


Thirtieth Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition - "Recent Advances in Computational Fracture Mechanics"
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Friday, April 26, 2019
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Haim Waisman, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University

Thirtieth Annual Robert J. Melosh Competition - "Modeling Flow, Reactive Transport and Geomechanics in Porous Media"
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Friday, April 26, 2019
11:10 am - 12:10 pm
Mary Wheeler, Professor, Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Mind the gap: Size-based signaling at cell-cell contacts
Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cell & Molecular Biology (CMB), Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering (CBTE), Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB), Pratt School of Engineering, and School of Medicine (SOM)
Monday, May 13, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Daniel A. Fletcher, PhD, DPhil

MEMS Seminar: "CT-Based Structural Rigidity Fracture Risk Prediction"
Wednesday, September 04, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Brian Snyder | Harvard Medical School


MEMS Seminar: "Designing Materials That Make a Difference: From Soft Solids, Aerogels to Nanofibrous Structures"
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Saad Khan | NC State University

MEMS Seminar: "Optimizing Metals Additive Manufacturing"
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Aaron P. Stebner | Colorado School of Mines

MEMS Seminar: "The Wild Complexity Born from a Simple Nonlinearity, and How to Tame It"
Wednesday, October 02, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Ryan S. Elliott | University of Minnesota

MEMS Seminar: "Exciton-Plasmon Interactions in Thin Films and Metasurfaces"
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Deirdre O'Carroll | Rutgers University

MEMS Seminar: "An Optimization Perspective on Trustworthiness and Trust in Autonomous Systems"
Wednesday, October 09, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Natalia Alexandrov | NASA

MEMS Seminar: "Exciton-Plasmon Interactions in Thin Films and Metasurfaces"
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Deirdre O'Carroll | Rutgers University

MEMS/MatSci Seminar: Design of Functional Protein Membranes
Sponsor(s):
University Program in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSci), Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), and Physics
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Monica Olvera de la Cruz: Northwestern University

Seminar: Towards Nonviral, In Vivo Genome Editing Therapies: New Tools, Models, and Policy to Facilitate Translation
Sponsor(s):
Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Biomedical Engineering (BME), and Pratt School of Engineering
Friday, October 25, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Krishanu Saha, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

MEMS Seminar: "DNA Origami: The Bridge to the Bottom"
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Ashwin Gopinath | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CEE Seminar: Structural Engineering in Architectural Design
Sponsor(s):
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Friday, November 01, 2019
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jordan Woodson '10 - Senior Structural Engineer, Arup

"Computational Investigation of the Structural and Electrolyte Properties of Li4P2S6, Na4P2S6, and Li2Na2P2S6"
Wednesday, November 06, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Natalie Holzwarth | Wake Forest University

"Publishing in High-Impact Journals: Perspective of a Nature Methods Editor"
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dr. Nina Vogt | Nature Methods Journal



The Fight Over Intellectual Diversity in Higher Ed: A Report from the Trenches
Sponsor(s):
Kenan Institute for Ethics and POLIS: The Center for Political Leadership, Innovation, and Service
Monday, April 20, 2020
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Prof. Molly Worthen