12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Natasah Seybani, PhD April 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Natasah Seybani, PhD Bench-to-Bedside Engineering of Precision Immunotherapy Paradigms with Focused Ultrasound Natasha Sheybani, PhDAssistant Professor of Biomedical EngineeringResearch Director at UVA Focused UltrasoundImmuno-Oncology (FUSION) CenterUniversity of Virginia Abstract:Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment, but significant limitations remain across solid tumor indications. This talk will highlight advances in the use of image-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) as a non-invasive, multi-pronged...
12:00 AM POSTPONED – ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Seth Ariel Tongay April 7 @ 12:00 AM POSTPONED – ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Seth Ariel Tongay Join us as Professor Seth Ariel Tongay, Arizona State University College of Engineering director of research, presents "Pushing the Limits of 2D Janus Layers."
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Kayla Sprenger April 7 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Kayla Sprenger Kayla SprengerUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO Towards Modeling Antibody–Virus Coevolution and Escape: Integrating Evolutionary Modeling, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Interpretable Machine Learning In the Rationally Designed Immunotherapeutics and Interfaces (RDI) Lab, we integrate computational modeling, immuno-engineering, molecular biophysics, and machine learning to understand—and ultimately control—how immune systems respond to rapidly evolving viral pathogens. A key...
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ECE RISE-AI SEMINAR SERIES: Dr. Omar Chehab April 9 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ECE RISE-AI SEMINAR SERIES: Dr. Omar Chehab Join us as Dr. Omar Chehab, postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, presents, "Toward efficient inference in complex systems".
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Riley Barta April 9 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Riley Barta 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. Professor Riley Barta is a professor at Purdue University.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Ricardo Vinuesa April 10 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Ricardo Vinuesa 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 Ricardo Vinuesa is a professor at Michigan University. Title: Explainable deep learning and foundation models: control and scientific discovery Abstract: In this seminar we discuss a unified framework that...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ECE RISE-AI SEMINAR SERIES: Associate Professor Salman Asif April 10 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ECE RISE-AI SEMINAR SERIES: Associate Professor Salman Asif Join us as Salman Asif, associate professor at the University of California, Riverside, presents, "Learning to See, Adapt, and Forget: From Computational Imaging to Trustworthy Multimodal AI."
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot Lecture: Daniel Hammer April 14 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot Lecture: Daniel Hammer Room 1610 Engineering Hall Daniel HammerAlfred G. and Meta A. Ennis Professor of BioengineeringUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA A Tale of Two Motilities In the spirit of Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot, we have been studying an important problem in transport phenomena, the biological and bio-inspired motility of cells. Motility is important for the functioning of the...
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni, Dr. Kelly Senecal April 16 @ 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni, Dr. Kelly Senecal 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. Kelly Senecal, who received his master's (’97) and PhD ('00) in mechanical engineering, is the cofounder of Convergent...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Midwest Mechanics Seminar: Professor Laura de Lorenzis April 17 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Midwest Mechanics Seminar: Professor Laura de Lorenzis 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). This specific seminar is hosted in conjunction with the Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series. Professor Laura de Lorenzis is a professor at Institute for Mechanical Systems - Zurich.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Fabian Voigt, PhD April 20 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Fabian Voigt, PhD Expanding the optical bag of tricks for (neuro)biology Fabian Voigt, PhDPostdoctoral Researcher & Branco Weiss Fellow (2024-2029)Biolabs 2072Engert LaboratoryHarvard University Abstract:Seeing is believing and thus, optical imaging techniques are extremely useful to study brain structure and function. I will present several projects aimed at providing the neuroscience community with better imaging instrumentation: These range from...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Sijin Li April 21 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Sijin Li Sijin LiCornell UniversityIthaca, New York Interactomics-driven discovery and characterization of plant natural product biosynthetic pathways in yeast Plants are a rich source of small-molecule drugs and drug leads. Traditional methods for sourcing valuable plant natural products (PNPs) from their native producers are often limited by cost and inefficiency. Leveraging recent advances in synthetic biology and...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Shanhui Fan April 22 @ 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Shanhui Fan Join us as Shanhui Fan, Stanford University Goodman Professor of Engineering, presents "Opportunities in nanophotonics."
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Wei Chen April 23 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Wei Chen 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. Professor Wei Chen is a professor at Northwestern University.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Jennifer Mitchel April 24 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Jennifer Mitchel 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 Jennifer Mitchel is a professor at Wesleyan University.
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni, Fred Kiekhaefer April 30 @ 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ME 150th Celebration: Distinguished Alumni, Fred Kiekhaefer 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. Fred Kiekhaefer, who received his master's (’72) in mechanical engineering, is the former President of Mercury Racing. To...
2:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Bala Balachandar May 1 @ 2:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mechanics Seminar: Professor Bala Balachandar 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 Bala Balachandar is a professor at University of Florida.