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DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Brian L. Wardle
Sponsor(s):
Duke Materials Initiative, Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell Biology, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Physics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Brian L. Wardle
MEMS Seminar: Carmel Majidi, "Soft-Matter Engineering for Robotics and Wearables"
**CANCELED**
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Carmel Majidi
MEMS Seminar: Wilbur Lam, "Engineering microsystems to investigate the cellular mechanics of blood in health and disease"
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Wilbur Lam
MEMS Seminar - 2025 George W. Pearsall Distinguished Lecture: Yonggang Huang, Northwestern University
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Yonggang Huang
MEMS Seminar: Bobby Noble (EPRI), "Decarbonization Pathways - How Dispatchable Gas Turbines Are Critical for Our Energy Trilemma."
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Bobby Noble
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DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Mariana Rossi
Sponsor(s):
Duke Materials Initiative, Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell Biology, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Physics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Mariana Rossi
MEMS Seminar: Omar Farha (Northwestern), "Smart and Programmable Sponges: from Basic Science to Implementation and Commercialization"
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Omar Farha
Smart Technology Design in a Transformative World
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Diann Brei
DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Rigoberto Advincula
Sponsor(s):
Duke Materials Initiative, Biology, Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell Biology, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, Physics, Pratt School of Engineering, and Trinity College
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rigoberto Advincula
MEMS Seminar: Charbel Farhat, "Innovative Computational Methods for Predicting Supersonic Parachute Inflation Dynamics in Mars Landings"
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Charbel Farhat
FIP Seminar -"A Solitonic Route to High-Temperature Macroscopic Quantum Order"
Sponsor(s):
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
Wednesday, September 03, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Kenan Gundogdu, Professor of Physics, North Carolina State University
CEE Seminar - Towards Phosphorus Sustainability with Circular Economy at the Water-Food-Energy-Carbon Nexus
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Monday, September 08, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. April Gu Professor, Graduate Field Affiliations, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE Seminar Healthier guts and taller kids: new results from the world’s longest-running, largest controlled trial of urban sanitation
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Monday, September 22, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Joe Brown, PhD, PE Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina
CEE Seminar -A Sociotechnical Approach to Assess Equitable Access to Safe and Affordable Tap Water: Communities, Households, and Residents
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Monday, September 29, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Emily Berglund, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Head for Faculty Development, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
FIP Seminar - "Computational bio-imaging via inverse scattering"
Sponsor(s):
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
Wednesday, October 01, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Shwetadwip Chowdhury, Assistant Professor, Fellow of the Jack Kilby/Texas Instruments Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
CEE Seminar
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Monday, October 06, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Marzieh Shojaei and Sai Thejaswini Pamuru Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Duke University,
FIP Seminar: "Light sheet microscopy – innovations, applications and future directions"
Sponsor(s):
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Wesley Legant, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
CEE Seminar -Turbulence, droplets, and hurricanes: Understanding complex physics in the environment
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Monday, October 20, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. David Richter Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
CEE Seminar - Protecting public health at the speed of (UV) light
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Monday, October 27, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Karl G. Linden, PhD Mortenson Professor in Sustainable Development, University of Colorado Boulder
FIP Seminar: "Bringing Photoacoustic Tomography to Patients: From High-Resolution Whole-Body Imaging to Wearable Solutions"
Sponsor(s):
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Lei Li, Assistant Professor of Electrical Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, Rice University
FIP Seminar - "Mapping cellular function with 3D single-molecule tracking and super-resolution microscopy"
Sponsor(s):
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
Wednesday, November 05, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Anna-Karin Gustavsson, Norman Hackerman-Welch Young Investigator Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Rice University
FIP Seminar: "Optical intersections with cellular herding: cell migration, bioelectricity, and biomaterials"
Sponsor(s):
Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP)
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Daniel Cohen, Associate Professor, The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
