April 9, 2026 ME150 Seminar, Distinguished Alumni Kelly Senecal Written By: Caitlin Scott Departments: Mechanical Engineering Categories: Alumni|Event Join us on Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 4:00-5:00pm as our ME 903: Distinguished Alumni Seminar Series continues to celebrate the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s 150th anniversary. Our featured speaker is Dr. Kelly Senecal, co-founder of Convergent Science, an industry-leading computational fluid dynamics software company. He is a visiting professor at the University of Oxford and a co-founder and director of the Computational Chemistry Consortium (C3). Dr. Senecal is a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Combustion Institute (CI). He is the Chair of the executive committee of the ASME Transportation Systems Division and a member of the board of directors of the Combustion Institute. Recent accolades include the 2019 ASME ICE Award, the 2023 SAE John Johnson Diesel Engine Research Medal, the 2023 ASME Dedicated Service Award, the 2025 ASME Soichiro Honda Medal, and the 2025 University of Wisconsin Alumni Association Luminary Award. Dr. Senecal earned his Masters and PhD from Mechanical Engineering at UW-Madison. Read more about his presentation and bio in the event flyer. We are commemorating the ME department’s 150th anniversary throughout the 2025-2026 academic year with special events and historical reflections. Check out the ME 150th site for more.