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SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Keefe Manning\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Predicting Thrombus Formation\, Deformation\, and Embolization: A Look at Devices\, Stroke\, and Deep Vein Thrombosis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeefe Manning\, PhDProfessor of Biomedical Engineering and SurgeryDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringPennsylvania State University \n\n\n\nAbstract:Thrombosis remains a significant clinical issue manifesting in heart attacks and strokes but also challenges the success of cardiovascular devices. Given the complex process associated with thrombosis\, developing accurate computational models is difficult as validation needs to occur over a range of flow and surface interactions and at different temporal and spatial scales. Thrombi are particularly interesting because of their inherent heterogeneity. Leveraging canonical experiments that acquire a breadth of data will be crucial to validate any computational model\, but do these experiments accurately represent how thrombi form\, deform\, and embolize in the context of devices\, stroke\, and deep vein thrombosis? This presentation will cover the development and experimental validation of our computational models in these areas and the complications posed with blood experiments. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-keefe-manning-phd/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251028T160000
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Seth Darling
DESCRIPTION:Seth DarlingArgonne National LaboratoryLemont\, IL \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLayered Phyllosilicate Membranes for Energy-Critical Ion Separations in Resource Recovery\n\n\n\nEnergy systems depend not only on resilient generation and efficient storage but also on the management of critical materials. One of the most pressing challenges is the selective extraction and purification of ions from complex aqueous environments—such as recovering lithium from brines or separating rare earth elements from waste streams—using processes that are both energy-efficient and scalable. In this talk\, I will present recent advances in designing and deploying two-dimensional laminar membranes based on earth-abundant phyllosilicate minerals for these applications. \n\n\n\nOur work harnesses exfoliated vermiculite and montmorillonite flakes\, which are reassembled into flexible\, robust membranes with tunable interlayer galleries. Through the use of molecular cross-linkers (e.g.\, alkanediamines) and inorganic pillaring agents (e.g.\, Keggin clusters)\, we achieve control over interlayer spacing and surface charge\, enabling precise tuning of ion transport properties. This design flexibility opens pathways to address critical separations. The resulting membranes exhibit outstanding aqueous stability\, low-cost scalability\, and performance characteristics rivaling or surpassing synthetic alternatives. \n\n\n\nBeyond material synthesis and processing\, I will share insights from our newly developed high-throughput ion permeation platform\, which enables rapid\, parallelized measurements across a wide parameter space of membrane chemistry\, structure\, and testing conditions. This dataset supports the development of machine learning models aimed at predicting ion transport performance from structural descriptors and experimental metadata—laying the groundwork for a material genome approach to membrane design. By connecting scalable materials chemistry with targeted energy applications\, this research exemplifies a holistic approach to energy materials innovation—from atoms to applications.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-seth-darling/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T160000
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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Evangelos Theodorou
DESCRIPTION: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 Evangelos Theodorou is a professor at Georgia Tech.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-evangelos-theodorou/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251031T120500
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CREATED:20250825T195647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T195650Z
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Bonnie Bachman
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). Bonnie Bachman is the TEO Director and I-Corps Program Director at UW-Madison.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-bonnie-bachman/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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CREATED:20250827T171205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T231824Z
UID:10001297-1762171200-1762174800@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: EnsoData
DESCRIPTION:The Entrepreneurial Journey of EnsoData Co-Founders\n\n\n\nChris Fernandez BMEBS’14\, MS’15; Ensodata Co-founder\, Executive Chairman and Chief Research OfficerNick Glattard BMEBS’14\, MS’15; EnsoData Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer \n\n\n\nHear firsthand how two BME alumni turned a bold idea into a nationally recognized startup. \n\n\n\nNick Glattard (BMEBS ’14\, MS ’15) and Chris Fernandez (BMEBS ’14\, MS ’15)\, Cofounders of EnsoData\, will share their remarkable journey from UW–Madison biomedical engineering students to leading a cutting-edge company that’s transforming sleep medicine. Their presentation will delve into the challenges and triumphs of building EnsoData. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-3/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu
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SUMMARY:ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Grace Xing
DESCRIPTION:AlN – a New Platform for Electronics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract:AlN has been ardently pursued as one of the most promising ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors (UWBGs) after GaN and SiC as the industry has been expanding rapidly on the high-volume manufacturing of GaN and SiC based technologies\, including 12-inch GaN-on-Si\, 8-inch SiC substrates and processing foundries etc. AlN is CMOS compatible with high thermal conductivity\, high acoustic velocity and a rich family of heterostructures. Recently\, Sc-\, B- and Y-doped AlN alloys have garnered tremendous interest for their ferroelectric behavior. In this talk\, I will focus on findings in our journey to develop new electronic devices on AlN in the past two decades.  \n\n\n\nWurtzite III-nitrides are well known as a family of polar semiconductors. When sandwiching a narrow gap III-nitride layer with wider gap barrier materials\, one interface is characterized as the negative polarization charge interface while the other as the positive polarization charge interface. The polarization charges are fixed in space and emanating electric field while the entire material stack will do everything it can to minimize its total free energy due to the thermodynamic driving force. As a result\, compensating charges can be generated: either mobile charge carriers including delocalized electrons and holes\, or charged defect states that are localized in the real and energy space. If undesired defect formation is sufficiently suppressed in the heterostructure\, mobile charge carriers will be generated and can be harvested for electronic applications. To this end\, we succeeded in generating both mobile electrons and holes in thin GaN quantum well sandwiched by AlN. I will discuss how we generate and detect these mobile charges\, and some demonstrated utilities in terms of fundamental understanding and practical applications. \n\n\n\nProfessor Grace Xing\n\n\n\nBio:Huili Grace Xing is currently the Director of SUPREME – a SRC JUMP2.0 research center\, the William L. Quackenbush Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering\, Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University\, and has recently served as the Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies of the College of Engineering. \n\n\n\nShe is a recipient of the AFOSR Young Investigator Award\, NSF CAREER Award\, ISCS Young Scientist Award\, the Intel Outstanding Researcher Award\, and the SIA/SRC University Researcher Award. She is a fellow of APS\, IEEE & AAAS. \n\n\n\nXing received a B.S. in physics from Peking University\, M.S. in Material Science from Lehigh University and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California\, Santa Barbara\, respectively. She was a faculty member with the University of Notre Dame from 2004 to 2014. Her research focuses on development of III-V nitrides\, 2-D crystals\, oxide semiconductors\, recently also multiferroics & magnetic materials: growth\, electronic and optoelectronic devices\, especially the interplay between material properties and device development for high performance devices\, including RF/THz devices\, tunnel field effect transistors\, power electronics\, DUV emitters and memories. Together with her colleague Debdeep Jena\, they were the first to demonstrate distributed polarization doping (DPD)\, especially the p-type DPD in nitride semiconductors. This doping scheme is fundamentally different from impurity doping and modulation doping\, thus dubbed as the 3rd generation of doping science by Xing. Polarization doping is particularly powerful in polar ultrawide bandgap semiconductors since it might be the only known method to achieve both n-type and p-type in an UWBG semiconductor with doping properties akin to shallow impurity dopants. \n\n\n\nXing has delivered 200+ invited talks and seminars\, and has authored/co-authored 350+ journal papers including Nature journals\, Physical Review Letters\, Applied Physics Letters\, Electron Device Letters\, and 140+ conference proceeding publications in IEDM\, ISPSD etc. Her h-index is 89 on google scholar.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/ece-distinguished-speaker-seminar-series-prof-grace-xing/
LOCATION:2305 Engineering Hall\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Electrical & Computer Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250811T165038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T165040Z
UID:10001266-1762444800-1762448400@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Laura Grossenbacher
DESCRIPTION: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. Laura Grossenbacher is the Director of Technical Communications for the Interdisciplinary Professional Programs with the College of Engineering at UW-Madison.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-laura-grossenbacher/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251107T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251107T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250825T200005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T144412Z
UID:10001279-1762513200-1762516800@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Midwest Mechanics Seminar: Professor Dennis Kochmann
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 Dennis Kochmann is professor at the Zurich Institute for Mechanical Systems.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/midwest-mechanics-seminar-professor-dennis-kochman/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251111T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251111T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250827T175411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T175939Z
UID:10001302-1762876800-1762880400@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Jennifer Dunn
DESCRIPTION:Jennifer DunnNorthwestern UniversityEvanston\, IL \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSustainability analysis of critical minerals supply chains: attributional and consequential life cycle assessment\n\n\n\nBy some estimates\, more than three billion tons of minerals will be needed to manufacture the decarbonization technologies necessary to limit global warming to 2°C. This demand can be met through increasing production at existing mines\, developing new mines\, and recovering minerals through recycling of spent devices can also contribute. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a key analysis tool to evaluate and compare the environmental effects of producing minerals from different sources. This presentation will present recommendations for attributional LCA of minerals mining based on a literature review and apply them in the development of a perspective of a proposed mine in Minnesota. While attributional LCA aims to assign a unique environmental impact to a mineral product\, consequential LCA aims to quantify the overall environmental effects from a change in mining activity. We present consequential LCA results that account for global carbon stock changes arising from the construction of new mines to meet mineral demand. Finally\, we explore whether water demands for expanding lithium mining in the U.S. can be met\, considering changes in water scarcity that climate change will cause\, and what restrictions in water supply mean for the possibility of achieving a fully domestic lithium supply. Altogether\, these different forms of sustainability analysis can address the advantages and disadvantages of expanding minerals production and help prioritize technologies and strategies that minimize adverse local environmental effects of mining while pursuing materials that are an important part of the solution to the global challenge of climate change. results from both will be discussed.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-jennifer-dunn/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250811T165244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T165246Z
UID:10001267-1763049600-1763053200@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Katie Skinner
DESCRIPTION: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 Katie Skinner is a professor at the University of Michigan.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-katie-skinner/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T120500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251114T125500
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250825T200149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T213006Z
UID:10001280-1763121900-1763124900@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor William Devenport
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 William Devenport is a professor at Virginia Tech University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-william-devenport/
LOCATION:Engineering Hall\, RM 1610\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251117T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250827T171457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T204032Z
UID:10001298-1763380800-1763384400@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Sara McBride-Gagyi\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Failing Fabulously: Vogue Challenging Niche Large-Scale Bone Repair Research Missteps into Broad Impact Innovations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSara McBride-Gagyi\, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringThe Ohio State University \n\n\n\nAbstract:Research rarely unfolds exactly as planned. Despite careful preparation and well-designed protocols\, unexpected outcomes — and outright failures — are an inevitable part of experimental science and engineering. Yet these challenges are seldom shared publicly\, leaving many trainees and early-career researchers feeling isolated or discouraged when things go awry. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, Dr. Sara McBride-Gagyi will share two recent projects from her lab related to her larger research on bone regeneration that faced significant\, unforeseen setbacks — challenges that could easily have been dismissed as fatal failures that wasted valuable time and resources. Instead\, through creative problem-solving and critical re-evaluation\, her team turned these obstacles into opportunities\, ultimately generating results and innovations more impactful than the original aims. \n\n\n\nDr. McBride-Gagyi will walk through each project chronologically\, highlighting the engineering design pivots\, decision-making processes\, and lessons learned along the way. She will conclude with a discussion of how these experiences are being reframed for publication and dissemination — underscoring the value of transparency\, adaptability\, and perseverance in the scientific process. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-sara-mcbride-gagyi-phd/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251118T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251118T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250827T175515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T154142Z
UID:10001303-1763481600-1763485200@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Moon Jeong Park
DESCRIPTION:Moon Jeong ParkPohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Korea \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPolymer Chain-End Chemistry: Unlocking Next-Generation Functional Materials\n\n\n\nEnd-group functionalization has become a powerful and versatile strategy in polymer science\, enabling precise control over physical properties\, nanoscale self-assembly\, and interfacial functionality without modifying the polymer backbone. In our group’s research\, we have investigated how tailored end groups affect intrinsic polymer characteristics such as thermal transitions\, solubility\, and crystallization behavior\, and how end-group interactions direct polymer self-assembly\, particularly by modulating chain packing\, interfacial curvature\, and phase behavior in block copolymer systems\, including the formation of complex network morphologies. Our goal is to develop synthetic methodologies for polymers with rationally designed end-functional groups\, allowing systematic study of their thermodynamic phase-transition behavior through precise control of molecular interactions. By identifying and tuning key variables\, our work aims to deepen fundamental understanding of polymer science. These insights highlight the transformative potential of end-group chemistry for next-generation polymer materials and provide a foundation for designing functional nanomaterials for emerging applications\, including solid-state battery electrolytes\, mechanical metamaterials\, and optical metamaterials.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-carl-laird/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20251015T170432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T170739Z
UID:10001315-1763557200-1763560800@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Zetian Mi
DESCRIPTION:Nanoscale and Polarization Engineering: Unlocking New Frontiers with III-Nitrides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: Wide and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors offer unprecedented opportunities to address some of the most critical challenges we face in the next decades: energy efficiency\, clean energy\, environmental sustainability\, and quantum information. In this talk\, I will present some recent advances of nanoscale and polarization engineering of (ultra)wide bandgap III-nitride semiconductors and their emerging applications in next-generation microelectronics and photonics. By exploiting the strong excitonic effect in extreme quantum-confined nanostructures\, conventional low-efficiency AlGaN can be turned into high-brightness deep-ultraviolet emitters\, which offer the only alternative technology to replace mercury lamps for water purification/disinfection. The strong excitonic effect can be further exploited to achieve ultrahigh efficiency nano-LEDs to power future virtual/augmented reality. I will also discuss the recent discovery of ferroelectricity in III-nitride semiconductors\, which leads to dramatically enhanced linear and nonlinear optical properties\, piezoelectric response\, and reconfigurability\, that are urgently needed for integrated quantum photonics for information processing\, acousto-electronics for 5G/6G technologies\, memory-in-computing in harsh environments\, and light-driven artificial photosynthesis for clean energy. \n\n\n\nProfessor Zetian Mi\n\n\n\nBio: Zetian Mi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Pallab K. Bhattacharya Collegiate Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of semiconductor nanotechnology\, optoelectronics\, and photonics. He is a recipient of Optica’s Nick Holonyak\, Jr. Award (2025)\, AVS NSTD Nanotechnology Recognition Award (2025)\, ISCS Quantum Devices Award (2024)\, Science and Engineering Award from W. M. Keck Foundation (2020)\, IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award (2021)\, and IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer Award (2020). At the University of Michigan\, he received the David E. Liddle Research Excellence Award (2021)\, Rexford E. Hall Innovation Excellence Award (2024)\, and Wise-Najafi Prize for Engineering Excellence in the Miniature World (2025). He is a fellow of IEEE\, APS\, Optica\, and SPIE. He is a co-founder of NS Nanotech Inc. and NX Fuels Inc.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/ece-distinguished-speaker-seminar-series-professor-zetian-mi/
LOCATION:2305 Engineering Hall\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Electrical & Computer Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251120T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250811T165610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T165612Z
UID:10001268-1763654400-1763658000@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Sherif Mohamed
DESCRIPTION: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. Sherif Mohamed (PhD ’03) is the Executive Leader for Decarbonization Technologies at GE.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-sherif-mohamed-2/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T120500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T125500
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Wayne Chen
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 Wayne Chen is a professor at Iowa State University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-wayne-chen/
LOCATION:Engineering Hall\, RM 1610\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251124T130000
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CREATED:20250827T171853Z
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SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Julien Berro\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Fantastic forces and where to find them\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulien Berro\, PhDAssociate Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry\, and of Cell BiologySchool of MedicineYale University \n\n\n\nAbstract:Mechanical forces are central to countless biological processes in health and disease. However\, despite their ubiquity and importance in cellular processes\, our understanding of biomechanical forces lags far behind our understanding of the underlying biochemistry. Studying forces within cells is difficult because tools and approaches to directly probe forces at the molecular level are scarce\, difficult to use or have limited applications. In this seminar\, I will present approaches based on quantitative microscopy\, mathematical modeling and molecular force sensor engineering that my lab has developed to readily measure biophysical quantities so far impossible or difficult to measure in vivo. Using clathrin-mediated endocytosis as a model system\, I will show how these methods have uncovered new molecular mechanisms of force production\, force transmission and force sensing by the actin cytoskeleton. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-julien-berro-phd/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251201T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
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SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson
DESCRIPTION:The Sound of Science: Engaging the Public with Big Ideas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnne Strainchamps and Steve PaulsonCreators and Hosts of “To the Best of Our Knowledge”Wisconsin Public Radio \n\n\n\nAbstract:Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson have spent decades fostering curiosity and conversation in a rapidly changing world. Currently\, they are collaborating with the “Island of Knowledge” think tank in Tuscany to produce a series of interviews with leading international biologists\, physicists and philosophers. Their recent radio shows have covered topics ranging from astrobiology and neuroplasticity to whale communication. \n\n\n\nThis talk offers a behind-the-scenes look at the art of using dialogue and the power of story to illuminate complex thinking across multiple scientific disciplines. Anne and Steve will discuss some of the methods they use to help scientists and engineers connect their work with broader audiences. They will also share some of the common traits and abilities they have discovered in scientists who are also prolific scientific communicators. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-anne-strainchamps-and-steve-paulson/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251202T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251202T170000
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: Julian Cooper
DESCRIPTION:Julian CooperDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Straining” for New Function in Macromolecular Systems\n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, I will show how molecular strain can be an enabling tool to access new macroscopic capabilities in materials. First\, I will discuss how applied strain can address end-of-life management challenges of real-world thermosetting materials. Polydicyclopentadiene (pDCPD) based thermosets made by frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) can be reprocessed and recycled repeatedly by leveraging both the embedded catalyst used to make this material and compressive strain applied to the material. The subsequent generations of pDCPD display near-identical properties compared to the original material\, demonstrating successful circularization of the material lifecycle. \n\n\n\nNext\, I will showcase some of the enabling capabilities that can be attained with what we’ve learned from reprocessing polyolefin thermosets and highlight some of the exciting directions the Cooper group is heading. In connecting molecular features to macroscopic behavior\, we aim to tackle pressing materials challenges and identify new areas of collaboration between CBE and Chemistry here at UW-Madison.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-julian-cooper/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251204T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250811T165748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T165835Z
UID:10001269-1764864000-1764867600@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Leora Dresslhaus-Marais
DESCRIPTION: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 Leora Dresslhaus-Marais is a professor at Stanford University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-leora-dresslhaus-marais/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T120500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T125500
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250825T200658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T213200Z
UID:10001282-1764936300-1764939300@engineering.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor Kenny Breuer
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 Kenny Breuer is a professor at Brown University.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-kenny-kreuer/
LOCATION:Engineering Hall\, RM 1610\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20250827T175629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T185222Z
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SUMMARY:CBE Seminar Series: PPG Graduate Student Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Reception 5-6pm\, Cheney Room (1413 Engineering Hall)
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/cbe-seminar-series-ppg-graduate-student-seminar/
LOCATION:Wisconsin
CATEGORIES:Chemical & Biological Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260122T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Jeff Tithof
DESCRIPTION: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 Jeff Tithof is a professor at the University of Minnesota. \n\n\n\nTitle: Coupled Blood–CSF Flow Dynamics Driving Waste Clearance in the Brain \n\n\n\nAbstract: The last decade has seen a tremendous increase in research probing the role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation through the brain in health and disease. This circulation\, known as the “glymphatic” (glial-lymphatic) system\, is a novel transport pathway first described in 2012 which plays an important role in removing protein waste from the brain. Amyloid-beta is one such protein waste that is known to accumulate over decades\, contributing to the development of neurodegenerative diseases\, including Alzheimer’s. I will first give a brief history of this field\, then discuss several important open questions\, including what propels CSF circulation and why it decreases with aging. I will present recent numerical modeling from my research team that suggests CSF and blood flow work synergistically to amplify brain waste clearance. I will also show that by carefully calibrating our model against published in vivo measurements of amyloid-beta\, we obtained critical waste production and clearance parameters not yet measured in experiments. In the last portion of the seminar\, I will present preliminary results from in vivo mouse experiments demonstrating how neuromodulation (electrical stimulation of nerves) can be leveraged to enhance glymphatic transport in the brain\, potentially leading to therapeutic approaches to prevent or slow progression of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. \n\n\n\nBio: Dr. Jeff Tithof is a Benjamin Mayhugh Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Georgia Tech in 2016 and his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from University of Tennessee in 2010. From 2016 to 2020\, Jeff was a postdoc then an Assistant Research Professor at University of Rochester. His research focuses on biological fluid dynamics\, often involving complementary utilization of in vivo experiments and numerical simulations. Jeff has coauthored 35 peer-reviewed publications\, including 20 involving brain mass transport. Jeff received the University of Minnesota Mechanical Engineering “Nugent Family Faculty Teaching Award” in 2025 and a “Career Award at the Scientific Interface” from Burroughs Wellcome Fund in 2019.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-jeff-tithof/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260126T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260126T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20260120T192909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T195003Z
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SUMMARY:ECE Research Seminar Series: Dr. Jan Jeske\, Quantum Sensing Group at Fraunhofer IAF
DESCRIPTION:Laser-enhanced magnetometry (and other quantum sensing) with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in diamond\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: By integrating NV centres into a laser cavity and combining it with a second gain medium\, we have achieved 100% contrast and 16mW of signal power in optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) read out via a laser signal instead of fluorescence. This leads to an advantage in shot-noise-limited sensitivity and/or dynamic range (set by the ODMR linewidth) of a factor of 780 compared to the average of existing NV and vapour-cell sensors. \n\n\n\nDr. Jan Jeske\n\n\n\nAt Fraunhofer IAF in Germany we furthermore perform imaging magnetometry with a NV widefield magnetometry setup (microscale) and a single NV in the tip of an AFM (nanoscale) and apply this to materials research and fatigue\, electronics and biosamples. \n\n\n\nBio: Dr. Jan Jeske has led the Quantum Sensing Group at Fraunhofer IAF in Freiburg Germany since 2018. Previously\, he spent 4 years of postdoc in the group of Prof Andrew Greentree\, where the idea of laser threshold magnetometry was developed theoretically. Jeske obtained his PhD at the RMIT University in Melbourne\, Australia in the group of Prof. Jared Cole. He obtained a master’s in physics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany.   \n\n\n\nDr. Jeske’s seminar is hosted by ECE Associate Professor Jennifer Choy.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/ece-research-seminar-series-dr-jan-jeske/
LOCATION:2321 Engineering Hall\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Electrical & Computer Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260126T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20260121T161531Z
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SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Lennon Rogers\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Prototyping with Purpose\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLennon Rodgers\, PhDDirector\, Grainger Engineering Design Innovation LabCollege of EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison \n\n\n\nAbstract:What do high-speed motorcycles\, zoo animal feeders\, spacecraft and medical supplies have in common? They are all challenges I’ve tackled using rapid prototyping as my primary engine for design and innovation. In this talk\, I’ll take you behind the scenes of these diverse projects to show how I use prototyping tools to explore\, learn\, iterate\, and ultimately deliver field-tested solutions. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series-lennon-rogers-phd/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Biomedical Engineering":MAILTO:bmehelp@bme.wisc.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Matteo Bucci
DESCRIPTION: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 Matteo Bucci is a professor at MIT. \n\n\n\nTitle: FARAWAY\, SO CLOSE: HIGH RESOLUTION INVESTIGATIONS OF BOILING HEAT TRANSFER\, FROM CRYOGENIC FLUIDS TO HIGH-PRESSURE WATER \n\n\n\nAbstract: In every field of science\, the possibility of discovering and understanding new phenomena or testing new hypotheses is strongly related to and limited by the capability of observation. Here\, we will discuss recent advances in experimental boiling heat transfer research made possible by unique experimental facilities and non-intrusive high-resolution optical diagnostics. We will analyze the capabilities and limitations of these techniques in supporting the understanding of fundamental two-phase heat transfer problems\, with a focus on extreme boiling conditions such as the boiling of water at high pressure and temperature\, close to nuclear reactor conditions\, the boiling of dielectric fluids for electronic cooling applications\, or the boiling of cryogenic fluids relevant to space propulsion and energy storage. The use of these diagnostics has been instrumental in providing answers to long-standing fundamental questions on the fluid dynamics and heat transfer nature of these processes. \n\n\n\nBio: Matteo Bucci is the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research group studies two-phase heat transfer mechanisms in nuclear reactors and space systems\, develops high-resolution non-intrusive diagnostics and surface engineering techniques to enhance two-phase heat transfer\, and creates machine learning tools to accelerate data analysis and conduct autonomous heat transfer experiments. He has won several awards for his research and teaching\, including the MIT Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020)\, ANS/PAI Outstanding Faculty Award (2018 and 2023)\, the UIT-Fluent Award (2006)\, the European Nuclear Education Network Award (2010)\, and the 2012 ANS Thermal-Hydraulics Division Award. Matteo is the founding editor and deputy Editor-in-Chief of AI Thermal Fluids. He also serves as Editor of Applied Thermal Engineering\, is the founder and coordinator of the NSF Thermal Transport Café and works as a consultant for the nuclear industry.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-matteo-bucci/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260202T130000
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CREATED:20260121T161850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T225113Z
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SUMMARY:BME Seminar Series: Salman R. Khetani
DESCRIPTION:From Engineering Predictive Human Tissue Platforms to Advancing the Impact of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSalman R. Khetani\, PhDProfessorAssociate Department HeadActing Associate Dean for Graduate StudiesDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Illinois Chicago \n\n\n\nAbstract:The convergence of patient-specific human cell sources\, microengineering\, and data science is accelerating the adoption of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) that reduce reliance on animal studies. Against this backdrop\, my lab develops highly functional\, long-lasting in vitro human tissue platforms for drug metabolism and toxicity testing\, disease modeling\, and regenerative medicine. We emphasize reproducibility\, scalability\, and ease of use to enable broad adoption by end users. We leverage these systems to uncover cellular and molecular mechanisms that drive major human diseases and to inform more effective therapeutics\, including metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease\, alcohol-associated liver disease\, hepatitis B viral infection\, inflammatory bowel disease\, lung fibrosis\, and atrial fibrillation. We are further extending our platforms into reproductive and developmental health\, where clinical guidance is often limited\, and advancing vascularized\, implantable human liver tissue surrogates as a bridge-to-transplantation strategy for patients with end-stage organ failure. \n\n\n\nPrint PDF
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/bme-seminar-series/
LOCATION:1003 (Tong Auditorium) Engineering Centers Building\, 1550 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Biomedical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260205T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260205T170000
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SUMMARY:ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Professor Marta Hatzell
DESCRIPTION: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 Marta Hatzell is a professor at Georgia Tech University. \n\n\n\nElectrochemical Systems to Enable Circularity \n\n\n\nAbstract: Electrochemical technologies are emerging as key enablers of circular chemical systems as electrochemical systems are modular and able to connect to stranded energy sources. In this context\, I will highlight recent advances in electrochemical processes that address carbon capture and utilization\, resource recovery from waste\, and sustainable fertilizer production. Specifically\, I will provide insights into how bipolar membrane (BPM) electrolysis could provide a promising avenue to integrate carbon capture systems with conversion systems. Second\, I will examine how electrified separations processes may enable more effective nutrient management at agricultural and water treatment sites. Finally\, I will discuss the prospects for fully decentralized fertilizer production and highlight the potential advantages and disadvantages of distributed chemical manufacturing. \n\n\n\nBio: Marta Hatzell the Woodruff Professor Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology\, with a joint appointment in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her research group investigates sustainable catalysis and separations\, with applications ranging from e-fuel production to resource recovery from waste. Dr. Hatzell’s honors include the NSF Early CAREER Award\, ONR Young Investigator Award\, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Inventor Fellow\, Sloan Fellow in Chemistry\, and the ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Lectureship Award. Dr. Hatzell also serves as a Senior Editor for the Journal ACS Energy Letters.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/me-903-graduate-seminar-professor-marta-hatzell/
LOCATION:3M Auditorium\, rm 1106 Mechanical Engineering Building\, 1513 University Ave\, Madison\, 53711
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260206T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20260120T210812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T142949Z
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SUMMARY:Mechanics Seminar: Professor D. Emma Fan
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 D. Emma Fan is a professor at University of Texas – Austin. \n\n\n\nRobotic Materials and Devices Across Scales for Biomedical Applications \n\n\n\nAbstract: In this talk\, I will discuss our recent work in materials fabrication\, manipulation\, assembly\, and manufacturing tailored towards biomedical applications. The focus is on active materials and robotic devices enabled by materials control across a wide range of length scales. At the nanoscale\, I will discuss 3D electrokinetic tweezers\, an ultra-precision tool developed in my lab\, which can be used to manipulate nanowires in room-temperature aqueous solutions. With this technique\, designed nanoparticles are maneuvered as untethered robotic tools for probing single biological cells; the precision reaches 20 nm in position and 0.5° in orientation in solution under a standard microscope. At a slightly larger\, chip-scale\, I will describe a recent innovation that permits the light-controlled patterning of soft actuators made of microbubbles\, which assemble large arrays of nanoparticles in parallel. The co-assembly of nanosensor-cell hybrids can be further achieved that detect metabolites of bacterial cells. Finally\, I will present a rational scheme for developing large-scale\, hierarchically porous superstructures for applications in monitoring human health and public-health relevant water treatment. \n\n\n\nBio: Dr. D. Emma Fan is Harry L. Kent\, Jr. Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin\, with affiliated appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering\, the Materials Science and Engineering Program\, and the Texas Materials Institute. \n\n\n\nProf. Fan leads a research program focused on the fabrication\, manipulation\, and assembly of intelligent micro/nanoscale structures\, 3D hierarchical porous materials\, and stimulus-responsive systems.She is a recipient of two NSF awards: the NSF CAREER Award (2012) and the NSF Mid-Career Advancement Award (2022). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2021) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2024)\, where she was elected to the Board of Directors (2025) by a vote of over 2\,000 Fellows. She was named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors in 2025 and has served as an Official Nominator for the Japan Prize since 2017. Dr\, Fan was selected as the 2022 Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University—an honor that celebrates outstanding women in engineering and aims to inspire the next generation.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/mechanics-seminar-professor-d-emma-fan/
LOCATION:1227 Engineering Hall\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mechanical Engineering,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260206T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260206T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T174513
CREATED:20260123T212910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T143616Z
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SUMMARY:ECE Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series: Professor Shiwen Mao\, Auburn University
DESCRIPTION:2305 Engineering Hall \n\n\n\nDiffusion-enabled 3D human pose tracking\, data augmentation\, completion\, and acceleration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract:In recent years\, 3D human activity recognition and tracking has become an important topic in human-computer interaction. To preserve the privacy of users\, there is considerable interest in techniques without using a video camera. In this talk\, Mao first presents RFID-Pose\, a vision-assisted 3D human pose estimation system based on deep learning (DL). The performance of DL models depends on the availability of sufficient high-quality radio frequency (RF) data\, which is more difficult and expensive to collect than other types of data. To overcome this obstacle\, in the second part of this talk\, he presents generative AI approaches to generate labeled synthetic RF data for multiple wireless sensing platforms\, such as WiFi\, RFID\, and mmWave radar\, including a conditional Recurrent Generative Adversarial Network (R-GAN) approach and diffusion/latent diffusion based approaches. Next\, he proposes a novel framework that leverages latent diffusion transformers to synthesize high quality RF data\, as well as a latent diffusion transformer with cross-attention conditioning to accurately infer missing joints in skeletal poses\, completing full 25-joint configurations from partial (i.e.\, 12-joint) inputs utilizing received RF sensory data. Finally\, he presents recent work TF-Diff\, a novel training-free diffusion framework for cross-domain radio frequency (RF)-based human activity recognition (HAR) system\, which enables effective adaptation with minimal target-domain data. \n\n\n\nProfessor Shiwen Mao\n\n\n\nBio:Shiwen Mao is a Professor and Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar and Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center at Auburn University. Dr. Mao’s research interest includes wireless networks\, multimedia communications\, RF sensing and IoT\, smart health\, and smart grid. He is the editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking\, a member-at-large on the Board of Governors of IEEE Communications Society\, and Vice President of Technical Activities of IEEE Council on Radio Frequency Identification (CRFID). He is a co-recipient of several technical and service awards from the IEEE. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
URL:https://engineering.wisc.edu/event/ece-distinguished-speaker-seminar-series-professor-shiwen-mao-auburn-university/
LOCATION:2305 Engineering Hall\, 1415 Engineering Drive\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Electrical & Computer Engineering,Seminar
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