Events Spotlight

Prof. Benoit Forget
17 Sep
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Prof. Benoit Forget
Host: NNL 2026-2027 NNL Distinguished Lecture - Prof. Benoit Forget, KEPCO, Professor, Nuclear Engineering MIT Topic - Embedding Nuclear Data Uncertainties in Monte Carlo...
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September 17, 2026
11:00am

Headshot of Kam W. Leong
17 Sep
Savio L-Y Woo Lectureship
Join the Department of Bioengineering for the annual Savio L-Y Woo Lecture. Our guest speaker this year is Kam W. Leong, PhD, Samuel Y Sheng Professor of Biomedical...
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September 17, 2026
4:00pm to 6:00pm

Image of Shiao-Hung Chiang Distinguished Seminar Featuring Dr. Markus J. Buehler, MIT
18 Sep
Shiao-Hung Chiang Distinguished Seminar Featuring Dr. Markus J. Buehler, MIT
Superintelligence for Scientific Discovery Abstract: : Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from a passive analytical tool into an active partner in scientific...
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September 18, 2026
9:30am to 10:30am

Image of Pramod Varshney, "Six Blind Men of Indostan: Theory and Applications of Distributed Inference"
24 Sep
Pramod Varshney, "Six Blind Men of Indostan: Theory and Applications of Distributed Inference"
Abstract: Distributed inference refers to the synergistic combination of information gathered by various knowledge sources and sensors to provide inference regarding a...
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September 24, 2026
3:30pm to 4:30pm

Image of Ali Tajer, "Causal Representation Learning"
01 Oct
Ali Tajer, "Causal Representation Learning"
Abstract: Building reliable world models for physical systems is a central challenge in modern AI, with broad implications for scientific discovery, robotics, autonomy, and...
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October 01, 2026
3:30pm to 4:30pm

Image of Bioengineering Seminar Series - Damion Shelton
01 Oct
Bioengineering Seminar Series - Damion Shelton
Damion Shelton, Associate Vice President and Executive Director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University, will present "What do we want from our...
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October 01, 2026
4:00pm to 5:00pm

Dr. Danielle Maddix Robinson
08 Oct
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Dr. Danielle Maddix Robinson
Host: Inanc Senocak Dr. Danielle Maddix Robinson (virtual), Principal Research Scientist, Siemens Physical AI Topic - Science in the Age of Foundation Models
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October 08, 2026
11:00am

Image of Vikram Krishnamurthy, "Adversarial Sensing: Infer, Reveal, and Conceal"
08 Oct
Vikram Krishnamurthy, "Adversarial Sensing: Infer, Reveal, and Conceal"
Abstract: In sophisticated sensing and inference systems, such as cognitive radars or networks of interacting LLMs, observations can reveal far more than the physical state:...
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October 08, 2026
3:30pm to 4:30pm

Image of Bioengineering Seminar Series - Dr. Vikram Chib
08 Oct
Bioengineering Seminar Series - Dr. Vikram Chib
Dr. Vikram Chib will present "Fatigue and the State-Dependent Valuation of Effort in Health and Disease." Abstract Our decisions about whether to act depend not only on the...
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October 08, 2026
4:00pm to 5:00pm

Prof. Sunčica Čanić
15 Oct
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Prof. Sunčica Čanić
Host: Paolo Galdi Prof. Sunčica Čanić, Professor Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley Topic - Advances in Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Simulations...
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October 15, 2026
11:00am

Image of Center for Industry Studies Seminar
15 Oct
Center for Industry Studies Seminar
The Center for Industry Studies' awardees from AY2025-2026 will present their research.
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October 15, 2026
3:30pm to 4:30pm

Image of Bioengineering Seminar Series - Dr. Shalini Prasad
15 Oct
Bioengineering Seminar Series - Dr. Shalini Prasad
Dr. Shalini Prasad, Head of Department of Bioengineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, will present "Wearable Sweat Biosensing: Decoding Hormonal, Circadian, and...
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October 15, 2026
4:00pm to 5:00pm

Dr. Vaibhav Yadav
22 Oct
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Dr. Vaibhav Yadav
Host: Tatsuya Sakurahara Dr. Vaibhav Yadav, Distinguished Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory Topic - Can Modern AI Architectures Achieve Nuclear-Domain Expertise in...
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October 22, 2026
11:00am

Image of ChE Graduate Seminar Featuring Dr. Nadir Kaplan, Virginia Tech
23 Oct
ChE Graduate Seminar Featuring Dr. Nadir Kaplan, Virginia Tech
Abstract: Living systems self-regulate by operating at dynamic optima through feedback loops between mechanics and chemical kinetics, an ability largely missing in synthetic...
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October 23, 2026
9:30am to 10:30am

Prof. Craig Arnold
05 Nov
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Prof. Craig Arnold
Host: Mostafa Bedewy Prof. Craig Arnold, Susan Dod Brown Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University Topic - Non-Traditional Methods of...
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November 05, 2026
11:00am

Image of Shiao-Hung Chiang Distinguished Seminar Featuring Dr. Mircea Dincă, Princeton University
06 Nov
Shiao-Hung Chiang Distinguished Seminar Featuring Dr. Mircea Dincă, Princeton University
From Electrically Conductive MOFs to Sustainable Batteries Abstract: The emergence of electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks (c-MOFs) has been one of the most...
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November 06, 2026
9:30am to 10:30am

Assoc. Prof. Xiang Yang
12 Nov
MEMS Department Seminar Series: Assoc. Prof. Xiang Yang
Host: Juan Jose Mendoza Arenas Assoc. Prof. Xiang Yang, Kenneth K. & Olivia J. Kuo Early Career Professor, Penn State Topic - AI for Reliable Turbulence Modeling: From...
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November 12, 2026
11:00am

Image of Neng Fan, Topic to be announced
12 Nov
Neng Fan, Topic to be announced
Neng Fan is a professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona and a member of the Applied Mathematics-GIDP and Statistics-GIDP. He received his...
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November 12, 2026
3:30pm to 4:30pm