Seminars

Fall 2026 Seminar Series

Join us for refreshments at 10:50 a.m. Seminars begin at 11:00 a.m.
Center for Composite Materials (CCM) Room 106, 101 Academy Street

 

Date Seminar
October 2

Christian Hubicki
Florida State University

Optimal control theory, legged locomotion & agile robotics

October 9

Kunihiko Taira
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Unsteady aerodynamics, flow control & data-driven fluid dynamics

October 16

Melodie Metzger
Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Orthopaedic biomechanics, spinal mechanics & implant testing

October 23

Marianna Maiaru
Columbia University

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering

October 30

Brian J. Olson
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Braking at the Limit: Nonlinear Dynamics of Tire Slip and Lockup

November 13

Sarah Zappe
Penn State University

Engineering education research & curriculum innovation

December 2

Thomas C. O’Connor
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Soft matter physics & molecular dynamics of polymers

Spring 2026 Seminar Series

Join us for refreshments at 10:50 a.m. Seminars begin at 11:00 a.m.
Center for Composite Materials (CCM) Room 106, 101 Academy Street

 

Date Seminar
Friday February 6

Hannah Dailey

Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University

Friday February 20

Noah Cowan

Professor
Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

(Hosted jointly with RGSO-CARS)

Friday March 13

R. Kōnane Bay

Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

Friday March 13

Zhe Xu

Assistant Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy at Arizona State University

10-11am, 366 CLB

Friday April 3

James Pikul

Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Friday April 10

Hongsoo Choi

Professor, Associate Director of the Center for Bioactive Delivery Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Friday April 24

Dr. Taeyoung Lee

Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
George Washington University

Friday May 1

Jeremy Brown

John C. Malone Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

(Hosted jointly with RGSO-CARS)