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SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: From Campus to Career: Maximizing Experiences for Industry Readiness
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Universities are organized primarily by departments\, but industry is organized by function: research\, design\, regulatory\, quality assurance\, sales\, marketing. Having some knowledge of this structure ahead of time will help you select and approach classes in ways more likely to have you end up where you want to be.Fortunately\, the UW-Madison also has many opportunities that let you “try on” an industrial career ahead of time. These opportunities vary in duration from hours to months. As you start to invest in these channels\, you will be more likely to benefit from the serendipity that the breath of expertise present at UW-Madison naturally provides.This seminar will feature three individuals in a conversational format who will discuss how they used these channels to supplement their coursework and research to build industrial success. While all three of these individuals eventually earned PhDs\, the topics and approaches discussed are equally applicable to MS students. \n\n\n\nSpeakers (L to R):Professor Chris Brace\, PhD; UW BME Vice Chair; Co-founder\, NeuWave MedicalJustin Koepsel\, PhD\, MBA; UW BME MS’08\, PhD’12; Senior Director of Commercial Operations at Catalent BiologicsTom Lilieholm\, PhD’24; Co-founder and Director of Neuroimaging ImgGyd \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-2/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Phil Christopher
DESCRIPTION:Phil ChristopherUniversity of California\, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara\, CA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatalyst deactivation: Mechanisms\, stability by design\, and pathways to machine-learned models\n\n\n\nSupported metal catalysts are used ubiquitously in industrial applications for energy conversion\, material/chemical manufacturing\, and pollution mitigation. Fundamental research often focuses on elucidating structure-function relationships that connect active site structures and compositions to their reactivities. Relationships that connect active site structure to stability are less well developed. Such insights require appreciation of dynamic structure changes\, longer term experimentation\, and reactors characterized by gradients in temperatures and chemical potentials. I will highlight two recent research efforts studying the deactivation of supported metal catalysts. First\, I will discuss the deactivation of supported coinage (Cu and Ag) metal catalysts which occurs via sintering due to the low melting points of these metals. We found that the addition of < 1:100 mol fraction of certain dopant metals results in drastic stability enhancement under methanol synthesis reaction conditions A model was developed that proposes the role of dopants as local stabilizers of highly mobile metal atoms. Secondly\, I will discuss the deactivation of Rh/TiO2 catalysts under CO2 hydrogenation conditions. Mechanistic studies suggest that deactivation occurs through competing mechanisms as a function of catalyst composition and reaction conditions\, motivating the use experimentally trained machine learnt models to predict deactivation behavior. A round robin style experimental campaign was performed across 4 institutions to generate data for this effort. I will discuss our learnings in terms of the drivers of catalyst deactivation and experimental uncertainty in studies of catalyst deactivation.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-phil-christopher/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Ask an expert: The Intersection of Data\, AI and Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:All students\, staff and faculty are invited as the Departments of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE)\, and Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) welcome three alumni experts in the healthcare tech industry. This virtual panel\, with technical and leadership experience from Tempus Labs\, NVIDIA\, GE Healthcare\, UW Hospital\, HTD Health\, GH Labs\, Microsoft\, and more\, will be moderated by ISyE Professor Laura Albert. Join us to learn more about the field of data engineering and AI within the healthcare industry and what the future may hold in this dynamic area. Plus\, hear from these Badgers about why they chose their career paths and what they have learned along the way. \n\n\n\nJimmy John’s sandwiches will be provided! No registration required. \n\n\n\nMeet our panelists: \n\n\n\nErkin Otles (BSIE’11\, MSIE’16)Resident Physician\, UW Hospital;AI Practice Lead\, HTD Health\n\n\n\nRanjani Ramamurthy (MSEE’96)Vice President\, GH Labs;Advisor & Member\, Indian Cancer Genome Atlas;Advisor\, Dandelion Health and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center\n\n\n\nChris Scotto DiVetta (BSCMPE’06)SVP & General Manager of AI Applications\, Tempus Labs\, Inc.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/ask-an-expert-the-intersection-of-data-ai-and-healthcare/
LOCATION:1610 Engineering Hall\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, 53706
CATEGORIES:Alumni events,Electrical & Computer Engineering,Industrial & Systems Engineering
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SUMMARY:Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We will be at booth 503 at the 2025 BMES Annual Meeting in San Diego\, California. \n\n\n\nExhibitor Hours: \n\n\n\n\nOctober 8: 6-7:30pm\n\n\n\nOctober 9: 8-11am and 12:15-4:30pm\n\n\n\nOctober 10: 8-11am and 12:15-4:30pm\n\n\n\nOctober 11: 10am-2:30pm
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/biomedical-engineering-society-annual-meeting-2/
LOCATION:San Diego Convention Center\, 11 Harbor Dr\, San Diego\, California\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering
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SUMMARY:NEEP Seminar Series: Brian Wirth\, University of Tennessee\, Knoxville
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 912:00 – 1:00pm106 Engineering Research BuildingPlease contact office@neep.wisc.edu for assistance with remote participation. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHierarchical Multiscale Modeling Framework to Predict Surface Morphology of Plasma Facing Components and Perspective on Technology Facilities & Research to Enable a Commercial Fusion IndustryHarnessing fusion energy requires materials that can cope in extreme environments\, which is more challenging by a lack of representative laboratory-scale environments that mimic the harsh fusion reactor conditions. As a result\, computational materials modeling is an important scientific tool to integrate research on fusion materials. For plasma facing components (PFCs) like tungsten\, low-energy helium and hydrogen isotope plasma implantation is known to produce a drastic surface topology evolution referred to as fuzz. In this presentation\, an atomistically informed predictive model is described. This model accurately predicts the formation and the early stage of evolution of the fuzz-like surface morphology mediated by dynamical processes that are characterized by disparate spatiotemporal scales. In our modeling framework\, large-scale MD simulation results are used to parameterize constitutive equations required for the closure of the continuum-scale model for the surface morphological response of the plasma-facing material and compared to experimental measurements. Following the technical focus describing PFC surface evolution\, the presentation will discuss grand challenges within fusion technology\, which have been identified in recent reports from the National Academies of Science\, Engineering and Medicine and the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. The numerous engineering and technical gaps that are at low technological readiness levels will be described\, followed by a perspective on the facilities and research needed to enable a commercial fusion industry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrian WirthBrian Wirth is Department Head and Governor’s Chair Professor of Computational Nuclear Engineering in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee\, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Professor Wirth’s research investigates the performance of nuclear fuels\, structural materials and plasma facing components in nuclear fission and fusion environments\, utilizing computational materials modeling complemented by experimental investigation. Brian received a BS in nuclear engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992 and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California\, Santa Barbara in 1998. Dr. Wirth spent four years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In 2002 he joined the faculty at the University of California\, Berkeley as an Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006. In 2010\, he moved to the University of Tennessee as a UTK-ORNL Governor’s Chair Professor. He has received many awards\, including the 2014 U.S. Department of Energy Ernest O. Lawrence Award in Energy Science and Innovation\, the 2016 Mishima Award from the American Nuclear Society for outstanding work in nuclear fuels and materials research and the 2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Dr. Wirth is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS\, 2016 Fellow\, Physics Section) and the American Nuclear Society (ANS\, 2017 Fellow).
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/neep-seminar-series-brian-wirth-university-of-tennessee-knoxville/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
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SUMMARY:ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni\, Brewster Shaw
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate 150 years of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison\, the Department of Mechanical Engineering will feature distinguished alumni in mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics who have made a lasting impact on the field. Brewster Shaw\, who received his bachelor’s (’68) and his master’s (’69) in engineering mechanics\, is a former astronaut who completed three space-shuttle missions\, helped to dissect the 1986 Challenger disaster\, and then held key management positions for NASA before entering the private sector. To learn more about Brewster Shaw’s experience\, please join us for this installment of our ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture series. *Students\, Nicholas Rienstra and Nathan Wagner\, who received the 2025 Astronaut Scholar Foundation award\, will also be recognized at this event.  \n\n\n\nAbstract: A great many\, if not most\, UW-Madison engineering students start their first year not knowing where they are headed nor what they want to do with their lives. The ensuing process of self discovery can be daunting to say the least. For most\, timing (ergo luck)\, is a huge factor in the ultimate degree of success. It can be a significant challenge for the student to realize that now their future\, and the effort and responsibility to make that future what they want it to be\, lies on their shoulders. \n\n\n\nBrewster Shaw is a graduate of the UW-Madison engineering mechanics program (BS 1968\, MS 1969) who was never a “practicing” engineer\, but has always appreciated the value of his engineering education in all the aspects of his professional life. The abilities to understand the technical aspects of executing “high risk” technical programs\, specifically human spaceflight programs\, and to ask penetrating questions of the teams involved in those executions\, proved to be invaluable throughout his career. \n\n\n\nIn his speech\, Brewster Shaw will demonstrate the broad applicability of a quality engineering education to show students if one has a roadmap to help guide one through the unavoidable forks in the road\, better choices can be made that will increase the probability of success greatly. \n\n\n\nBio: Brewster Shaw has served The United States of America in aerospace with government and industry teams throughout a career spanning 43 years. During this time he was a member of The United States Air Force (USAF)\, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)\, and The Boeing Company. He is a Vietnam combat veteran with tours in the F-100 and F-4 fighter aircraft in Vietnam and Thailand respectively. \n\n\n\nDuring his USAF career\, Shaw served as combat fighter pilot\, test pilot\, and instructor pilot. In 1978 he was selected by the USAF and NASA to the first group of Space Shuttle Astronauts. As an astronaut\, Shaw flew three space shuttle missions – as pilot of STS-9 in November 1983\, as commander of STS-61B in November 1985\, and as commander of STS-28 in August 1989. After this mission he served at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as Shuttle Operations Manger and the Johnson Space Center in Houston\, Texas as Space Shuttle Program Manager. During this time Shaw retired from the USAF with rank of Colonel and joined NASA as a Senior Executive Service government employee. \n\n\n\nShaw retired from NASA and joined Rockwell Aerospace and Defense in Seal Beach\, California in January 1996. In December that year Rockwell Aerospace and Defense was acquired by Boeing. \n\n\n\nIn his final career position Shaw served as vice president and general manager\, Space Exploration\, for Boeing Defense\, Space & Security at The Boeing Company. In this role he was responsible for the strategic direction of Boeing’s civil space programs and support of NASA programs such as Space Shuttle\, International Space Station (ISS)\, Checkout\, Assembly & Payload Processing Services (CAPPS)\, Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) and future Space Launch Systems. Prior to that\, he was Boeing International Space Station vice president and general manager\, responsible for leading the industry team in designing\, developing\, testing\, launching\, and operating NASA’s international orbiting laboratory and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance\, re-sponsible for executing Space Shuttle Program operations under contract to NASA. \n\n\n\nOver his twenty year flying career\, Shaw logged 533 hours of spaceflight and more than 5\,000 hours flying time in over 30 types of aircraft – including 644 hours of combat in the F-100 and F-4 aircraft. He is the recipient of many awards for serving his country in the U.S. Air Force and with NASA. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree in engineering mechanics from the University of Wisconsin. \n\n\n\nShaw is married to Kathleen Anne Mueller of Madison\, Wisconsin. They have three children (one deceased) and five grandchildren.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-150th-celebration-distinguished-alumni-brewster-shaw/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Alumni events,Featured Guest Speaker,Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Understanding Generalization of Diffusion Models: Structured Data and Memorization
DESCRIPTION:UW-ISyE looks forward to welcoming Minshuo Chen\, assistant professor with the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences at Northwestern University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiffusion models achieve state-of-the-art performance in various high-dimensional data modeling tasks. These empirical successes challenge conventional wisdom while raising critical concerns. On the one hand\, in high-dimensional applications\, diffusion models’ strong performance appears to circumvent the curse of dimensionality. On the other hand\, memorization emerges as an unwanted byproduct\, limiting creativity and raising safety and privacy issues. In this talk\, we theoretically decipher these observations. The first part develops statistical learning guarantees of diffusion models for low-dimensional manifold data—an assumption aligns well with many practical datasets. We prove that diffusion models can learn data distributions at rates governed by the intrinsic dimension and curvature of the data. The second part establishes separation in memorization and generalization through the statistical learning and network approximation lens. Building on these insights\, we propose a pruning-based method that reduces memorization while maintaining generation quality. \n\n\n\n\n\nBio: Minshuo Chen is an assistant professor with the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences at Northwestern University. He was an associate research scholar with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University from 2022 to 2024. He completed his Ph.D. from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech\, majoring in Machine Learning. His research focuses on developing principled methodologies and theoretical foundations of deep learning\, with a particular interest in 1) generative models including diffusion models\, 2) foundations of machine learning\, such as optimization and sample efficiency\, and 3) reinforcement learning.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/understanding-generalization-of-diffusion-models-structured-data-and-memorization/
LOCATION:1163 Mechanical Engineering\, 1513 Engineering Dr.\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquium,Industrial & Systems Engineering
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Rika Carlsen
DESCRIPTION:The Mechanics Seminar Series is a weekly seminar given by campus and visiting speakers on topics across the spectrum of mechanics research (solids\, fluids\, and dynamics). Professor Rika Carlsen is an Associate Professor at Robert Morris University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-rika-carlsen/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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SUMMARY:College of Engineering Alumni Tailgate
DESCRIPTION:U-Rah-Rah\, It’s Back—and This Year\, We’re Welcoming Dean Ranjan Home! \n\n\n\nThe College of Engineering Alumni Tailgate returns for UW Homecoming 2025—now with an extra reason to celebrate. \n\n\n\nJoin us in welcoming Dean Devesh Ranjan (MS ’05\, PhD ’07) back to Madison for his first Homecoming as Dean of the College of Engineering. It’s a can’t-miss opportunity to reconnect with fellow alumni\, meet college leadership\, and celebrate Badger pride—just steps from Camp Randall. \n\n\n\nTailgate Details📍 Mechanical Engineering Atrium (1513 University Avenue\, Madison WI)🕑 Begins 2.5 hours before kickoff (Game Time TBD)🏈 Badgers vs. Hawkeyes  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTickets:🎟️ $25 per person (includes food + 2 drinks)👶 Children under 5 are free! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n        \n                        Your tailgate ticket includes: two drink tickets for the bar\, buffet of tailgate fare and assortment of non-alcoholic refreshments.                         Want to attend the football game? Couple your tailgate admission with your purchase of upper-deck football tickets\, too. Game time to be announced soon. Tailgate will begin two and half hours before the Badgers take on Iowa. \n                                Register Today!                    \n\n                \n\n\nWith the farmers’ market\, State Street\, the Terrace and so much more to see and do\, Madison’s the perfect place to be for a festive fall football weekend. Head over to UW-Madison’s Homecoming “hub” and plan your getaway right away!
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/college-of-engineering-alumni-tailgate-2/
LOCATION:Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706-1539\, United States
CATEGORIES:Alumni events,Biomedical Engineering,Chemical & Biological Engineering,Civil & Environmental Engineering,Departments,Electrical & Computer Engineering,Industrial & Systems Engineering,Materials Science & Engineering,Mechanical Engineering,Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
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