April 21 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Alan Jassanof, PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Analyzing Brain-Wide Function Using New Molecular Imaging Tools Alan Jasanoff, PhDProfessor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive SciencesMassachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract:Behavior and cognition depend on the integrated action of neural structures and populations distributed throughout the brain. Deciphering mechanisms by which this takes this place is both a tremendous scientific problem and a...
April 28 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Jessica Wagenseil, PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Biomechanics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Jessica Wagenseil, DScProfessor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials ScienceVice Dean for Faculty AdvancementMcKelvey School of EngineeringWashington University Abstract:Thoracic aortic aneurysms are a dilation of the aortic wall that can be asymptomatic for many years until they dissect or rupture. Dissection or rupture is associated with a high mortality rate. Surgical replacement...
July 28 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ECE Research Seminar Series: Dr. Oliver Burrow 2321 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison 2321 Engineering Hall Compact Cold-Atom Platforms Enabled by Grating MOTs and Progress to Real-World Quantum Sensing Abstract: Laser cooling of atoms is the first step in a wide range of atomic and molecular experiments, where low temperatures enable precision measurements. Traditionally, laser-cooling apparatus were large, often approaching room-scale, but over the past decade there have...
July 31 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ECE Research Seminar Series: Professor Carsten Ronning 2321 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison Join us as Carsten Ronning, professor and director of the Institute of Solid State Physics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, presents Ion Beams for Photonics and Quantum Technology.
September 9 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Harry Atwater Harry AtwaterDepartment of Applied Physics and Materials ScienceCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California Design of Materials and Devices for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion using Sunlight Over the next two decades,...
September 11 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni, Dean Devesh Ranjan 3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison 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...
September 11 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Ted Lightfoot Reception 3:30-4:00pm (2-story space besides 1610 E Hall) E.J. (Ted) LightfootTed Lightfoot ConsultingAmherst, NY Transport Phenomena and Coating Science In the 1960s Transport Phenomena triggered a shift in engineering education from engineering technology to engineering science. In the 1970s the more advanced coating companies (in the photographic, magnetic tape, and paper industries) began to undertake...
September 12 @ 12:05 PM - 12:55 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Joseph Andrews 3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison 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 Joseph Andrews is a professor at UW-Madison.
September 15 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Allen Garner PhD 1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI, United States Electrical Manipulation of Biological Cells: Models and Applications Allen Garner, PhD, PEProfessor, Graduate Program ChairSchool of Nuclear EngineeringPurdue University Electric waveforms, including electric pulses (EPs) and alternating current (AC) fields,...
September 18 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Mike Molnar 3M Auditorium, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Ave, Madison The ME 903: Graduate Student Lecture Series features campus and visiting speakers who present on a variety of research topics in the field of mechanical engineering. Michael Molnar (BSME '85) is...