boundaries: fracture propagation and atomization
May 1, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Emilie Dressaire
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics
Leveraging Unsteady Flows for Enhanced Performance in Wind-Energy Systems
May 3, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Nathaniel Wei
Series: Energy: Joint Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept & Center for Energy Research

Mechanical Interactions, Collective Behavior and Function in Motile Cell Assemblies
May 5, 2023 - 9:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Ajay Gopinathan
Series: Biomechanics & Medical Devices

New mesoscopic approach to crystal plasticity
May 5, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Lev Truskinovsky
Series: Mechanics & Materials

Functionality by Design: Architected Materials and Devices Enabled by Two-Photon 3D Printing
May 8, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Xiaoxing Xia
Series: Mechanics & Materials

Next-Generation Robot Perception: Hierarchical Representations, Certifiable Algorithms, and Self-Supervised Learning
May 11, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Luca Carlone
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

Next Generation Medical Continuum Robots
May 12, 2023 - 9:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs
Series: Biomechanics & Medical Devices

Nonlinear mechanics and dynamics of bistable and multistable system
May 15, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Julien Meaud
Series: Mechanics & Materials

Stratified turbulence at medium and low Prandtl number
May 15, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Pascale Garaud
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics

Deep Neural Networks, Universal Approximation, and Geometric Control
May 19, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Paulo Tabuada
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

Accelerating the Design of Morphing Structures and Topology Optimization Surrogates
May 22, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Philip Buskohl
Series: Mechanics & Materials
Dynamics of asymmetric shear instabilities
May 22, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Alexis Kaminski
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics

Principles and Applications of Learning in Large-Population Games
May 26, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Shinkyu Park
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls

Designing a Sustainable and Reliable Future: Simulating Next Generation Energy Systems
May 31, 2023 - 11:00 pm
Speaker: Bri-Mathias Hodge
Series: Energy: Joint Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept & Center for Energy Research

“Games Without Frontiers: Beating Super Mario Bros. 1-1 With A 3D-Printed Soft Robotic Hand”
June 2, 2023 - 9:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Ryan D. Sochol
Series: Biomechanics & Medical Devices

A Variational Theory of Aero-hydrodynamics
June 5, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Haithem Taha
Series: Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, & Engineering Physics
Modeling and uncertainty quantification for cooperative wind farms at utility-scale
June 7, 2023 - 11:00 am
Speaker: Michael F. Howland
Series: Energy: Joint Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept & Center for Energy Research
Can Needle-Sized Robot Tentacles Help Surgeons Save Lives?
June 9, 2023 - 9:00 am
Speaker: Dr. Robert J. Webster
Series: Biomechanics & Medical Devices

Single Timescale Actor Aritic: A Small-Gain Analysis
June 9, 2023 - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Bahman Gharesifard
Series: Dynamic Systems & Controls