12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Takashi Kozai, PhD November 25 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Takashi Kozai, PhD Optimizing Intracortical Microstimulation: Addressing Perceptual Fading through Inhibition, Metabolic Stress Reduction, and Gliomodulation Takashi Kozai, PhDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh Abstract:Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) offers promising applications in neuroprosthetics by providing direct modulation of neural circuits. However, long-term ICMS effectiveness is limited by perceptual fading, a phenomenon where neural responses decrease with repeated stimulation. This...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Galit Pelled, PhD December 2 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Galit Pelled, PhD Translational and bioinspired technologies for restoring neural connections and enhancing performance Galit Pelled, PhDProfessor of Mechanical Engineering, Radiology and NeuroscienceMichigan State University Abstract:My research focuses on understanding motor behavior and developing devices and analytical tools for enhancing neuro-performance that will lead to higher levels of speed and strength. We are capitalizing on advances in neuroengineering,...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Joel Paulson December 2 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Joel Paulson Joel PaulsonDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringThe Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH Physics-Informed Bayesian Optimization: A Sequential Learning Framework for Accelerating Scientific Design and Discovery Bayesian optimization (BO) is a powerful tool for optimizing non-convex black-box functions that are expensive and/or time-consuming to evaluate and subject to random noise in their observations. Many important real-world science...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Michael Webb December 3 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CBE Seminar Series: Michael Webb Michael WebbDepartment of Chemical EngineeringPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, NJ Data-driven Strategies to Navigate Sequence, Composition, and ArchitecturalComplexity in Polymer Design Understanding and designing polymers with target structural and/or functional properties are grand challenges in materials science. The field of polymer physics provides invaluable scaffolding to elucidate general phenomena of polymer-based materials, but contributions fall short of proffering...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Yang Lu, PhD December 5 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BME Seminar Series: Yang Lu, PhD Advancing Agentic, Data-Driven, and Trustworthy Hypothesis Generation in Biomedical Research Yang Lu, PhDAssistant ProfessorCheriton School of Computer ScienceUniversity of Waterloo Abstract:Rapid developments in high-throughput sequencing have enabled biologists to collect large volumes of multi-omics data with unprecedented resolution. However, interpretation of such an increasing amount of heterogeneous biological data becomes highly nontrivial. In my talk,...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Lauren Grossenbacher December 5 @ 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ME 903 Graduate Seminar: Lauren Grossenbacher 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. Dr. Laura Grossenbacher is...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ECE Seminar with Dr. Cunxi Yu, University of Maryland-College Park December 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ECE Seminar with Dr. Cunxi Yu, University of Maryland-College Park In this talk, Yu will present the journey of exploring ML in synthesis and verification, focusing on discussing the evolutionary developments from static ML-based synthesis approaches to algorithmic learning and general combinatorial optimizations using advanced domain-specific ML techniques.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Multiphysics-informed Machine Learning for 3DArchitected Anode Based Battery Design December 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Multiphysics-informed Machine Learning for 3DArchitected Anode Based Battery Design Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used to power today’s portable electronics, electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and in utility scale battery energy storage systems (BESSs). High performance LIBs are becoming increasingly important to facilitate the ever-growing trend of electrification for achieving a low-carbon future. How to enable the design of high performance... Free
12:00 PM - 2:15 PM BME Fall Poster Presentations December 6 @ 12:00 PM - 2:15 PM BME Fall Poster Presentations Join us for the fall poster session. There are 73 posters, each representing real-world healthcare problems BME students solve through our design curriculum.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Gaze Sharing, a Double-Edged Sword: Examining the Effect of Real-Time Gaze Sharing Visualizations on Team Performance and Situation Awareness December 9 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Gaze Sharing, a Double-Edged Sword: Examining the Effect of Real-Time Gaze Sharing Visualizations on Team Performance and Situation Awareness Eye tracking research has shown that teammates in complex systems often exhibit overlapping eye gaze during critical moments of operation. This finding has driven the development of a new emerging technology called gaze sharing, which involves real-time visualization of team members’ eye movements on their respective displays. Initial evaluations of gaze sharing have primarily focused... Free
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ECE Capstone Design Open House December 10 @ 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ECE Capstone Design Open House Engineering Hall Lobby All are welcome to come view projects created by student teams in ECE capstone design courses! ECE alumni will serve as our guest judges as teams compete for Best Presentation and Demo. Teams will also compete for Best Overall Technical Achievement, judged by their instructors. Plus, a People's Choice Award will be...
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Student game night December 10 @ 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Student game night Room 3127 ME Take a break, join IISE for board games & cocoa. And while you're at it, get discounted registration for the Regional IISE Conference being hosted here in February! (Conference registration also available here: 2025 Regional Conference | IISE UW-Madison)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Robotics to Improve Clinician Healthspan: Considering teams, technology, and training December 11 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Robotics to Improve Clinician Healthspan: Considering teams, technology, and training The introduction of surgical robotic technology and systems in the operating room has changed the paradigm of how surgical team members physically and cognitively interact with each other and the technology. This shift has highlighted the necessity to reevaluate the changing ergonomic demands and surgical workflow. This presentation will highlight the impacts of robotic surgical... Free
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM BME Seminar Series: Genevieve Romanowicz, PhD December 11 @ 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM BME Seminar Series: Genevieve Romanowicz, PhD Integrating Bioengineering and Biomarker Discovery to Advance Personalized Regenerative Medicine Genevieve Romanowicz, PhDK99 Fellow and post-doctoral scholarKnight Campus for Accelerating Scientific ImpactUniversity of Oregon Abstract:Dr. Romanowicz's research bridges tissue engineering and clinical care by addressing critical questions in bone regeneration and fracture risk prediction. Her work focuses on developing advanced bone-like organoids and preclinical models...
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ECE Winter 2024 Graduation Lunch December 12 @ 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ECE Winter 2024 Graduation Lunch Discovery Building - DeLuca Forum December ECE graduates, please join us for a tailgate-style luncheon in honor of your wonderful achievement! Stop in any time between 11:30 and 1:00 for...
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BME Winter 2024 Graduation Celebration December 14 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BME Winter 2024 Graduation Celebration The Biomedical Engineering Department is hosting a graduation celebration for fall 2024 graduates and their guests. Graduating students will receive an email with information about how to RSVP and about picking up your graduation gift. Free
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Chemical Engineering 2024 Winter Commencement Banquet December 15 @ 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Chemical Engineering 2024 Winter Commencement Banquet Congratulations to our graduating class of 2024. After years of hard work, the students and faculty are putting on the 2024 Spring Banquet for Chemical Engineering.
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CEE/GLE Graduation Breakfast December 15 @ 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CEE/GLE Graduation Breakfast The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is hosting celebratory breakfast at Union South for fall 2024 graduates and their guests on Sunday, December 15. Breakfast will be served buffet-style from...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Algorithmic Abyss: Exploring Autonomy without AI Horror December 16 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Algorithmic Abyss: Exploring Autonomy without AI Horror AI can already solve sophisticated problems ranging from playing games, autonomous driving, and music generation—given enough observational data for training. The core of such success resides in efficient algorithms, compliant hardware and robust computing, all implemented using carefully curated data collected before the training phase. Thus, machines learn in a “sterile” domain, under clean, controlled... Free
December 6 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Multiphysics-informed Machine Learning for 3DArchitected Anode Based Battery Design
December 9 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Gaze Sharing, a Double-Edged Sword: Examining the Effect of Real-Time Gaze Sharing Visualizations on Team Performance and Situation Awareness
December 11 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Robotics to Improve Clinician Healthspan: Considering teams, technology, and training